Your build looks like fun. I think you may be able to sneak in some 1-shot kills with Grafted Exoskeleton, it worked great in my Aurelia deck.

Oops, meant to say = I'd rec replacing Chitinous Cloak with the Exoskeleton.

Thanks for your comment VesuvanDoppelbanger. Grafted Exoskeleton used to be in this deck. However my playgroup recently adopted a 'no-infect-cards' policy. I replaced it with Chitinous Cloak :)

HA! My playgroup did the same!

No Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx? With all your cards that have 2 or 3 mana symbols of the same type in their cost this can generate a lot of mana. I would probably cut a Mountain for it...

Thank you KitsuLeif! That's an excellent suggestion to increase this deck's available mana, especially once the mid-game stage is reached. Adjustment made.

No much to say about the deck, but I'll leave a small suggestion, have you tried to use Godsend?

Its a great diplomatic card. People will think twice before swinging at you with their commanders and they will also have a hard time deciding which creature to sacrifice to block your attacker.

Hi Fuklaw! Thanks for commenting. Well tbh, I never knew about Godsend until I saw it in one of your decks :), as well as some other equipment I had not considered before. I might cut Hero's Blade for it. I'm going to give it some thought; thanks for your suggestion and the upvote!

Ok, I've made up my mind and replaced Hero's Blade with Godsend. Though the CMC of Godsend is 3 while that of Hero's blade is 2, its equip cost is 1 less than Hero's Blade's. Also, its exile powers make it act like a second Argentum Armor, that's also effective when defending with the equipped creature!

Considering most of your creatures should have vigilance, Godsend should be even better in this deck than in mine, as your creatures won't tap to attack.

Puresteel Paladin and Brass Squire should also be useful to cut back on those equip costs.

You're right; Puresteel Paladin and Brass Squire would be nice in that regard. However, this deck has a combined voltron/tribe theme and I'm not sure I want to cut any of the tribe elements in favor of these cards.

I would try Oblivion Ring,

Banishing Light,

And Grasp of Fate

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/trampled-4/ My In-Progress Kalemne Deck

Hi Will_O_Wisp13,

I'm not really seeing the value of these cards in this particular deck. They're not in theme with voltron, not in theme with the clan and though removal is not really this deck's focus, I have cheaper, more effective removal instants and sorceries. Could you explain why you're suggesting the removal-enchantments and also what you'd scrap in favor of them?

Thanks

NV_1980

I was really excited to see that you have a Kalemne build. Of my precon upgrades, it's the deck I really had the least idea where to go with. This gives me some good idea.

If you're looking for infinite combat steps, you might consider Hellkite Charger as a second Aggravated Assault. Once HOU comes out, you can get redundancy on Sword of Feast and Famine from Neheb, the Eternal. Sadly, neither of those are giants, though.

Desolation Giant may also be a decent alternative to Wrath of God. Might depend on how early you generally need wraths in your playgroup.

Sram, Senior Edificer might not have enough targets to be great in a lot of games.

Lairwatch Giant is an adorable mini-combo with Godsend, but is probably a trying to get too cute as 2 cards out of the 99.

Protector of the Crown gives you Monarch. Since Kalemne generally has better creatures and a ton of vigilance, you have a decent shot at getting some card draw out of it.

Thank you very much for your thoughts Reverie42,

Hellkite Charger and Neheb, the Eternal are nice, but in order to accomodate them I'd have to cut out Giants or other creatures that provide crucial supporting roles. But I'll definitely keep them in mind for future decks involving extra attacks, so thanks for that! :)

Desolation Giant has been in and out of this deck a few times. Eventually I decided to scrap him because he didn't give Kalemne an experience counter and I wasn't too fond of having to pay a kicker cost to actually make this creature's casting worthwhile.

Granted, Sram, Senior Edificer only has fourteen possible targets in this deck. But due to my equipment and aura tutors, I always end up using him and that has helped. Also, Sun Titan has helped me out in this regard. People kept trying to vaporize some of my more potent equipment, and Sun Titan's attacks kept bringing them back. In these situations, it's great to have Sram on the field.

