Broken tears
Modern
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Game day! 2-2 —Oct. 28, 2012
So this is my first time playing this deck before the Blasphemous Act and Hellrider add ons .also playing against actually players In general.
1st match:: broken tears vs something weird w/u
1/3 : I destroyed with falkenrath aristocrat and stromkirk captain for an easy 1st game of three. 2/3: same thing but much faster with the reverbs and thracther revolts (funny stuff)
Match 1 : 1-0-0
2nd match:: broken tears vs azorius control
1/3 : I tried to overwhelm but it didn't work with board wipes and thragtusk coming out as often as it was. We went about 13 turns and he won it with armada wurm+token with two thragtusk and restoration angel,lost.
2/3: it was much harder for him since I've recognized his strategy and how his mechanics work. I think we went for 13 turns or so idk it's was long and really close but I couldn't stabilize after having two main creatures detentioned sphered . So lost again but wasn't really prepared for this deck,lost. Also just to add if it wasn't for my Tablet of the Guilds :) amazing card that's highly under rated I would've lost really fast.
So match 2: 1-0-1
Match 3: broken tears vs g/w aggro
1/3 :: it went pretty fast since I had no idea how to fight this at all . Just so fast lol lost 2/3 I learn pretty fast on how these aggro strategies work and this one was clever since he added vault of the arcangel as well but I had 2 falkenrath's 3 nighthawks 2 falkenrath marauders and 2stromkirk captains so I just held off his creatures until we drawed. All I have to say is that angel of serenity needed to come out for him and I was really lucky lol loss
3rd match:: 1-0-2
Match 4: broken tears vs grixis control
1/3 : it was realy close but my bonfire came out for the win to do 7damage on 11th turn with blood artist doing the one damage I needed to do eight damage in total after killin one of his creatures.
2/3 :really fast and precise which is what I was hoping for and I did recieve . It was 7turns of steady damage and just over came his deck before any combos were aloud.
Match 4:: 2-0-2 :)
So what helped me the most was Tablet of the Guilds , Dreadbore , my simple combo with blood artist and falkenrath aristocrat. Also Rakdos's Return should have seen some play but I just forgot .. Don't ask me how but I did forget it was in my sideboard and against control it's huge to pull off. I also wish my Slaughter Games had more play to control the big creatures like thragtusk , angel of serenity and armada wurm..plus tamiyo and the new jace as well.
So I would like some feed back guys and also I made those changes because I need big board wipes to clear my field. Also hellrider is huge in my deck and will be a great addition.
I might add Stromkirk Noble but idk it's so weak and I'm just worried it will under perform since second turn someone can just throw down a conclave and I will be screwed. Idk I will think about it.
I like some of the ideas in here. I think with as many red cards as you have in here Vampire Nocturnus may be somewhat of a liability. I also think that it may be good for you to determine a couple clear win conditions and try to find ways to enhance those specifically. For instance if you want to pump up Falkenrath Aristocrat humans should be in the deck for you to sac. Ash Zealot and Thatcher Revolt /Reverberate are some good places to start looking.
Please take a look at my deck deck:sparkling-andy-warhol and let me know what you think.
October 14, 2012 10:07 a.m.
knownasnieves says... #6
Thatcher revolt is perfect for blood artist and the reverberate is good to since gruesome encore isn't standard I had room thanks for the advice and I'm going to check your deck out now.
October 14, 2012 7:27 p.m.
ianbrewman says... #9
why isn't there a copy of krenko in this? along with some 1/1 goblins?
October 18, 2012 10:51 p.m.
knownasnieves says... #10
Because its mostly vamps if I did change to that type of play -sac tokens for life loss I would have to change the whole deck. Good idea though and something to consider since its a faster win con . But then again like I said I would have to change the deck up completely .
October 18, 2012 10:56 p.m.
I would recommend Stromkirk Noble and Bloodthrone Vampire instead of cackler. bloodthrone works best with a sac engine, but i have wrecked and been wrecked by it in vampy decks.
October 19, 2012 10:51 a.m.
knownasnieves says... #12
Thanks for the feedback @ Bababad I like the stromkirk noble in hear inhopenit plays well .
October 25, 2012 2:08 a.m.
I would run more bloodline keepers, i feel they are a staple in any vampire deck
October 25, 2012 6:14 p.m.
knownasnieves says... #14
They are four mana and if it came between a falkenrath or bloodline falkenrath wins every time but I will consider two Atleast to put more pressure on the enemy .. If it doesn't slow things down which is what I'm afraid of . Well jrodeck thanks for the input . I'm def going to playtest.
October 25, 2012 7:11 p.m.
Vos_Is_Boss says... #15
Im upset that people consider Bloodline Keeper Flip before Vampire Nocturnus in an aggro deck. Bloodline Keeper Flip is not for aggro.
In order, from aggro vampire to control vampire, priorities should be like this...
Falkenrath Aristocrat -- Vampire Nocturnus -- Bloodline Keeper Flip -- Olivia Voldaren
There are no other 4 drops to even consider. There are upsides and downsides to each to be sure, but when they work right, they are phenomenal in their role.
You need to decide whether your deck is aggro, midrange, or control first, and that will be your deciding vampires in which to choose. If you could run all of them safety, to it, but to be honest, you cannot.
Screaming air bitch, (Falkenrath Aristocrat ), is hasty and can survive most things. I am reluctant to put her in front of Vampire Nocturnus in the aggro scale, because aggro decks have a lot of little guys, and Vampire Nocturnus can enforce WELL OVER 4 damage when he hits the field. However, there are not enough little vampires to make him as good as he was in the zendikar / shards block. So he is behind the screaming air bitch.
Bloodline Keeper Flip is more midrange, and a better choice if you are not going to be able to kill the enemy the moment you drop him. He is great against other aggro decks as he produces tokens out his ass, but Ive seen him used more often than not in situations where he needs to chump the vampires he makes because the enemy is much faster and already attacking consistently. In theory, when he transforms, you win, however its not even close to as consistent as getting a black card on top of your library.
Olivia Voldaren in this meta is a beast. Shes not good in a vampire deck, per se, but a deck running black and red needs her if they are not an aggro deck.
In all my experience playing vampire decks, when Vampire Nighthawk and Vampire Nocturnus were reprinted, i think i shat myself. Think hard on how you want your win condition to be, and that will be the deciding factor into which cards you choose for your 4 drop game changers. Through years of vampire play, Vampire Nocturnus was the card people feared... i think Bloodline Keeper Flip softened everyone's worries, and its time to have Vampire Nocturnus resurface. I really really suggest changing a deck to conform to him. You can still run cards like Stromkirk Noble , you just cant focus around mono red burn spells as much. Good thing Dreadbore is black ;)
And again, these are just my opinions. If you have any contradictions to what Ive just typed, I'd love to defend myself and try to get you around to my way of thinking. I welcome a dispute, as it brings about the best course of action through clever deducing abilties!
Happy hunting.
October 26, 2012 10:26 a.m.
knownasnieves says... #16
Well I agree with just about everything so it's good to use some solid advice finally and me saying this doesn't mean that everyone else's is wrong just he came to the root of aggro etc ..pretty much gave me a better understanding on how things need to go so don't take it personal people . So yeah thanks for the advice and how is the build now ? Better?
ireman4life says... #2
No, mob boss. No.
July 19, 2012 6:44 a.m.