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Rak/vamp 75 cards, 15 sideboard 4 {Dragonskull Summit} 7 {Swamp} 3 {Mountain} 4 {Blood Crypt} 3 {Cavern of Souls} 1 {Stensia Bloodhall} 22 lands 4 {Vampire Nocturnus} 3 {Blood Artist} 3 {Bloodline Keeper} 4 {Vampire Nighthawk} 4 {Stromkirk Captain} 4 {Falkenrath Aristocrat} 4 {Stromkirk Noble} 26 creatures 2 {Dreadbore} 2 {Tragic Slip} 3 {Pillar of Flame} 2 {Sever the Bloodline} 3 {Bonfire of the Damned} 12 other spells Sideboard 2 {Underworld Connections} 3 {Rakdos Charm} 1 {Bonfire of the Damned} 1 {Dreadbore} 2 {Rakdos's Return} 2 {Slaughter Games} 2 {Olivia Voldaren} 2 {Mutilate} 15 sideboard cards Notes: My improved vamp deck

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Pretty solid, I typically don't stick to tribals, unless it's goblins.

Do you have any trouble with the {vampire nocturnus} when you got land or mono red on top of library, or you don't mind scaring them if you got {bonfire of the damned} on top of your library? I really like your build because it doesn't rely on vampires to be alive to win like most standard vamp decks out there. You could try swapping a mountain for a {stensia bloodhall} for late game.

Quote from: HandsomeStallion on October 02, 2012, 02:51:04 AM
Do you have any trouble with the {vampire nocturnus} when you got land or mono red on top of library, or you don't mind scaring them if you got {bonfire of the damned} on top of your library? I really like your build because it doesn't rely on vampires to be alive to win like most standard vamp decks out there. You could try swapping a mountain for a {stensia bloodhall} for late game.

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Spot on with the Stensia, not running a 1 of is just taking away from the deck.

I just find with stensia, for its mana cost, if I need to pay that much mana for 2 damage? Then I lost

See with this deck and my meta, everyone plays Aggro, so I usually won't win if I find myself needing to use blood hall, that's just my opinion

Plus, I could just run searing spears instead of blood hall and it would be way more effective

Yes, that land is terrible. I do run 1 in my B/R Aggro list just incase I'm top decking and they have put up a roadblock. It's a last resort.

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Quote from: Mothaelon on October 02, 2012, 11:49:13 AM
I just find with stensia, for its mana cost, if I need to pay that much mana for 2 damage? Then I lost

See with this deck and my meta, everyone plays Aggro, so I usually won't win if I find myself needing to use blood hall, that's just my opinion

Plus, I could just run searing spears instead of blood hall and it would be way more effective

I used blood hall for the win in my FNM last night. Last game, last match for first.

Quote from: CajunJynx on October 06, 2012, 04:11:50 PM

Quote from: Mothaelon on October 02, 2012, 11:49:13 AM
I just find with stensia, for its mana cost, if I need to pay that much mana for 2 damage? Then I lost

See with this deck and my meta, everyone plays Aggro, so I usually won't win if I find myself needing to use blood hall, that's just my opinion

Plus, I could just run searing spears instead of blood hall and it would be way more effective

I used blood hall for the win in my FNM last night. Last game, last match for first.

You see how good it is. I saw no card draw spells. So the best thing to do is hit for 2 points if the vamps died and you top deck land.

Updated, put 2 aristocrats main and boarded the two Olivia

Felt I wanted more Aggro and Olivia seems like a better control card

Olivia seems like a better control card
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You sir would be correct

Quote from: MaDeM MaD on October 07, 2012, 07:38:23 PM
Olivia seems like a better control card

You sir would be correct
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I mean, she CAN be Aggro if I have captains and flipped keepers, I mean,  a 7/7 flyer with first strike?

But aristocrat just zooms in and controls the game and isn't legendary I don't think, so a much better Aggro card in my opinion

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Pillar over ultimate price and sideboarded a bonfire, was always finding one dead in hand cause of how fast the games are