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Standard Aggro BR (Rakdos) Vampires

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Planeswalker (1)


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I just started playing Magic: The Gathering seriously (I dabble during Gatecrash & the RTR blocks) during the Oath of the Gatewatch block, and this is really my first time trying to build a serious standard deck. I've seen a lot of people at my shop in the SOI block building around Avacyn or B/R control, so I decided to take a different path: vampires.

The general idea of the deck is aggro & madness helps with that a lot. As I said, I just started playing so I'm not too sure if these combos are practical in an actual game, but they sound good on paper.

Neglected Heirloom into Elusive Tormentor or Heir of Falkenrath.

Falkenrath Gorger into Lightning Axe into Kalistas/Olivia/Drana.

The above are my main combos in mind when building this deck. When it comes to synergizing or the like, I could use some help on that.

Thanks!

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I have decided to cut down to 2x Olivia, Mobilized for War & 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir. In this deck, they're just auto kills when they come out. I almost feel like I should run something different just because they are such non-factors in games. They usually get Grasp of Darkness right away every single time or something similar.

In their place, I am running 2x Thunderbreak Regent & 1 more Alms of the Vein. I almost am thinking to cut the last Drana & 1 more Olivia just to run 2x more Thunderbreak Regent & maybe fit 1x Stensia Masquerade.

I'll update as time goes on.

Name is also from Brand New's new song, I Am A Nightmare.

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Date added 7 years
Last updated 7 years
Exclude colors WUG
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

5 - 1 Mythic Rares

16 - 1 Rares

16 - 4 Uncommons

9 - 6 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.26
Tokens Elemental 3/1 R
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