Thanks for bringing the Lairwatch Giant + Godsend combination to my attention! As a matter of fact, there may be a Giant that's even more awesome than Lairwatch to combo with Godsend: Hundred-Handed One. It requires making him monstrous for the real pay off, but damn ... :)

My playgroup is very much into the Conspiracy set, so I'm not sure whether adding only Protector of the Crown would really help.

Good point on Sram. I didn't consider the tutor and reanimate effects. That does definitely make him sound a lot better than the raw card ratio would imply.

I actually run Hundred-Handed One in my Kalemne deck because I think it's really cool, even if it's not the most amazingly powerful card :) The reason I think Lairwatch is slightly better for Godsend is that if you block two creatures, you can exile one and then you get first strike on the other one, which means you can likely win combat despite the 3/6 toughness. It also gives an experience counter, which Hundred-Handed One doesn't. That said, if you have token players in your playgroup, the extra blocks on the monstrous start to look a lot more attractive, and the vigilance is great for Godsend.

Definitely likely that protector isn't worth the mana if there's likely to be a monarch anyway. The mana cost is pretty high if there's a decent change that someone else at the table will just snatch the crown with a spell before you get to draw.

I remember an extra combat card I forgot that I'm considering for my own list that I thought I'd mention in case you're interested: Godo, Bandit Warlord. I know it's not a giant, but since he tutors an equipment directly to the battlefield, he fills two utility roles. Since you have so much vigilance in the deck, the fact that he only untaps Samurai isn't really a big problem.

May or may not be something you're super-interested in. But I figured I'd mention it. I'm still running Fumiko the Lowblood from the stock list. So I'm tempted to run Godo just to try to live the dream of tacking Godsend on Fumiko and going completely insane after he forces all my opponents to tap out.

I agree with your comments concerning Lairwatch Giant and Hundred-Handed One. However, by himself I don't think Lairwatch Giant is stronger/better than any of the other Giants in my deck. You really need Godsend on the field to bring out his true potential. That's the reason why I'll (probably) not add him.

As for Godo, I'm not that interested in extra attacks :) The equipment tutor is nice but I have many cheaper cards to compensate for that. Tell you what though, if I ever get around to building a warrior/barbarian deck around Saskia the Unyielding, he'll be one of the first cards I'll add.

Dude! This is tight! I saw it and thought to myself: "man! Giants! I've got a ton of suggestions!" But I don't. You've nailed the creme of the crop.

A few things, though:

Ramp:Semblance Anvil - I cannot explain just howbadass this one is!

Oketra's Monument, and Hazoret's Monument might just do some good for ya :)

Creatures:

Balefire Liege might sweeten the deal for you, a lot :)

Apart from that... i got nothing :) good on ya. Stay frosty!

Hi The7thBobba,

Thanks for your feedback :) I would totally go for Semblance Anvil if it weren't for the fact that I would have to exile one of my Giants. I just could not do that :) Especially since I don't have that many of them in this deck, as it is half-voltron as well. However, Urza's Incubator fills this niche nicely.

The monuments are nice, but I think they would be better suited to a token deck. Especially Oketra's Monument would do well in my boros soldier deck (which still needs to be posted). Besided, eventhough my average creature may be a bit costly to cast, I've not had much problems in this regard due to my artifacts and some of my tutoring spells.

Balefire Liege, what can I say, he really is wonderful and I'm sorry to throw another 'but' at you, but it's just not better than the other utility creatures I'm using (by which I mean the creatures other than Giants in this deck). Again, this would be a much better card in my boros warrior deck.

Yo, first of all, no worries about not taking my suggestions ;) there are a million tiny things that play into each individual players specific aesthetic tastes, tactics, and preferences. Giving suggestions can only ever be a vague attempt at emulating what we think we gleam from deck-descriptions :)

With that out of the way, I'm glad some of my suggestions can be used for other decks :)

In one final attempt to argue the case of the poor anvil, you only need to exile a creature-card, so in this way I think it outshines the incubator - since it will cheapen all your creaturespells. Also, if you were to exile , say, an artifact, it works there too :) but I get it, it feels really scary to part with a card that you could come to need later on :) the incubator is a sweet piece, and you should never part with it ;)

Stay frosty!

Aaaah, I misunderstood the Anvil a bit :) It's kinda cool that if I would exile Burnished Hart with it, I would get a discount on both artifacts and creatures.