Our local meta recently had a Hand of the King tournament. I came in second using a Night's Watch build out of Stark, my only loss being to the winner who was using a GJ winter choke deck. I wrote up a little analysis of how the format differs from regular Joust, specifically with regards to the deckbuilding process around the Hand. Check it out here , it might help if you have an upcoming tournament or you just want to try out the format.