Knights Of the Relentless Soul

Knights Of the Relentless Soul

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Type 1.5
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Deck List
7Artifact
18Black
4Hybrid
18Land
15White
Sideboard
6Artifact
1Black
2Land
6White
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Art Brute 5 270 50 7 185
Brandomania 4 6 26 10 6
Jared Nagel 5 4 2 1 7
JimmyFarlow 4 16 30 4 39
Witch King of Angmar 4 56 39 16 135
Agent Orange 4 4 2 0 1
Parax 4 77 62 68 997
LOG!!! 5 798 191 77 1362
a ninja muffin 3 314 134 52 766
Firehawk12164 5 72 52 0 120
toothandnail 5 60 38 0 32
Schattenmord 5 70 48 2 65
Fausateeeee 5 16 15 0 22
FPSJosh01 4 41 62 0 70
AdagioDolente 5 66 4 0 86
fuerte91 5 11 14 0 23
joraus 4 2 2 0 4
j-roc 4 17 42 1 61
capnwillow LAMA 5 34 3 4 16
weirdsven-LOMA 1 17 0 0 0

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Knights Of the Relentless Soul
9/23/2009 11:25:18 PM

AdagioDolente

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 		A simple Knight and Assassin theme, but the deck really revolves around Soul Warden and Sanguine Bond. Use Rotting Rats (or Lion's eye) to get rid of Haakon; Haakon then keeps the knights coming back in. Kiku and Royal assassins and the Adjudicator clears a path for the knights to do their damage. The Gustcloaks can play a second role in fueling the Royal assassins.

So the mechanics of the strategy is that Haakon keeps bringing in the knights, Soul Warden keeps giving you life, and Sanguine Bond keeps picking away at your opponent all the while - rinse and repeat for trickle damage; your opponent's creature casts pick away at their own life total too.

The Prahv Pali and Kinsbaile offers a second source to fuel the Sanguine Bond kill, which is going to bring in much more damage and bring a win, theoretically, in 2-3 turns after it's all set up. Stick Lifelinks on other critters to throw salt in the wound.

If the Sanguine strategy fails, it turns into a knight weenie deck that keeps coming back to life for relentless attacks.

It's nothing fancy or world class... but I think it's solid. I need to work on the mana, however, because I think it might be too slow or just not color blanaced.

Comments welcome.

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9/25/2009 10:02:00 AM

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 		Actually, I did think about including some Knight of Meadowgrains. It was a toss up between them or the Kinsbaile knights. I might side deck them though... because it really would work in the deck at certain times. I'll rethink it. Thanks Ninja. Rate/Comment on my "Knights of the Relentless Soul" and "Vampire Wine" decks - I always rate/comment back.

9/25/2009 3:03:00 PM

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 		I would recomend taking out lifelink and putting in knight of meadowgrain in the deck.

Main point - If i doom blade your knight enchanted with lifelink, you can dig the knight out of your graveyard but the enchantment is lost forever.

9/25/2009 3:19:00 PM

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 		Good point. It's a trade off. I'll side deck the lifelinks. Rate/Comment on my "Knights of the Relentless Soul" and "Vampire Wine" decks - I always rate/comment back.

10/4/2009 12:33:00 PM

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 		It is really good looking. I would like to play aganst it someday I think it would be a good chanlange. I realy don't know what to sujest for change because it looks solid. feel free to return the favor and rate and comment my deck Vampire Cult City or The Vamp Cult. Better you rate my deck I'll rate your decks better as well

10/16/2009 9:25:00 AM

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 		This is a cool deck. I like the vampire/knight combination. At first I was curious about the addition of the Ethersworn Adjudicator, but taking a closer look at the card and the way you situated the mana to handle it, I think it was a nice addition.

10/16/2009 12:19:00 PM

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 		It's pretty fun looking and all, but the cost seems pretty outrageous. Mainly because of these ancient lands. What would you suggest for replacements?
Rate my deck...Lightning Goblins

10/16/2009 4:41:00 PM

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 		@ Jared:

Yeah, the cost is a little high, but a lot of my decks are simply because I've been playing since Unlimited was released... and I can't part with my duel lands. But there are some of the newer tri-lands and such that can be substituted. There's always Bottemless Vault and such... mana batteries... and so on. Really, the diamond vallies can be taken out since the Animal Bonyards let any land do the same thing. That would cut some cost out of the sideboard (I'm still developing the sideboard though)

Good point though. I have been searching for a more reasonable land/mana combo that would make the deck more affordable. I will keep looking and see what I can come up with. Rate/Comment on my "Knights of the Relentless Soul" and "Vampire Wine" decks - I always rate/comment back.

10/17/2009 2:08:00 AM

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 		How ironic that it's my vote that takes away my #1 spot =P

I like the deck, but I run a similar theory with Kokusho Suicide, and getting a Kokusho into my hand is hard enough. I'd drop Mind Rot for Rotting Rats - it'll hurt your opponent and help you, plus it has a Unearth cost AND it's a chump blocker. And you might want Buried Alive or Entomb to get Haakon into you graveyard. Rate and comment on either "Kokusho Suicide" or "Feeling a Little Abusive?" or "Socialized Medicine" and i'll return the favor

10/17/2009 10:15:00 AM

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 		I understand the purpose of Having the Adjudicator but I just dont like the idea of having only one blue card and only four lands that can go towards its cost. Overall though, this seems like a good deck. I'll have to try it. When something dies, all things benefit. Well okay, just our things."

10/20/2009 1:12:00 AM

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 		Fantastic deck!! 5/5 for sure from me!! ;)
The vampire/knight combination is great..
P.S.PLease, can you check my deck and say what ypu think about it?!

