B/R Vampires

Modern BR (Rakdos) Vampires

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Creature (30)

• 4x Bloodghast
• 4x Gifted Aetherborn
• 4x Heir of Falkenrath  ^Flip
• 4x Stromkirk Captain
• 4x Vampire Nighthawk
• 2x Vampire Nocturnus
• 4x Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 4x Vicious Conquistador

Land (20)

• 4x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 2x Castle Locthwain
• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Mountain
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 3x Swamp
• 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2x Thoughtseize
• 2x Unearth

Instant (4)

• 4x Lightning Bolt

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 2x Fatal Push
• 2x Kolaghan's Command
• 2x Rakdos Charm
• 2x Surgical Extraction
• 2x Terminate

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Thoughtseize

Creature (1)

• 1x Malakir Bloodwitch

Artifact (2)

• 2x Damping Sphere

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This is an aggressive Black Red Vampires build for Modern. Its goal is fairly straightforward: get vampires onto the battlefield early, and attack. What makes this build unique is its ability to fall back into a more defensive stance, and play a grindier game if the aggro plan fails. Noteworthy synergies: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Bloodstained Mire + Polluted Delta + Bloodghast allows the player to directly tap fetch lands for mana, and reserve fetching to trigger landfall. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Bloodstained Mire + Polluted Delta + Vampire Nocturnus allows the player to use fetch lands to shuffle their library if the top card of their library is nonblack with Nocturnus on the field.

I'm currently in the process of determining the best 60 card mainboard for this, as well as a viable sideboard. Any feedback is appreciated!

Thoughts on the sideboard: The primary goal of the sideboard at this point is to provide the player the option to fall into a more controlling shell for matchups where aggression is less favorable. Some of the more aggressive creatures can be removed in favor of increased removal and hand disruption. Malakir Bloodwitch is expensive at 5 mana, but it's a strong closer against heavy aggro decks, so it's included as a one-of from the sideboard.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 1 Mythic Rares 18 - 5 Rares 30 - 7 Uncommons 2 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.85