Knights vs…Mirari’s Wake?
At lunchtime Magic this week, Mike forgot to bring decks. I had brought two, so we decided to play them against each other. I was happy that they split, 1-1. Here’s what happened.
In game 1, I mulliganed to 6 and had Student of Warfare on turn 1 and 3 points of damage for him on turn 2. He had trouble getting anything but land, but then finally got enough to cast first Mirari’s Wake, then one the next turn Wrath of God followed by 3 Llanowar Sentinels. By that time, though, I had knocked him down to 3 life. Since I suspected a board sweeper I had opted to cast Sword of War and Peace rather than Mirran Crusader for a fourth critter, so I was able to cast the crusader on my next turn. He didn’t have anything to stop me from getting in with the equipped Crusader, though he was able to do Decree of Justice for a lot on the turn before he died.
In game 2, he played first and was at five mana by turn 3. He followed with Mirari’s wake on his next turn, and four Llanowar Sentinels on the turn after that. I had two early Students of Warfare and a Leonin Skyhunter. I tried to equip the Skyhunter with Sword of Fire and Ice, but he had the Naturalize to get rid of it. At that point I didn’t have the cards to race him and he just sort of shredded my blockers for the win.
Overall I was happy with the way both decks performed. I got to play with cool new cards and each deck had a game where it seemed to be firing on all cylinders. I’m not sure I’ve ever gotten to five mana as fast as Mike did in game 2: he said it’s a knack he has for decks with elves…
