Here's a thought I had looking through the MBC thread. It occurred to me that Abyssal Persecutor basically made MBA possible. I didn't see any thread about this, and I felt this archetype needed a little attention.
Looks pretty good. Switch Doom blade out for Bonesplintters. Hits more things and gives you a way to kill Abyssal Persecutor. Also maybe Hypnotic Specter in SB it seems pretty good over all.
Would take out the Nyxathid for Vampire Nighthawks since you only run 7 mb discard which isn't enough to turn it on most of the time. Will probably try to fix in 4 Sign in Blood as well.
He is so man, he is mario, and I will tell my opponents such. As and when I bounce their permanent I will exclaim "MARIO" as though he were stomped on by our mighty Jace. Every time someone kill him I will give them 99 USD (not AUS!!!) because their lightning bolt should cost 100 DOLLARS...
Jace even made it into the Teenage Super Hero Mutant Ninja Hero Turtles.
Wow cant believe I missed Nighthawks I fail Also im not to sure about Quest for the Grave Lord. Its a decent enough card but if you pull it late game its pretty much pointless. So maybe something like Black Knight in those slots.
Mind Sludge is not what I consider aggro. Seems like you took an MBC list and tossed Lacerators and Bloodghasts in there. In fact, I'd say this is almost a variant between MBC and MB-Vamps.
And I think we'll see the hype around Persecutor fizzle before long. If he backfires, its one heck of a backfire. Plus, Baneslayer still beats it up. Very hard. It can't even rule the skies in Standard.
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For Sideboard I would run Malikar Blood Witch, Pithing Needles, Deathmark, maybe Smother or something like it, possibly Hypnotic Specter, and it may sound weird but for a versitile sideboard maybe Sadistic sacriment (it is a mono B TH )
Oh and instead of Lacerator maybe pulse tracker so you dont take those few damage also it is nice that even if they are blocked or die they still deal 1
Its hard to argue this being better or even much different from vampire aggro. A lot of choices seem to be inferior Vampires, and then if you trade them for the vampires you might as well trade the Abyssal Persecutor for Vampire Nocturnus.
Anyhow, first I'd change Fleshbag Maurader for Gatekeeper of Malakir. It will still cost the same but will be better early game when you don't want to drop a creature just yet. Gatekeeper can still target yourself, so when Persecutor has done his job you can make yourself sacrifice it. Another thing I'd do is add more lands, at least a total of 23. I would also drop the Mind Sludges... for an aggro deck, you should be winning on turn 5 or 6, and Mind Sludge deals no damage, so I'd stay away from it.
4 Bloodghast
4 Fleshbag Marauder
3 Nyxathid
3 Abyssal Persecutor
4 Duress
4 Doom Blade
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Mind Sludge
3 Corrupted Zendikon
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Tectonic Edge
11 Swamp
Pretty basic strategy, just use disruption well and cost effective guys to quickly kill the opponent.
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4 Bloodghast
4 Fleshbag Marauder
4 Vampire Nighthawk
3 Black Knight
3 Abyssal Persecutor
4 Bone Splinters
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Mind Sludge
3 Corrupted Zendikon
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Tectonic Edge
11 Swamp
Anyt thoughts on the SB?
ak;ehfa;khf;kh at you for your silliness.
Also: Smother/Hideous End is the only way your aggro will outclass any other. Neither option is pretty, but you need to pick one and work within it.
MBA still seems two pieces shy of working, unless one piece is Dark Ritual.
And I think we'll see the hype around Persecutor fizzle before long. If he backfires, its one heck of a backfire. Plus, Baneslayer still beats it up. Very hard. It can't even rule the skies in Standard.
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Oh and instead of Lacerator maybe pulse tracker so you dont take those few damage also it is nice that even if they are blocked or die they still deal 1
4 Bloodghast
4 Fleshbag Marauder
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Abyssal Persecutor
Spells:
4 Duress
4 Smother
4 Urge to Feed
4 Tendrils of Corruption
4 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Tectonic Edge
13 Swamp
4 Deathmark
4 Kalastria Highborn
4 Sign in Blood
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
Anyhow, first I'd change Fleshbag Maurader for Gatekeeper of Malakir. It will still cost the same but will be better early game when you don't want to drop a creature just yet. Gatekeeper can still target yourself, so when Persecutor has done his job you can make yourself sacrifice it. Another thing I'd do is add more lands, at least a total of 23. I would also drop the Mind Sludges... for an aggro deck, you should be winning on turn 5 or 6, and Mind Sludge deals no damage, so I'd stay away from it.
No Emo.
This is MBA, not sub-optimal Vampires.dek, though admittedly it's difficult to tell the difference with this card pool.