mtg vampire deck commander Magic: The Gathering The Lost Caverns of Ixalan This deck works by taking advantage of vampire tribal synergies MTG: High Stakes - Top

There is a great balance within this deck as it has 28 creatures and 24 instant or sorcery spells, many of which include an X-cost

You can go Voltron (and that's likely where most people will go), but you're in colors that support pillow fort, prison/stax, or even just plain stompy

Lightning Bolt, the premier removal/burn spell, is never dead in this deck, you can use it to finish off players or medium-sized creatures

Its MTG version honors this perfectly with its high 8-mana cost and impressive effects

As a mechanic I think it's fine, though it does require you to be either getting some good effects from the card itself or rebuying some pretty great abilities to be worth the tempo loss