So I ran Bloodghast as well as Vampire Nocturnus, I think once I can trade for them they will totally be worth it. I'm not sure what to do about my mana pool, I could really use help there. I feel like the deck runs so cheeply that mana isn't a huge issue, but I would like some free shuffles in there, as well as hitting with Bloodghast's landfall. The only reason I like Blood Tribute(maybe this is sideboard material) is that with Sanguine Bond it's an automatic game end. Lost half life, tap untapped vampire, gain that life and re-deal the damage, takes half, gains half, deals half back, game end. I want to run Durress in, but I'm not sure what I would cut, I was thinking maybe cut out a Vampires Bit, a Unholy Strength, and a Guul Draz and running 3 Durress in instead, but I worry my scope is getting too big. I feel that the Durress in there is neccisairy, especially with how much red burn can ruin a day and how popular it is in standard. I struggled a little bit with deciding to run Guul Draz and Lacerator, but I decided in the late game, if I combo a kicked vampire bite on a Guul Draz I would get 6 lifelink and unblockable damage, so sanguine combo, game end. Although the popularity of Black in standard today is a force to think about with the intimidate.
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Even though it's expensive I would run 4 Lotus Cobra in there for ramp instead of maybe the Borderland Ranger. And I would also run Scute Mob instead of the Terra Stomper.
That's a pretty standard red aggro, I would put in some 4 Teetering Peaks though. You also might want to consider Goblin Guide and Unstable Footing.
Sorry, not Arid Mesa, but the sack life fetchlands that actually apply to my deck color. And thanks for the feedback BTW, keep the comments coming.
Lol, yeah, sorry about the mountains, I tend to mix them up in dialogue as well(I just started playing magic again, this is my first deck since an affinity Mirrodin deck). So maybe throw in some Arid Mesa's as well one that other sack life fetchland, my other deck I"m building is gonna use those anyway so I'm not worried about paying for em(though it does suck). Are you sure about ommitting the sphinx? I would just as soon cut down 4 of something else and run 4x of both roil and sphinx, I just like having something out there that can't be countered delt damage from the player(directly). Is having that pair too expensive though? Seeing as how I would probably take out a cheaper card like Frontier Guide.