Knight’s Charge (V2) by AcidSaturn552

Format: Commander

Commander: Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Mardu Knights/Equipment deck is helmed by Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale, who turns every equipped Knight into a card-drawing, life-losing engine while reducing all equip costs to zero for Knights. The primary game plan is to deploy a dense Knight creature base, tutor for key Equipment such as Embercleave and Colossus Hammer, and suit up the commander or another Knight to deliver lethal commander damage. Secondary win conditions include a wide Knight swarm backed by anthem effects like Kinsbaile Cavalier and Valiant Knight, plus recursion engines such as Haakon, Stromgald Scourge and Knights' Charge to rebuild after wipes. The deck forgoes infinite combos in favor of pure combat inevitability, relying on a high volume of Knights and Equipment to overwhelm opponents through repeated attacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armored Skyhunter
  • 1 Axgard Armory
  • 1 Balan, Wandering Knight
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blacksmith's Talent
  • 1 Bladehold War-Whip
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Dire Tactics
  • 1 Drach'Nyen
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fervent Champion
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Freya Crescent
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Inspiring Veteran
  • 1 Inventory Management
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Leonin Shikari
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Merry, Esquire of Rohan
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Relic Seeker
  • 1 Rohirrim Lancer
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squire's Lightblade
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stormfist Crusader
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Tournament Grounds
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Éowyn, Fearless Knight