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Title: Soldier deck idea cards
Date Posted: Wed Aug/15/12 at 6:54pm

Kethiju
Posts: 225
Joined: 24-Jul-12

I'm building a white soldier/knight deck. I know I'll be going for a Darien, Lord of Kjeldor. I've got a few ideas fr the deck, but I'm having trouble coming up with gimmicks and sleight of hand tricks to keep the focus off my creatures. Privileged Position takes too long to get in play, so that's out. I'm looking for early game ways to keep my creatures alive long enough to pull off the mass angel conversion of creatures. Since it's going to be mono-white, enchantments that make me critters bigger won't be hard to find, but I want to be able to effectivelly protect myself too. Darien and Elspeth Tirel seem to work VERY well together. Take damage, get that many 1/1 soldiers, use Elspeth to gain that much life. Useful and well thought through ideas are what I'm looking for. Let me say again, this is going to be MONO-WHITE!!!!
Date Posted: Wed Aug/15/12 at 7:11pm

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

First off let me say that of gameplay mechanics you can't build a deck that's both Soldiers AND Knights. You have to one or the other or both seperate unless you wanna have a non-synergistic deck where none of the cards work with each other. If you build Soldiers then Honor of the Pure and Catapult Master are musts. Also Field Marshal will help too. If you build Knights then again Honor of the Pure. Also Kinsbale Cavalier, Knight of the White Orchid, Leonin Skyhunter, Knight Exemplar and Light from Within cause alot of Knights have more than one W symbol in their mana cost.
Date Posted: Wed Aug/15/12 at 7:31pm

theotherguy
Posts: 346
Joined: 04-Feb-11

Ironfist Crusher and Palace Guard if opponent is running a lot of aggressive creatures.
Date Posted: Wed Aug/15/12 at 7:54pm

Kethiju
Posts: 225
Joined: 24-Jul-12

I'm going with soldiers. Works better with Darien and Elspeth. Knights would just slow the deck down with WW costs. With the deck being mono-white, the WW shouldn't be an issue, but soldiers are more abundant than knights. Thanks for the ideas.
Date Posted: Wed Aug/15/12 at 7:58pm

Kethiju
Posts: 225
Joined: 24-Jul-12

I can't believe I overlooked Akroma's Memorial. That would protect my creatures from most removal, plus cover my lack of flying, give each of my creatures first strike and trample. Vigilance on top of that, and this just turned into a playable deck.
Date Posted: Wed Aug/15/12 at 8:36pm

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

ranger of eos and knight-captain of eos are always a good bet. as for staying alive ghostly prison and norn's annex can buy you time to set everything up
Date Posted: Wed Aug/15/12 at 10:03pm

theotherguy
Posts: 346
Joined: 04-Feb-11

Depending on which Elspeth you are using, Martial Coup is always a solid choice, as is Coat of Arms for this sort of tribal thing.
Date Posted: Wed Aug/15/12 at 10:40pm

Kethiju
Posts: 225
Joined: 24-Jul-12

Elspeth Tirel for the life gain potential with Darien. Say I take...9 damage during a combat phase with Darien and Elspeth in play. I get 9 1/1 soldiers from Darien. During my turn, use Elspeth to potentially gain that life back plus some. It's a solid idea, now I have to build it and test it.
Date Posted: Thu Aug/16/12 at 8:41am

scottymandingo
Posts: 845
Joined: 13-Jul-09

How are you getting all that mana?
Date Posted: Thu Aug/16/12 at 11:14am

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

Um...Not to be that guy...but...what about...Kithkin Soldiers...Just saying...
Date Posted: Fri Aug/17/12 at 6:05pm

Kethiju
Posts: 225
Joined: 24-Jul-12

Soldiers are soldiers. The combo sets up a bit late, but I'm looking for wats to speed the deck up. Might be forced to splash another color. Green for mana ramp with Avacyn's something or another. Green critter that taps for white. Forget what it's called. I can also use green to protect my creatures until I can get it together and send the army. So to speak anyway.



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