Venerable Knight W
Creature - Human Knight
When ~ dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target Knight you control
2/1
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The obligatory 2/1 one drop. Are most cubes still running the vanilla variants to be cut? If not, how does this minor effect fares against the likes of Protection from Dragons or Gain 1 Life?
Seems like a good 2-power 1-drop. This is comparable to Dragon Hunter, depending on whether or not your Knight count is higher than your Dragon count, lol.
I can't imagine this being better than anything but the pure vanillas in this slot, and even at 720 I pushed all of those out already. I'd keep Mardu Woe-Reaper over this, the ETB exile is sometimes relevant if you topdeck it later in a game.
Yeah, knights aren't too common in my cube. Warrior > Knight in my cube because I run Najeela. There's 6 knights currently in my cube, and one of them is Cavalier of Gales which probably won't be in the same deck as this. It is worth noting that 4 of those knights are 1-cmc, so that is pretty decent in the deck you'd play it in. Seems enticing for those who really want to go all-in on History of Benalia.
I can't imagine this being better than anything but the pure vanillas in this slot, and even at 720 I pushed all of those out already. I'd keep Mardu Woe-Reaper over this, the ETB exile is sometimes relevant if you topdeck it later in a game.
This. Though I guess It's better than dragon hunter?
Depends on if you run history of benalia vs najeela etc. But ultimately they are similar
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I have 4 knights in my 360 cube, all in White. Not sure if this makes the cut over any of the other white 1-drops...
Seems like a good 2-power 1-drop. This is comparable to Dragon Hunter, depending on whether or not your Knight count is higher than your Dragon count, lol.
I think even if your dragon count is higher, this is still better. A white based agro deck is more likely to have other knights in your own deck. Thus you will see the interaction more often than an opponent playing a dragon.
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For example, if in my 540 cube I run 18 white aggro one drops and I sit down with a 6 pod to draft half my cube (270 cards), there is a 76% chance that at least 8 of those white aggro one drops will show up in the draft. Aggro decks want 8+ one drops in order to have a good chance of pulling one in their opening hand. I realized through looking at math like this that I need more aggro beaters in my cube in order to fully support the archetype and enable it to come together every draft.
This knight is basically a Savannah Lions. The upside is marginal-to-immaterial, but that doesn't matter. At 540 there still aren't enough 2 power one drops to fill my quota, so I'm stoked to have this guy.
As a cube that doesn't run green aggro, I think Dryad Militant is worse. The ability backfire heavily if you play Grim Lavamancer, Firebolt and the like.
Dragon Hunter once prevented a Mutavault from attacking. I've never seen him block an actual dragon, but there are three warrior synergy cards in my cube. Overall I think Venerable Knight is slightly better than him also.
Creature - Human Knight
When ~ dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target Knight you control
2/1
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The obligatory 2/1 one drop. Are most cubes still running the vanilla variants to be cut? If not, how does this minor effect fares against the likes of Protection from Dragons or Gain 1 Life?
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This. Though I guess It's better than dragon hunter?
Depends on if you run history of benalia vs najeela etc. But ultimately they are similar
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I have 4 knights in my 360 cube, all in White. Not sure if this makes the cut over any of the other white 1-drops...
I do have 10 knights though, 7 in white lol.
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I think even if your dragon count is higher, this is still better. A white based agro deck is more likely to have other knights in your own deck. Thus you will see the interaction more often than an opponent playing a dragon.
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For example, if in my 540 cube I run 18 white aggro one drops and I sit down with a 6 pod to draft half my cube (270 cards), there is a 76% chance that at least 8 of those white aggro one drops will show up in the draft. Aggro decks want 8+ one drops in order to have a good chance of pulling one in their opening hand. I realized through looking at math like this that I need more aggro beaters in my cube in order to fully support the archetype and enable it to come together every draft.
This knight is basically a Savannah Lions. The upside is marginal-to-immaterial, but that doesn't matter. At 540 there still aren't enough 2 power one drops to fill my quota, so I'm stoked to have this guy.
Dragon Hunter once prevented a Mutavault from attacking. I've never seen him block an actual dragon, but there are three warrior synergy cards in my cube. Overall I think Venerable Knight is slightly better than him also.
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