/MTG: Deck opinions needed (again) - Edit 4
Before modification by Bergioyn at 09/06/2011 11:02:50 PM
Hello people of the Games board!
I'm again in need of advice conserning my Magic deck(s), and since the previous times have been usefull, I thought I'd ask here. This time I have two decks I need assitance with, a new white-green Knight deck and the old mono black Vampire deck I have already pestered you people with. I'll start with the Knight deck.
So, I bought the Duel decks: Knights vs. Dragons set couple of days ago with plan of cannibalising the decks for possible knight deck and other decks. But when I checked the deck, it seemed quite good the way it was in the first place, so I succumbed to my fatal flaw of ”Ooh, that looks great, I certainly can't cut that one!” and ”This looks interesting! It shall stay...” with the result of adding the cards I planned to add, while cutting grand total of one card (Edge of Autumn), so that's where you guys come in. I need help deciding what to cut, and what to keep. Here's the card list:
Creatures
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Caravan Escort
2 Lionheart Maverick
2 Knight of Cliffhaven
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Knight of the white Orchid
1 Leonin Skyhunter
1 Silver Knight
1 White Knight
1 Knotvine Paladin
1 Steward of Valeron
1 Benalish Lancer
1 Zhalfirin Commander
2 Knight Exemplar
1 Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers
1 Kabira Vindicator
1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
1 Alaborn Cavalier
1 Skyhunter Patrol
1 Plover Knights
1 Juniper Order Ranger
1 Paladin of Prahv
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Knight of the Skyward Eye
1 Prized Unicorn
Total Creatures: 28
Spells
1 Sigil Blessing
1 Heroes' Reunion
1 Test of Faith (I was really Impressed with this, very good instant, IMHO)
1 Reprisal
1 Mighty Leap
1 Reciprocate
1 Harm's Way
1 Griffin Guide
1 Spidersilk Armor
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Eldrazi Conscription
1 Coordinated Barrage
Total Spells: 12
Artifacts
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Coat of Arms
1 Whispersilk Cloak
Total Artifacts: 3
Lands
1 Naya Panorama
1 Graypelt Refuge
4 Grasslands
1 Sejiri Steppe
2 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Treetop Village
12 Plains
6 Forest
Total Lands: 28
Total Cards: 71
I'm thinking it needs more spells to get rid of creatures, and obviously it needs to be trimmed down a bit, but otherwise I'm quite happy with it.
As a sort of half-related question, about Riftmarked Knight (1WW 272 with flanking , protection from black and suspend) . It can be played normally or with suspend ability: ”Suspend 3 – 1WW
When the last time counter is removed from Riftmarked Knight while it's removed from the game, put a 2/2 black Knight creature token with flanking, protection from white and haste into play.” So the question is: if played with suspend, do I get the Knight and the token in play, or only the token?
And then onto the Vampire deck. Due to my unfortunate weakness for cool cards, the deck has grown from last time, and needs a trimming too. Regarding the suggestions given to me last time I'm planning to replace two leechridden Swamps with Swamps (just haven't gotten around to doing that yet ) and I'm still debating whether to swap the Dark Banishings to Doomblades or not (one of our group has a regenerate deck, altough he doesn't use it very often). Anyway, here's the card list:
Creatures
3 Gatekeeper of Malakir
2 Kalastria Highborn
2 Quag Vampires
1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
2 Pulse Tracker
2 Captivating Vampire
2 Child of Night
1 Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet
1 Vampire Hexmage
2 Repentant Vampire
3 Bloodhusk Ritualist
2 Ghuul Draz Vampire
1 Butcher of Malakir
1 Mirri the Cursed
2 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Ascendant Evincar
1 Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
Total Creatures: 29
Spells
2 Hideous End
2 Corrupt
2 Dark Banishing
3 Feast of Blood
1 Bond of Agony
1 Diabolic Tutor
1Aphetto Dredging
1 Needlebite Trap
2 Blood Tribute
2 Unholy Strenght
2 Essence Drain
2 Blood Tithe
2 Revive the Fallen
Total Spells: 23
Artifacts
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Coat of Arms
Total Artifacts: 2
Lands
19 Swamp
1 Crypt of Agadeem
4 Leechridden Swamp
Total Lands: 24
Total Cards: 78
Main objective is to thin the deck, but I'd also like to know what you guys think of possibly adding/swapping (after substancial cuts) Sanguine Bond, Sangromancer and/or third Kalastria Highborn? They're just sitting in my card folder doing nothing (they don't fit any of my other decks) and are all pretty decent cards, so that's why I was thinking of putting them in this deck.
