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Stromgald Crusader

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Stromgald Crusader

Comments (12)

inmypants22
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (2 votes)
DUDE THIS IS SO GOOD. not as good as stromgald knight
gasimakos1
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (2 votes)
the nu pump knight
Silverware
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Cheap to play and a nice early flying creature, great in any zombie deck or any black deck that wants some protection from white. Come late game its amazing at keeping angels at bay such as Baneslayer. Also keep in mind that since the newest coreset we have much worse issues with white removal.
Flavros
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0) (2 votes)
He's certainly good at what he does! Very versatile, excellent card. Can really do some damage in a zombie deck with lord of the undead, death baron, cemetary reaper, undead warchief, and zombie master. I made a deck with all of them!
Carnophage_4ever
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Right on. The main weaknesses of a Zombie Tribal Deck are flying creatures and white removal. This guy fills the gap and with Lor of the Undead, and/or Zombie Master, he regens after blocking those damned angels. With enough zombie lords, he can kill Baneslayer!
Discoduck
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
White Shield Crusader looks like he's belting out some operatic tunes.
This guy, however, is METAL.
Bobth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Evil viking riding black pegasus. 5/5. Strong card too, though you'd think from the picture he'd have more toughness.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seems perfect for the 2 drop slot for zombies.
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Ride for Wrath! Ride for Ruin! And the Red Dawn!
Ride Now! Ride!
Death! Death! DEATH! Death!!!
D E A H T H !!!!!

16 Knights
1xWhite Knight
1xBlack Knight
1xStromgald Crusader
1xWhite Shield Crusader
1xSilver Knight
4xBlood Knight
1xKnight Exemplar
1xKnight of Glory
1xKnight of Infamy
1xPhyrexian Crusader
1xMirran Crusader

Here's where it gets interesting:

5 Clerics (21 creatures)
1x Kaalia of the Vast
4x Stoneforge Mystic

3 Big Dumb Monsters (24 creatures)
1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1x Griselbrand
1x Bogardan Hellkite

4 artifacts
1x Akroma's Memorial (of course I was going here)
1x Sword of Vengeance
1x Sword of War and Peace
1x Sword of Light and Shadow

8 Spells
4x Wrath of God
4x Planar Cleansing

While I am aware that nothing in this deck will save your creatures from your Wraths except for Knight Exemplar, I opted to use 1 instead of 4 of it deliberately- this deck has some really awe-inspiring potential, without being 'too much' for most playgroups to handle. It DOES however, pretty much *f* *u* nearly any and all SPOT removal cards in the game! ^_^

Kaalia was just an afterthought once I realized that the Knight Tribe happened to be very well-suited to her- nothing like an army of Knights being led by a Champion Angel, Demon, or Dragon! And the conflicts of Kaalia being somehow angelic and demonic are just awesome when you think of Knights of the 'wrong' color being teamed with Akroma or Griselbrand! :D

Figure the mana out yourself, but I surmise that Clifftop Retreatx4 Dragonskull Summitx4 and Isolated Chapelx4 would be good places to start :)
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The black version is arguably stronger then its White Shield Crusader counterpart. Its not dieing to Terror or Swords to Plowshares. Plus it has some strong tribal support in zombies.

Though, if your running the crusader verse a mono black deck, its going to be a nightmare to deal with. Sacrifice, discard, and sweepers are the only hope.
KiitchenFinks
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Uncommon? This could be a decent core set rare I think