Video Deck Tech - Chieves Update! Feature Article from Frank Lepore Frank Lepore 2/26/2015 11:01:00 AM (Standard)

On social media. On my daily streams. In article comments. You guys have practically been begging me to update the Chieves list that we played during Khans of Tarkir. Well, during my stream on Monday I took the Khans of Tarkir list apart and put together a new Fate Reforged version.
(For those wondering what the story is behind chieves and why they're called that and what they are, get with the program! But seriously, you can check it out here.)
We removed the green entirely due to there being such an abundance of white and black cards to add to the deck. There was no reason to ruin our mana base with a third color when we could get most of the effects we were looking for in two.
This was the list I came up with.
Yes. Chieves.

Before we get started you should know that I'm fully aware that the plural of “chief” isn't “chieves.”

In case you're wondering about the name, a few weeks ago Melissa and I were drafting Khans of Tarkir and she asked, “How come the plurals of things like knife and thief all have a “v” in them, yet the plural of chief isn't chieve?” It actually made a lot of sense. Thief, thieves. Loaf, Loaves. Chief...chiefs?

...what?

Well, I nearly lost it, it sounded so funny, and ever since then we've kind of been calling them chieves, correct English be damned! It also sounds a lot like “geez” and lends itself to a ton of (perhaps not so) comical puns ("AskChieves.com"), as you may notice in the videos. But I'm getting ahead of myself. This is the list I'm referring to.