Shiny Soldiers [RIX Vamps]

Standard* Aggro Lifegain Tokens Tribal Vampires WB (Orzhov)

TheOrakle

Creature (28)

• 3x Famished Paladin
• 4x Forerunner of the Legion
• 4x Legion Lieutenant
• 3x Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• 4x Paladin of Atonement
• 3x Sanctum Seeker
• 4x Skymarcher Aspirant
• 3x Vicious Conquistador

Land (23)

• 4x Concealed Courtyard
• 3x Ifnir Deadlands
• 5x Plains
• 4x Shefet Dunes
• 4x Swamp
• 3x Unclaimed Territory

Enchantment (6)

• 3x Cast Out
• 3x Legion's Landing  ^Flip

Instant (3)

• 3x Fatal Push

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Sideboard

Enchantment (8)

• 3x Authority of the Consuls
• 3x Baffling End
• 2x Solemnity

Artifact (2)

• 2x Crook of Condemnation

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Lost Legacy

Instant (2)

• 2x Forsake the Worldly

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Maybeboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Crook of Condemnation

Instant (1)

• 1x Forsake the Worldly

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My take on a Vampire tribal aggro weenie deck for Rivals of Ixalan standard. I'm open to suggestions, and the sideboard probably needs some work.

The main strategy is to go wide, put down a Sanctum Seeker, and for each individual swing, you drain 1 life, getting ahead by 2.

If you want to put in 4-drops like Elenda or Twilight Prophet, you can replace 1 Sanctum Seeker with them, ie 1 Seeker, 1 Elenda, 1 Prophet. Less competitive, but more fun and still effective because of the Forerunner.

Cards

Skymarcher Aspirant is a great 1-drop, swinging for two, and then late game it Ascends to fly over blockers.

Vicious Conquistador also swings for two, blocks small 1-drops, and can get in the last point of damage, if that comes up.

Legion's Landing   has its better decks, but is a nice late-game mana sink here.

Legion Lieutenant. No explanation needed.

Paladin of Atonement grows really fast, especially with the ping-deserts, in fact, you want to hurt yourself with them in order to grow him, and when he dies, you get that life back.

Famished Paladin untaps almost consistently, and a 3/3 for provides good value.

Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle creates board presence, and the tokens have lifelink, which is pretty great.

Forerunner of the Legion allows to adapt to the board-state effectively, and will most often tutor a Sanctum Seeker (do this only if you have enough lands to cast it, or if you have the fourth in hand).

Sanctum Seeker is a consistent finisher. Draining 4-5 from a swing in addition to damage is great.

Sideboard

Will update as meta develops

Thanks for any feedback!

Top Ranked	Achieved #46 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	URG
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 8 Rares 34 - 5 Uncommons 0 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.16
Tokens	City's Blessing, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Vampire 1/1 W
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