It also fits well into blue-based artifact decks as a way to draw cards cheaply and get a nice creature in play
Spiteful Banditry Red decks got a new toy across multiple formats, and its very similar to The Meathook Massacre
You might even find this deck to be a little mana-heavy , but with Admiral Brass the lynchpin of the deck, it's best to have spare mana to keep recasting her when she inevitably eats a removal spell
I prefer Gemrazer or Rancor for trample myself
In Standard, it's probably at its most powerful when grabbing equipment that makes a creature to equip to, like Dissection Tools, Machinist's Arsenal, and friends, which essentially allow Honored Knight-Captain to tutor a creature onto the battlefield
A great rattlesnake card , Elenda's Hierophant grows as you gain life, and produces a swarm of vampires whenever it dies