the Reliquary Crusades

Modern*

mattlohkamp

Creature (17)

• 2x Baneslayer Angel
• 1x Charnelhoard Wurm
• 2x Enlisted Wurm
• 2x Goblin Razerunners
• 4x Knight of the Reliquary
• 3x Lotus Cobra
• 3x Woolly Thoctar

Land (24)

• 4x Arid Mesa
• 7x Forest
• 2x Gargoyle Castle
• 2x Mountain
• 5x Plains
• 2x Swamp
• 2x Verdant Catacombs

Enchantment (6)

• 3x Khalni Heart Expedition
• 3x Oblivion Ring

Instant (6)

• 2x Silence
• 4x Vines of Vastwood

Sorcery (9)

• 2x Blightning
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 2x Grim Discovery
• 3x Nature's Spiral
• 1x Violent Ultimatum

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Putrid Leech

Instant (9)

• 3x Celestial Purge
• 3x Path to Exile
• 3x Terminate

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Earthquake
• 2x Pyroclasm
• 1x Titanic Ultimatum

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Marsh Casualties

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I always felt like the knights were suited for Goblin Razerunners - and there are a few zendikar cards that convince me that I'm right. Lotus Cobra loves it when the reliquary knight blows up a plains for a Verdant Catacombs, the catacombs for another Forest, then uses the mana from the cobra to Grim Discovery the Verdant Catacombs, play it, then sacrifice it for another Forest.

Hopefully your Khalni Heart Expedition activates at that point, popping a Swamp and a Mountain into play - and I've lost count of how many lands have come and gone at this point, but chances are you have enough mana handy to bring out your Enlisted Wurm , cascading into Baneslayer Angel, or maybe Blightning.

Then maybe next turn you can sacrafice all your land to Goblin Razerunners and swing with some beefed up Knight of the Reliquarys... just don't forget to keep back a green mana for Vines of Vastwood , your opponent isn't going to let you keep all those neat creatures if they can help it.

This deck inspired somewhat by Shouta Yasooka's Jund and Corey Lege's Blue-White-Red Control, as well as my ongoing crush on reliquary knight.

Date added	15 years
Last updated	14 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 2 Rares 8 - 8 Uncommons 14 - 5 Commons
Cards	62
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Gargoyle 3/4 C