So, any and all thoughts are welcome, thanks for any help, and sorry for the wall of text.
I'm again in need of advice conserning my Magic deck(s), and since the previous times have been usefull, I thought I'd ask here. This time I have two decks I need assitance with, a new white-green Knight deck and the old mono black Vampire deck I have already pestered you people with. I'll start with the Knight deck.
So, I bought the Duel decks: Knights vs. Dragons set couple of days ago with plan of cannibalising the decks for possible knight deck and other decks. But when I checked the deck, it seemed quite good the way it was in the first place, so I succumbed to my fatal flaw of ”Ooh, that looks great, I certainly can't cut that one!” and ”This looks interesting! It shall stay...” with the result of adding the cards I planned to add, while cutting grand total of one card (Edge of Autumn), so that's where you guys come in. I need help deciding what to cut, and what to keep. Here's the card list:
Creatures
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Caravan Escort
2 Lionheart Maverick
2 Knight of Cliffhaven
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Knight of the white Orchid
1 Leonin Skyhunter
1 Silver Knight
1 White Knight
1 Knotvine Paladin
1 Steward of Valeron
1 Benalish Lancer
1 Zhalfirin Commander
2 Knight Exemplar
1 Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers
1 Kabira Vindicator
1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
1 Alaborn Cavalier
1 Skyhunter Patrol
1 Plover Knights
1 Juniper Order Ranger
1 Paladin of Prahv
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Knight of the Skyward Eye
1 Prized Unicorn
Total Creatures: 28
Spells
1 Sigil Blessing
1 Heroes' Reunion
1 Test of Faith (I was really Impressed with this, very good instant, IMHO)
1 Reprisal
1 Mighty Leap
1 Reciprocate
1 Harm's Way
1 Griffin Guide
1 Spidersilk Armor
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Eldrazi Conscription
1 Coordinated Barrage
Total Spells: 12
Artifacts
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Coat of Arms
1 Whispersilk Cloak
Total Artifacts: 3
Lands
1 Naya Panorama
1 Graypelt Refuge
4 Grasslands
1 Sejiri Steppe
2 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Treetop Village
12 Plains
6 Forest
Total Lands: 28
Total Cards: 71
I'm thinking it needs more spells to get rid of creatures, and obviously it needs to be trimmed down a bit, but otherwise I'm quite happy with it.
As a sort of half-related question, about Riftmarked Knight (1WW 272 with flanking , protection from black and suspend) . It can be played normally or with suspend ability: ”Suspend 3 – 1WW
When the last time counter is removed from Riftmarked Knight while it's removed from the game, put a 2/2 black Knight creature token with flanking, protection from white and haste into play.” So the question is: if played with suspend, do I get the Knight and the token in play, or only the token?
And then onto the Vampire deck. Due to my unfortunate weakness for cool cards, the deck has grown from last time, and needs a trimming too. Regarding the suggestions given to me last time I'm planning to replace two leechridden Swamps with Swamps (just haven't gotten around to doing that yet ) and I'm still debating whether to swap the Dark Banishings to Doomblades or not (one of our group has a regenerate deck, altough he doesn't use it very often). Anyway, here's the card list:
Creatures
3 Gatekeeper of Malakir
2 Kalastria Highborn
2 Quag Vampires
1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
2 Pulse Tracker
2 Captivating Vampire
2 Child of Night
1 Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet
1 Vampire Hexmage
2 Repentant Vampire
3 Bloodhusk Ritualist
2 Ghuul Draz Vampire
1 Butcher of Malakir
1 Mirri the Cursed
2 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Ascendant Evincar
1 Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
Total Creatures: 29
Spells
2 Hideous End
2 Corrupt
2 Dark Banishing
3 Feast of Blood
1 Bond of Agony
1 Diabolic Tutor
1Aphetto Dredging
1 Needlebite Trap
2 Blood Tribute
2 Unholy Strenght
2 Essence Drain
2 Blood Tithe
2 Revive the Fallen
Total Spells: 23
Artifacts
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Coat of Arms
Total Artifacts: 2
Lands
19 Swamp
1 Crypt of Agadeem
4 Leechridden Swamp
Total Lands: 24
Total Cards: 78
Main objective is to thin the deck, but I'd also like to know what you guys think of possibly adding/swapping (after substancial cuts) Sanguine Bond, Sangromancer and/or third Kalastria Highborn? They're just sitting in my card folder doing nothing (they don't fit any of my other decks) and are all pretty decent cards, so that's why I was thinking of putting them in this deck.
So, any and all thoughts are welcome, thanks for any help, and sorry for the wall of text.