Konda's Banner

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Konda's Banner can be attached only to a legendary creature.

Creatures that share a color with equipped creature get +1/+1.

Creatures that share a creature type with equipped creature get +1/+1.

Equip

Discussion (51)

mrdehring on More human than human

1 week ago

Apparently my description needs to be worded differently. I don't need graveyard hate, General Kudro of Drannith naturally deals with those kind of strategies.

I like Reconnaissance but I'm currently looking for cuts to make so I can bring up my land count. I was thinking about cutting Shadows of the Past, Authority of the Consuls, Konda's Banner, Pious Evangel  ^Flip, Dire Tactics, and Call the Coppercoats. Anything else you think I should cut for more lands?

king-saproling on Wasitora, repopulate the sick world

2 months ago

Check these out fam: Fireshrieker, Seize the Day, Konda's Banner, Crucible of Fire, Dragon Tempest, Scourge of Valkas, Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

jconeil1988 on Knights Unite

2 months ago

Woah, holy knights.

Okay. So. first thing is first. Obviously, we are going knights tribal. The second thing to think about is what is it's theme. You said you want to go King Arthur. Honestly, King Kenrith makes for a better King Arthur deck. But, we're working with Syr Gwynn, so, we are more focusing on the Knights of King Arthur.

Are you wanting more of a knight heavy creature based deck, or equipment based deck. in my deck Valiant Knights of Eldraine, I focused more on a split of equipment and knights giving me 13 equipment and a total of 11 knights including Syr Gywn and 6 non knight creatures. Now, I've built my deck to try to be as powerful as I possibly can make it. What I'm going to suggest below is more flavor and theme based.

I think a cool direction to take this would be focusing on the Legendary theme, after all King Arthur is the most legendary legend of all time. And there is a perfect card that is knightly and legendary centered and it is, The Circle of Loyalty. For each knight already on the field, it costs one less. And when it is on the the field, for each legendary spell you cast, it creates a knight, and lets you sink some unused mana into making another knight.

Okay, we have our legendary theme. Let's round this out with some legendary weapons (think Excalibur) and legendary knights. Most renderings of King Arthur has anywhere from 12-15 knights at his table. I say we go somewhere in between and pick 13 legendary knights. Looking at the gatherer, I see a total of 31 legendary knights, but only 24 possible in our colors. I'd wittle it down to these 13 knights and 1 dragon. Adriana, Captain of the Guard, Arvad the Cursed, Aryel, Knight of Windgrace, Balan, Wandering Knight, Danitha Capashen, Paragon, Josu Vess, Lich Knight, Kwende, Pride of Femeref, Lena, Selfless Champion, Sylvia Brightspear and her dragon buddy Khorvath Brightflame, Syr Gywn, Hero of Ashvale, Syr Konrad, the Grim, Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor, and Vona, Butcher of Magan.

Next, I would put in an equipment for each of the knights. So, 13 equipments. Keeping with the legendary theme, there are 18 legendary equipments. My choices for the 13 to use are Blackblade Reforged, Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip, Embercleave, Godsend, Helm of Kaldra, Sword of Kaldra, Shield of Kaldra, Helm of the Host, Konda's Banner, Shadowspear, Sword of the Animist, Tenza, Godo's Maul, and Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang.

So far that is a total of 28 legendary cards. You're going to want between 35 and 38 lands in this deck, I'd personally go with 36 bringing the total up to 64 leaving 46 spaces. Out of those 46 spaces, I'd want atleast another 10 ramp spells so, I'd look into Tithe, Weathered Wayfarer, Knight of the White Orchid, Arcane Signet, Boros Signet, Orzhov Signet, Rakdos Signet, Talisman of Conviction, Talisman of Hierarchy, and Talisman of Indulgence.

With the 36 spaces left, we probably want some card draw and tutors to get our knights equipment. Knights of the Black Rose, Puresteel Paladin, Stoneforge Mystic, Stonehewer Giant, Enlightened Tutor, Open the Armory, Steelshaper's Gift, Scheming Symmetry, Herald's Horn, Icon of Ancestry, and Vanquisher's Banner are all really good here giving us 11 options to dig, leaving us with 25 spots left.

