Vampirism

Bats in Bloomburrow Lore

I’d like to say thank you for not making the bats in Bloomburrow vampires. Or at least not making vampirism their main thing in the lore. Vampire bats are cool but overdone considering only 3 out of over 1,400 bat species drink blood (and those 3 species of vampire bay are only found in Central America and South America.)

In Bloomburrow, the Bats are the clergy.

Appreciation Bats Battle for Zendikar Blood Bloomburrow Story / Lore United States Vampires Vampire Bats Vampirism

Vampirism beyond Humans

why do only humans get afflicted with vampirism in magic?

There have been nonhuman vampires.

Human Vampire Vampirism

Appearance of Runo Stormkirk

I am a big fan of yours and pretty much made a account just to follow you!! But onto my question: Is Runo Stormkirk going to get a card in the upcoming Crimson Vow set? And if so is he going to be Grixis colored in order to reflect his connections to the sea gods on top of his vampirism?

Maybe. : )

God Grixis Grixis (U/B/R) Humor Vampirism

Sagas and Storytelling

"Every world has stories, and it would be a cool way to fill in some of the world's past. Unlike Dominaria, though, few worlds have stories the audience already knows." I don't think anyone wants to see Sagas based on stories they've never heard of just for the sake of having more Sagas. I think they want to see Sagas based on those few non-Dominaria stories that they DO know; like the sealing of the Eldrazi or the creation of vampirism on Innistrad. You could probably name one or two per plane.

The two planes Sagas can work on are returns, because Magic story happened there, and top-down planes, because the source material has known archetypal stories.

Dominaria Eldrazi Innistrad Planes Sagas Sagas Story / Lore Top Down Vampirism

Sorin's Vampire Lineage

If I remember correctly Innistrad vampires are not birthed; they are sired in a process which involves draining the new vampire effectively killing them then weening them back to life on their sire's own blood. Additionaly the vampire bloodlines refered not to birth, but to which vampires were sired by who. So they are kind of undead still. Sorin was the first vampire to be sired. His grandfather, the first vampire, became so from a pact with a demon. Sorin then spread vampirism to other planes.

FYI

Blood Demon Innistrad Planes Vampire Vampirism

Vampire Mechanics Variety

It seems like every vampire has a different mechanic. Is this because nobody can think of a mechanic that satisfactorily represents vampirism? And if so, would Extort or something like it be a candidate going forward?

The reason we haven’t settled on a single vampire mechanic is that we do them a lot and it would get boring if they were mechanically always identical.

Extort Mechanics Vampire Vampirism

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