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This deck was created for small Modern-format tournament in our company.It was very efficient and deadly once I finally got the grasp how to play it properly. The sacrifice mechanic proved to be very effective and somewhat complexMost of the games I could win by sacrificing my own creatures when it came down to lockdown, the only games lost were to G/R big creature aggro and mono-W prison.It proved effective against burn, Living End and control decks, even to some extent against heavy B/U mill running Consuming Aberration, which was for most of the time the star of metagame in our company.
After several games I can safely say that Blood Artist is the core of this deck, hands down. Most people tend to underestimate him, but once he's out, he can chip away small portions of life from your opponent until it's too late.Having him and Seer or Bloodthrone on the field means you can start doing magic with the sacrifice mechanic. Add to the mix Undying Evil and Disentomb and you can rinse and repeat.Curess and Blightning are the two cards I adore, and I just had to include them. They were very good at disrupting opponets, although after several games I think that I should've included it in the sideboard and have maybe more removal instead.Suprisingly, Blade of the Bloodchief, despite being very powerful in this match-up, proved to be least effective, as the creature equipped with it was the prime target of removal spells. However it drawed attention away from Blood Artist, who was silently doing his thing in the background.
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*like* In my B/W pauper vampire deck (http://www.mtgvault.com/muktol/decks/bw-paupervampire-sacrificing/) I use humans to buff up "Falkenrath Torturer". For me "Driver of the Dead" has shown it's value there, as he can bring creatures back from the grave to the battlefield (and not like "Disentomb" only onto your hand) and then can also be sacrificed. Personaly I like to place +1/+1 counters rather than buff the creature up, so I use "Bloodflow Connoisseur" as second sac-outlet. I think that this might also work for your plan, as it looks to me that you want to stay defensive and defeat your opponents with "Blood Artist" / "Kalastria Highborn". Thus "Vampire Lacerator" also could be replaced with e.g. "Butcher Ghoul"; cc2 vs cc1, I know, but the undying could serve you well. At last, I would take a look at cheap hexproofe equipments, to give your key-creatures some protection, e.g. "Swiftfoot Boots" I hope I was able to give you some ideas Greetings Muktol
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Thanks for the comment, really appreciated!Yes, Driver of the Dead indeed looks tasty, however it's above my set mana curve. Generally I tend to build decks with cards no more then 3 CMC, that way I can always cast something no matter what I am playing against. I will definietly cosider him when revising however.Butcher Ghoul is a zombie, I don't play zombies, they don't work with Kalastria and do not fit the theme of this deck :)Disentomb is there simply because I had it, it was cheap and I could return any of my creatures for no more then 3 mana. Generally I played the following combo: sac/disentomb/undying evil/sac again/have buffed creature ready for block or attack next turn/sac for the win. This tactic proved to be real killer in mid to late game and often an instant finisher.Vampire Lacerator is a potent 1-turn drop and can start doing damage on turn 2. With Blood Artist, the pain mechanic isn't that bad, basically you deal 2 damage for 1 life and you can drop the opponent down to 10 in about 3-4 turns with other things on the battlefield. This is not a bad exchange.Plus, if things go hairy, he's a cheap sacrifice target for Bloothrone Vampire or can get you a better draw with Seer and you regain life from Artist.
I know the drawback on life isn't that big in this deck but it's one of the few creatures I don't like here. You could perhaps take a look at "Bloodghast" (can't block, comes again from grave with landfall)If you want to dig a little deeper with carddraw, try "Read the Bones" ({2}{1}, pay 2 life; scry 2 then draw 2 cards) instead of "Sign in Blood"
I would gladly put Bloodghast, but unfortunately I didn't have any at the time I was putting deck together so I needed to have some alternative. Lacerator did fit nicely. Not to mention Bloodghasts are quite expensive nowdays and I only managed to get my hands on 2 copies recently. It will be an auto-include in any future deck I build however.