Knights of Gideon (Standard)

A knight deck built around relatively low power knights that are buffed with lords, equipment and Gideon Blackblade. Instants and adventures provide additional utility for handling difficult creatures, planeswalkers, and in the case of Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor can provide a nice punch late game.

There are two twists to the deck if the knights are not able to end a game. First, Kaya's Wrath provides a board wipe for all creatures. This benefits your life and clears the board for a final push. Second, there are two avenues for leveraging the board wipe in the final push. Gideon is indestructible and accordingly lives through the Wrath as do any artifacts such as Embercleave and Steelclaw Lance. Additionally, Gideon can use his +1 to tag one creature with indestructible to save that creature as well. Accordingly, on the same turn or next after Kaya's Wrath Gideon and the second creature can do uninterrupted damage to the opponent. Finally, the inclusion of Knight's charge allows for an immediate or next turn regen of all knights and targeting of the opponent with little or no resistance.