Can't forget removal. I'd personally go with 7 single target and 4 board wipes. Those being Path to Exile, Swords to Plowshares, Crackling Doom, Utter End, Righteous Confluence, Return to Dust, Rakdos Charm, Wrath of God, Single Combat, and Tragic Arrogance.

With the remainder of the 15 spots, I would fill it with some utility and cards to push through for the win. Here I would look into Knights' Charge, Master Warcraft, War Flare, Boros Charm, Unbreakable Formation, Heavenly Blademaster, Knight Exemplar, Leonin Shikari, Silverwing Squadron, Nahiri, Storm of Stone, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord, Bloodforged Battle-Axe, Sunforger, and Sigiled Sword of Valeron.

This should be a pretty well rounded and focused deck, or at least a path for you to take if you so choose.

ShreddedByCrows on Offenza is the Best Defenza

3 months ago

Lots of subthemes you got there, that's some interesting challenge. All in all, you're running way too many high-costed cards for a Commander that generally revolves around more of an aggressive strategy. I'll further provide you a personalized list of adjustments, trying my best to keep it at the lowest budget as possible.

Very first thing, 37 lands is too much for an Anafenza deck imo. You can easily go down to 35/34 in order to feel more proactive. That being said, the mana base of your decklist is pretty unstable, and you'll need better mana rocks, around 5/6 good rocks should do it helping you stabilizing.

The second thing to bring up is that you play loads and loads of creatures with actually specific abilities that don't always combine altogether well. Like, for example, in which way would Slimefoot, the Stowaway help Anafenza, the Foremost being consistent? My answer, without another kind of appreciation than logic: not any single one. If you need cheap legendary to keep it up with your theme, there are better options, but remind that this was only a little example.

Finally, you lack reactivity because of very few instant/flash spells. It's not as necessary as some think, but still have a way to protect dutifully your creatures is a key for aggro/midrange decks in EDH. Being able to answer what your opponents bring up to the tape is moreover essential, and I don't see enough removals/tricks in there.

So, let's take a closer look from now on. I'll make some different categories starting with the cuts to make it easier to read.

1.) Back to 100 cards:

• Abzan Battle Priest > not bad on its own, fits decently in some casual decks with +1/+1 as their central archetype. It's not a good card to include since you aren't only focusing on this aspect. It's too slow, unreliable.

• Abzan Falconer > same comment

• Mer-Ek Nightblade > still the same / it's even the worst one

• Tuskguard Captain > still and still water

• Spirit of the Hearth > overcosted, overrated, no particular reason to include this card there even if a Cat Spirit feels pretty cool

• Wingmate Roc > not bad but too slow, doesn't synergize well with your themes, in concurrence with just better cards on the spot

• Soul of the Harvest > overcosted card draw outlet, I'll procure you some better option for a cheap price

• Slimefoot, the Stowaway > despite being legendary, doesn't do much

• Reya Dawnbringer > recursion is like... really good, but damn this card is slow and bad. You have to wait one whole turn for it to trigger, with only cards like Shalai, Voice of Plenty in your list to protect it. Yeah, I don't think it'll happen often. Definitively cut.

• Noosegraf Mob > +1/+1 card but without any real synergies. You have better options.

• Mowu, Loyal Companion > a bad Pir, Imaginative Rascal is just bad

• Lena, Selfless Champion > too slow

• Hornet Queen > good card but doesn't fit in there, seems like a weird choice of token generator

• Parhelion II > cool card, poor consistency there

• Quietus Spike > same: cool card, poor consistency

• Kaya, Bane of the Dead > slow removal, pretty bad imo

• Brave the Sands > non-mbo with Anafenza, overrated card

• Abundance > good card, not needed there

• Kin-Tree Invocation > not bad not good, lacks interactions

• Mirari's Wake > same comment as for Abundance

• Leyline of Abundance > not enough interactions

• Panharmonicon > not enough interactions

• Trostani, Selesnya's Voice > not enough interactions

• Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord > not enough interactions

• Oketra's Monument / Rhonas's Monument > not needed, too slow

• 3 basic lands

2.) Cheap Improvements:

2.1.) Mana Rocks:

• Sol Ring > yeh it's boring to see this card everywhere I know

• Talisman of Unity / Talisman of Hierarchy / Talisman of Resilience > better than the Signet Cycle and affordable since Horizon is a recent expension

• Fellwar Stone > excellent mana rock, tapping for every color most of the time

2.2.) More removals:

• Beast Within

• Krosan Grip

• Swords to Plowshares

Those are the classical ones you surely know. They are easily affordable and would give your deck a small lift at controlling the board state.

