MTG Salvation

If we got a 2 drop lord similar to Merfolk would a basic "Other Knights you control gain +1/+1" be enough or would we need something like "Other Knights you control gain +1/+1 and vigilance"? First thought was first strike but it feels like it would either be redundant with how many Knights naturally have first strike or it would be overpowered with making the ones that don't have it far too strong like Knight of Autumn, Conclave Cavalier, or History of Benalia to name a few.

If he was a 4/4 I think he'd be great. I tried him in the past and the 3 toughness is really what killed his potential.

The closest we get to disruption is stuff like Silvetblade Paladin, Lightweilder Paladin, and Pentarch Paladin.

First thing I thought of was a RW list with that card, Lightning Helix, and Ajani Vengeant.

I would rather run Leonin Skyhunter or Knight of the Holy Nimbus in a mono white build. In a GW build I'd consider Steward of Valeron, having Vigilance and that tap ability often goes underestimated.

Skyhunter and Holy Nimbus I think comes down to personal preference. If there's a lot of black and red decks in your meta then Paladin en-Vec might be maindeck worthy. If Honor of the Pure isn't cutting it for you you could try Light From Within. Its more expensive but with your double and triple white mana symbols its a huge boost.

Creature wise you're probably looking at Steward of Valeron, Wilt-Leaf Liege, Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers as the best green coloured Knights excluding Knight of the Reliquary. Personally I've been a fan of running 1-2 Beast Within for its ability to take out anything at instant speed, but they do get the 3/3 token as a replacement which can be a problem if you don't have an on board Exemplar or Mirran Crusader. Land wise if you can get them or have them already Horizon Canopy is a good choice as is Gavony Township.

The problem I see with Pentarch Paladin is his toughness doesn't put him out of Bolt range and he's very mana intensive for an ability that needs an extra turn to fire off. He does get to destroy a permanent though, so that does make me curious to how he'd work.

Paladin aside, what are people's thought on running Collected Company in place of Aether Vial? Had to sell my Vials a while back and won't be able to get them again for a good while.

Has anyone tried out Collected Company? It looks like it'd perform very well in a GW build and outside of Hero of Bladehold and Wilt-Leaf Liege I can't think of any Knights that it wouldn't get.

I'd rather see it cost 2GW and have put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control instead of GW and 1 creature.

Yet again the weekly Modern events around my area didnt fire off. I'm thinking I need to cut down on the 3 cost Knights, so I'm going to cut Cavaliers and Reliquay to 3 each and either go +1 Meddling Mage and +1 Gaddock Teeg or +2 Gaddock Teeg. Mage has been good when I can figure out what my opponent is playing and what threats they could have that haven't been played yet, but Gaddock Teeg is a better catch-all against the other decks. Havent drawn Hindering Light or Deft Duelist in a game yet so I cant give a verdict on how they play. It always seems they're on the bottom of my deck or they're the next card after the game is over.

Was not able to play last time Modern fired, hoping it fires today so I can give the verdict on Deft Duelist and Hindering Light. This is what I've got so far, still need to figure out the creature lineup:



The single copies of Flooded Strand and Windswept Heath are the only ones I own. I'm thinking of trying out Kira, Great Glass-Spinner if I can trade for a copy. I'm also going to try and get more Meddling Mages.

It might work with Thalia, I'll find out tomorrow if someone else shows up for Modern. Land base is what I'm having the toughest time getting right, not having as many fetches as I would like not helping. Right now I'm thinking 4 Hallowed Fountain (would run 2 HF and 2 Seachrome Coast if I had them) and a Cavern of Souls (calling Human) for my non-basic blue sources and either 1 or 2 Islands so a Blood Moon doesn't shut me out of blue.

I also found another card from Shards of Alara I will be testing: Hindering Light. It's not as good as Brave the Elements for saving creatures, but it also can be used on myself or non-creature permanents, and it replaces itself when I cast it. I'm thinking of trying out 3 copies to see how it fares, then either cut to 2 or up to 4.

Do you think its to the point where we would need to maindeck Rest In Peace or should it stay in the sideboard? What I'm thinking so creature wise in a Bant build is cutting the Knights down to Knight of the Reliquary and Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers (since they're out of Bolt range) and giving Deft Duelist a shot. He may not be a Knight but I think there's potential with him.

With what you said about changing your game to more control oriented, do you think there's potential for a straight up control oriented Knight deck? I think if there is it'd have to be W/U or Bant colors.