And over those nine years, the format has grown into one of the most popular ways to play Magic in the worldit's now the de facto default format for tons of Magic players
While Honored Knight-Captain might be a tick worse than Resolute Reinforcements since it doesn't have flash (and most go-wide decks aren't going to want to pay six to tutor up an equipment), this doesn't seem like a deal-breaker as far as seeing play in the right archetype
What are you planning on doing with Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
If you are really worried about rug, Id focus on splitting my lines of attack rather than just focus on gy hate
That's fine, but his second ability is where things get interesting
You can build this deck in many interesting ways, abusing big lifelinking creatures like Dream Trawler, gaining a bunch of life, and casting big X sorceries like Blue Sun's Zenith or White Sun's Zenith