Royal Paladins

Without a lucky early Brel this deck is slower and plays out more like a typical FJS deck that is disruptive to the enemy game plan (multiple Tombs for Sabotage, relic weapons for removal). I found the sabotages and Harsh Rule to be insufficient to maintain a high enough win rate against the reanimators that I kept facing (which was primarily just playing against one person repeatedly) and I see a variety of reasons to play Blade over Gavel in the market in this scenario.

Blade isn't played anywhere in my Aluminum Paladins deck because it prevents you from receiving the very important cudgels from the 4x Statuary Maidens (I don't think the occasional anti synergy is a problem for this deck). It's also not necessary in order to beat reanimators and Talir combo decks because their lack of interaction means you can frequently ramp, draw cards, and swing with giant Hojans fast enough to overwhelm them. Reanimator still causes problems with a turn 5 Azindel but otherwise you just go over the top with Chains and win any game that goes long. This deck ostensibly has a higher curve but it has a much less powerful late game against decks without sweepers, with the trade off that it laughs in the face of decks that rely on a stream of harsh rules and end of the stories.