I never had to side against burn but was just seeing if it was a good side in. my local has 2 Bogle players, a Jund, Affinity, a Merfolk, and Infect players lol, anyone tries to bring burn to that tournament is asking to get beat

Bogle is an awful matchup for burn. All they need to do is give something lifelink. Though burn can side Leave No Trace and Back to Nature if bogle really does become a problem. When black variants were still a thing they'd use Self-Inflicted Wound.

Great deck and deck title. I figured it was a Black Dahlia Murder reference, but apparently not. Castlevania is cool too. However I did expect to see some curses. Despite that, I still Upvoted. Cheers!

Whats the logic behind running Dragon's Claw over Chalice of the Void, i mean the latter hates burn really strongly too, while its still useful in other matchups.

Also some vampires can function as hatebears in circumstances not considered by many, for example Viscera Seer is a real problem for living end, or Vampire Hexmage stealing counters from affinity.

Have you considered adding card draw in some shape or form? i am honestly curious about the reasons.

I've thought about adding in my 4 Dark Confidants as draw power along with a singleton Asylum Visitor. Space is tight though and life loss can easily get out of hand. Viscera seer is an amazing card, just saying. The only thing I dislike about viscera is his stats. 1/1 is still underwhelming even with an incredible ability.

I just bought my 2 Chalices this week. But I'm keeping the claws for now. Chalice of the Void counters my own spells too. That's a problem I have with it. Dragon's Claw doesn't actually hurt me in any way.

Well i didn't really took into consideration that you could hit your own spell with Chalice of the Void, since i don't run much 1 cmc spells anyways. If you play Cavern of Souls - considering your creature couint - it would clearly mitigate the problems with countering your own spells.

If you have problems with burn, why don't you play more lifelinkers, and things like Feast of Blood, it really does an unexpected amount of help. Does Vampire Lacerator worth running? I know early 2 damage is good, but for me it seems that winning or losing with this deck is really decide in mid to late game, where that early 2 damage doesn't mean that much, while the accumlated life loss can hurt a lot.

The 2/2 body is more than worth it. This guy puts in serious work. With that said he's nowhere near as amazing as Stromkirk Noble. A surprising amount of commonly played creatures are miserable little piles of secrets. What is a (hu)man? sips wineglass of blood

The one thing that might eventually land these chalices in my sideboard is that it's auto-win vs. infect and you can chalice on zero to REALLY hurt affinity. 2 hurts Jund a lot. that plus burn is 4 of the top 5 decks.

Well, alright. I'm willing to give it a try. I know how to side smart. If something comes in I have to side something out. And I feel like I can work around it by playing it at the right moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwbj2gzzTpk +1 great song, great game

zimmers, the title of this was the only reason I opened this deck. bdm for life haha.

This twisted wretched place shadowed by the utmost darks of hell in dreams of black beyond the bounds of a withered witch's spell where the doors surely are locked when the sun threatens to wane where shamblers dwell in dim moon light beyond the warmth of day

liars line the roads at dawn watchful eyes are upon you held sacred weapons to the sacred revealed to be unleashed upon the council of hell blood flows down the streets at night where wolves cry out for flesh where a horrible curse taints the woodlands nearby with the forms of the walking dead

unholy inversion of hope twisting the faith of the meek into hate driven insane by the dark one to bring forth the foul biddings he speaks the undead are among us at dawn they shrink back to their silken beds they dance by night and drink the blood of a child's broken neck

his spires are growing taller still their shadows stretching throughout the land freeing the evils that sleep within the weaker minds of man

into the tower never go the horrors multiply gears can mince the strongest ones leaving heroes paralyzed the rivers flow with poison the sands swallow you whole the ghouls that roam this darkened wood are thirsting for your throat

those are the lyrics to "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse"

Sounds like Simon's Quest alright.

Hmm... I'm on the fence about how my sideboard is shaping up. I've also noticed a lot of top tier decks side mostly colored spells, whereas I've always kinda relied on artifacts. I dunno. What do all of you think?

Black/Red aren't the greatest sideboard colors. Red has Combust or Rending Volley and black has Self-Inflicted Wound but that's really it besides the respective leylines. Being in rakdos colors, you do have Slaughter Games, Dreadbore and Rakdos Charm as great options. You could use some artifact hate like Shattering Spree unless you think chalice can cover your meta. I personally never liked Grafdigger's Cage since it doesn't stop living end. Since you don't want to hose your own Bloodghasts, Tormod's Crypt is an option.

thecakeisalie42
Then which ones are? and what do they bring to the table?

YamishiTheWickedOne
Did you sideboard the Fulminator Mages for the tron matchup?

Xica

Green and white have the best sideboard options in my opinion, having access to the best artifact, enchantment, graveyard, and permanent hate, as well as various hatebears. They have hexproof and protection, along with other cards that hose specific decks like Rule of Law. Also lots of lifegain! Just my opinions. Red is next, then blue then black. Feel free to disagree.

examples man... examples.
What are those hate cards that are so much better?

As i see it what black and red lack in hate cards the colorless cards more than make up for. For example Chalice of the Void in the modern meta is better than Leyline of Sanctity as the latter is aimed at burn / 8-rack, while the former can do a lot more harm, and even cause problems for things like infect, boogles, zoo, souls sisters (and martyr proc), beside hating the aftermentioned decks efficiently (well it causes more trouble for burn than, the leyline)
You should realise that black has lots of life gain sources, but most red/black players don't include any as they prioritise aggro gameplay, and see them as hindrance.
Vampires have Viscera Seer as an answer to living end, and even without meeting that deck the card is not totally useless.

What black lacks is ways to interact with artiufacts, or enchantments, however non-creature artifacts and enchantments used in modern tend to fall well within the range of things like Engineered Explosives, or the aftermentioned chalice.
Red black has kolaghan's command.

Kolaghan's Command is mainboard material imho. That card is fun.Black can gain life, yes, but not as well/fast enough to stop aggro. At least that's my experience with it. Also, white's is often tailored to aggro/burn with Burrenton Forge-Tender and Kor Firewalker.

Didn't realize that interaction with Viscera Seer, but it is a lovely one. "In response to you killing all my creatures, I sacrifice them all! Mwahaha!"

Colorless is very good at sideboarding. I don't deny that. I'd probably put it equal to white, but above it since y'know, all colors can play it.

I don't want to go find all the hate cards in green and white cause there's a lot.

Gatherer page for destroy enchantment

Most of those have some green or white in there. Same goes for artifacts.

HOWEVER

I also found this! Which means I would edit my list to this - Colorless=White, Green, Red, Black, Blue -based off the quality and quantity of the cards herein. I can give a more detailed analysis if you want.

These are just my opinions and I don't claim to be an expert.

I agree. Kolaghan's Command is an excellent card. In a meta where affinity is this big it will always be relevant. I don't run it here for the sake of my mana curve. 3 mana for an instant is a bit steep for this deck.

Not mb in this deck no. Jund mostly.

Xica Yes, Fulminator is primarily an answer to Tron. That's why I side it.

Isn't Sowing Salt/Crumble to Dust better against Tron?

Oh, Cake, I did at one point sideboard Tormod's Crypt. It's good and very mana-efficient. I personally prefer Relic of Progenitus, since it cantrips.

Xica not necessarily. Crumble's a good option but it comes out turn 4. It shuts down their ability to ramp but by then if they opened well they may already have Karn.