I'm a new Modern player and I'm looking for ideas about how to improve this deck and general feedback about it.
I'm still not sure what to sideboard (Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, Kor Firewalker and Dryad Militant come to mind) so any suggestions are welcome.
Your curve seems rather high, I would suggest playing cheaper creatures and less of the expensive enchantments (2x instead of 4x) unless you add more lands.
Abzan Falconer seems like a great fit for my deck:
1. It is a soldier like most of my creatures (except for Artisan of Forms) which works with Field Marshal.
2. The combo with Phalanx Leader which can grant Flying to all my creatures seems like a powerful one.
3. A 2/3 soldier for 3cmc which can become a 3/4 flyer next turn seems good enough on his own anyway.
Another change I'm thinking about:
-2x Launch the Fleet, +2x Feat of Resistance
-2x Artful Dodge, +2x Distortion Strike (I get the extra +1/0 and the second activation is free but Flashback allows me to time it whenever I choose compared to Rebound so it's a tough choice).
Accorder Paladin seems very good to me as an early aggressive creature and it's ability can help put a massive pressure early on the opponent (that's why I prefer him to Daring Skyjek).
I really like the heroic mechanic and decided to try and build a deck that utilizes it.
As I'm new to the game I obviously don't expect the deck to be competitive but rather to be fun to play and good enough to beat my friends.
I'm still not sure what to sideboard (Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, Kor Firewalker and Dryad Militant come to mind) so any suggestions are welcome.
Here it is:
1x Odric, Master Tactician
4x Champion of the Parish
2x Crusader of Odric
4x Field Marshal
4x Precinct Captain
4x Preeminent Captain
4x Soldier of the Pantheon
4x Veteran Armorsmith
3x Raise the Alarm
3x Forbidding Watchtower
19x Plains
Other cards that I considered but didn't get included are:
Launch the Fleet, Guardians' Pledge, Even the Odds, Militia's Pride
Dryad Militant, Gideon's Avenger, Ballyrush Banneret, Porcelain Legionnaire, Loyal Cathar, Elite Inquisitor, Loyal Sentry, Boros Elite.
Porcelain Legionnaire, Soldier of the Pantheon, Spirit of the Labyrinth, Mardu Woe-Reaper, Precinct Captain, Knight of the Holy Nimbus, Crusader of Odric ?
And these instants: Guardians' Pledge and Break of Day ?
I'm currently trying to build a budget version of the deck and here is what I've come up with:
4x Daring Skyjek
4x Dryad Militant
4x Knight of Meadowgrain
3x Crusader of Odric
4x Serra Avenger
4x Soldier of the Pantheon
4x Student of Warfare
2x Guardians' Pledge
4x Honor of the Pure
20x Plains
I considered swapping out some Plains for Sejiri Steppe or Forbidding Watchtower but I don't want to slow it down too much.
Grand Abolisher seems like more of a sideboard card to me.
Some cards worth considering in my opinion are:
Boros Reckoner, Tajic, Blade of the Legion, Hero of Oxid Ridge,Wojek Halberdiers, Lightning Helix, Firemane Avenger, Truefire Paladin, Legion's Initiative, Brion Stoutarm, Figure of Destiny, Ajani Vengeant, Spark Trooper, Battlegate Mimic, Belligerent Hatchling.
-1x Ephara's Enlightenment, -2x Akroan Skyguard, -1x Dawnbringer Charioteers
+3x Abzan Falconer, +1x Favored Hoplite
Abzan Falconer seems like a great fit for my deck:
1. It is a soldier like most of my creatures (except for Artisan of Forms) which works with Field Marshal.
2. The combo with Phalanx Leader which can grant Flying to all my creatures seems like a powerful one.
3. A 2/3 soldier for 3cmc which can become a 3/4 flyer next turn seems good enough on his own anyway.
Another change I'm thinking about:
-2x Launch the Fleet, +2x Feat of Resistance
-2x Artful Dodge, +2x Distortion Strike (I get the extra +1/0 and the second activation is free but Flashback allows me to time it whenever I choose compared to Rebound so it's a tough choice).
Do you think that replacing Kinsbaile Cavalier with Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers is a good idea ?
It would also have a much better synergy with Light from Within.
Accorder Paladin seems very good to me as an early aggressive creature and it's ability can help put a massive pressure early on the opponent (that's why I prefer him to Daring Skyjek).
Would you suggest replacing him with: White Knight, Sigiled Paladin, Knight of the Holy Nimbus or Knight of the White Orchid ?
In my version I include: 2x Light from Within, 2x Kinsbaile Cavalier, 4x Accorder Paladin and 4x Leonin Skyhunter
instead of: Fiendslayer Paladin ,Champion of the Parish ,Knight of the White Orchid, Precinct Captain and Elspeth, Knight-Errant.
I also include 3x Emeria, The Sky Ruin.
Some cards worth considering in my opinion are: Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers, Adaptive Automaton, Silverblade Paladin, White Knight, Sigiled Paladin, Daring Skyjek and Door of Destinies.
As I'm new to the game I obviously don't expect the deck to be competitive but rather to be fun to play and good enough to beat my friends.
Here is my current build:
2x Artisan of Forms
4x Battlewise Hoplite
3x Dawnbringer Charioteers
4x Fabled Hero
3x Favored Hoplite
3x Field Marshal
3x Phalanx Leader
1x Island
15x Plains
4x Artful Maneuver
4x Emerge Unscathed
2x Launch the Fleet
1x Ephara's Enlightenment
3x Spirit Mantle
Other cards I consider using: Distortion Strike (instead of Artful Dodge), Hidden Strings, Aqueous Form, High Sentinels of Arashin, Livewire Lash, Redeem, Spirit Loop, Tethmos High Priest, Abzan Falconer, Seeker of the Way, Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest, Hyena Umbra, Triton Fortune Hunter, Vanguard of Brimaz.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated as I'm looking to learn and get better in the game and deckbuilding in general.