Tribal Knight! by TaxesRanger

Format: Commander

Commander: Aryel, Knight of Windgrace

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Knight tribal strategy commanded by Aryel, Knight of Windgrace. The game plan establishes early board presence through low-cost Knights, utilizing Aryel to generate vigilant tokens and control opposing creatures. The deck scales into the mid-game with anthem effects such as The Circle of Loyalty, Benalish Marshal, and Dictate of Heliod, accelerating lethality with life-draining engines like Knights' Charge and Corpse Knight. High-impact Knights like Valiant Knight and Silverwing Squadron turn modest boards into formidable combat threats. The interaction package excels at permanent removal with staples such as Anguished Unmaking and Swords to Plowshares, while mass indestructible effects protect the army against standard sweepers. If disrupted, mass reanimation via Patriarch's Bidding enables quick recovery to close out the game through broad combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Basri's Lieutenant
  • 1 Benalish Marshal
  • 1 Blacklance Paragon
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dictate of Heliod
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Dire Tactics
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Gallant Cavalry
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 History of Benalia
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Judge Magister Gabranth
  • 1 Kaya's Wrath
  • 1 Knight of Grace
  • 1 Knight of Malice
  • 1 Knights of the Black Rose
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Lightwielder Paladin
  • 1 Liliana's Standard Bearer
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Marshal's Anthem
  • 1 Merciless Eviction
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Pillar of Origins
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Rally the Ranks
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Righteous Confluence
  • 1 Rite of the Moth
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shining Armor
  • 1 Sigiled Sword of Valeron
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silverblade Paladin
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Circle of Loyalty
  • 1 Tomik, Wielder of Law
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Valiant Endeavor
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander