KNIGHTS by user2557197

Format: Commander

Commander: Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is a Mardu Knights and Equipment combat deck commanded by Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale. The game plan deploys aggressive, low-cost Knights during the opening turns while establishing colored mana with rocks like Arcane Signet and Sol Ring. Once Gwyn enters the battlefield on Turn 5 or 6, she removes equip costs for all Knights, letting you instantly attach heavy artifacts like Colossus Hammer, Loxodon Warhammer, and Embercleave for zero mana. Attacking with equipped Knights draws extra cards to keep your hand full. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through overwhelming combat damage, using double strike enablers like Kinsbaile Cavalier and mass finishers like Akroma's Will. While weak to well-timed creature removal against Gwyn, backup engines like Puresteel Paladin and Bruenor Battlehammer ensure the deck can fight through disruption.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Barrow-Blade
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Belle of the Brawl
  • 1 Benalish Marshal
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bond of Discipline
  • 1 Boros Cluestone
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Brass Knuckles
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Crystal Slipper
  • 1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
  • 1 Danitha, Sword of Hope
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Embereth Skyblazer
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Fervent Champion
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fireborn Knight
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Greataxe
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Inspiring Veteran
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Knighted Myr
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Lothlórien Blade
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mace of the Valiant
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mirran Crusader
  • 1 Mortify
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate
  • 16 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer
  • 1 Response // Resurgence
  • 1 Shining Armor
  • 1 Sigiled Sword of Valeron
  • 1 Silverblade Paladin
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Skyknight Legionnaire
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steelclaw Lance
  • 1 Student of Warfare
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Tournament Grounds
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 Venerable Knight
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Worthy Knight
  • 1 Éowyn, Fearless Knight