Aurelia, Warden of the Prison

Commander / EDH* Control Enchantment Land Destruction RW (Boros)

Apoptosis

Creature (30)

• 1x Angel of Jubilation
• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Boros Reckoner
• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Celestial Archon
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Everflame Eidolon
• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Ghostblade Eidolon
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Heliod's Emissary
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Malignus
• 1x Marble Titan
• 1x Master Decoy
• 1x Orcish Settlers
• 1x Preacher
• 1x Purphoros's Emissary
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Ryusei, the Falling Star
• 1x Silverblade Paladin
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Spitemare
• 1x Sublime Archangel
• 1x Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1x Wingmate Roc
• 1x Witch Hunter

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Land (36)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 9x Mountain
• 17x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Winding Canyons

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Burning Earth
• 1x Equipoise
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Kismet
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mudslide
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Smoke

Artifact (13)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Godsend
• 1x Icy Manipulator
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Skull of Orm
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Winter Orb

Instant (2)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Enlightened Tutor

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

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Creature (7)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Aegis of the Gods
• 1x Galvanic Juggernaut
• 1x Kor Hookmaster
• 1x Sightless Brawler
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Stonehewer Giant

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ajani Vengeant

Land (1)

• 1x Ice Floe

Enchantment (3)

• 1x An-Zerrin Ruins
• 1x Crackdown
• 1x Energy Storm

Artifact (5)

• 1x Amber Prison
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Juntu Stakes
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Staff of Nin

Instant (1)

• 1x Blinding Beam

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Enduring Ideal
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift

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Whose the warden of the prison? That's right, Aurelia, the Warleader! Not only has she brought some of her friends and old favorites, but in a controlling shell.

This is a boros prison deck that seeks to shut down your opponents with a soft lock that prevents untapping and abuses Aurelia's untap effect to free your creatures and allow them to swing away in the 2nd attack phase. A secondary theme is in land destruction/denial using the powerhouse cards in the boros colors to slow things down while you beat away and get a lock in place.

After some consideration (battlecruisers, tokens, tribal, buff, tron, etc.) I've decided to go another way and load up on the enchantment creature feature from Theros as the deck was already enchantment heavy and I had included enchantment based graveyard recursion and tutoring (Skull of Orm, Crystal Chimes, and Enlightened Tutor).

Soft lock cards: Meekstone, Winter Orb, Smoke, Static Orb, and Marble Titan.

Cards with synergy to the lock: Blind Obedience, Kismet, Icy Manipulator, Master Decoy, Ghostly Prison.

Mana base disruption: Blood Moon, Burning Earth, Orcish Settlers, Armageddon, Jokulhaups.

The deck can play as a straightforward midrangy-aggro deck too.

Deck is certainly still in a prototype phase where I'm looking for tweaks in card selection. The current build uses cards I have within my collection. Lands are still in early stages.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 1 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.66
Tokens	Bird 3/4 W, Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Soldier 1/1 RW, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	commander decks, edh