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Key Interactions-Knight of New Alara or Wilt-Leaf Liege + Bant Sureblade or Naya Hushblade or Marisi's Twinclaws Green Sun's Zenith + Dryad Arbor or Oracle of Nectars or Gaddock Teeg or Sylvan Safekeeper

New Alara Aggro is similar to the super popular Maverick Legacy decks, but instead of using equipment to buff its creatures it uses Knight of New Alara, which effects almost every creature in your deck. Bant Sureblade and Naya Hushblade are the beaters of choice once your knight hits the field. The fact that they are three colors--in combination with their own buff should you control a multi-color creature--means that a single Knight of New Alara gives them +4 +4. This insane power boost is almost universal among the creatures of the deck. Even Wilt-Leaf Liege gives a nice bonus to most of your creatures. The fact that she serves as the fifth and sixth Knight of New Alara is kind of overshadowed by the fact that she pumps all of you non multi-color creatures as well.

Llanowar Elves and Avacyn's Pilgrim are your accelerators, ensuring that you can get to that magical four mana as soon as possible. Digging out a Dryad Arbor on turn one with a Green Sun's Zenith can also speed up your mana. Of course, that's not all Zenith can do. Zenith is one of the main reasons this deck is as strong as it is. Not only can it find you copies of Knight of New Alara, Wilt-Leaf Liege, or Naya Hushblade, it can also find you one of the many toolbox answers the deck is equipped with. Qasali Pridemage answers your typical Artifact and Enchantment threats, Gaddock Teeg hoses combo, Oracle of Nectars wins you races and trumps Burn, and Sylvan Safekeeper keeps your key creatures alive. Make note of the fact that every one of these toolbox creatures, with exception of Olle Rade, is a multi-color creature, which means they all synergize with Knight and Liege.

Marisi's Twinclaws works like Bant Sureblade and Naya Hushblade, beating face once Knight hits the field. Really, these three tri-color creatures are the heart and soul of the deck. Printing them all in the exact same set as Knight was just Wizards's way of screaming "Use these guys in the same deck!" I mean, once Knight is on the field, Twinclaws is swinging for 10 damage! The only creatures in Legacy that can stand up to that

are those that are cheated into play in combo decks. It is this raw power that makes the deck such a blast to play. One second your opponent is wondering why you are playing Naya Hushblade and Bant Sureblade in Legacy, the next they are wondering how they just died to a slew of 6/5 Naya Hushblades and Bant Sureblades in Legacy. Oh, and don't even get me started on what happens when you get multiple Knights on the field. That's just silly.