Tajic, Legion's Edgelord [Boardwipe Aggro, Primer]

Commander / EDH Aggro Counters Humans Primer RW (Boros) Soldiers Stompy Weenie

KongMing

Battleforce (19)

• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Ballyrush Banneret
• 1x Captain of the Watch
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Daru Warchief
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Elspeth Tirel
• 1x Everdawn Champion
• 1x Field Marshal
• 1x Hero of Bladehold
• 1x Legion Loyalist
• 1x Legion Warboss
• 1x Militia's Pride
• 1x Mobilization
• 1x Precinct Captain
• 1x Skyknight Vanguard
• 1x Swiftblade Vindicator
• 1x Triumph of Gerrard

Firefist Artillery (13)

• 1x Ashling the Pilgrim
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Catapult Master
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Devout Chaplain
• 1x Five-Alarm Fire
• 1x Hammerfist Giant
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Repercussion
• 1x Starstorm
• 1x Subterranean Tremors

Precinct Four (38)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 12x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

League of Wojek (13)

• 1x Boros Battleshaper
• 1x Boros Cluestone
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Bounty Agent
• 1x Gustcloak Savior
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Slate of Ancestry
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar

Commander (1)

Righteous Zeal (16)

• 1x Angelic Guardian
• 1x Breath of Fury
• 1x Cho-Manno's Blessing
• 1x Cliffside Rescuer
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero
• 1x Inviolability
• 1x Overpowering Attack
• 1x Palisade Giant
• 1x Pentarch Ward
• 1x Spirit Bonds
• 1x Spirit Mantle

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Intro ::

Sometimes, we just need the game to end quickly. Like when it's 2 a.m. and everyone just agreed to another four-player game. You don't know why you said yes, you have to work tomorrow! Or is that today? Whatever, the last thing you want is the control player stretching the game out for hours. Time to punch them in the face with Boros!

Basics

This take on Tajic is essentially a Soldier-tribal beatdown. Many decks in the middling power tiers of Commander take a few turns to get going, and this one can start threatening with commander damage on Turn 3. You dominate a four-player game by turning the aggro up to 11, as early as you can. Use commander damage as a way to control politics at the table - it's amazing how quickly someone becomes your friend when you put them to 18 Tajic damage. While you focus one player with commander damage, you can throw your Soldier army at the other players to get them within midgame kill range.

The strategy is overcentralized around creature offense at the moment, without a lot of artifact and enchantment removal or vegetables to back them up. This is done intentionally, to help overwhelm the boardstate and swing in for kill damage on Turn 6. The deck doesn't necessarily need to ramp up to being able to cast two game-winning synergies in a turn, it just needs the creatures out first to generate damage, and a boardwipe to clear the way.

Commendations

It seems cliche to give a commendation to the commander, but Tajic, Legion's Edge really deserves one. He is crucial to the deck's strategy in three ways: First, he comes out early and starts threatening a player with commander damage Turn 3. Second, he is a Soldier who comes out with Haste, and can generate plenty of regular damage on his own. And third, he gives our creatures that key noncombat damage immunity, which we exploit through cards like Chain Reaction and Repercussion.

Flickering Ward is a great way to give Tajic protection from our red damage sources, allow him to swing in past big blockers to keep the commander damage up, give him immunity to Murder, etc. Plus, we can return it to hand when/if we need to.

My next card needs no commendation, Blasphemous Act. With Tajic on the field, it usually wipes out all the opponents' creatures with R, leaving you free to spend your mana on something else. Unless you already spent that mana to play Repercussion, that will probably end the game in most cases. It's a good card for the deck because it can be cast for so little mana and has a huge damage return.

Bounty Agent is also an incredible Turn 2 play, you can have her swinging as a 3/3 Vigilance on Turn 3 after Tajic Mentors her, and still have her available to kill a commander before they can put on their Boots/Greaves. She and Intrepid Hero help us fill a lot of removal gaps that our X spells might have trouble killing. Same goes for Catapult Master and Devout Chaplain, but the Agent is the superior play for a fast deck that centers on making people sweat.

Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion also gets a commendation. It is incredibly hard for people to remove, and the ability to give Tajic double strike at instant speed gives you a very lethal threat. It's a good surprise tactic to save for when someone thinks they're out of Tajic range and tries messing with you. When Tajic's sword is pressed to their neck on your next turn, others will think twice about messing with the Legion...

Preeminent Captain lets us play a ton of stuff from our hand for free. Sometimes it's worth waiting to play him until you can get some form of protection on the same turn, but on the other hand he can really help the deck accelerate hard, so don't be overcautious in waiting to play him. A fool knows no fear, a hero shows no fear. Daru Warchief is also great for buffing (almost) our whole board, and reducing the recast cost of Tajic.

Elspeth, Knight-Errant is another great Turn 4 play that can make Tajic very lethal. Giving him +3/+3 and flying makes him even harder to block, and costs no mana to activate on successive turns. Then there is her ult of course, which I have activated a surprising number of times with this deck.

Spirit Mantle is a great way to get that Tajic damage through the defensive lines, and ups his power for more Mentoring targets.

Synergies

A lot of the damage combos involving Tajic are pretty obvious, so I'll skip those and focus on other synergies.

Palisade Giant + Inviolability :: All damage dealt to us and all permanents we control is prevented. Not bad...

Legion Warboss + Breath of Fury :: Infinite combats as long as we can keep getting the enchanted token through.

Top Ranked	Achieved #8 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #4 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Primer 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Goblin 1/1 R, Kithkin Soldier 1/1 W, Lizard 8/8 R, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure
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