MetaphysicalxProdigy says... #3
Hey man, sorry it took me forever to reply.
Your list looks really good. Not much I can recommend in way of improvements. I love the flavour with Godsend but I find it to be a little win-more, and harder to use effectively than it seems. I would probably just opt for another sword, probably Sword of Light and Shadow to help round out the colour protection.
As for your creatures, or targets for your equipment, I would probably recommend either getting some bigger bodies in there Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers or Knight of the Holy Nimbus to survive burn, or add Fiendslayer Paladin to avoid burn (and Abrupt Decay altogether). Your biggest challenge will be getting the equipment onto your creatures, and without prot spells like Brave the Elements or anthems like Light from Within to back them up your opponents will be trading advantage against you in some games.
With the vigilance and large body, I really think Brimaz/Cavaliers could be good here. Great target for your equipment. Don't hinder your creature selection by running Bladed Bracers; your equipment should be tailored to your creature selection.
As for your sideboard, it looks good. I would probably cut the single Erase and you don't need Grafdigger's Cage while you have Rest in Peace already there. RiP does everything Grafdigger does and more (it removes the entire concept of a graveyard from the game). You should free up these three slots and distribute them to more [c]Kor Firewalker[/c], [c]Leyline of Sanctity[/c] and/or [c]Rest in Peace[/c].
One other concern to keep in mind is how you will handle matches against Affinity, Tron and Twin. If you feel you must have the Erase for Twin, then run Celestial Purge instead. +1!
November 23, 2014 11:42 p.m.
Hey MetaphysicalxProdigy no problem!
I though about Sword of Light and Shadow too but as I have 4 crusader and the white protection from Sword of War and Peace Im a little bit resillient to put it on board. As the meta now is more blue/red, I think it is ok for now (but Im still thinking about it haha).
I was thinking about Brimaz, King of Oreskos too, but he is f**cking expensive right now :( Some time ago I was playing with Hero of Bladehold but I took her out because she is 4cmc, but I do like her. Before I tried Elspeth, Knight-Errant and replaced by bladehold, but I think 2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos would do really well too.
Im not that worried about burn because Im running 3x Kor Firewalker and 2 Leyline of Sanctity on the SB and 3x Knight of Meadowgrain alongside with 2 swords pro-red and lifelink from basilisk. I think anthems are better when u have a lot of dudes, what is not most optimal for me :/
About the numbers of Bladed Bracers, Bonesplitter and O-Naginata Im still testing and so far 2-3-2 is the best. Maybe I change depending of the meta.
And thank you for noting Grafdigger's Cage. Actually I included RiP sometime ago and I didnt have time to test it yet, and so I didnt notice the redudancy. As I only have 2 RiP, Im gonna use 2 of it and 1 Cage, +1 Kor.
Erase I added recently because it is a fast answer to Bogles, to Stony Silence and to Twin. I hate Tron and affinity btw hahaha, they are not the best matches for me. All I can do is to side in 2x Disenchant and pray haha.
Thank you for the feedback, it was really nice o/
November 24, 2014 7:53 a.m.
Lightning Greaves? Any consideration to GW version with Knight of the Reliquary and Wilt-Leaf Liege?
November 24, 2014 5:14 p.m.
Hey OpenFire. If I would put Knight of the Reliquary for GW I would have to change the structure of the deck. There is also a dedicate GW knight deck, but this one Im trying to focus more on the puresteel build.
Yes, Wilt-Leaf Liege is something really good, he is out of the bold range and is also a anthem for my dudes! There are some good 4cmc like him and Hero of Bladehold. The thing is that Im trying to speed up the deck, to act like a very explosive aggro deck. This way, I took out all my 4cmc dudes, what includes bladehold, sadly :(. Nowadays I prefer to draw a cheap equip than a 4cmc, because I can cast it, draw another card and equip all this equips at once and give a big amount of damage.
Lightning Greaves is better than Swiftfoot Boots, but as I have a lot of equips that "target" I couldnt use it :/
November 24, 2014 5:55 p.m.
Yes, it does :(
Equip (X) ((X): Attach to TARGET creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
November 24, 2014 6:19 p.m.
Opinions on sideboarding a Thalia, Guardian of Thraben? helps slow down boggles, blocks for days, overall pretty good card.
I'm really liking the way the deck is coming along, it seem pretty good, I think you need some more Steelshaper's Gift its tutor effect lets you get whatever solutions you need to the problem at hand.