2.3.) Better Legendaries:

• Mikaeus, the Lunarch > not the cheapest already, but really effective, almost a staple for your deck style

• Hope of Ghirapur > underrated card, does a lot, insane with recursion to lock down a combo player at low cost

• Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit > certainly a staple / and somewhat a reason to get rid of the token subtheme which is maybe a bit too much

• Syr Faren, the Hengehammer > also certainly a staple / aggressive, good interactions with Anafenza, better than lords already in your deck

• Kethis, the Hidden Hand > Yawgmoth's Will for legendaries? I'll take that. It could also be a nice alternative commander when you face more control-ish decks you're stuck against, enabling you to have an efficient late game on its own once made your commander.

• Mangara of Corondor > Legendary creature which works as a nonsituational removal. Really good. Even if you can't always activate it when it hits the table, your opponents have to get rid of it using their hand resources and you make 1 for 1.

• Masako the Humorless > Underplayed card / can be a game-changer / and it's a legendary creature.

2.4.) Voltron Outlet:

• Swiftfoot Boots / Lightning Greaves > those are staples

• Sword of the Animist > ramp while keeping the pressure on your opponents

• Hero's Blade > certainly a staple there with your legendary subtheme

• Blackblade Reforged > same comment as for Hero's Blade

2.5.) Other cool cards to look at:

• Throne of the God-Pharaoh > feels like a staple / Legendary

• Vivien's Arkbow > cheap tutor / overall excellent

• Vivien, Champion of the Wilds > flash out your creatures for more survivability and tricks

• Primevals' Glorious Rebirth > excellent win condition / recursion

• Kamahl's Druidic Vow > excellent win condition / Genesis wave for legendaries' madmen

• Eladamri's Call > staple / it's cheap now that it's been re-edited in Modern Horizons, I'll try to get a copy of it by trading/buying it if I were you

3.) Medium Budget Improvements:

3.1.) Mana Rocks:

• Nyx Lotus

• Gilded Lotus

3.2.) Even more removals:

• Path to Exile

• Vindicate

• Anguished Unmaking

3.3.) Legendaries' Staples:

• Saffi Eriksdotter > ameliorated Brought Back on a legendary creature

• Rishkar, Peema Renegade > nice ramp, +1/+1 counters, overall really strong

3.4.) Neverending Voltron Outlet:

• Konda's Banner > Yeh, it's a little bit expensive money speaking, but it does everything you're searching for, like a bridge between your Cats, your legends and your Voltron strategy.

• Skullclamp > staple

3.5.) Cool cards:

• Eternal Witness > best green recursion card

• Green Sun's Zenith > one of the best green tutors

• Scout's Warning > good card overall, cycles when you don't need it

4.) Expensive Improvements:

• Finale of Devastation > tutor, win condition, not a necessity though

• Blade of Selves > good equipment, not a necessity

• Umezawa's Jitte > Core tool of lots of Voltron decks, would be necessary if you want to confront this deck to more competitive ones.

• Swords' package > same comment as for the Jitte

• Mox Amber / Mox Opal > definitively both staples, but really expensive, could be replaced with other suggested mana rocks even if you won't get the same efficiency

• Thalia, Guardian of Thraben > meta-depending staple

• Gaddock Teeg > meta-depending staple

• Liliana, the Last Hope > card-draw/legendary

• Loyal Retainers > staple if you're going more in the legendary archetype

• Heroic Intervention / Teferi's Protection > protect your stuff staples

• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds > card-draw/legendary/ramp

• Reki, the History of Kamigawa > card-draw/legendary

• Captain Sisay > staple / tutor / legendary

5.) Some other cards you could try (which I mostly haven't, or for which I have a doubt about their efficiency):

• Sigil of Distinction > feels Voltron-ish

• Sigiled Sword of Valeron > interacts with Anafenza, creates tokens, Voltron equipment

• Masterwork of Ingenuity > I used it long ago in my Tajic's deck, which was globally a Voltron deck running between 15/20 pieces of equipment. Dunno if it could be of use there but it's a good card for sure.

