Honor Valor Glory (BW Knights)
Standard*
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Standard Championship —June 27, 2018
Took the deck to a local Standard Championship. Here's the results:
Match 1: RW Aggro: I love RW aggro and I was very excited to see his deck, but Game 1 he only had 3 lands the whole game and I won it easily, he was really impressed with the Shalai, Voice of Plenty + Dauntless Bodyguard interaction I used. Game 2 he ran much better and we had good turns adding board presence and removing each others stuff keeping pace. We were down to our last few hit points each when he plays a rekindiling phoenix, I see that if I can kill the phoenix I can push the damage through so I sacrificed my Dauntless Bodyguard (even tho it didn't give anything indestructible) to get a Revolt trigger and used my Fatal Push, I won. He claimed that he got mana flooded at the end so that may have been a big factor to help me, but that's the game. 2-0
Match 2: Mono W Control: I was feeling really good about this match up since I played Brad a few games before the tournament started and I beat him every time and I just really like playing against him since he's a strong opponent but he likes to be silly. Game 1 I got totally mana screwed. 2 lands for most of the game and then got 3 lands by the time it was too late, easy Game 1 win for him. Game 2 I had a much better start but again got mana screwed. Had 3 lands most of the game and ended up drawing some 4 or 5 cost cards which ended up being the reason I lost again. Feels bad man, but again, that's the game. 0-2
Apparently we had so many people playing that if you lost even one match then you'd be out of the top 8, which was the next ranking to receive any prizes. I had a concert to get to so I wasn't going to be able to play all day anyways so it was a good day to lose. I would have stayed all day if I could have just to get more games in and learn more. After playing casually with @tony2zmax yesterday I got mana screwed again so I'm thinking I need to add at least one more land to make it more consistent...but that's when I'll probably get flooded and want to take some out lol.
Congrats to @Naj187 for winning the whole thing!!!
I'll update more as I play. Thanks for reading!
Looks good. Elenda, the Dusk Rose might be a card to consider. At least in the sideboard vs decks with a lot of creature hate.
June 17, 2018 10:17 p.m.
In standard as it is at the moment if you a. are not on the play or b. unable to get a Benalish Marshal t3 on the play, both Dusk Legion Zealot and Dauntless Bodyguard seem really really weak against the Chainwhirler, Soul-Scar Mage interaction. Just wondering if you sideboard out these cards in the mono-red or Red/Black aggro?
Also, when the red aggro decks come up against this deck do they use Glorybringer's exert ability against Shalai, Voice of Plenty?
June 18, 2018 1:25 a.m.
FullmetalWes says... #4
@Talltail Those are great questions! I actually just updated the deck to include the Dusk Legion Zealot to add another black permanent source for Knight of Grace and replaces himself, but I would side him out against red. Although for the bodyguard I actually ended up leaving those in but in the future I’ll be taking them out against red.
The only red deck I played against was mono red and I never saw a Glorybringer although he did sideboard for game 2 and that might be what he put in. Shalai is there to stop Settle the Wreckage which is maybe this decks biggest weakness. I’ll keep an eye out against glorybringer cause that’s a real threat for sure. Any suggestions for additions are welcome! Thanks!
Naj187 says... #1
Nice job buddy! Yeah, I'd like to see how that deck does against blue white or my constrictor deck.
June 16, 2018 4:34 p.m.