Overview:

Kwende, Pride of Femeref leads a mono-white Knight/First Strike tribal deck focused on upgrading first strike to double strike through the commander. The strategy revolves around swarming the board with low-to-midrange creatures, amplifying their damage with anthem effects, and leveraging combat tricks for incremental value. The deck lacks infinite combos or stax locks, relying entirely on creature combat for victory.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
This deck aims to overwhelm opponents through superior combat math, using Kwende’s double strike enabler alongside first strike tribal creatures like Silver Knight and Fiendslayer Paladin. Key anthems (Always Watching, Flowering of the White Tree) and token generators (Precinct Captain, Oketra's Monument) amplify board presence. Backup plans include recursion via Sun Titan and combat control with Odric, Master Tactician.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Ensure 3+ lands (prioritize untapped Plains).
• Seek early creatures with first strike (e.g., Battlefield Raptor, Youthful Knight).
• Include at least one anthem or protection piece (Make a Stand, Selfless Spirit).
  Avoid hands without early creatures or excessive high-cost spells.

Key Tips:

• Deploy Kwende after establishing 1-2 first strikers to maximize immediate impact.
• Use Thalia's Lancers to fetch critical legends like Odric, Lunarch Marshal or Archetype of Courage.
• Protect board states with indestructible effects (Rootborn Defenses, Your Temple Is Under Attack) before committing to all-in attacks.

Avoid Traps:

• Overextending into board wipes without protection.
• Holding back attackers unnecessarily—many creatures trigger value on combat damage (Precinct Captain, Consul's Lieutenant).

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• No Non-Combat Win Conditions: Folds to Propaganda, Ghostly Prison, or lifegain strategies.
• Fragile Board Reliance: Lacks mass recursion; a single Damnation can reset progress.

Moderate:

• Limited Card Draw: Relies on slow engines like Welcoming Vampire and Secret Rendezvous.
• Weak to Flying/Evasion: Minimal reach outside Skyhunter Patrol.

Minor:

• Mana Base Simplicity: No nonbasic land vulnerabilities, but lacks utility beyond Hidden Courtyard.

Most Important Cards:

• Archetype of Courage (First Strike enabler)
• Preeminent Captain (Cheats in threats)
• Odric, Lunarch Marshal (Keyword sharing)
• Always Watching (Anthem + vigilance)
• Sun Titan (Recursion engine)
• Thalia's Lancers (Tutor for key legends)
• Flowering of the White Tree (Scaling buffs)
• Planar Cleansing (Only universal board wipe)
• Selfless Spirit (Indestructible safeguard)
• Oketra's Monument (Token generation + cost reduction)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 4/10

• No fast mana beyond Sol Ring; relies on incremental creature deployment. Earliest lethal swing possible T7-8 with ideal anthem stacking.

Resilience: 3/10

• Minimal protection for Kwende or key pieces. Recursion limited to Sun Titan and situational graveyard exile triggers.

Consistency: 5/10

• Moderate redundancy in first strike creatures and anthems, but only 3 tutors (Thalia's Lancers, Assemble the Players, Windbrisk Heights).

Interaction: 4/10

• Spot removal (Path to Exile, Lay Down Arms) and conditional wipes (Austere Command), but no counterspells or stack interaction.

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between Casual/Precon (4.0) and Focused Casual (4.5). It has a clear combat focus with synergistic anthems and tribal payoffs but lacks the speed, interaction, and redundancy of optimized lists. Its reliance on creature combat and vulnerability to common disruption align it with precon-level strategies, though its tribal cohesion elevates it slightly.

Power level: 4.0 - 4.5