OK, first on the art.... It's actually good. Yes it looks creepy and not as glorious as the other vampires, but that's the point.... He's a vampire that steals your creatures or child.... He suppose to look disturbed.
Now onto his second ability... You guys do realize it does not require him to tap to activate, right? And he can tap himself on the turn he's cast! And you can activate this as a response? In a weenie vampire deck, this is killer, even in Standard 2011, unless you're against RDW, you should have no problem pumping out 4 to 5 vampires by t4 before him, then you can start capturing on turn four. You should also include 4 Bloodghast for increased consistence for creature recursion, and also 8 sac. lands like Marsh Flats and Verdant Catacombs.
t1: 1 drop
t2: 2 1 drops
t3: Pump more weenies for numbers, or Gatekeeper, or Nighthawk
t4: Pump another 1 drop if you can for redundancy, then cast Captivating Vampire, t... (see all)
Posted By:
drexlor0296
(8/18/2011 8:52:34 AM)
Without something that makes Vampire tokens (which as far as I know doesn't exist), you are never going to be able to use that last ability, and if you ever do have 5 vampires out, you should have already won.
Posted By:
achilleselbow
(8/11/2010 8:16:14 PM)
Not even close to a replacement for Vampire Nocturnus. Vampires really didn't get anything useful in M11 and this guy is just adding insult to injury. Oh, and the art is god-awful too.
Posted By:
TheStud
(7/9/2010 11:06:22 AM)
Vampires are to Wizards as the Wii is for Nintendo.
Wizards wants fat girls to play more magic.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(7/11/2010 8:07:16 AM)
Fail ARTWORK
Posted By:
xTheGreyFox
(7/8/2010 10:37:17 PM)
I just don't get it. Vampire deck is not even a tier 1 deck anymore yet wizards destroy it by replacing nocturnus with this loser.
Posted By:
siregar
(7/8/2010 12:23:45 PM)
If an opponent says "sorry, im not gay, sacrifice captivating vampire"
at the same time, he's one of my fav cards for his abilities
Posted By:
Ninjakraken
(3/6/2011 6:40:16 PM)
Why are people going ballistic over the artwork? It's not even that bad! As for the card, it's a perfectly decent vampire lord with an interesting second ability.
4/5
Posted By:
luca_barelli
(10/29/2011 6:44:57 PM)
@sarroth:
Yes, because comparing a Rare to a Mythic makes so much sense.
I can see Captivating Vampire becoming a key component to many Vampire decks. You can steal creatures, and at the same time you're getting more Vampires to: let you steal MORE creatures, fuel spells like Blood Tribute, enhance the effects of Malakir Bloodwitch, More creatures to benefit from Vampire Nocturnus...
Heck, I'd be surprised to find a Vampire player who doesn't want four of these guys.
Posted By:
Diachronos
(7/24/2010 6:40:36 PM)
WTF what a useless second ability! noccy i will miss you..
Posted By:
Htoth3izzO
(7/8/2010 5:02:07 PM)