Good (k)night!

by KnightoftheHokeyPokey on 12 April 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Enchantments (7)

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Deck Description

First of all, I do not remotely claim that I came up with this strategy.

Knight exemplar and honor of the pure are the engine of this deck. I saw many other knight decks that used this engine and thought - gee, that would work really well with the older knights.

I did not have nearly enough space for all my favorite knights, even though I have dropped the artifacts, instants, enchantments, and the White Knight. Other awesome knights include Pentarch Paladin, Sworn Defender, Kinsbaile Cavalier, Benalish Knight, Cavalry Master, and Knight of the Reliquary. So many fun possibilities!

Secondly, this is not the first deck I have built, only the first with this account. On the other hand, I am a little rusty, and would greatly appreciate your help.

Finally, a shout out to NorthernWarlord for helping me to find good instants, enchantments, and artifacts to support the creatures in this deck.

How to Play

This is an aggressive white weenie deck. Just drop creatures left and right to quickly gain victory. As I said before, Honor of the Pure and Knight Exemplar really push this deck forward (sorry about the price ....). Truly ridiculous things happen when multiples of these cards, especially Knight Exemplars, are in play.

Neat tricks with this deck:

Student of warfare can hit for 3 on turn two for 3 mana, or turn into a 4/4 with double strike for 8 mana. Don't worry about pumping it up - that's what your opponent will be doing! In fact, it's great at making you opponents waste removal.

Apart from keeping you from being mana screwed, Knight of the White Orchard is very good if played right. If you go first, play him at the first main phase of turn 3, BEFORE you play a land. His ability will almost always activate, and since you have not played land, and still have 2 to your opponent's 3. THEN play your land. Ouch, now you have 4 plains on turn 3. And 2 mana is available for this deck's many 2 drops. This technique can work in any main phase, so don't feel pressured to miss dropping a knight exemplar turn 3.

Brave the elements is great for late game attacks, or fending off pesky red or blue attacks, or just plain awesome shenanigans in multiplayer matches. Think of it as the blue shell of MTG. Beware of lost friendships.

My final tip (not really ;) though this is an aggro deck, and you should attack each turn if able, be patient. The knights will simply be unstoppable in large numbers. Even a "wimpy" 2/2 with first strike can get really strong when buffed by battle cry, a knight exemplar, and an honor of the pure all at once.

Oh, don't try to use this against blue control if it's part of your local metagame. Against casual opponents you should find fun competition, but Jace turns this deck into confetti. @$!# it Jace! I thought you gated Garruk - [insert rebound's flavor text here].

Finally, the sideboard contains some great red hate.

If you find your self against a lot of removal, running hero of bladehold and knight of the holy nimbus is a great idea. Kinsbale Cavalier and accorder paladin are awesome together, but a tad fragile. Feel free to mix and match!

P.S. Wrath of God is hilarious is you have a knight exemplar out. All creatures but her are fine as you sweep the board of ... everything. Seriously, not even protection or shroud can save you. Then use elixir of immortality, then relic of progenitus. Then laugh maniacally. The only way I see around it is indestructibility or Emkraul, The Aeons Torn. Just exile him.

Deck Tags

  • Mono White
  • Knight
  • Creature-Based
  • Aggro

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Good (k)night!

Should I add Kinsbaile Cavaliar or Silverblade Paladin? And what are some good white removal and/or counter spells?

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Posted 13 April 2014 at 06:36

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Is Gideon or Eldspeth a better choice in this deck? What lands would be useful here?

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Posted 13 April 2014 at 09:48

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Alright, I need to know ... what should I spend the mana from Nykthos on? It's just SO much .... any neat white spells with x in their cost?

