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teatime-with-owl · 3 years ago

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Hello! I'm interested in your deck lists you mentioned earlier, would you mind sharing them ? Imalso a long time knight player, and i got a gisela goldnight commander that I'm working on :) have a nice day !

Of course I'll share them!

first my Knight deck that I use for both Arena and paper magic

12 Plains (GRN)

4 Rimrock Knight (ELD)

3 Luminarch Aspirant (ZNR)

1 Luminous Broodmoth (IKO)

4 Venerable Knight (ELD)

7 Mountain (RNA)

3 Selfless Savior (M21)

1 Maul of the Skyclaves (ZNR)

3 Skyclave Apparition (ZNR)

3 Showdown of the Skalds (KHM)

1 The Circle of Loyalty (ELD)

2 Embereth Shieldbreaker (ELD)

3 Worthy Knight (ELD)

2 Basri's Lieutenant (M21)

4 Inspiring Veteran (ELD)

1 Bonecrusher Giant (ELD)

1 Giant Killer (ELD)

2 Seasoned Hallowblade (M21)

1 Temple of Triumph (M21)

2 Furycalm Snarl (STX)

And for my Commander deck

Commander

Aurelia Exemplar of Justice

Planeswalker (1)

1 Gideon Jura

Creatures (14)

1 Ash Zealot

1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon

1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal

1 Sram, Senior Edificer

1 Brass Squire

1 Tiana, Ship's Caretaker

1 Ironclad Slayer

1 Oreskos Explorer

1 Relic Seeker

1 Wyleth, Soul of Steel

1 Kor Cartographer

1 Rebbec, Architect of Asecension

1 Ardenn,Interepid Archaeologist

1 Frontline Medic

Spells (17)

1 Dawn Charm

1 Generous Gift

1 Wear // Tear

1 Swords to Plowshares

1 Unbreakable Formation

1 Boros Charm

1 Temur Battle Rage

1 Master Warcraft

1 Disenchant

1 Deflecting Palm

1 Winds of Rath

1 Response // Resurgence

1 Return to Dust

1 Open the Armory

1 Valorous Stance

1 Path to Exile

1 Sevinne's Reclamation

Enchantments (10)

1 Spirit Mantle

1 Ethereal Armor

1 On Serra's Wings

1 Unquestioned Authority

1 Timely Ward

1 Faith Unbroken

1 Sigarda's Aid

1 Quest of the holy Relic

1 Sage's Reverie

1 Sheilded by faith

Artifact (17)

1 Blackblade Reforged

1 Boros Signet

1 Sol Ring

1 Blazing sunsteel

1 Fireshrieker

1 Commader's Plate

1 Loxodon Warhammer

1 Sword of the Animist

1 Brass Squire

1 Sword of Vengeance

1 Arcane Signet

1 Sunforger

1 mask of memory

1 Prowler's helm

1 Talisman of Conviction

1 Swiftfoot Boots

1 Seraphic Greatsword

Lands (40)

14 plains

9 Mountains

1 Rogue's Passage

1 Boros Guildgate

1 Boros Garrison

1 Terramorphic Expanse

1 Evolving Wilds

1 Wind-Scarred Crag

1 Slayers' Stronghold

1 Memorial to War

1 Command Tower

1 Stone Quarry

1 Rupture Spire

1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion

1 Forgotten Cave

1 Encroaching Wastes

1 Myriad Landscape

1 Rupture Spire

1 Secluded Steppe

(sorry if its a bit of a long post)

#ask response #Knights #mtg #gisela goldnight commander seems like she would be such a great commander!#sorry I'm responding so late but thank you for the ask!

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scottynada · 4 years ago

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Core Set 2021 Set Review - White

Pick: 3-5 Shortcut: C+ Besides the sad flavor, I like Selfless Savior. It’s super annoying to play against since it requires your opponent to throw two removal spells at your best threat and makes it very difficult to block your big creatures. It doesn’t work super well against Black since the common removal frustratingly works around indestructible. I still think this pup plays well.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D Don’t get Brushwagg fever with this one. Five mana is a lot more to activate than four and there are no mutate synergies to boost this Chorister up. Pumping this does mean that you will gain four life for your “gain three life” synergies, but even then this is one of the worst ways to get there.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D I’m treating Speaker of the Heavens as a 1/1 with Vigilance and Lifelink since I don’t think there are any games that you can reasonably hit 27 life that you aren’t already crushing.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D Cheap spells are nice to facilitate an aggressive draw, but this just isn’t an aggressive creature. It doesn’t even block that well. Note that it does hold +1/+1 counters, so if you have some Basri’s Acolytes and not enough early creatures to put the counters on, this might just do.

Pick: 3-4 Shortcut: B There are four common Dogs and two uncommon Dogs split between Red and White. Pack Leader pairs much more nicely with the Red dogs as attackers, but a 2/2 that can’t take combat damage on attacks is already pretty nice.My favorite Dog pairing is with Bolt Hound since that dog likes to attack, but rarely survives combat.

