Haakon's Contingency Plan

[Mr_Anderson]

Haakon's Contingency Plan
Creatures: 19 2 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge 4 Stromgald Crusader 3 Skulking Knight 1 Krovikan Horror 4 Black Knight 4 Putrid Imp 1 Filth Other Spells: 19 4 Nameless Inversion 4 Zombie Infestation 4 Cabal Therapy 4 Sign in Blood 3 Buried Alive	Lands: 22 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse 2 Unholy Grotto 16 Swamp

Stromgald Crusader and Black Knight hold the fort until I can get Haakon set up through Buried Alive or self-discard. I'm currently testing the Horror to act as a "Squee" to provide Zombie Infestation with additional discard fodder or as a secondary finisher if need be.

Cards that I'm currently considering:
Ashen Ghoul-Would give the deck another beater and isn't that hard to set up with Buried Alive.
Contamination-More of a sideboard option, but is quite viable since my meta is R/G/W heavy.
Delirium Skeins-I would run more Haakon if I decide to main this.
Putrid Raptor-I would have to implement more zombies, but that's not so hard to do here.

I'm open for suggestions. Before anyone suggests them, I don't own any Stillmoon Cavalier or Mercenary Knight. So don't suggest them or you're buying me a some copies.

[Neuromancer]

Originally Posted by Mr_Anderson

Stromgald Crusader and Black Knight hold the fort until I can get Haakon set up through Buried Alive or self-discard. I'm currently testing the Horror to act as a "Squee" to provide Zombie Infestation with additional discard fodder or as a secondary finisher if need be.

Cards that I'm currently considering:
Ashen Ghoul-Would give the deck another beater and isn't that hard to set up with Buried Alive.
Contamination-More of a sideboard option, but is quite viable since my meta is R/G/W heavy.
Delirium Skeins-I would run more Haakon if I decide to main this.
Putrid Raptor-I would have to implement more zombies, but that's not so hard to do here.

I'm open for suggestions. Before anyone suggests them, I don't own any Stillmoon Cavalier or Mercenary Knight. So don't suggest them or you're buying me a some copies.

Needs moar Krovikan Horror . Skulking Knight is not that good really (i'd rather play Fallen Askari or Knight of Stromgald). In my own build I play with Vampire Hounds as a discard outlet and fierce beater to boot (I use more Horrors and actual Squees, so it gets rather large real fast)

[Mr_Anderson]

After some playtesting, here's version 2.

Haakon's Contingency Plan 9 (2.0)
Creatures: 17 3 Haakon, Stromgald Crusader 3 Stillmoon Cavalier 4 Stromgald Crusader 4 Dark Confidant 3 Rotting Rats Other Spells: 20 4 Nameless Inversion 4 Cabal Therapy 4 Doom Blade 4 Smallpox 4 Duress	Lands: 23 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2 Unholy Grotto 18 Swamp

Yes, I caved-in and bought a playset of Cavalier. He's just that good.

[Neuromancer]

Why did you cut Buried Alive?

[Mr_Anderson]

Buried Alive wasn't fast enough. I want to get Haakon online by at least turn three. Playing this deck made me realize that self-discard is one of the better and reliable ways to get Haakon into the graveyard.

A friend of mine suggests that I run four Haakon so that I can draw into him more consistently. This seems fairly reasonable, but I'll have to test it out first.

[Neuromancer]

Originally Posted by Mr_Anderson

Buried Alive wasn't fast enough. I want to get Haakon online by at least turn three. Playing this deck made me realize that self-discard is one of the better and reliable ways to get Haakon into the graveyard.

A friend of mine suggests that I run four Haakon so that I can draw into him more consistently. This seems fairly reasonable, but I'll have to test it out first.

Three Haakons are fine, otherwise you run into the risk of drawing too many.

[Grentain]

I always thought that Ashes of the Fallen was pretty funny with Haakon.

[Mr_Anderson]

Fourth Haakon didn't work out so well. I did learn that 22 lands is enough land for Smallpox to work properly without screwing me over.

I've got a small change to make as well.
-1 Swamp
+1 Rotting Rats

[Old Fogey]

What about Anvil of Bogardan? It lets you discard every turn, and has a CMC of 2.

[Mr_Anderson]

Here's the updated list.

Haakon's Contingency Plan (3.0)
Creatures: 21 3 Haakon, Stromgald Crusader 3 Stillmoon Cavalier 4 Plagued Rusalka 4 Stromgald Crusader 4 Dark Confidant 3 Rotting Rats Other Spells: 17 4 Nameless Inversion 4 Cabal Therapy 4 Smallpox 3 Smother 2 Duress	Lands: 22 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2 Unholy Grotto 17 Swamp

I'm currently debating between Carrion Feeder and Rusalka for the 1cc creature slot.