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Posted 15 April 2014 at 02:02

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The only one I think would be good in your deck is Sigil of Distinction because all other ones don't work good with your boardwiping strategy, by if you ignore that, White Sun's Zenith. Martial Coup can also be very good.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 00:12

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Thanks! Your suggested cards seem useful.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 01:05

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Phyrexian rebirth could also be the doom of token decks, I would sideboard one

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 03:28

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Or Indrik Umbra =) (thank you flanking)

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 05:38

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Yeah, but you would want to make it a dual colored deck or it won't be useful enough because you won't get the right lands

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 12:50

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Which of the 3 exile spells - gaze of Justice, Reciprocate, or Path to Exile - is best? Should I use oblivion ring? Basically, I need dome help fine - tuning the removal in this deck.

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Posted 16 April 2014 at 18:04

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Gaze of justice has too much requirements, so go with the other removal spells, like an Oblivion Ring.
You could also add Day of Judgment.

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Posted 16 April 2014 at 23:46

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Thanks for the info, though I think I will stick with Wrath of God - it costs the same as Day of Judgement, but creatures can't be regenerated!

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 01:04

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No problem, if you need any more help, just let me know.
I was just saying day of Judgment if you wanted to add 2 or more boardsweepers.
Add rest in peace in the sideboard for against Graveborns.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 01:09

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You should read this page and have a good long laugh:
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&color=+[W]&text=+[destroy]+[all]+[creatures]

Turns out white removal is a bit more powerful than most players believe.

Besides that, I will add rest in peace. RIP Fiendslayer Paladin, I'll find some deck to sideboard you and Kithkin Knight in. Maybe a lifelink deck ...

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 01:27

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Thanks for your help, but I think I prefer the relic to rest in peace. However, I'll put both in.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 01:29

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Hahaha, I always knew white removal was that good, but there is more than I would have thought!
I wanted to post a white knight removal deck, but I need to finish my budget deck series first.
Why did you take out ALL path to exiles?

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 03:27

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Hmm .... one sec.

Dude... check the mana curve XD.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 05:36

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Yeah, it's really low!

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 12:54

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No, I mean it goes 18, 14, 10, 6 =).

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 20:01

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i noticed but didnt know how to put it into words



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Posted 17 April 2014 at 22:21

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I just feel that the deck has strayed too far from it's aggro roots ... or it's knight theme for that matter. I'll sleep on it.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 05:51

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No, it's fine, all creatures are knights, and there is plenty of removal spells

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 12:56

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07 I am good with it.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 14:06

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Maybe path of bravery over honor of the pure? It cost one more colorless but you gain life for every attaching creature. That's all I got.... Pretty solid tribal deck.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 19:30

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O7 I accept your suggestion, but I must decline to preserve the mana curve's equal steps!

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 20:03

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Yeah the added speed is more important than life gain in this deck anyways. Good call.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 21:55

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I did add path to bravery to my lifegain deck. Thank you for your suggestion.

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Posted 17 April 2014 at 23:35

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white sun's zenith

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Posted 02 May 2014 at 00:27

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but that puts out cats... not knights. althought that would be really cool if it put out cat knights. :)

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Posted 03 May 2014 at 21:29

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Silence! My ridiculo-meter is breaking!

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 11:13

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well, it looks like a pretty solid Knight deck. :)
unfortunately knight isn't a super popular tribal creature, so not really many knights out there. here are my thoughts on it.

first off, having a lone caravan escort is a bit odd... is he good enough to warrant filling in a space that could be used for another elixir or perhaps an O ring or Path to Exile?
not too fond of Knight of the white orchid, but I think that is a personal preference. :)
Knight of the holy nimbus seems like a odd card, but would not be all that effective. is it really that much of a mana sapper for opponents? do they usually pay the 2 mana to keep it from regenerating? If so, then leave it in. but if NOT... I would say to swap it out for something like white knight, or leonin skyhunter perhaps? flying seem to be an issue with this deck. also I thought that it was interesting that you don't have kinsbaile cavalier in here. but perhaps that was to keep the mana curve down?

either way like I said, this looks pretty dang good to me. :)

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Posted 03 May 2014 at 21:26

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Yeah, I can't understand why people don't like knights! They are awesome!
The only reason I haven't posted one is that hokeypokey has one made

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Posted 04 May 2014 at 22:01

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Lol... :)

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Posted 04 May 2014 at 22:31

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Lol ... knights are right up my alley. Selesnya, White, Black ... take your pick. Gotta love those weenies with serious abilities.