Pick: 2-4 Shortcut: B Seasoned Hallowblade is very difficult to block or attack in to. The concept of ‘threat of activation’ is huge here. You never have to actually discard a card unless this is going to kill a creature in combat. Even when you do discard, you are spending zero mana to trade with a creature your opponent spent mana on.

Pick: 6-8 Shortcut: C Tempered Veteran is slow and has miserable stats, but can make it difficult to interact with your +1/+1 counter creatures in combat and will eventually make a huge threat. I wouldn’t see this as a pull into a +1/+1 counter themed deck, but it’s a nice pick up if you already have those synergies.

Pick: 6+ Shortcut: C Daybreak Charger dies to everything in combat, but in an aggressive deck this can represent a lot of damage. You can throw the +2/+0 onto a flyer later in the game or enable a small creature to make an attack into a larger blocker. Don’t be afraid to cast this on turn 2 with no target for the ability.

Pick: 7+ Shortcut: C- The flying synergies in M21 are no joke. I normally don’t like this as a 1/3 very much, but I think this will be the common flyer of choice for certain Blue/White decks.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D Alpine Watchdog looks trusty, but you really don't need to take this highly. If I'm lacking two drops near the middle of the draft, I'll be happy if a couple of these find me. Note that this card has specific interaction with Alpine Houndmaster. I think the Houndmaster combo is quite good, so this goes up a lot in value if you pick up a Houndmaster.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D It’s a flash bear.

Pick: 6+ Shortcut: C Oof, I’m not huge on White’s three drops in M21. I think Celestial Enforcer is fine. It is very good when things are going according to plan for your flying deck, but this doesn’t perform well in every White deck. If your opponent removes your flyers you are also left with a mediocre body.'

Pick: 6+ Shortcut: C Vryn Wingmare used to be a rare in Magic Origins, but I don’t think it’s amazing. You can skew your deck to be less affected by the noncreature taxing ability, but I only expect it to be backbreaking versus the deck that is based around cheap draw spells and the draw synergies lying around.

Pick: 7+ Shortcut: C- When you are curving out, Makeshift Battalion gets the job done. Same with Celestial Enforcer, when your plan gets disrupted, you won’t even be able to leverage your +1/+1 counter synergies because getting the counter in the first place is so conditional.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D In what board state is this swinging in for huge amounts of damage without being easily blocked by a small creature and results in you getting attacked back for too much? I think this wants to be paired with evasiono or +1/+1 counters. It’s risky to tap your blockers just to send this creature in.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D I love walls. If this had 4 toughness rather than 3, I’d be hot on Warded Battlements. As is, this doesn’t block well enough to live the dream of sitting behind this and crunching in for a bunch of extra damage with flyers. You can try it, but I think you’d rather just have something with stats.

Pick: 1 Shortcut: A Lots of stats. Don’t need other +1/+1 counters to make this good. Pick this.

Pick: 1-2 Shortcut: A Mangara doesn’t do much in the way of attacking, but it does slow the game down and pretty much halt any aggression towards you. After you cast this, your opponent probably just develops the board slowly and draws until they can point a removal at this. Meanwhile you are unhampered and can hopefully find some way to pull far ahead.

Pick: 3-4 Shortcut: C+ Basri’s Acolyte adds a lot of stats for just four mana and a pretty good blocker to boot. The +1/+1 counters can be seen as haste power that sometimes allows you to make attacks that you wouldn’t have had previously. This is a big board impact at common for White, so expect turn 4 to be pivotal when White is involved in the match. This card’s existence alone is enough to make it much better to trade off creatures early against White aggro.

Pick: 3-4 Shortcut: C+ Gale Swooper is decent stats with a conditional burn attached. White really has some powerhouse four drops at common. Like Basri’s Acolyte, this one also benefits from having creatures on the field, so make sure to trade off with White creatures while you can.

Pick: 4-6 Shortcut: C Falconer Adept is White’s worst four drop?! This card isn’t even bad. If you get two attacks in, you are getting great value. Look for ways to assist the Falconer in combat since a 2/3 attacker is not strong by the time this can attack. Combat tricks, evasion and +1/+1 counters will be key.

Pick: 1 Shortcut: A Lotus Cobra, untap, fetch land, turn 3 Baneslayer Angel, your move.

Pick: 2-4 Shortcut: B After collecting its trophy for most ridiculous (read:best) card name in M21, Syr Gagglemaster proved itself to be a beefy flyer quite good at winning race situations with only a weakness in blocking.

Pick: 5-8 Shortcut: C- Putting 5/5 worth in stats on the board immediately is pretty decent. You don’t need many five drops in general, but Valorous Steed will never be embarrassing.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D This is not a set where every deck will have great artifacts and enchantments to roll over, but if you see a couple good hits, bring this in from the sideboard and it will be good.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D There are some synergies in this set with drawing cards, but I don’t think that pushes this over the edge of being a great include. It’s not super impactful and feels very bad when your creature gets removed in response.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D The Sanctum of Tranquil Light counts itself, so the ability will at most cost five mana. I don’t want to pay five mana to tap things. I don’t want to pay four mana to tap things. Three isn’t even that great - and you can only get there if you hit the jackpot with Shrines.

