Overview:

This Olivia Voldaren deck focuses on vampire tribal synergies, creature theft, and deathtouch-based control. The strategy leverages Olivia’s ability to steal creatures while building her power, supported by equipment and recursion. Key threats include stolen creatures, vampire lords, and alternate wincons like Revel in Riches. The deck operates at a midrange pace, aiming to control the board and grind value.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
Deploy Olivia Voldaren by turn 4–5 using mana rocks (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet). Use her ping ability to remove small threats, build counters, and turn enemy creatures into vampires. Steal key threats with New Blood or Olivia’s activated ability. Equip deathtouch tools (Basilisk Collar, Gorgon’s Head) to turn Olivia into a repeatable removal engine. Win via stolen armies, Revel in Riches, or Vorpal Sword commander damage.

Key Synergies:

• Thornbite Staff + Olivia: Machine-gun removal, stealing, and counter generation.
• Grave Betrayal/Demon of Dark Schemes: Steal opponents’ dying creatures.
• Rakdos, Lord of Riots: Discount big demons/vampires after pinging opponents.

Mulligan Priorities:

• 3+ lands (prioritize untapped sources).
• Early ramp (Fellwar Stone, Mind Stone).
• At least 1 interaction piece (Terminate, Bedevil).
  Avoid hands without early plays or Olivia enablers.

Key Tips:

• Protect Olivia with Swiftfoot Boots or Gift of Doom.
• Use Fable of the Mirror-Breaker for treasure acceleration and creature copying.
• Save Insurrection for lethal swings after building a critical mass of enemy creatures.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• No infinite combos/instant-win lines – Relies on slow, incremental value.
• Fragile to Olivia removal – Lacks redundancy for her theft/ping engine.

Moderate

• Graveyard reliance – Animate Dead, Chainer, Nightmare Adept fold to exile effects.
• Limited card advantage – Draw engines (Phyrexian Arena, Underworld Connections) are slow.

Minor

• Mana base inconsistencies – 12 tapped lands (e.g., Canyon Slough, Haunted Ridge).

Most Important Cards:

• Thornbite Staff
• Revel in Riches
• Grave Betrayal
• Vorpal Sword
• Rakdos, Lord of Riots
• Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
• Olivia, Crimson Bride
• Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• Insurrection
• Basilisk Collar

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 4/10
Wins via combat/Revel typically T9–11; no fast mana or combos.

Resilience: 5/10
Moderate recursion (Animate Dead, Agadeem’s Awakening) but folds to repeated Olivia removal.

Consistency: 5/10
Limited tutors (Grim Tutor, Insatiable Avarice); relies on midrange draw engines.

Interaction: 6/10
Efficient spot removal (Terminate, Go for the Throat) and board wipes (Damnation, Toxic Deluge), but no free counterspells.

Rating Justification:

This deck has precon-level speed and synergy but lacks the redundancy, protection, and win velocity of optimized builds. Its reliance on Olivia and incremental value caps its ceiling.

Power level: 4.0 – 4.5