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 04:11

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Say goodbye to that lone Caravan Escort. Kinsbaile Cavalier will go in the sideboard for Hero of Bladehold. I will keep Knight of the Holy Nimbus in reserve behind Accorder Paladin. Mr. Nimbus and the Cavalier will take on big creatures, the Hero and the Paladin can attack around them.

Knight of the Holy Nimbus is a tank. He can take on 3/3's without a scratch. Flanking wears down blockers over time, and makes him a real pain to block when he gets souped up. Even if he is killed, he has AUTO REGEN. That's insane. Not only is this guy regening, but he does it for free, and you better pay 2 to keep him dead. Add all that to his Human Knight Rebel status, and he is an amazing 2 drop. Compare him to Drudge Skeletons or White Knight.

Knight of the White Orchard has a pretty nice ability. One can not be mana screwed.

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 04:45

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Not saying that caravan escort is bad, it was just odd that there was a singleton of it, that's all. :) and yeah, I get the holy nimbus regenerates but... I don't know. I guess that I haven't used it and so perhaps I am... lacking actual usage knowledge. (If that makes sense...) yeah, knight of the white orchid is good, but like I said, I PERSONALLY don't like him all that much. I know that it is a good card. although I would prefer to use land tax. :) every upkeep you may search your library for 3 basic lands and put them into your hand. and it is only W to play. :)

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 06:05

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Agreed, but if I wanted to ramp, I'd play green ....

Wait! Angels need ramp. Land Tax, Knight of the White Orchard, Fastbond, etc.

Thank you for your input!

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 11:11

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my mistake. you get to search IF your opponents have more lands than you. just like white orchid. if I am going to make suggestions, I should at least represent the card correctly. :) my apologies... but, either way this is YOUR deck, and you build it how you think it should be built. :) as I said before, I think it looks very good as is anyways. :)

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 12:12

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Don't worry about it! I just needed to slim this deck down. Even if you were just talking about your preferences, you made this deck leaner and meaner. Nice work.

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 23:35

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Like the new build more.

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 23:45

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Thanks to yourself, Kazzong, and Barracuda!

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 23:51

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Fiendslayer is an excellent choice in here. Very powerful, very dangerous. :)

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 00:14

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Well, she's only on duty when Kinsbaile Cavalier is in the main, or you want to show your black-playing buddy that there is a creature other than white knight that he can't Doom Blade.

Otherwise, it's Mirran Crusader's turn =).

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 00:21

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LOL... Too funny. That makes sense though.

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 00:25

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So ... should I use Fiendslayer Paladin, Oblivion Ring, or Knight of Meadowgrain? Which would you prefer less if you were facing this deck (I want to trade a 3 drop for a 2 drop to make the mana curve even lower).

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 01:36

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so the question here is whether the lower mana curve or the higher intimidation factor is going to be more effective for you, right? I personally would not want to see O rings or Fiendslayers on my opponent's board.

But I would say that based on mana alone, Knight of meadowgrain is probably your best bet here. but if you are facing black then run either white knight or fiendslayer. so perhaps I might say to run meadowgrain mainboard and SB fiendslayer or white knight? Or even Mirran Crusader?

Oblivion ring is a superb card, but what are you using it to exile? mostly creatures? if so it can be replaced with journey to nowhere.

Other somewhat niche knights that I saw and liked... Leonin Skyhunter or perhaps spectral rider?


to sum it up, I think running meadowgrain MB and SB the others, and if you are using O ring to mostly exile creatures, then swap it for Journey to Nowhere. :)

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 02:12

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Thanks for the input!

I am using the oblivion ring to exile non-creature permanents. However, I would like some more removal, and silence can only stall, so I will replace it with Journey to Nowhere.

As for Fiendslayer, and mirran crusader, I will keep them, if only for the lulz of dropping them against a black deck.

