Standard Knuckleblade (or Savage Knucklebudget)
Standard*
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Great deck ! Really loving how it looks , might have to build around one like this !
March 17, 2015 1:28 p.m.
Thanks for the support! By all means, feel free to build off this deck; I only ask that you give me some credit. Let me know if you find anything new that works for it!
March 17, 2015 1:40 p.m.
I've enjoyed reading your comments. I agree with most of what you've said.
I've been running temur for a while and I really like Wild Slash and Outpost Siege in this deck. I also run Tormenting Voice for card draw.
So how has Frost Walker been doing for you? I haven't tried it yet.
March 17, 2015 1:46 p.m.
Wild Slash would be an immediate addition to this deck if it didn't cost almost $1 a copy. The card is great right now, but I just can't reconcile myself with spending $4 on Shocks. It is something I am constantly considering, though.
First and foremost, Outpost Siege is WAY too expensive for this deck. I'm hesitant to run even $1 cards so a $4 cards is a no-go. That aside, Outpost Siege is really only for decks that desperately need fuel or can have its creatures die a lot (like RW Aggro or Jeskai Tokens). This deck is neither. The free card every turn would be great, but at four mana, I think I'd be better off with other options. Overall a pretty solid suggestion, though.
Tormenting Voice doesn't actually gain me any card advantage unless it's the only card in my hand. It could help filter through my cards, but this deck generally doesn't have to worry about bad draws and already has much better things to cast for two mana.
As for Frost Walker, it can do a lot or it can do nothing at all (Anger of the Gods and Drown in Sorrow ruin it). More often than not it just acts as a 2-mana ferocious-enabler, but I cannot begin to overstate how useful that alone is. Otherwise it's a 2-drop that eats their removal (have two on the field? Bile Blight can't actually resolve against them) and can wall bigger threats they don't want to lose or can swing in for big, early-game damage. It is an integral part of this deck and I can't imagine removing it for anything less than a game-breaker.
Thanks for the suggestions!
March 17, 2015 4:43 p.m.
go to your LGS and ask to see the commons/uncommons and go through them most stores charge 25 cents(commons) or 50 cents (uncommons). might be worth a look.
March 18, 2015 11:42 a.m.
I'll do that at the next FNM I attend. Hopefully I can land some cheap Wild Slashes. Otherwise there aren't any commons or uncommons I want.
Thanks for the suggestion!
March 18, 2015 3:39 p.m.
Darth Revan says... #11
I am running a similar Temur Accendency deck. If you really want to. You could trade out your Rattleclaw Mystic for Elvish Mystics. My deck is more of a dragon based deck because i pulled some at a draft, so i run both mana producing champions.
March 27, 2015 4:46 p.m.
Darth Revan says... #12
I also really like Anticipate. I am going to run Steam Augury and Treasure Cruise until they rotate out (the synergy between the two is sick), but after Theros rotates out, I am going to run a full playset of Anticipate.
March 27, 2015 4:51 p.m.
Wow, those are some excellent suggestions! I hadn't considered Steam Augury, but I may depending on how much Anticipate ends up costing. Anticipate was something I was considering and now that someone else has brought it up, I think I'll go with it.
I'll try cutting my Rattleclaw Mystics and add Anticipate and see how things go.
Thanks for the suggestions!
March 28, 2015 1:35 a.m.
Anticipate is only a common, it really wouldnt cost more than a dime.
March 30, 2015 4:22 a.m.
You say that, but it's actually $0.40 on average.
It IS the most hyped card of the set right now.
March 30, 2015 4:33 a.m.
Arbor Colossus? I mean yea a lot of green mana but, it has never really been a problem in my eyes. The reach seems relevant with all your creatures on the ground and with the new elder dragons, flying will be everywhere.
March 31, 2015 5:47 p.m.
Also, Sagu Mauler is worth noting in my opinion. It is a very strong card (about .50 cents) and the value from it being a 6/6 with trample hexproof (aggro worst nightmare).
Display of Dominance would be great in your sideboard because it threatens a lot of planeswalkers (Idk..Narset, Kiora, Lilliana. And protection from blue and black spells (downfall, reality shift, bile blight).
March 31, 2015 5:57 p.m.
Solid suggestions.
I think Arbor Colossus could do a decent amount of work in this deck. Unfortunately, I just don't think it does enough work for the difficulty I'd have in casting it. I do like it, though, so I'll run some tests with it once the new meta has settled in.
I've considered Display of Dominance, but I'm not entirely sure it's what I want. The deck already has a pretty easy time of dealing with Planeswalkers as it is (countering them or beating face usually works out) and my threats, for the most part, are pretty efficient so I don't mind losing one or two to removal. The ones I do care about are more easily protected by other spells or protect themselves.
