Like loading up your monsters with protection on protection and overwhelming your opponent with advantage? Give Trinity Starter Deck: Noble Knight a try!

 

Pros:

• Incredible grind game

• Snowballs advantage

• Versatile main and extra deck toolbox

• Creates "invincible" monsters

• "Cheats" the summon limit

 

Cons:

• Vulnerable to disruption

• Prone to dead opening hands

• Reliant on two-card combos

Points: 4
Heritage of the Chalice: Two Extra Copies

Infernoble Knight Roland: 1/2 Point

Premature Burial: 1/2 Point

Torrential Tribute: 1/2 Point
Until Noble Arms are Needed Again: 1/2 Point

 

General Strategy:
Because of their plethora of GY effects, Noble Knight have a fantastic grind game and can defeat weaker decks merely by snowballing advantage gradually. Infernoble Knight Ogier, Infernoble Knight Maugis and Gwenhwyfar, Queen of Noble Arms continuously re-equip themselves from the GY to grant your knights added protection, Heritage of the Chalice can recycle itself during the battle phase, and Noble Knight Brothers alongside the aforementioned Infernoble Knight Maugis can shuffle expended resources back into the deck for a draw. The recently release Adventurer Token archetype helps by ensuring that your knights always enter battle with a sword at their side, as the searchable Dunnell, the Noble Arms of Light is—you read that right—a Noble Arms card. Ultimately, the goal of the deck is foremost to resolve the effect of Noble Knight Borz, load up your GY with valuable resources, and proceed to overwhelm your opponent slowly but surely.

Opening Plays:
The deck's ideal start involves Noble Knight Medraut and any Noble Arms equip spell which re-equips on destruction. By using Medraut's effect to special summon Noble Knight Borz from deck, your Noble Arms spell in the GY can then re-equip to Borz and enable him to send Gwenhwyfar, Queen of Noble Arms, "Infernoble Arms - Durendal," and Until Noble Arms are Needed Again to the GY. Next, Gwenhyfar will equip herself to Medraut, allowing you to overlay for Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus. Artorigus can in turn re-equip your Durendal from GY, which can be used to search a follow up Infernoble Knight monster for next turn.

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The Win Condition:
The Noble Knight's suite of extra deck monsters are excellent at removing your opponent's cards. By snowballing advantage, creating resilient boss monsters, and gradually whittling away at your opponent through the removal effects of Infernoble Knight Captain Oliver, Sacred Noble Knight of King Custennin, and Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights, Noble Knight are able to overwhelm opposing strategies. Because Noble Knight Medraut and Borz are treated as non-effect monsters when summoned, they also do not increment the summon limit, allowing for explosive turns in which you summon up to five or even six times. Eventually, your knights protected by Infernoble Knight Ogier and Maugis will be too formidable for your opponent to continue removing, and your abundance of advantage will secure your victory.

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Closing Thoughts:

Even though Noble Knight here lack their powerhouse players of Infernoble Knight Emperor Charles and Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights, the deck still packs more than enough punch to compete in Trinity format with the best of the best. With a relatively straightforward opening line and many branching paths to choose from in the coming turns, Noble Knight are both an approachable deck for a beginner and a rewarding deck to master. Have fun!

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Written by WideWalrus