Standard Mardu Knight Aggro

Standard* RBW (Mardu)

Cideg

Creature (36)

• 4x Acclaimed Contender
• 4x Corpse Knight
• 4x Fervent Champion
• 4x Inspiring Veteran
• 4x Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 2x Midnight Reaper
• 3x Skyknight Vanguard
• 3x Smitten Swordmaster
• 4x Venerable Knight
• 4x Worthy Knight

Land (19)

• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 4x Godless Shrine
• 1x Mountain
• 4x Plains
• 4x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Swamp
• 4x Tournament Grounds

Artifact (5)

• 2x Embercleave
• 3x The Circle of Loyalty

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Despark
• 4x Unbreakable Formation

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Gideon Blackblade

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Legion's End

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Conclave Tribunal

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Blacklance Paragon
• 1x Embereth Shieldbreaker
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Skyknight Legionnaire

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An idea for an aggro knights deck in Standard. 3 color aggro might be a lofty goal, but I think it's achievable because of Tournament Grounds and shock lands. The deck is a go wide aggro deck that tries to chip away as much damage per turn as possible with weenies and Corpse Knight , then has a finisher in the form of Smitten Swordmaster 's adventure. Inspiring Veteran and The Circle of Loyalty are vital as anthem effects, and Acclaimed Contender and Corpse Knight both help with draws.

Re: the side board, Legion's End is there for protection against Fields of the Dead zombie flooding. Conclave Tribunal is just generically good removal, especially with as many creatures as I'm running. I just really like Gideon Blackblade but there's no room mainboard, so I'm throwing him in the side for now. Unbreakable Formation is good for aggro mirrors. Despark is there as backup for tribunal if I match up against stompy/ramp/etc.

Re: the maybe board, I didn't include Murderous Rider in the main board because it's a) expensive and I don't have any, and b) the 2 black mana for the adventure is hard to get in the deck because Tournament Grounds doesn't work for adventures. I like Blacklance Paragon and I think it could have a home here, but I need to do testing to see what fits and what could be replaced. Same for Skyknight Legionnaire , especially if flying is an issue and/or really useful in this format. Embereth Shieldbreaker seemed like a good sideboard option, but I don't think its better than tribunal or despark.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 3 Mythic Rares 27 - 7 Rares 19 - 5 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.34
Tokens	Human 1/1 W, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Soldier 1/1 W
Based on	Standard WR Knights Cideg STD