Firstly, thanks for the welcome, lol I've been playing for nearly 5 months now. And I had originally put in Bloodbond Vampire, because I noticed its ability was basically the same as Ajani's Pridemate, which served me very well in a white/black standard deck that I built. Although I ultimately decided it wasn't worth it, as it had a higher cost and Ajani's's Pridemate worked best as an early drop. I also dropped Defiant Bloodlord to lower the mana curve. Vampire Nighthawk and Blood Artist are the only early-drop cards with life/stealing abilities, yes. I have 3 Mark of The Vampire enchantments to buff some of my other creatures with lifelink. The earlier form of this deck featured 2 Falkenrath Noble, but I decided to take them out in favor of removal spells Go For The Throat and Murder after you helped me see I needed more board control. I also have Kalitas and Anowon as creatures to assist with removal, but their higher mana costs make them unreliable on their own. Overall, the summary of this deck's purpose is to sap life from my opponent, and keep control of the board as best as I can to utilize Bloodline Keeper's token ability, and use Bloodline Keeper, Captivating Vampire, and Bloodlord of Vaasgoth (whose ability is so much easier to trigger now with removal spells) to buff the tokens and all my creatures in general. Another big advantage i planned on having with this deck is that if I can get enough vampires out with this strategy, I can use Captivating Vampire and Kalitas's abilities to take control of my opponents' creatures and make them even stronger for myself. But yes, I'll definitely think about what I can cut out in favor of better cards for this concept
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Thanks for the advice. Im still pretty relatively new to Magic, im trying to learn how to build very well-rounded decks for any style of play and concept, so im very appreciative for the help. I decided to cut out some of the more expensive creatures, Baneful Omen, and Aspect of Gorgon and add healthy amounts of removal for control of the board. The main concept of this particular deck is mostly lifelink-based aggression and using captivating vampire and bloodline keeper for filling the board and buffing. I feel much more comfortable now with removal spells and a lower mana-curve. Would you have any more advice on what I could do from here that would help even more?
Thanks for the feedback. Me and my friends rarely play with more than 20 lands, so we've just gotten used to that being typical. And I figured Phyresis could be very useful on the Phyrexian Obliterators given that they have trample, but in the end I can see how that clearing of space helps out a lot. Id say the layout is a bit more balanced now