Bump is good for a burn type aggro build but doesn't have much sustainability bolt hits creatures which is what makes it so incredible. Typically a creature is better than a sorcery or instant because it becomes a threat that must be dealt with or you lose whereas bump just gives you a tap and then your left one card down and no board presence.

I have a similar deck, although no Liliana just yet, but I view her as a must-include once I get her.

Based on my own experience with the deck, I recommend you add Kalastria Highborn, Viscera Seer, and Terminate. Sometimes the board gets clogged up and I will just start sacing vamps to either Seer or Aristocrat and burning them out with Highborn. Plus Highborn gives you some life gain. I removed Nighthawk from my list all together because he has been underwhelming. Seer is amazing to manipulate and smooth your draws.

Very nice build! But I'm curious as to how you combat a dredge gifts deck. Those 4 color decks are fairly powerful and your liliana would only be an enabler for those decks. The premise is to dredge the unburial and a target creature with Gnaw to the Bone acting as a stablizer so they can face agressive decks. I don't see anything in your sideboard to stop that kind of idea so I was curious how would you combat that?

I like your deck. Check out my 2 vampire decks. I've got a mono-black that focuses mostly on destroying opponents creatures and gaining life, and I've got a BR that focuses on bloodsucking and bloodthirst. Maybe you can get some ideas there.

Blood Feast mono-black

Bloodsucking black red

I might personally add white for Sorin, Solemn Visitor or Sorin, Lord of Innistrad. Anowon, the Ruin Sageis great late game to keep you ahead, though Mogis, God of Slaughter does nearly the same thing.If you aren't scared of boardwipes in your meta Feast of Blood.Something else nice in white is Brave the Elements.

Adding white for spring how does that make brave the elements viable in anyway?

Sorin stupid autocorrect

Oops I didn't read brave..I thought it was pick a color.. my bad.:)

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So I think it is safe to say it should stop being brought up now. I'm not trying to offend you in any way, I just believe it would be best to disclose the conversation, as yeaSavior himself has already made his decision on the matter.

I would go for a 3-3 split between Bloodghast and Bloodsoaked Champion. Sometimes you might not hit your third land and those Ghasts just sit in the grave doing nothing for you. I personally only run 3 Ghasts in my deck, as the inability to block is a real issue. I've died before due to that. An alternative to Bloodsoaked Champion is Vampire Lacerator. He lacks the recursion, but he's a 2/2 for 1B and in the tribe. The life loss is annoying, but dropping them early and being aggressive usually gets them killed

I'd add back in Viscera Seer, and take out Guul Draz Assassin. The former filters you top deck, offers a sac outlet, and can even eat himself to filter. The Assassin just takes too long to come online, and he's at the tender mercy of 1 and 2 damage removal, and he's pretty useless in combat (you'll want to be tapping him to use his Disfigure ability).

Falkenrath Aristocrat is cool. If you're finding games going on longer, Olivia Voldaren might be better. She's a toolbox that finds use in other Modern decks, she's in the right colours and she's in the tribe.

I'd ditch Stromkirk Noble. You might get in some early damage depending on enemy 1-drops, but he has enough bad matchups to be too cornercase. Having to connect to get his +1/+1 counters going is a serious drawback. Shadow Alley Denizen is a much better 1-drop, as she can hand out intimidate to herself or a friend anytime you get more creatures out. Even if your opponent wastes removal on her, her effect is ETB, so they need either Torpor Orb or a counterspell to stop her effect. The Noble can be stopped by any other non-human 1/1.

I'd go for 4x Thoughtseize. Being able to scalpel out anything besides a land card from your opponents opening hand is huge. The lifeloss isn't an issue provided you can stabilise and get a Nighthawk out before they recover. I'm finding Inquisition increasingly problematic, as it can't hit Delve creatures, Siege Rhino, things like Collected Company or Through the Breach, planeswalkers of various types...it's still a fantastic discard spell, and hits plenty of problem cards, but Thoughtseize guarantees you ruin their combo. Run a 3-3 split between them if you like.

I'd push Dismember to sideboard and squeeze in another copy there, and then put 2x Terminate into mainboard. Terminate is a guaranteed kill unless they have protection, hexproof or indestructible (which you have Lily and Gatekeeper for anyway). I might even consider going 1x Dismember and 1x Slaughter Pact in sideboard. Pact will help you out against Splinter Twin or other aggro threats that assemble at instant speed, and of course you leave it in sideboard when you know you're fighting black. It also gets around counterspells off the generic 'pay extra mana' flavour, and things like Chalice of the Void, plus you can catch people off-guard when they see you're tapped out and you still nuke their win-con.

