Ok, let me start by saying I have no idea if this idea is actually going to work but I got to thinking about Evelyn, the Covetous as a value engine but the thing I kept getting caught up in was that she could only cast one spell a turn. I thought about pushing harder on having mass flash to overcome that but ultimately I felt it was just better to throw down clone copies of her as if I have two copies of her I can cast two spells a turn from her pool and also in that case each vampire entering would trigger more than one trigger of adding to her pool. I also realized that as soon as anyone sees what I am doing with this deck they are going to want to save interaction for when I cast clones and that is part of why I have so much one mana instant speed protection in my list. Lots of that protection can also double as a source of triggering the commander again though as well so it feels like it won't sit dead in hand.
Bloodghast - is probably my other reasonable clock for this deck outside of clone armying my commander. I added a lot of sac outlets to the deck to support him but I think those sac outlets aren't that bad as in a lot of cases I can use them paired with cards like Feign Death too grab another pull from my commander or keep my commander in play through disruption.
If you look at my list I added just a touch of mill outside of the commander's main plan. I was really hoping to make the little bit of mill I do run more of finishers rather than something I am pushing for all game. My commander will ideally add up in some casual milling and I finish players off with a big punch from those few sources to ratchet the pressure up. Also the commander's mill also hits me so I wanted a way to step things up on my opponents. I opted to focus more on being a control based tribal deck than I did on being proactive as its just how I like to operate.
Rite of Replication kicked on my commander with no other board setup can also trigger to exile the top 30 cards from each players library and give me access to cast those cards. Its maybe not that insane of a wincon but it gives me resources and pressure.
CONSIDERING:
- Panharmonicon - Ohhh man how did I forget about this card with a commander that triggers on ETBs. Well, gonna have to figure out a space for this.
- Twinflame - There is some appeal in cloning my commander with some other vamps in one go.
- Butcher of Malakir - I go back and forth on if I should bother with a gravepact effect. I keep thinking that I don't have the creature counts but maybe on a vamp it might be ok.
- Saw in Half - Its sort of an instant speed clone but could be used on defense in some situations. It seems useful when and where I care about ETB triggers and it could pair with some of the rebirth effects I already run.
- Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt - I thought about some mass rez options but the option of possibly working in one as a land might be nice.
- Living Death - One of the better rez effects and its a sweeper too. I should be able to support it with my sac outlet count.