Pick: 2-4 Shortcut: B I think the payoff for Griffin Aerie is strong enough to take this card early and build around it. Gaining three life is not as simple to put together as just gaining any amount of life, so be on the lookout for cards that get you there on their own.

Pick: 3-6 Shortcut: C+ The normal issue with cards like Swift Response that deal with tapped creatures is that they can never clear out blockers when you are the aggressive White deck. However, it looks like White does a lot of its aggression in the air in M21, which raises the stock on this.

Pick: 4-6 Shortcut: C Feat of Resistance is a very strong trick. It makes sure your creature never dies in combat, even if your opponent has a combat trick of their own. It can protect your creature versus removal. On top of all that it permanently boosts your creature afterwards. There are even +1/+1 counter synergies here. Great trick that will define how you interact with two open White mana.

Pick: 6-8 Shortcut: C- Runed Halo will play out like an aura that prevents a creature from attacking you. It will still be able to block just fine. The dream of hitting multiple creatures with this is very unlikely, but will happen a couple times throughout the format. Send me your sweet screenshots of blanking your opponent’s army.

Pick: 6+ Shortcut: C The dream is to add something like 10/10 worth of stats can comepletely crush your opponent with your two mana card, but Basri's Solidarity will rarely play out like that. The most likely scenario is that you curve out with 2-3 creatures, then cast this to enable a couple of your creatures to make attacks where they wouldn't be able to otherwise. It's low mana cost also makes it a pretty good double spell with another cheap creature. It's not bad, but expect this to be a nice aggressive curveout card rather than a token go-wide payoff.

Pick: 6+ Shortcut: C Angelic Ascension is not how you want to be answering your opponent's dangerous threats. A 4/4 angel is pretty close to a must answer threat, so replacing one must answer threat with another doesn't really get you very far. This is honestly going to be very frustrating to lose to, since I think the best mode for this card is to play a one drop, then exile it on turn two and hope your opponent doesn't have an answer to your angel.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D I kinda like Revitalize here. That being said I think you want to be wheeling these if you find yourself in the life gain archetype. Gaining three life is important and honestly not the easiest to do in this set, so a card that triggers all your life gain payoffs on its own is valuable.

Pick: 1 Shortcut: A All these "Basri's" cards are great. Why wouldn't Basri be great too? You want an assertive deck with a curve that can reliably get a creature out before you cast Basri, but it's really not a big deal. Basri will be powerful even if your deck isn't maximised for it.

Pick: 1 Shortcut: A Glorious Anthem is one of those cards that your opponent casts and you just know it’s going to be an uphill battle. This will add a lot of stats throughout a normal match and is only really dead if you have no creatures at all. Don’t fill your deck up with cards that don’t effect the board and you will be rewarded.

Pick: 4-7 Shortcut: C- Idol of Endurance is more of a five drop than a three drop. You will basically never cast this on turn three and want at least two creatures exiled to be reasonably happy. I see this is a pretty similar to some effects that Black gets, but unlike the Black cards you won't always be able to get back your best creatures. As far as card advantage goes, this has a pretty high best case scenario, but this isn’t a bomb or anything.

Pick: Nyan Shortcut: F Nine Lives will buy you a couple turns if you manage to cast it at a low enough life without dying unexpectedly first. I don't think this will ever be worth it over any card that more proactively progresses your game plan. After you cast this, it also gives your opponent the power to decide how quickly they want to take your lives, so you don't even get the surprise factor of Instant speed life gain.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D There is a minor “4 power matters” theme in M21, but I still wouldn’t feel excited about starting this card in the main deck. I think you most want to play this if it is covering a weakness of your deck, like if you are an aggressive White deck that has no other ways of dealing with your opponent’s one large blocker on turn 5 or so.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D Dubbing your two drop and attacking every turn is a pretty fragile game plan. It’s also a gameplan that sometimes just works. If your deck power level is low, adding a high variance card like Dub is sometimes your best option to beat stronger decks before they can get rolling.

Pick: 9+ Shortcut: D I know I just want to slap this on a lifelinker and make a huge monster, but Light of Promise is slow, risky, and conditional.

Pick: 1-2 Shortcut: B Faith’s Fetters is no joke. The life gain text triggers all the payoffs in M21 and can help buy you a real turn to stabilize if you are getting beaten down. This answers most problematic permanents, including planeswalkers.

Pick: 4-8 Shortcut: C- Secure the Scene is a nice catch-all answer to have, but it will rarely be exciting. In an aggressive deck, clearing out a blocker is awkward because they can still save some life with the 1/1 Soldier. This works best if you are just looking to play the long game and need to answer a wide variety of threats from the opponent.

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