Illness in the Ranks is back-breaking to token strategies, but that's all it hits. Engineered Explosives is in my opinion better, as you can blow up other things with it. Elves, Merfolk and Affinity can all get rekt by it, and it can kill annoying enchantments that black and red typically have no answer for. I wouldn't be running 3x Shatterstorm, you'll normally only need 1, 2 at most (and again, it's very specific to Affinity, no one else runs that many artifacts). Torpor Orb is nice and affects plenty of things, but with Pod no longer a thing, it's not quite as useful (you could drop it down to a 1-of and fit in something else).

Given your deck is kinda mid-range/controlly, board wipes would help you against aggro. Pyroclasm is a nice Turn 2 play that will BBQ plenty of Modern creatures, and can really set back decks that rely on building a team on the field (Elves, Affinity, Merfolk etc). It also murders mana dorks, Bob, and other utility x/2's. Anger of the Gods is like it's bigger cousin, and it handles annoyances like Persist, Undying and other recursion effects very well. If you'd prefer not to exile (perhaps so your dead Ghasts and Champions can come back later), Volcanic Fallout does only 2 damage but at instant speed for the same cost, plus it can't be countered. If you think you can wait till Turn 4, you also have Damnation (although it's really rare and expensive). Chain Reaction would be pretty amusing against aggro too.

I'd also consider slotting in 2x Kolaghan's Command. It's such an incredibly flexible instant, and it really helps avoid dead draws by being useful in so many matchups. Each of the four abilities on their own aren't worth 3 mana being left open, but getting two of your choice is like having four cards for the space of 1. Given its cost, I wouldn't be running more than 2, but it compliments your removal, damage and discard package very well.

@Taipan you've done your homework. Probably some of the best input I've read on this deck in a while. I have a similar vampire modern deck and I will probably rob some of your ideas for it. Engineered explosives seems great as well as some of your other ideas thanks for the great feedback.

No worries dude. I know the pain of trying to make Vampire tribal work in Modern. Hopefully Return to Zendikar gives us some new Vamps to really super-charge the deck. I wish we had some more explosive 1 or 2 drops. Our 3-drop slot is clogged with value cards, same for 4-drops.

Hey I am new to modern(mostly a standered person)but I loved indistrad and vamps. This deck rocks but I don't have the cash for Lilly or Dark Confidant. Does anyone know any good ideas for substitutes?

Gatekeeper of Malakir does Lily's job, he's in the tribe, and he's a 2/2 for 2B if you need him out faster. If you have 6 discard spells, you don't really need Lily. Don't get me wrong, she's insanely powerful and probably the best 3-drop Black has. But for a tribal deck, Gatekeeper is more appropriate I feel (and massively cheaper).

Phyrexian Arena and Underworld Connections are alternatives to Bob, and being enchantments they're harder to get rid of (Bob dies to just about anything). Dark Prophecy is another one I've considered, it's pretty amusing to sac a creature for a card (the lifeloss can add up though so don't overdo it).

I've always been a huge fan of vampires, I used to run a deck with Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip (my favourite vampire of all time) and Captivating Vampire, it's amazing how quickly i could steal creatures with one-drop like Vampire Lacerator and Pulse Tracker plus the ones you already play, even if you're opponents doesn't have any creatures to steal all the +1/+1s your vampires are getting they beat down very fast.

Thanks Tipan! Like the Phyrexian arena but there are already 4 gate keepers so I'm still a little confused on what to put in instead of lily. I'm thinking maybe just toss in some discard spells but Id bet there are buter cards. If you could comment back I'd realy be thankful

Hey guys, sorry for not responding for a very long time. I have been very busy. I have made a few edits to both the Mainboard and Sideboard. Thank you Taipan, A lot of your comment made sense and I have adjusted the deck accordingly. I am still a little iffy on Shadow Alley Denizen, but I intend on giving her a try. The rest of the edits will come over time and will be about tweaking the numbers. Thank you for your help. :)

Lily's main job in the decks that use her is as a bomb and control piece. She comes down Turn 3 ideally, and then takes over the game. If you have Gatekeepers and quality discard, you can get by without her IMO.

TheBoraxKid you still don't have any removal maindeck except Bolt. That is gonna be a problem more and more in Modern I feel, because we keep seeing Bolt-proof creatures getting played. Twin has switched to Exarch, Tasigur and Zombie Fish shrug it off, Grislebrand and Primeval Titan etc etc. Given you have the right mana base, I'd be running Terminate mainboard. It's the best removal in Modern IMO. Shadow Alley Denizen is a personal choice, but I've found her pretty amusing at swinging through walls unexpectedly. People often don't bother with removal on her.

what is this "most hated" title?
its just another casual theme deck

Oh wolfhead if only you knew. This deck has had some controversial comments but very little had to do with the actual deck so they have been bumped. Ps love the new changes