Syr Gwyn Knight Tribal

Commander / EDH RBW (Mardu)

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Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 4x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (26)

• 1x Adriana, Captain of the Guard
• 1x Balan, Wandering Knight
• 1x Cavalier of Dawn
• 1x Cavalier of Flame
• 1x Danitha Capashen, Paragon
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Embereth Shieldbreaker
• 1x Hero of Bladehold
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Khorvath Brightflame
• 1x Kinsbaile Cavalier
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Knight Exemplar
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Lena, Selfless Champion
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Silverblade Paladin
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sylvia Brightspear
• 1x Thalia's Lancers
• 1x Valiant Knight
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
• 1x Wintermoor Commander

Instant (9)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Utter End

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Colossus Hammer
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Heartseeker
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Sigiled Sword of Valeron
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x The Circle of Loyalty
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Knights' Charge
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x True Conviction

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This is my knight tribal build of Syr Gwyn. If you are more interested in voltron be sure to check out my other deck for that. So after playing a number of games with Syr Gwyn my thoughts on Knight Tribal is that it is generally a bit weaker than the full voltron build of Syr Gwyn. However the Knights do you give you blockers against other creature strategies so there is value there, and they also make Heart seeker a 1 sided board wipe. The way that I have this build constructed is to be like the Arahbo deck from a few years ago where, you will typically have 2-3 creatures in play and the plan is to go tall with them. Syr Gwyn just doesnt give you much incentive to spam 2/2s so the goal here is to go tall on 2-3 creatures while holding up blocks as necessary.

The biggest concern with a knight tribal deck like this is people going over the top of you. For creature based opponents thats where board wipes and removal will be needed. You'll want to tailor that to your situation. For combo, value, and spellslinger type decks its frowned upon but a well timed Winter Orb can punish someone who doesnt have much in play yet while you swing away with knights.

I did land Knights charge late in a game after some milling occured and that was a game ender.

Sunforger is very good in most decks, but in this deck is basically game ending. Once you find it, unload a bunch of removal and hold up protection.

Heres a few synergies that I had considered but didnt implement, but are definintely worth exploring

Pro red swords and indestructible equipments plus red board wipes

Indestructible equipments plus white board wipes

If you really want to force go wide, there are a number of creatures that have anthems built in, in addition to other anthems that you can explore. You'll also want to make sure you have ample token production.

With the black cavalier and cards like Haakon it also opens avenues for reanimation styles of play.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 2 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	Copy Clone, Golem 3/3 C, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Plant 0/2 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance
Folders	Cool Decks, Syr Gwyn Deck Ideas