I've been avoiding Sagu Mauler. I don't really know why. I think I, as a player, just don't like it. If I decide to keep my Rattleclaw Mystics in, I may try Sagu Mauler out, but if I swap them with Anticipate, I just don't think it would be worth it.
Thanks for the suggestions!
March 31, 2015 8:21 p.m.
I really like your deck. Thinking of building something like it.My local play group have very loose rules in regards to format and legal cards so i am thinking of adding some Modern/legacy play sets. Fx Lightning Bolt and Mana Leak
With that in mind, do you have any recommendations of cards that would fit in perfectly and not blow the budget ?
Thanks in advance and again, +1 for your deck ;)
April 3, 2015 1:32 p.m.
Sorry for taking so long to respond!
That's a pretty tough parameter to work with. Modern and Legacy are SOOOO much broader than Standard and it's kind of hard to narrow anything down.
One inexpensive card that definitely plays into a similar mindset of this deck is Delver of Secrets Flip, but a deck like this has WAY too many non-instants/sorceries for that to be completely viable. That said a lot of decks are built around "Delver" that have the same midrange/threat protection abilities (if not mind set) as this deck.
That's the easiest suggestion (that doesn't destroy your bank account) I can make. If I were to make more suggestions, they'd have to be something I'd really have to do research into.
I hope that helps and thanks for the support!
April 8, 2015 9:05 p.m.
buttergolem says... #21
Please add more cards from DTK. There are too many good cards to list here, but here are a few: Stampeding Elk Herd, Collected Company, Circle of Elders, Epic Confrontation, Sight of the Scalelords, and Shaman of Forgotten Ways. Although they are overpriced, their costs will go down.
April 8, 2015 9:50 p.m.
I really like this deck. My first deck shit the bed so I think I'll build this one. :D
April 8, 2015 10:36 p.m.
I wish I could, but a lot of those cards are simply not good enough or don't fit what this deck is trying to do.
Stampeding Elk Herd is essentially a worse Surrak Dragonclaw who I already run. It might actually get to have trample and be easier to cast, but I'd rather have flash, resistance to counters, constant trample instead of conditional, and a bit more power/toughness (Surrak won't die to Roast for example).
Collected Company is a great card, but in this deck it's just not good enough. The math behind it means I need to run AT LEAST 22 creatures that it can hit before I'd be comfortable running it and there's just not enough room for copies of it AND more creatures. Trust me, I saw it and wished I could play it, but I'd practically have to make an all new deck to fit it in. It's also just way too expensive sitting at just below $5 on average and I've only got $6 to work with. Even if the price goes down, the fact is that it just costs too much right now.
Circle of Elders does a lot, but it does it too late and with a resource I don't really need (this deck can't do a whole lot with colorless mana) AND it's conditional AND that condition means I'm probably not at a point where I need that mana. A 4-drop needs to do a lot more for me and Circle of Elders far too low for me to even consider.
Epic Confrontation is a nice card, but in this deck Savage Punch is, more often than not, better. It's a marginal difference, but it could matter. I may actually consider Savage Punch now that I think of it.
Sight of the Scalelords is way too weak in this format. A 5-drop that doesn't immediately affect the board state AND is conditional just doesn't work. Even if it operated on power instead of toughness (and thus affected Frost Walker) it'd still be too far from being playable.
Shaman of the Forgotten Ways is interesting, but as a 3-drop it's competing with some of my best cards and a mana dork at that point just isn't what this deck needs. That aside, odds are I'd never be able to activate it's ability except against control and I find that scenario to be dubious in nature all around. In addition, it just way too expensive and I doubt the price will go down as it's very much not really geared to be a card played in Standard, but in other formats.
Thank you so much for all the suggestions and I'm sorry none of them really work for me, but I appreciate the support!
@shamE12:
I'd glad you like the deck! Just please be sure to give me credit. Also, don't be afraid to add your own touch!
April 8, 2015 10:47 p.m.
Phelgming Yea man no problem, also +1 forgot to do that :V
April 8, 2015 10:58 p.m.
@Phelgming
Yeah i know it was kinda a longshot :) Just wanted to ask, just in case you had been looking at bringing it to modern yourself.But thanks non the less!
Phelgming says... #1
I had considered Nylea, God of the Hunt in a very early build, but I quickly found that she doesn't quite do enough on her own to be of much use to me. As things stand she's just too hard for this deck to animate and Surrak Dragonclaw's trample makes her kind of redundant.
Thanks for the suggestion!
March 14, 2015 12:24 a.m.