A flying knight ... good thinking, I must have one. Leonin Skyhunter is in. Though you should look at it's sister - Skyhunter Skirmisher - which is really nice in enchant and equipment decks.

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 02:39

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Well yeah, I know of the bigger skyhunter. But I wanted to keep it to 2-3 mana. There are TONS of good knights that are a bit more expensive to put out. :). But that would go against your request to try and lower the mana curve, so I tried suggesting only the ones that fit in that 2-3mana range. Would have gone 1 mana, but there aren't many good 1 mana knights that you don't already have. Perhaps caravan escort? But again you had it in here already, but just as a singleton... So yeah.

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 02:49

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Yeah ... Wizards, as white weenie players, we demand more than 2 one-drop Knights! In fact, I want more Knights all around! How about a full set of Zombie Knights (umm ... that might be a wink OP) =).

Wait, there are 3 - Caravan Escort, Lionheart Maverick, and Student of Warfare.

I think no more have been printed because Wizards printed the best 1-drop possibly of all time - Student of Warfare - in the Knight class.

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 03:45

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*COUGH*Phyrexian Crusader!!!*COUGH* Such an OP card...

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 03:51

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Grr ... infect. Agreed, that dude is OP. Oh, and he's a zombie, so there are like 20 cards to resurrect him ... great.

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 04:00

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I think that infect might be the single most OP keyword ability. :) good thing that there aren't really are not very many infect creatures. at least not really, compared with the other keyword mechanics.

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 04:47

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Yeah, and at least there is melira, sylvok outcast

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 04:49

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true, but Melira cripples wither even worse than it does infect. wither can't even do ANY damage to your creatures AT ALL... they deal no regular damage, and your creatures can't have -1/-1 counters on them. so crazy. :)

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 04:58

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Well, that's what removal is for. I wonder how much fun it would be to play 2-headed giant with an infect deck and a proliferate deck. =).

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 15:02

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Vampire hexmage is pretty good too, and she nails Planeswalkers.

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 15:02

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Vampire hexmage it's an amazing 2 drop. Though not a knight... Great control card.

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Posted 07 May 2014 at 16:12

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I agree that student of warfare is a BAMF of a one drop but I can think of a few I like more. ( goblin lackey, champion of the parish, deathrite shaman, mother of runes and goblin guide) It is by far the best one drop knight though.

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Posted 08 May 2014 at 01:30

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Hey now ... you might hurt Lionheart Maverick's feelings!

Personally, I like serra ascendant, nivmagus elemental, gravecrawler, cloudfin raptor, goblin Legionnaire, and that 0/4 kraken thingy.

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Posted 08 May 2014 at 06:05

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Kraken hatchling? Nivmagus is a pretty cool one. It's good in mono blue/mono red or U/R . I forgot about serra ascendant.

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Posted 08 May 2014 at 07:56

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there are a few good 1 drops. I have a deck that has nothing over 1 mana. I think it is pretty good too. personal favorite 1 drop though...slumbering dragon or figure of destiny. :)

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Posted 08 May 2014 at 08:25

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Yes, figure of Destiny and slumbering Dragon are my favorites too, with champion of the parish! I love their abilities to become stronger!

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Posted 08 May 2014 at 11:47

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Hmm ... I sense a 1-drop and 2-drop deck series!

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Posted 08 May 2014 at 13:26

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Me too! One from each guild maybe? Maybe even mono colored ones.
I call selesnya and boros if we split the series among us 3, but it might be better if only one of us does it

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Posted 08 May 2014 at 23:48

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I had 1 already...

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Posted 09 May 2014 at 02:30

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Oops, meant gruul, not boros, and that is only if you don't think it will be easier just you doing it yourself

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Posted 09 May 2014 at 03:13

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Lol... I think that 2 apiece is fine. :) I although I might have to redesign my Boros deck if they are going to be budget decks...
I call Orzhov as my second deck though.

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Posted 09 May 2014 at 04:06

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Post them here? Interested to see the gruul and orzhov decks.