Could use Flagstones of Trokair for the additional mana combo thing, might help speed the deck up more?
November 26, 2014 5:47 a.m.
Hey kiy251, thx for ur feedback! Thalia, Guardian of Thraben is really a good card, but more useful on pure aggro decks. The problem is that Im running 18 noncreature spells, so she will hurt me a lot too :/
Steelshaper's Gift is a really good card too, but with my experience I realised that 2 is the optimal number. The why is that in the begining of the game, is better 1cmc equips so I can draw a lot of cards and activate the metalcraft of purestell, so the 1 mana more for the tutor delays me. On the other hand, late game the tutor is better, because u can simply search for the right answer. It is a trade off, this is the reason of 2of.
Yes, Flagstones of Trokair could be used, but the problem is that I do not own the playset and it is expensive right now haha
November 26, 2014 5:54 a.m.
Antimatterpenguin says... #11
would you mind if i used this as the main body of a deck that im making? this is one my favorite lists that i've seen in a while and i really want to try it.
January 11, 2015 1:39 a.m.
No problem Antimatterpenguin :)
As more people use this deck, more popular it becomes and we can do a better fine tunning o/
January 11, 2015 1:29 p.m.
Antimatterpenguin says... #13
DH_Cell thanks! i don't know if you've gotten the suggestion of replacing Bonesplitter with Bone Saw before, it might be a good idea, as it's cheaper and still gets pretty much all of your creatures into O-Naginata range.
Ancient Den would also go well if it wasnt banned...
January 11, 2015 3:19 p.m.
I know Ancient Den would be a good card for this deck, but it wont be unbanned because of affinity :/
I tried Bone Saw before and the problem was that the attack increase is not that good, and only when I have Puresteel Paladin on board the 0 mana would be good, otherwise, u would start casting this card on the begining of the game and wont be effective
January 11, 2015 7:51 p.m.
Personally I'd rub Honor of the Pure over Light from Within because it's half the cost, sure it might only give +1+1 not +2+2 but it's more cost efficient and I think it'd be better.
January 11, 2015 8:48 p.m.
Hey kiy251. Yes, I know. It is still under test, because if there is an artifact hate on game I should have some backup, but I agree with u anyway.
January 12, 2015 4:51 a.m.
I really like having another Sword of Fire and Ice to help deal with the delver meta and maybe a Sword of Feast and Famine or Sword of Light and Shadow because it works wonders against Pod which is a somewhat popular deck right now. Maybe even side Eidolon of Rhetoric because it's unmovable unless delver uses Vapor Snag and counters it coming down, other than that it helps hate out storm which might be relevant as your list looks like it's a little lacking in that match-up, I'm just going off speculation and knowledge of Modern, I could always be totally wrong.
Just trying to theorycraft, after playing about with it what do you think you lack/have bad matchups against? I'll do what I can to try to make the list better if I can. :)
January 12, 2015 7:15 a.m.
Is there enough equipment to justify playing Golem-Skin Gauntlets
January 15, 2015 5:50 a.m.
Hey kiy251, Golem-Skin Gauntlets would be, in average, +3/0, what O-Naginata does better ;)
January 15, 2015 11:19 a.m.
Stevoscurse says... #22
Why not have a Sword of Body and Mind floating in this deck it is kind of rude to have mill in a deck
February 28, 2015 10:32 p.m.
Hey Stevoscurse, all the swords are good, but the best ones are Sword of Fire and Ice and Sword of War and Peace. The crusader has protection from black, so I dont need it anymore and the swords are slow to equip, so I think 2of is ok!
March 1, 2015 8:15 a.m.
Stevoscurse says... #24
Ya true but what I'm saying is Sword of Body and Mind mills out 10 cards out of all the swords i feel this one is powerful over Sword of Fire and Ice
March 2, 2015 7:59 p.m.
Jhereg2467 says... #25
Lightning Greaves instead of Swiftfoot Boots in case you don't draw the paladin.
DH_Cell says... #1
Hey MyPreciousGollum. You wont see Kinsbaile Cavalier on most knight builds, probably none of them. He is 4 drop, what is not the best spot for this deck. Hero of Bladehold would be a better one for the 4cmc, because if she hits, she hits hard, and the cavalier doesnt. He is a mere 2/2, dies even to Shock. His abbility would be something to consider if we get floaded of knight dudes, what is not the situation (at most, u have 2 dudes on board, and Silverblade Paladin sees more play). I hope it was a good explanation :)
November 21, 2014 8:15 p.m.