RW Heroic

Pioneer Competitive Heroic Protection RW (Boros)

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Land (19)

• 4x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 4x Inspiring Vantage
• 4x Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Plains
• 4x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Ancestral Anger
• 3x Homestead Courage

Creature (19)

• 4x Favored Hoplite
• 4x Heartfire Hero
• 4x Illuminator Virtuoso
• 2x Monastery Swiftspear
• 4x Slickshot Show-Off
• 1x Tenth District Legionnaire

Instant (15)

• 4x Defiant Strike
• 2x Gods Willing
• 1x Loran's Escape
• 4x Monstrous Rage
• 1x Spikefield Hazard  ^Flip
• 3x Turn Inside Out

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 2x Light of Hope
• 2x Loran's Escape
• 3x Reckless Rage
• 1x Rending Volley
• 1x Torch the Tower

Enchantment (5)

• 2x Case of the Crimson Pulse
• 3x Sheltered by Ghosts

Creature (1)

• 1x Reidane, God of the Worthy  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Creature (15)

• 2x Adanto Vanguard
• 1x Callous Sell-Sword
• 2x Dreadhorde Arcanist *f-pp*
• 2x Electrostatic Infantry
• 1x Emberheart Challenger
• 2x Feather, the Redeemed
• 1x Fiendslayer Paladin
• 1x Hazoret the Fervent
• 1x Jegantha, the Wellspring
• 2x Mavinda, Students' Advocate

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Alpine Moon
• 1x Escape Velocity
• 4x Leyline of Resonance
• 2x Rest in Peace
• 2x Roiling Vortex
• 4x Showdown of the Skalds

Land (1)

• 1x Den of the Bugbear *f-pp*

Artifact (1)

• 1x Damping Sphere

Instant (9)

• 2x Boros Charm
• 1x Fight as One
• 2x Flowstone Infusion
• 2x Get Lost
• 1x Raze the Effigy
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Maximize Velocity

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Another iteration of RW Heroic, this time with more Heroic creatures!

One of my favorite old standard decks was UW heroic and I initially looked into building an updated version of that deck for the Pioneer format, but it seems that RW heroic is the place to be thanks to recent printings of certain cards, namely Ancestral Anger, Tenth District Legionnaire, and Reckless Rage. Defiant Strike was always one of the best cards to draw in the old UW heroic decks since it replaced itself, but Ancestral Anger is practically a strict upgrade, with the only downside being that it is sorcery speed. Blue cards commonly used in UW Heroic decks provide more reliable card advantage, but generally cost 2cmc (Ordeal of Thassa and Staggering Insight) in addition to the very nice card Curious Obsession. However the Red version is more explosive due to the hasty creatures Tenth District Legionnaire and Slickshot Show-Off alongside the big buff card Monstrous Rage. Red heroic also synergizes better than blue with a combination of heroic and prowess creatures. For example, targeting a heroic creature with a Defiant Strike gives the permanent +1/+1 counter in addition to the temporary +1/+0, but with a prowess creature alongside the heroic creature the prowess creature also gains a temporary +1/+1, whereas in the UW version you don't really want to draw too many creatures since there often aren't as many buffs to go around in a creature-heavy draw.

2/25/2024 - Heroic made it to the finals of the Pro Tour! See the list here!

Date added	2 years
Last updated	4 days
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 3 Rares 19 - 7 Uncommons 18 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.22
Tokens	Manifest 2/2 C, Plot, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	4. Pioneer