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Posted 09 May 2014 at 04:33

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yeah, post them here. :)

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Posted 09 May 2014 at 05:08

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http://www.mtgvault.com/abcdefu96/decks/izzet-one-for-all/

I kind of figured no one would want Izzet so I jumped on it.

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Posted 09 May 2014 at 05:52

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sounds good. I will look at it when I am done with the Orzhov deck.

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Posted 09 May 2014 at 06:19

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Orzhiv is done!!!!
http://www.mtgvault.com/kazzong/decks/orzhov-1-mana-deck/

And her if the Boros deck:
http://www.mtgvault.com/kazzong/decks/there-can-be-only-1-cmc-that-is/

Hope that you guys like them. ??

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Posted 09 May 2014 at 08:52

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Yes! Here's the Rakdos:

http://www.mtgvault.com/knightofthehokeypokey/decks/12-budget-rave-like-rakdos/

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Posted 09 May 2014 at 16:51

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Done with gruul, I think. Could you check it to make sure?
Also, I have a gruul bloodrush deck I really want to improve, I would like your help, please.
I won't make them public right now, but here's the links.
http://www.mtgvault.com/barracuda/decks/is-your-blood-rushing/http:/
Http://www.mtgvault.com/barracuda/decks/gruul-1-drop/

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Posted 12 May 2014 at 13:56

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Anyone going to do Dimir? Alright them I will.

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Posted 14 May 2014 at 01:52

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Here it is.

http://www.mtgvault.com/knightofthehokeypokey/decks/dimir-drops-the-1s/

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 16:49

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Make sure to check out Kazzong's Dimir 1-drop as well.

http://www.mtgvault.com/kazzong/decks/dimir-1-mana-deck/

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 16:49

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"getting in on the fun, here's a gruul.

http://www.mtgvault.com/aladeus/decks/gruuldont-stop-til-you-1drop/"

-Aladeus

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Posted 15 May 2014 at 16:50

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Ok, so here is my thinking. We should either put all the links to the 1 mana decks in the description of this one or post a new deck for that purpose. That way people don't have to dig through the comments here to find them. What do you guys think?

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Posted 16 May 2014 at 17:30

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Good idea!

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Posted 16 May 2014 at 18:18

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I second that motion! Whomever ee decide on shall see it done ... volunteers?

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 00:20

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1,2,3 not it!

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 01:37

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I can do it if you want. Though my decks trend to get way less attention than most peoples, so perhaps not if we want them to actually get looked at more? I could be completely wrong.

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 01:44

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Kazzong, you deserve a hot page deck. Go for it!

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 02:10

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Just post the link here and we'll share it everywhere.

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 02:47

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http://www.mtgvault.com/abcdefu96/decks/izzet-one-for-all/

There's the Izzet one

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 02:48

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http://www.mtgvault.com/knightofthehokeypokey/decks/12-budget-rave-like-rakdos/

There's rakdos, although knight want make it all one drop if that's the theme.

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 02:50

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Http://www.mtgvault.com/barracuda/decks/gruul-1-drop/

Gruul

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 02:51

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Then you have the orzhov and boros ones.

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 02:51

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http://www.mtgvault.com/knightofthehokeypokey/decks/dimir-drops-the-1s/

There's one dimir, you have the other.

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 02:53

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I'll take azorius if no one wants it....

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 02:54

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Sounds good. I will make the link list deck and put it up here.

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 03:33

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ok, here is the link:
http://www.mtgvault.com/kazzong/decks/wandering-one-drops/

please inform me if I have missed any of the decks to go on there.

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 04:12

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http://www.mtgvault.com/abcdefu96/decks/glorious-azorius-uno-mana/

There's azorius

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Posted 17 May 2014 at 04:33

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I downvoted this deck 10 times for not having TheKnightoftheHokeyPokey in it!
Epic fail!!!

Joking aside, looks like another solid deck.

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Posted 17 July 2014 at 04:42

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Too bad about that ... he might fit in a damage prevention deck.

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Posted 17 July 2014 at 05:12

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