The Knights Go Smashing One By One

Modern* Budget Exalted GWU (Bant) Knights Midrange

Phage

Land (24)

• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 6x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Windswept Heath

Creature (21)

• 4x Akrasan Squire
• 4x Aven Squire
• 3x Giltspire Avenger
• 2x Invisible Stalker
• 2x Knotvine Paladin
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 2x Rafiq of the Many
• 3x Stoic Angel

Enchantment (10)

• 4x Ardent Plea
• 4x Detention Sphere
• 2x Finest Hour

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Artifact (4)

• 4x Behemoth Sledge

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 4x Knight of Glory
• 1x Knotvine Paladin

Artifact (1)

• 1x Godsend

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave

Instant (6)

• 2x Faith's Reward
• 4x Hindering Light

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Here's my budget list for Bant-Exalted, abusing the combination of trample and double strike. The goal is to get creatures out that are hard to block like Invisible Stalker who can't be blocked, or Knotvine Paladin who can easily become bigger than Emrakul. Then get out any and all exalted triggers including Rafiq of the Many and Finest Hour which together give your single-smasher quadruple strike. The deck comes together with strong buffs like Behemoth Sledge which makes racing this deck a nightmare, and Stoic Angel who shuts down aggro decks.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 3 Mythic Rares 25 - 4 Rares 12 - 8 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.81
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Kraken 9/9 U, Soldier 1/1 W