I think there is a good chance Entomb will be in. Seeing that they did reprint Chain Lightning & Figure of Destiny in the previous Premium deck. It is a good indication of what we can expect next.
Ranger of Eos searching out 2 goblin guides or 2 steppe lynx(with fetchlands ready to crack) or Figure of destiny or any combination of the abovememtioned looks really attractive.
In a very fast meta i still think it is worth playing at least 2. Against an aggro or control deck the 2 goblin guides could swing for critical hit points or maintain pressure while if we are under pressure we just have 3 additional blocker.
I'm just curious with all this tribal decks going around, how does knights match up against the other popular tribes such as merfolk/goblins or elves? Is Batterskull even playable in this deck with Stoneforge banned?
Why not Bojuka Bog as a one-of in the sideboard? Also a single Sejiri Steppe in the mainboard can be a nice combat trick/removal counter with Knight of the Reliquary in play.
Nice! Didn't thought of Sejiri Steppe's interaction with KoTR. KoTR as a land toolbox certainty has very relevant applications here.
With Aether vial avoiding the banhammer I think tribal aggro decks really stand a chance here, knights look more than a decent tribe here with exemplar and knight reliquary.
Sending it back to the top, I am still looking for a banner, I have no photoshop skills. Anything that had say, Preeminate captain, Field Marshal and Aurok Steelshaper on it that looked cool would be awesome.
I can't believe you are not putting 4 Hymns? Here is what I would try with your list:
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4 Black Knight to 2 Knight of Stromgald
(I am skeptical with him in Legacy as he is pretty much a 2/2 Pro White & First Strike that cannot improve. Stromgald Crusader and Knight of Stromgald has the impt Pro-white against Plow and late game when you have mana to burn, they are powerful when you can keep recurring.
4 Arrogant Bloodlord
(I will prefer him over Phyrexian Crusader as unless you are going pure infect, it is very hard to attack 2 life totals. Arrogant Bloodlord in Legacy is good because the clock is high, out of Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lightning Helix and Firesprout range. Whatever weenies opponent have that are 1/1 can easily be dealt with your Nameless Inversion)
4 Stillmoon Cavalier
4 Stromgald Crusader
4 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge (Main Engine should put 4?)
2 Lashwrite (really good in Standard, I use it with Recurring Skeletons)
2 Cabal Therapy -> For this deck, I think you cannot go all 4 Cabal Therapies maindeck as unlike Dredge, your creatures while they can recur, they are not outright free like Dredge and will set you back if you fizzle a blind name. Duress has a higher chance to hit and mid-game when you roughly know your opponent's cards, then you Cabal Therapy and hope to hit at least 1, then flashback and hit another one. Game 2 and 3 bring 2 more from SB.
4 Entomb -> Should play 4 if possible? Strictly better than Buried Alive in your case
4 Go for the throat -> I would prefer Diabolic Edict as I feel this deck can take head-on most Legacy creatures like KoTR, Gofy but fatties like Emrakul, Progenitus cheated in will give you a headache. You also have Nameless Inversion to deal with Noble Hierach & Bob. Or if you want to try some Synergy with Haakon and your deck's resiliency, Pox is a good choice
Lands [20]
20 Swamp Lands for your deck I would prefer the generic 20 swamps with no fetchlands as you need lotsa mana to recur. More Swamps makes Lashwrite good too and you always have creatures to recur and equip
I'm actually seeing plently of aggro deck around my area. Control decks seems a little difficult to set up board control, Cancel is too slow, mana leak is useless during mid-game and spell pierce is situational.
Many times when i'm on the draw i cant even counter aggro's first few spells. any suggestions to improve such a situation?
Seconded, definitely the planeswalkers. Planeswalkers has change the face of the game especially in newer formats with smaller card pools.
In a very fast meta i still think it is worth playing at least 2. Against an aggro or control deck the 2 goblin guides could swing for critical hit points or maintain pressure while if we are under pressure we just have 3 additional blocker.
Everyone is going to talk e foil planeswalkers out of the deck and dump e rest of the cards save helix and a few others.
Nice! Didn't thought of Sejiri Steppe's interaction with KoTR. KoTR as a land toolbox certainty has very relevant applications here.
You can request for a banner from the shops here:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/forumdisplay.php?f=46
It'll be nice to credit them when it's done..
Creatures [20]
4 Black Knight to 2 Knight of Stromgald
(I am skeptical with him in Legacy as he is pretty much a 2/2 Pro White & First Strike that cannot improve. Stromgald Crusader and Knight of Stromgald has the impt Pro-white against Plow and late game when you have mana to burn, they are powerful when you can keep recurring.
4 Arrogant Bloodlord
(I will prefer him over Phyrexian Crusader as unless you are going pure infect, it is very hard to attack 2 life totals. Arrogant Bloodlord in Legacy is good because the clock is high, out of Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lightning Helix and Firesprout range. Whatever weenies opponent have that are 1/1 can easily be dealt with your Nameless Inversion)
4 Stillmoon Cavalier
4 Stromgald Crusader
4 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge (Main Engine should put 4?)
2 Lashwrite (really good in Standard, I use it with Recurring Skeletons)
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4 Hymn to Tourach
2 Cabal Therapy -> For this deck, I think you cannot go all 4 Cabal Therapies maindeck as unlike Dredge, your creatures while they can recur, they are not outright free like Dredge and will set you back if you fizzle a blind name. Duress has a higher chance to hit and mid-game when you roughly know your opponent's cards, then you Cabal Therapy and hope to hit at least 1, then flashback and hit another one. Game 2 and 3 bring 2 more from SB.
4 Duress
4 Entomb -> Should play 4 if possible? Strictly better than Buried Alive in your case
4 Go for the throat -> I would prefer Diabolic Edict as I feel this deck can take head-on most Legacy creatures like KoTR, Gofy but fatties like Emrakul, Progenitus cheated in will give you a headache. You also have Nameless Inversion to deal with Noble Hierach & Bob. Or if you want to try some Synergy with Haakon and your deck's resiliency, Pox is a good choice
2 Nameless Inversion
Lands [20]
20 Swamp Lands for your deck I would prefer the generic 20 swamps with no fetchlands as you need lotsa mana to recur. More Swamps makes Lashwrite good too and you always have creatures to recur and equip
Many times when i'm on the draw i cant even counter aggro's first few spells. any suggestions to improve such a situation?
He is dead and faded into oblivion.
It would have been interesting to see his second version.
The prices of various Modern playable staples are already rising, my LGS just raised prices of shocklands by another 20% over the weekend.