Tajic: Combat Steps Matter

Commander / EDH Aggro Casual Multiplayer RW (Boros)

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Creature (35)

• 1x Adriana, Captain of the Guard
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Boros Battleshaper
• 1x Boros Reckoner
• 1x Chancellor of the Forge
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Goblin Racketeer
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Gustcloak Savior
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Heartless Hidetsugu
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Honored Crop-Captain
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Jeering Instigator
• 1x Kamahl, Pit Fighter
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Lightning Runner
• 1x Mistmeadow Skulk
• 1x Niblis of the Urn
• 1x Oketra the True
• 1x Pathmaker Initiate
• 1x Pyreheart Wolf
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Runehorn Hellkite
• 1x Soltari Visionary
• 1x Subjugator Angel
• 1x Sun Titan

Land (37)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 13x Mountain
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Opal Palace
• 11x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 1x Sejiri Steppe
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 1x Temple of the False God

Artifact (8)

• 1x Boros Cluestone
• 1x Boros Keyrune
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (4)

• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Raise the Alarm
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Gather the Townsfolk
• 1x Kari Zev's Expertise
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Sram's Expertise
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x World at War
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Break Through the Line
• 1x Breath of Fury
• 1x Frenzied Fugue

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

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This is my budget-ish Boros build I slapped together recently. I'm looking for some advice on it.

The deck's main schtick bopping people with a battalion'ed Tajic early game while you build up numbers and then work up to being able to consistently take multiple combats in a single turn. Because the Battalion stacks with each combat. So Tajic becomes a 7/7 on combat 1, a 12/12 combat 2, and a 17/17 combat 3. Add unblockability for more shenanigans.

So you might be realizing that this deck is very reliant of Tajic, and you would be right. Lots of the deck focuses on being able to make big threats (him) unblockable and keep the Battalion triggers consistent. However, Assemble the Legion+Adriana, Captain of the Guard can be a threatening combo along with anything that produces extra combat steps+Heartless Hidetsugu because he gets untapped multiple times in a turn.

There is also a threaten-effect subtheme here because stealing an opponent's big creature is great, but it's even better when I use that creature to trigger battalion. It's here for fun and, while it may not be the best thing to be running, I'm going to keep it.

Most of the other cards either have obvious utility/synergy effect or are just boros goodstuff. Any suggestions help, thanks!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.58
Tokens	Dragon 5/5 R, Elemental 3/1 R, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Energy Reserve, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 R, Human 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 RW, Soldier 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance