Hello everyone, and welcome to another Daily Arena. Today I’m back with another update on what I’ve found so far while playing Mono-White Vampires. How it matches up against other decks, as well as some gameplay videos.

First, here is the deck list. I’ve listed the current list as I’ve been playing it, as well as the target list that I’m working toward as I collect cards/wildcards.

Current List:



Mono-White Vampires

Target List:



andreliverod's Mono-White Vampires

Only a single rare short!

I have some data on match-ups, and will update this as I collect more.

First, my win percentages with this deck vs. other decks (the first number is my win percentage against the deck, the second number is the percentage of reported matches that were against that deck, I’ve organized it to put the most popular decks at the top of the list):

R/G Dinosaurs – 50% ( 15% )

( ) W/B Vampires – 56% ( 13.5% )

( ) B/G Explore – 67% ( 9% )

( ) Mono-Red Aggro/Burn – 83% ( 9% )

( ) U/R Spells – 80% ( 7.5% )

( ) G/U Merfolk – 100% ( 6% )

( ) W/U Control – 75% ( 6% )

( ) W/U Tokens – 33% ( 4.5% )

( ) U/B Control – 33% ( 4.5% )

( ) Esper Control – 100% ( 3% )

( ) R/W Dinosaur/Vampire Aggro – 100% ( 1.5% )

( ) G/W Dinosaurs – 100% ( 1.5% )

( ) W/U Dinosaurs/Tokens – 100% ( 1.5% )

( ) B/R Pirates – 0% ( 1.5% )

( ) G/W Tokens – 100% ( 1.5% )

( ) W/B Zombies – 100% ( 1.5% )

( ) G/W Cats – 0% ( 1.5% )

( ) Mono-Black Control – 100% ( 1.5% )

( ) Grixis Control – 100% ( 1.5% )

( ) Sultai Explore – 0% ( 1.5% )

( ) Mono-Green Dinosaurs/Explore – 100% ( 1.5% )

( ) R/W Aggro – 100% ( 1.5% )

( ) Naya Dinosaurs – 0% ( 1.5% )

( ) Sultai Control – 0% (1.5%)

I have about a 65% overall win rate with the deck.

As I’ve pushed up into the “Gold” ranks, I’ve noticed a more varied proliferation of decks, and also stiffer competition overall. I’ve included gameplay videos for some of the more interesting decks I ran into below.

Grixis Control

This match-up led to long, grindy games, and hinged on playing removal at the correct times and on the correct targets. The video I’ve included has the additional bonus of egregious Slow Play around 9:15 and 17:32 (links provided inside the video).

Esper Control

A deck that combines strategies of W/U control with U/B control. As usual with control deck strategies, my win depended on setting the opponent back far enough quickly enough at the beginning of the game that they were unable to recover.

Sultai Explore

Adding Blue to the B/G Explore deck resulted in even more consistent play. I was soundly stomped by this deck when I came up against it.

Mono-Green Dinosaurs/Explore

A stompy deck with small explore creatures early, then big dinos that explore via enchantment or spell, and grow in other ways. It seemed like a cool deck, but was too slow against the Vamps.

Naya Dinosaurs

The Platonic Ideal of the dinos deck, complete with white for some extra control in addition to the standard R/G Aggro. This deck was strong, and tramples over the Vamps like nothing.

Sultai Control

U/B Control with a Green splash for Vraska, Relic Seeker, Carnage Tyrant and other stompy nonsense. I didn’t stand a chance.

For further details on other match-ups, see Mono-White Vampires Progress Update #1, Mono-White Vampires Progress Update #2, and Mono-White Vampires Progress Update #3.

And that’s all for this update!

As usual, please hit me up with any questions/comments/criticism here, on Reddit, on Twitter via @DailyArena, or on Facebook via the @DailyArenaMTG page.

Peace.

Joseph Eddy is a Father, Husband, Son, Brother, Software Developer, and Gamer. Magic is his favorite hobby, and he’s looking forward to seeing you all on Arena. He streams Magic Arena on a weekly basis (or more), but currently is unable to keep to a set schedule.