• Heart of Kiran > good card overall, you can Crew it and buff the creature you used to do so with Anafenza. That being said, I think it may reveal too inconsistent.

• Sensei Golden-Tail > seems funny

• Kunoros, Hound of Athreos > powerful hate-bear with good stats and abilities, certainly really good in a more good-stuff oriented iteration.

• Isamaru, Hound of Konda > Lil' bro' of Kunoros doubtlessly, made for aggressive purposes. Good overall.

• Thalia, Heretic Cathar > also more of a good-stuff card.

• Taranika, Akroan Veteran > I never played her but damn she seems strong af.

• Hua Tuo, Honored Physician > repeatable recursion.

• Pir, Imaginative Rascal > not that I dislike it, however Hardened Scales already was a bad card if I'm honest. Pir is a tad bit better. Certainly better than Corpsejack Menace you're running, and carries more interactions.

king-saproling on Aristorats

4 months ago

I take it the general is Marrow-Gnawer? You might like these: Thornbite Staff, Illusionist's Bracers, Magewright's Stone, Thousand-Year Elixir, Pitiless Plunderer, Champion of Stray Souls, Dread Return, Secret Salvage, Konda's Banner, Heirloom Blade, Metallic Mimic, Cauldron of Souls, Night Dealings, Thrumming Stone, Thrilling Encore, Black Market

Brutal_B on Grenzo goblin deck

4 months ago

Vial Smasher the Fierce is a goblin and could help throw some extra damage around. Mirage Mirror is great in any deck. Some anthems like Obelisk of Urd , Konda's Banner , The Immortal Sun and War Horn or even Ashenmoor Liege , Shared Animosity might help out the small bodied goblins. A couple lands worth considering are Rogue's Passage and Rakdos Carnarium . Legion Warboss should be slotted in as well as Warren Instigator . Goblin Smuggler and cards like Rogue's Passage and Suspicious Bookcase would be good at forcing some damage through. With that said Blood Mist should be in your list. Treasure Nabber ? Goblin War Cry ?

Goblins are small by themselves. So I think your best bet is gonna be anthems, buffs and combat tricks.

Monomanamaniac on Kemba's glorious army

5 months ago

triproberts12 thank you for the advice. I love how go wide this commander is, subtlety putting up an army then suddenly going big. Cathars' Crusade , Archangel of Thune , Eldrazi Monument , Konda's Banner ,and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite are some of the bigger ways to go off; though I do have a few others. I do want some of those cards but have 2 problems: I can't find the room, and the protection cards are nice but once i play them I'm vulnerable and I don't always have card draw (I have a bit of card draw but it's not 100% reliable) so that's why I took out all of the removal packages. Anointed Procession is great and I'll get it in the future when my budget expands a bit. If you see anything that doesn't make sense let me know, I'm always looking to make room for new cards

triproberts12 on Pillow Fort Fae Beat Down

6 months ago

The one bit of advice I would give is to think of Alela like a slivers deck, in that each enchantment or artifact gives you a 1/1 body with an effect. From there, you can start making some objective decisions about what you want your "slivers" to look like. I've put together a rough draft myself that's a little heavier on the enchantress side, but here are some of the cards on my short list I don't see here:

Anointed Procession - Imagine a 1/1 Sliver for 4 that makes a token whenever you play a sliver. Would definitely make most casual sliver decks.

True Conviction - Hey, it's Bonescythe Sliver and Siphon Sliver in one! You get the idea.

Dictate of Heliod

Military Intelligence

Shared Triumph

Spear of Heliod

Dictate of Erebos

Obelisk of Urd

Leyline of Anticipation

Force of Virtue

Cover of Darkness

Radiant Destiny

Konda's Banner

Leyline of the Meek

Valor in Akros

Commander's Insignia

Crashing Drawbridge

Concerted Effort

Ethereal Absolution

Whip of Erebos