Affinity for Knights..

Modern Aggro Artifact Knights Mono-White Tribal Voltron

Metroid_Hybrid

Creature (22)

• 1x Benalish Marshal *f-pre*
• 1x Danitha Capashen, Paragon *f-pre*
• 4x Knight Exemplar
• 4x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kwende, Pride of Femeref *f-pre*
• 2x Mirran Crusader
• 1x Paladin en-Vec
• 4x Puresteel Paladin
• 3x Student of Warfare
• 1x Student of Warfare

Artifact (12)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Bladed Bracers
• 1x Bonesplitter
• 3x Flayer Husk
• 1x Kitesail
• 1x O-Naginata
• 2x Silver-Inlaid Dagger
• 1x Spear of Heliod

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Light from Within

Land (20)

• 20x Plains

Instant (4)

• 4x Path to Exile

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Fiendslayer Paladin
• 1x Mirran Crusader
• 2x Paladin en-Vec
• 1x Riders of Gavony
• 1x Stillmoon Cavalier
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Enchantment (5)

• 2x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Story Circle

Instant (2)

• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Disenchant

Land (1)

• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin

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Maybeboard

Instant (8)

• 4x Faith's Shield
• 4x Swords to Plowshares

Land (4)

• 4x Ancient Den

Enchantment (1)

• 1x History of Benalia

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Sideboard needs help...

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Knights & Equipment..

This deck's overall strategy is based on a synergy of two major elements: A Tribal Creature-base of assorted First-Striking Grizzly Bears.. And the assorted Equipments that turns those said Bears into scary, overpowering beat-sticks of _DOOM!.. The trick is maximizing the Knights' natural First Strike Combat advantage by tacking on cheap power boosts & various keywords..

.. .. Imagine the look on people's face(s) when it takes several seconds to call out a ridiculous amount of damage coming from an; Indestructible Mirran Crusader with Flying, Vigilance, Deaththouch, Lifelink, & Trample.. Yeah.. That can very reasonably happen with this deck (because it has), particularly in Multiplayer..

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Local Tribal Meta.. Show

Although I would like this to be "competitive" on a broader scale, instead, priority-1 is to optimize this to shit on my friends' decks as much as possible, most of which have built (Modern) Tribal-themed Aggro decks of their own; two of which in particular have played each other very often, and therefore been optimized for explosive, hyper-Aggro speed..

One of those friends generally plays 5-color Slivers.. The other one plays either R/B Vampire Aggro/Control, or Mono-Red Kuldotha Rebirth Goblins..

Also as a side note: games are generally either 1v1, Teams/2v2, or 'Two-headed Giant', because the latter pilot complains about the potential of being ganged up on in Multiplayer Free-for-All; super lame in my opinion--but whatever...

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The Knights.. Show

Tribal Lord: Knight Exemplar..~~

Student of Warfare: Of course, every good Aggro deck needs a solid 1-drop, and go-figure that one of the (arguably) best 1-drop White Weenies ever printed happens to be a Knight..

Puresteel Paladin: Having this guy & a few (1) drop equipments in an opening hand is deadly; as his first ability makes him an all-important draw-engine and his Metalcraft ability is absolutely abusivable.. 

Knight of the White Orchid: The primary purpose of this guy is to provide me with a potential mana advantage; otherwise he's just a reliable 2/2 First-strike.. (Synergizes with Path to Exile and makes being on the draw less of a drawback..)

Paladin en-Vec: Here for breaking R/B decks.. (Screw your Lightning Bolt & Go for the Throat..)

Mirran Crusader: A double-striking beast; just add a few equips and/or +1/+1 boosts and you'll have yourself a scary Juggernaut (That's immune to black & green, breaks G/B decks)..

Knight Exemplar: Three words: Boosted--Indestructible--Knights.. Bwah-Ha-Ha-haa.. >;D..

Equipment.. Show

Equipment Lord/Draw Engine: Puresteel Paladin..~~

Bonesplitter/Silver-Inlaid Dagger: Cheap cost for raw attacking power..

O-Naginata: More raw attacking power, but with Trample..

Bladed Bracers: It's hard to go wrong with a cheap boost w/ Vigilance.. Perfect for halting other forms of Aggro, and it puts it's wearer out of Pyroclasm range..

Basilisk Collar: For one thing--because Lifelink can completely change games on it's own, but also having Deathtouch turns a First-striking Knight into a deadly knockout artist; and they're both on a cheap equipment?! Sweet..

Infiltration Lens: A simple counter-blocking tool for card advantage.. This one plays with people's heads, puts them in a real "Catch-22" -type situation!.. ;D

Kitesail: Evasion, with a small attack boost.. Very valuable both offensively & defensively..   

Loxodon Warhammer: Raw attack power, with Lifelink & Trample.. It's the game-changing Juggernaut maker.. 

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Other spells.. Show

Path to Exile: Because Mono-; duh..

Aether Vial: Metalcraft enabler; and Instant-speed, (virtually) uncounterable creature shenanigans.. (I only own one, and here it is..)

Brave the Sands: In a Tribal-base that has natural First Strike, this is capable of bringing other Tribal Aggro decks to a screeching halt..

Blind Obedience: For slowing down the Tempo of other (Tribal) Aggro decks, and particularly for breaking Hastey Goblin Shenanigans. Plus, Extort adds mid-to-late game value to my low average CMC (which again, becomes even more effective in a Multiplayer environment..

Spear of Heliod: Essentially a Glorious Anthem that also doubles as a Metalcraft enabler; and even occasionally as a source of removal..

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Casual/Legacy Board Show

A few extra cards I keep sleeved up in the same deck box--in case I know I'm going to play in a Legacy, or otherwise non-'Modern' environment..

Ancient Den: To help maximize Puresteel Paladin's Metalcraft ability..

Swords to Plowshares: Obviously superior to Path to Exile; I sub in accordingly when I can..

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This deck has netted a overall positive success rate against my friends and those that I found at a weekend tournament I (used to) go to.. 

I invite you to playtest my deck, and then please, tell me what you think.. :) I know that it still has room for improvement; I am always open for suggestions..(Particularly for my Sideboard!) :3

Top Ranked	Achieved #33 position in Modern 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Knights 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Mono-White 2 years ago
Date added	12 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 1 Mythic Rares 23 - 10 Rares 11 - 3 Uncommons 6 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.90
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	Baller Decks, Artifacts, Favorites, token deck for vinny, Awesome, Multiplayer, Tribal, Artifact, Modern, Interesting
Based on	Dark Knights.. (Grey/Anti-White) Metroid_Hybrid LEG