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Aug 15, 2012 -- 4:24AM, Maurice wrote:

Vampire decks like these are all about aggression. You have to attack early and you have to hit hard. The longer the game lasts, the smaller your chances will be. This is also the reason why 1- and 2-drops are so important in decks like these, you have to get rolling as soon as you can and press your opponent into his defense.

So is that a yes to replacing the Marauders with Nighthawks ? Or perhaps I should sideboard the Marauders and foucus on 1-4 mana creatures main deck?

Aug 15, 2012 -- 4:24AM, Maurice wrote:

You might replace a Tragic Slip and a Curse of Bloodletting with two Murder s, if you are really afraid of large, powerful creatures. In fact, if you plan on making a side board, cards like that would make excellent side board material.

I was actually thinking about getting some Murder s, but I've run into a few instances with my friends using creatures such as Predator Ooze that can only be removed with a Tragic Slip . Would this be too rare an occurance to worry about, or should I sideboard the Murder s?

Aug 15, 2012 -- 1:47PM, 1FlamingWalnut1 wrote:

A friend of mine tried this deck and it's big strength was the Captains. That first strike allows you to, mostly, storm into their face without trouble. It also allows you to make quite a defensive wall. And yes, Stromkirk Noble is AMAZING. Especially with a Curse of Stalked Prey after him. Also, I think Bloodline Keeper should be a 4 of. It is quite amazing. This all of course depends on your budget. 

Budget allowing, I WOULD make him a 4 of. I'll just have to see if I can trade for it or get a decent price at my card shop. Since I also need a 4 of Noble, I'll have to prioritize that.

Aug 15, 2012 -- 9:05PM, Black_Egg wrote:

Have you considered going monored? You're almost all the way there already.

You'd lose Bloodline Keeper and Stromkirk Captain  but you could offset that with Heirs of Stromkirk and maybe some additional burn spells. You could even try to make Bloodcrazed Neonate work with Flames of the Firebrand to clear out early blockers.

As for losing first strike from the captain, Vampiric Fury  would almost be better. First strike is sooo much stronger if they don't see it coming.

Nightbird's Clutches might be worth a look as well as the other "can't block" vampires, Crossway Vampire and Markov Warlord .

If you're really hard up on the budget and just can't get the nobles, you could try Faithless Looting  as a way to improve your hand on turn 1 instead of putting down a creature.

I'm not really wanting to go Mono-Red, but thanks for the advice. Some of the cards on this list I have run before, and didn't work so well. That's why I actually sat down and tried to write out a good decklist, but was having some difficulty so I posted here.