This has worked surprisingly well so far.
The main combo to be found here is Exalted +
Infiltration Lens
+ Knights Tribal. With a combat-efficient, early-aggro approach you can easily put the opponent on the defensive. Why? Because a white aggro deck with card advantage AND card draw is terrifying.
The strategy can be distilled to classic game theory. Either your opponent blocks and you draw two cards, or lets the damage go through. The damage dealt increases as the game progresses, to the point where you can either swing in with your exalted creature for critical, or have enough creatures in play that you can swing with everything, backed up by indestructibility and/or colour protection, granted by
Knight Exemplar
or Brave the Elements, respectively. Your opponent won't expect an exalted deck to finish off a game with a charge of several creatures.
Given the circumstance of
Infiltration Lens
working best against other aggro decks and usually well against midrange/control decks, it can easily be subbed out in Round 2 for Sideboard-specific cards. Many may say
Infiltration Lens
is just a win-more card, but with the exalted ability, knight combat efficiency and nature as a good T1 / support card I think it fits with the Knights tribal very well here.
Other Cards:
Path to Exile = main source of removal, can be complimented with Wrath of God + Oblivion Ring from the SB in creature-heavy games. Combos with
Knight of the White Orchid
.
Brave the Elements = works for a myriad of offensive and defensive purposes, such as giving protection for an unblockable charge, killing an attacking creature, protecting your
Knight Exemplar
from a killspell, etc.
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben = buys you that extra bit of reach against, well, everything but hatebears. An excellent card for the early game, and with every non-creature spell costing only one mana (with the exception of a sword) she does not harm our tempo.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx = Has replaced Cathedral of War. Has great applications for casting into Sun Titan, spending 5 mana to play and equip a sword, or fully level
Student of Warfare
Other knight decks:
The Western Way of War
Modern Knights - Boros
Modern Knights - Azorius
Modern Knights - Selesnya
Modern Knights - Classic
Modern Knights - Puresteel
Thought: should I try switching the Brave the Elements for some Lightning Greaves?
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