Smitten Swordmaster

Creature — Human Knight

Lifelink

(You may cast this creature from exile if you sent this card on an adventure.)

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Curry Favor

Sorcery — Adventure

You gain X life and each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of Knights you control. (Then send this card on an Adventure in exile. You may cast the creature from exile.)

(You may cast Curry Favor for {B} from anywhere that you have the permission to cast this, then exile it on an adventure instead of putting it into your graveyard. When you have not chosen to cast Curry Favor, this card is treated only as Smitten Swordmaster in whatever zone it is in.)

(When not exiled on an adventure, Adventure cards function identically to modal double faced cards when regarding to the interactions of cards that look at them or attempt to cast them.)

Tokens

• On an Adventure

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (33)

casual_competitive on Sir Ralph de Ashton ps-8

9 months ago

capwner thanks, i like building decks from unused commanders. getting Haakon, Stromgald Scourge in the graveyard is what kicks this deck off, being able to re-cast my commander over and over again from the graveyard kinda turns it into a x spell if i have a death trigger card on board.

going infinite is extremely easy once i have Haakon, Stromgald Scourge on board. if i had Phyrexian Altar on board any 1 drop knight will let me have inf etb and death triggers, another one would be Activated Sleeper and Cavalier of Night. josu also goes infinite on accident really easily especially if i have Roaming Throne out.

its fun to play this deck as i can either go for infinites in a higher power game or for a more casual game ill just not use the infinites and play the deck normally, winning by casting my commander a lot and swinging out or casting Smitten Swordmaster.

so getting Haakon in graveyard, getting sac outlet and casting mana doublers is the plan. every game plays differently with this deck. never the same wincon in a row

SlangNTrees13 on

10 months ago

Hey, really dig the deck! Ive been running it on xmage last few days and am well 70% win rate :)

One suggestion that made a big difference for me was to add some more non-knight mill to ensure we got knights in the yard. Just Mesmeric Orb (if you don't mind the hate) and Ripples of Undeath do the trick. Ripples is clutch as it mills and gives the option to tutor a non-knight card back to our hand in one each turn.

For knights, I switched probably 7ish to better suite my personal lower curve tastes, but a few ones I added I think are really strong to think about slotting in if you haven't caught them are Werefox Bodyguard, Ethersworn Adjudicator, Smitten Swordmaster and Knight of Dusk's Shadow.

Werefox is superb cause it's a reusable exile every time it hits the yard with commander damage trigger. Ethersworn although seems costly, is insanely good especially with Lightning Greaves added. (Ex. Had one game my Tithe was going off and I destroyed 4 creatures and untapped 5 times with Ethersworn in one main phase). Knight of Dusk I also think is clutch because I come up against a ton of combo lifegain ocelot pride etc. decks and this is a nice repeatable shut down effect for the deck that stops them in their tracks. Smittens adventure for one mana can also just end games and then you get your knight right back from his vacation for our other buffs.

I also think card draw addition is important with the draw / discard trigger and found myself running out of cards a few games too quickly, so I threw in Enduring Curiosity It does serious work with all our knights attacking and only 4 mana and returns as enchantment when it dies. Also another even lower cost one Dawn of a New Age has worked out really well for me and ensures us an extra card each turn once we get a few knights out for just 2 mana. Also added Mystic Remora cause we got blue why not.

My last real suggestion that has won games for me is adding Wonder all our knights having flying is just great and our draw discard and self mill is perfect synergy for it.

I lost The Circle of Loyalty for its high cost if we can't get the reduction and felt there's a fine amount of token production already (even though of course the theme is right on point!) and took out Basri's LT and a few of the other tribal buff lower mana cost knights for my mentioned additions. Also lost Swords for Toxic Deluge. Deluge is just so versatile, for just three mana it's too good a savior wipe I felt to leave out.

Sure you gone through sooooooo many knights for this one. I still have some pages to get through myself :D

BioProfDude on ($45, B/W) Orzhov Knights

2 years ago

Oh, I didn't see Dauntless Bodyguard in the sideboard and Smitten Swordmaster in the maybe. My bad. :-D

BioProfDude on ($45, B/W) Orzhov Knights

2 years ago

No Venerable Knight or Dauntless Bodyguard? Smitten Swordmaster and Foulmire Knight may be good as well.

Cool deck! +1 from me!

Skysurfer on Night Knight

2 years ago

Barrow Witches feel like they would be way to slow for too little value and would probably be better if they were replaced by Knight Exemplar, more Smitten Swordmaster or Knight of the Ebon Legion, Unearth, or Benalish Marshal. If you wanted to be spic maybe Wintermoor Commander, Shadowspear or Guardian of Faith are interesting options. I would also cut 1-2 lands because off 22 you will usually consistently hit 3-4 land without hard flooding. Stoneforge Masterwork is also kind of 50/50 and might be worth cutting 2-3 of them because its rather slow and half the time I think you would rather have more knights instead. Hope this helps

lhetrick13 on For Honor and Glory!!!

3 years ago

wallisface - You have a point about Silverblade Paladin. He replaced Kinsbaile Cavalier based on your suggestion that Kinsbaile Cavalier was lackluster for a 4 CMC. I will play with taking him out and replacing him and although I do like Mirran Crusader for his excellent states and double protection, I have lost most all my ability to gain life with this deck so was thinking maybe swapping Silverblade Paladin for Fiendslayer Paladin to get some lifelink back into the deck. Taking out Knights' Charge, Smitten Swordmaster, and Knight of Meadowgrain make every life point count!

Good point about the lands. I updated them with a recent change when I added back in the Wilt-Leaf elves and Knight of the Reliquary but did not look at them again after their removal. I will take a look at the lands again based on your suggestions and see if I can get something to better suit my current needs.

Thanks again!

lhetrick13 on For Honor and Glory!!!

3 years ago

Question for Viewers - A few individuals recommended that I add additional creatures to the deck and/or increase the variability of the creatures in the deck. I have been playing with those suggestions by dropping 3xKnights' Charge and reducing the number of non-essential knights and adding in a few knights listed on the Maybe Board. While doing so I have come across a revelation - I have a total of only of only 7 black creatures in the deck with 2xMurderous Rider, 3xSmitten Swordmaster, and 2xKnight of the Ebon Legion...is it worth keeping black in the deck for these 7 cards (ignoring the fact that I have edited this deck heavily over the last few weeks and not updated my mana accordingly)? Removing them would allow me to easily add in a number of knights from my Maybe Board and clean up my mana by only have two colors instead of three, but I just wanted to hear anyone's thoughts on that.

Allan-Chefa- on Prophecy of the Knights \,,/

3 years ago

In place of the 4x Lightning Helix will be put the 4x Aether Vial. My idea was to do something more Burn but aggro will be much better and most aggros are just creatures in MD. 4x Lightning Bolt and 4x Smitten Swordmaster will be left to finish but the 2x Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer I will exchange for 2x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar. I will look for side against Blood Moon and other enchantments. Thank you!