10/20/2009 9:30:00 AM

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 		Uhh... not sure where my vampires are. But thanks for the comment and rate. =) Rate/Comment on my "Knights of the Relentless Soul" and "Vampire Wine" decks - I always rate/comment back.

10/20/2009 9:39:00 AM

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 		@ Brandomania: You're right about the blue mana and only one blue card. I still need to balance out the mana. I don't want too much blue, but I like the Ajudicator's special ability, plus it's a knight. It may not be practical, however. I'm still thinking of differnt ways to assemble this deck and balance out the mana. I thought about some Castle Sengirs replacing a few swamps so I can pull blue mana (or a land that functions similar to Castle Sengir). Rate/Comment on my "Knights of the Relentless Soul" and "Vampire Wine" decks - I always rate/comment back.

10/20/2009 7:35:00 PM

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 		Nameless Inversion +Haakan= Devestation. Could probably get rid of the Adjucator in place of this.

10/21/2009 12:50:00 AM

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 		aether vial could be a good choice to your deck or kinsbaile jaja...take a look on my astral ally deck, five 4 U =)

10/21/2009 2:21:00 PM

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 		personally i would drop royal assassin completely and work in not only nameless which this needs but also crib swap without those this is missing the most useful combos with the cards and colors you are using rate and comment on my decks and I'll do the same on yours. i give 5 to anydeck that looks fun but if you rape my decks you will get the same. keep this site fun not vengeful

10/21/2009 2:49:00 PM

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 		Update: Removed Scrublands and Tundras to add Arcane Sanctums. This dropped the price a little.

Swapped Mind Rots for Rotting Rats (Thanks firehawk). Let's see if it looks better now.

Added Lion's Eye Diamond for additional hand sac to get Haakon in play (adds the 3 black mana to play him too).

Also, I'm having trouble seeing why Nameless inversion is beneficial - it rubs my playing style the wrong way. Anyone care to explain it to me? Perhaps I'm just not seeing it... Rate/Comment on my "Knights of the Relentless Soul" and "Vampire Wine" decks - I always rate/comment back.

10/21/2009 6:25:00 PM

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 		Im not ratting your deck at this time. but if I did i would give it a 3 at best. Have you play tested this deck against any of your other decks or against any one with a vintage or legacy deck?
I just dont think this deck can be set up fastenough to compete in its curent format. Feel the pain of my suffering, Vampire Assassin: is my main project for now.

10/21/2009 6:37:00 PM

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 		Nope. Haven't tested it. I don't even have all of the cards yet. I'm just trying to set it up and see how it works in theory. By all means, rate it a 3... ratings don't really matter. I just wanted input on it before I go and get the cards I need to complete it. Really, I was going for more of a fun theme than a winner. A legacy deck would probably be able to kick this decks ass; my legacy deck (The Color Gamut) would be able to deal with this deck quickly. But this deck was more for messin' around than serious playing.

I agree that it isn't fast enough. I'm still working on that though. I'm hoping the Lion's Eyes will speed it up a little. It's one of those decks that isn't going to be any good mid-game or in the end-game without being set up properly. I just have to keep mulling it over in my head. The suggestions have helped though. Got any for some more speed? Rate/Comment on my "Knights of the Relentless Soul" and "Vampire Wine" decks - I always rate/comment back.

10/21/2009 9:46:00 PM

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 		I really love the Haakon and Soul Warden use, with sanguine bond, it don't take time before you kill you're opponent I guess.

Also, you got enought lifelink creature to make sanguine bond really strong.

Maybe, I'll add grave pact?? It could be a really good card to clear the battlefield easily. With Haakon, you don't care to block with your creature and your opponent will suffer by sacrificing a creature.

Really good deck, 5/5!! Look at my deck called Steppe Slayer. One comment on my deck = one comment on yours.

10/22/2009 12:50:00 AM

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 		Nameless Inversion is a "Knight" card. You can use it to kill your opponents creatures by basically puttin as much mana into it as you need to, to kill a creature. Also you can use it on your own things to give them a temporary boost if you have the toughness to sacrafice. Its good removal AND good tech for extra damage.

10/22/2009 9:06:00 AM

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 		Thanks for the explanation Parax. I'll look at it.

Fausateeeee, thanks for the suggestion. I'll take a look at that one too.
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10/22/2009 8:00:00 PM

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 		hmmm pretty solid deck 5/5 for sure. maybe take out an ether sworn adjundicator and put in another knight of the meadowgrain just cause ethersworn cost a decent amount

Plz comment/rate my deck(s) "Swing life away" or "three nil"

10/23/2009 4:43:00 AM

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 		No problem.

I don't know what it is about the ethersworn adjucator you really like, but i really do not see the reason why it is in the deck. If you like the tap vindicate ability, just put in a play set of vindicate. Splashing blue for one card, that is pretty mana intensive does not seem like it fits in.

Check out some of my decks please.

10/23/2009 2:07:00 PM

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 		Definitely pull out Ethersworn Adjudicator for nameless inversion. It has way too much ability to deal with threats to be ignored. I love the deck, but Adjudicator messes with the manabase AND your synergy. I will vote 4/5 because I want to see either Nameless Inversion or Court Hussar in place of it. The Hussar can be played from the grave yard as many times as you can pay for it and it gives you massive card advantage. Please consider.

10/23/2009 6:22:00 PM

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 		Yeah, I'll rethink the Adjudicator. I really only liked it because it can kill enchantments and its a 4/4 flying knight to fit the knight theme. I'll work on it next week when I have some time. Thanks for all the input everyone. Rate/Comment on my "Knights of the Relentless Soul" and "Vampire Wine" decks - I always rate/comment back.
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