Bristling with Blades

Modern* Kittacus

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KrosanTusker says... #1

I'll be honest, I was hoping for some cooler equipment to better make use of Puresteel Paladin and Auriok Steelshaper . It's not that awesome to make a Bonesplitter free to equip when it only costs one mana to do so anyway.

If you did splash red (recommended!) the free equip could lead to some crazy plays with Sunforger -- although that would be a rather different deck, with more charms, Bolts/Helixes and Advent of the Wurm .

Keeping a shell similar to this one, I would add 1x Loxodon Warhammer and 1x each of the rest of the Swords like Sword of Light and Shadow , instead of Paradise Mantle . As it is, you don't really need to make extra mana when you have only two cards with cmc greater than 2 and seven effects that reduce equip costs further -- although it is cool to make loads of mana with a Mantle and a Steelshaper and a bunch of other creatures.

Also, why Vault Skirge ? War Falcon would have an extra power (and all your other creatures are Knights or Soldiers) and the life gain is negligible when you pay 2 life to cast the Skirge anyway. Really, I'd run the full set of Kor Duelist instead.

January 2, 2014 2:15 p.m.

Kittacus says... #2

What about splashing for Goblin Gaveleer ? I could also swap out Flayer Husk for Cranial Plating ... But back on topic, Vault Skirge is in here for evasion and the lifeline is incredibly helpful with slowing down aggro and it is good for a one-drop.

So, final changes:

-3 Vault Skirge
-1 Leonin Shikari
+4 Goblin Gaveleer ,
-3 Bonesplitter
+3 Loxodon Warhammer ,
-8 Plains
+4 Arid Mesa
+2 Sacred Foundry
+1 Sword of Body and Mind
+1 Sword of Light and Shadow .

Happy with that?

January 2, 2014 4:32 p.m.

KrosanTusker says... #3

Very cool.

January 3, 2014 5:36 a.m.

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