Haakon, Stromgald Scourge

Gameplan

Get Haakon onto the battlefield (he can only be cast from the graveyard, so mill or discard him first), then recast Knight creatures from your graveyard over and over. You grind value through a recursive Knight army, leveraging cards like Nameless Inversion and Reaper King synergies, and turn an unkillable board into either aristocrats value or wide tribal beatdown.

Key Cards

• Nameless Inversion — A Knight spell that is removal and a pump effect you can recast from the graveyard every turn with Haakon out.
• Reaper King — While he's a Scarecrow lord, his presence shows the depth of recursive value; more importantly seek dedicated Knight payoffs like Knight Exemplar.
• Knight Exemplar — Anthems your Knights and makes other Knights indestructible, protecting your recursive engine.
• Buried Alive — Stocks your graveyard with Haakon and key Knights in one shot, enabling your whole strategy.
• Vesuva — Filler—prioritize self-mill like Stitcher's Supplier and Mesmeric Orb to fuel Haakon's casting requirement.
• Bontu's Monument — Cost reducer and aristocrats payoff that drains opponents each time you recast a Knight.

Upgrade Path

Lean harder into self-mill and discard enablers (Stitcher's Supplier, Buried Alive, Faithless-style black discard) so Haakon hits the yard reliably turn one or two. Add fast mana (Dark Ritual, Jet Medallion, Bontu's Monument) and consistent tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor) to find your payoffs, plus graveyard insurance against hate. To raise the ceiling, build toward a tight aristocrats loop using recurring cheap Knights plus drain effects for a deterministic kill.