Aryel, Knight of Windgrace

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Vigilance

{2}{W}, {T}: Create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.

{B}, {T}, Tap X untapped Knights you control: Destroy target creature with power X or less.

Tokens

• Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance

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
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Aforizma on Knights Gallore

2 years ago

You don't have to take this suggestion but my biggest one is replacing Aryel, Knight of Windgrace with Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale as commander. Cut some of the abundance of knights in for some strong equips and you could splash in some red spells. I have a budget one Knights Of Wrath Budget if you want to get a look.

Aryel, Knight of Windgrace while at first glance looks decent, just can't compete with most commander decks.

lhetrick13 on lhetrick13

2 years ago

Yogei - Sorry for the delayed response, I have been traveling for work and play.

• Not surprised by the dropping of Aryel, Knight of Windgrace. She is decent but her ability is underwhelming for sure.

• Glad you like Acclaimed Contender. Her ability is pretty nice on top of her decent stats. Love dropping her after playing a Collected Company as that searches a good portion of the deck for a knight I am looking for!

• Dropped lands for Knight of the White Orchid…Interesting…I see the logic as he can be critical in helping find that third land or just ramp. Personally one of my favorite knights.

• I need to try out Unearth to see if that is something I should adopt into my decks. Another option I saw that interested me was Patch Up but that was more for the discard heavy Haakon deck I talked to you about…has merit there on discarding creatures to activate abilities and then cast them back for cheap!

Yogie on lhetrick13

2 years ago

Helloo lhetrick13! I got around and made the changes to Immortal Knights. The main changes are:

• Aryel, Knight of Windgrace got swapped out. It feels a bit sad to lose the deck's Legendary creature but she wasn't pulling her weight.

• I really like Acclaimed Contender and she's in the deck now.

• I took out a few lands and added Knight of the White Orchid instead and it seems to play well so far.

• History of Benalia had to go in favour of Unearth in the mainboard rather than the sideboard. But I have plans to play History of Benalia in other decks. Right now I'm focusing on "trimming" my five main decks, and thereafter I'm building a deck for a friend. But after that, I've got plans for a white and blue, knight and historic deck. Playing knights together with articafts and sagas.

Yogie on Immortal Knights

2 years ago

Hi again lhetrick13, I’d love to take a look at your decks. I’ve been very busy these last few days and it might take me a day or two before I get to it. That’s also why I’m late on replying :)

I’m looking forward to testing History of Benalia! It was a good suggestion and I think it will be a solid upgrade. I’ll keep Acclaimed Contender and Knight of the White Orchid especially in mind when I play in future. But, I’ll have to think about what I might change them for. Aryel, Knight of Windgrace is the most obvious choice but it feels kind of sad to lose the deck’s legendary creature. But then again, that is what’s fun about building decks, testing things out and finding a good overall balance.

Thanks again! I’ll take a look at your decks as soon as I’m able :)

Yogie on Immortal Knights

2 years ago

Thank you for the feedback lhetrick13, I always appreciate it!

My primary reason for playing Sigiled Sword of Valeron is actually its vigilance ability. But now that I think on it more, I see your point with History of Benalia. More Knight creature tokens that also have vigilance. I'll make that change to the mainboard.

I'm actually considering replacing Aryel, Knight of Windgrace with Kwende, Pride of Femeref to give double strike to Knight of Grace, Knight of Malice and anything enchanted by Hyena Umbra. But Knight of the White Orchid and Acclaimed Contender are both strong cards and valid replacements. I like Acclaimed Contender as it helps you find Knight Exemplar. Fiendslayer Paladin is a good card as well, but, I'm on the fence regarding cards with protection from colour. They're a bit too inconsistent for my taste.

lhetrick13 on Immortal Knights

2 years ago

As a fellow knight enthusiast, I really the deck! You really hit on the knight synergy and provide some evasion and counters to the biggest threat to this strategy all on the budget.

My only comments kinda resound what you already mentioned. Although I agree with you that Sigiled Sword of Valeron is a cool card, at 3 CMC to cast and 3 CMC to equip, it is so expensive unless you are doing more of a equipped knight build. I would recommend replacing it with History of Benalia for a similar effect at half the cost.

I also feel like Aryel, Knight of Windgrace is kinda a little mediocre. If things are going well and you have knights to tap, she can provide some excellent targeted removal for cheap. If things are not going great, she can also add a knight to the field...I just found that there were very few times when I actually needed her and could use her ability. I would recommend replacing her with something like Knight of the White Orchid, Acclaimed Contender, or maybe even Fiendslayer Paladin. The chances that these knights come in handy is far more likely increasing the consistency of the deck in my opinion.

ThisIsMyAccount on Abzan Tokens

2 years ago

I would play Rootborn Defenses in the sideboard for board sweepers. Then, +1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace -1 Path to Exile could be good for the main.

Omniscience_is_life on Pursuing Perfection, Part 11: Simic …

3 years ago

griffstick I disagree! Sure, there's a lot of Aristocrats, but Orzhov also has Aryel, Knight of Windgrace, Arvad the Cursed, Breena, the Demagogue, Daxos the Returned, Killian, Ink Duelist, and many more interesting and unique commanders. I peg Boros as the most homogenous color pair in EDH