huntr101

I was thinking the same thing. I would ditch it. Maybe add in some Hellriders or something in its place. Also, I don't get the Manalith in a mono colored deck. The lotus makes sense for Flameblast Dragon's ability, but I'm sure there are better cards to run in this deck than the Manalith. Maybe add in a few more burn spells to help with board control.

Damn. Can someone explain to me how to add the card images in text?

Simple beat down deck. I like it. I would try to get some [CARD]Temple Garden[/CARD] to replace the guildgates or some of your basic lands.

I get what you were saying about the Aurelia's Fury. I was honestly on the fence about it. But I don't settle for half-value anyways, so instead of trading it in to a shop, I sell it to someone outright, for a little less than they'd pay at a store, but at least I get more than half. I did get rid of the Sacred Foundry, and used that $20 for and event deck that came with a bunch of good cards (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1161 <--- the one with the battalion stuff). I got a Thundermaw Hellkite today that I'm a little iffy on. If I do get rid of it, I'm buying another one of those event decks cause it was well worth the $20 and I'll be updating the deck list soon. So keep checking in! I may be increasing the price with some of the new stuff I'm thinking about running, but even now the deck is doing pretty well.

Thanks for the suggestions! I know lightning bolt and shock aren't standard, but the rest of my searing spears and pillar of flame are in another deck, and I do plan on swapping some of the cacklers for boros elites and war falcons, BUT a major factor in this deck was not having to get more cards, because I'm cheap and usually broke. I did pull and Aurelia's Fury today so I'll be trading that in for some cheaper cards, since I won't be running it anyway.

As far as more Foundry Champions and less lightning mauler goes, I don't think I'll be doing that. There's no denying that they are both decent cards, but for me the champion is too costly, and while the mauler doesn't hit that hard for late game its great for insuring that turn 3 battalion trigger. Plus, the few playtests I've ran have usually been extremely short games. As for reworking the burn spells, I'll definitely be taking some of your advice.

Thanks again for the comment! Check back some other time after I've updated the deck and tested it out more.

I'm pretty new at deck building so please comment and let me know what suggestions you have!!!

I am pretty new to magic, but i love it. I wanted to build a vamp deck, and hopefully a decent enough one I might actually win sometimes. I noticed that many of the vamps I had get +1/+1 counters for dealing damaged directly to a player, so i tried focusing my other spells on creature removal to eliminate most blockers. Most of these cards are the only ones I have of each card but I can get more if i need to. I'm not good at this deck building so if anyone wants to help me makes this better, let me know what I should add or take out. also, I'm wanting to keep it standard because I want to start going to FNM instead of always playing at work.