Lands:
4 Badlands
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Kher Keep
7 Mountain
1 Sorrow's Path
7 Swamp
Creatures:
4 Balduvian Warlord
2 Flowstone Salamander
4 Godo's Irregulars
2 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
4 Knight of Dusk
4 Mogg War Marshal
3 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
2 Pit Spawn
2 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Throat Slitter
4 War-Torch Goblin
Other Spells:
1 Balduvian Rage |
  Don't
Block Party.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
Mike Flores will tell you that nobody blocks.
This is obviously a slight exaggeration, and applicable to competitive
Constructed formats above all. For our purposes, I'm going to amend that
and say that nobody blocks Knight of Dusk. Why would you? Well, one
reason you might do such a thing is because you were forced to by Knight
of Dusk's fiancé, Balduvian Warlord.
Now, I don't profess to know how Balduvian Warlord
actually works. The FAQ for the poor, complicated bastard makes a
Stephen King novel look like a James M. Cain. And it doesn't even
include the regularly, occasionally, and rarely asked questions like
"Can I use this as a beer coaster?" and "Where do you keep the aspirin?"
All I know is that under certain circumstances you can use him to make
someone block your lovely Knight of Dusk. Sure, it's a long way to go to
kill a creature, but it's always more entertaining to jump through
hoops. Just ask a circus performer.
While those two were off on their honeymoon, I
gathered up a bunch of other creatures that aren't terribly fun for your
opponent to block, creatures like War-Torch Goblin, Godo's Irregulars,
Flowstone Salamander, and Pit Spawn. That covers the "damned if you do
block" section. How will we damn them if they don't block? Ninjas, of
course! Ninja-ing out a Throat Slitter after your opponent declines to
block your Knight of Dusk seems like grade A comedy to me, and I've been
certified.
I rounded out the deck with some Mogg War Marshals and
Siege-Gang Commanders, because Balduvian Warlord isn't very exciting
when you've only got one creature to attack with. The goblins are also
good with ninjutsu, and Siege-Gang Commander combos with Flowstone
Salamander in many of my favourite Magic limericks. Last of all, I added
a Balduvian Rage, a spell whose origins date back to the time when
Balduvian Warlord finally got a glimpse of his own rules text. |
