Squandered Resources: Black and Budget Legacy

[ssjevot]

I've been wanting to make a Legacy Vampire deck for a while and this article finally got me around to it, but I have one question. Why no Vampire Nocturnus? Is the information you're giving away to your opponent really too much of a disadvantage?

[-spooky-]

Honestly, I just don't like Vampire Nocturnus. For one, his pump is not a sure thing. If I am paying 4 mana for a lord I would like to have his pump be constant. Also, Vampire Nocturnus is more for aggressive style vampire decks, maybe something you would also play Stromkirk Captain in. The list I provided is much more of a mid-range deck, opting to let card advantage bring you victory, not aggression through pumps. Of course, this is all just my opinion though, Vampire Nocturnus is not necessarily a bad card, so if you want to try and find room for him, test him out, it wouldn't be a horrible choice.

[Henge Guardian]

I've been Working on my B/g Pox build which seems to be quite strong. At the moment it looks like this:

Deck
Land: 2 Ghost Quarter 2 Dakmor Salvage 1 Undiscovered Paradise 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2 Mishra's Factory 2 Barren Moor 1 Bojuka Bog 4 Verdant Catacombs 2 Overgrown Tomb 3 Swamp 1 Forest Artifacts: 3 Mox Diamond 2 Crucible of Worlds	Planeswalkers: 4 Liliana of the Veil Creatures: 4 Bloodghast 2 Creakwood Liege Instants and Sorceries: 3 Entomb 4 Dark Ritual 4 Innocent Blood 1 Raven's Crime 4 Hymn to Tourach 4 Smallpox 2 Life from the Loam 1 Syphon Life 1 Worm Harvest	Sideboard: 4 Duress 3 Abrupt Decay 2 Cabal Therapy 2 Ensnaring Bridge 2 Maelstrom Pulse 2 Pernicious Deed

Any thoughts?

[-spooky-]

I personally don't think that Ghost Quarter is worth the potential mana problems it causes you, but that's just me. I would also argue that without wasteland Crucible of worlds is really just not worth it. Everything else looks pretty nice though.