While it may look like a lot of quanta, the QI is at 4.83, so I'd rather not swap out too many more pillars, one maximum. As for the reason not to include vampires or devourers, I just like my decks to be a bit different, even if they aren't incredibly good. I didn't want to add a drain life either, but I figured it would be better than nightmare in most cases since I could use it as PC.
Unfortunately I don't have a vampire dagger yet on this account (I have a few since I like making arena decks lol). A short sword might be a good addition though, I'll wait for a bit more agreement on that one.
Splitting my pillars and pendulums is good, I had forgotten about that, thanks.