Ultimate Guild Challenge: Boros - Finals!

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Dallie

15 April 2014

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Ultimate Guild Challenge: Boros finals!

Welcome back to this, the final article on UGC: Boros, where we will see the play-by-play match of the two finalists, TheLameSauce (Concerted Boros) and CaveShinobi (Righteous Rushin')!

I must apologize for the delay of the article, I wish I could get these articles out regularly, but unfortunately, real life has captured me on Zendikar, though instead of a prisonspell in the Eye of Ugin, there's work, studies and assignments instead of, you know, keeping the Eldrazi company.

The match was played best of three, and down below you can see the results of each game.

So settle down, pull up a chair by the hearth (hint to as what game distracted me from having this article done way earlier), put on your Glasses of Urza, and enjoy the read!

The contestants:

CaveShinobi

has proved that Aggro most certainly always is viable. With fast creatures and a healthily low curve, he has paced past contestants and it has been a pleasure to play a deck, that is, in my opinion, the embodiment of the spirit of Boros!
If the challenge was decided on geist alone, I would assign the victory to CaveShinobi for making a truly efficient Boros-y deck, but alas; that would probably be a rather dull way of settling the match.

TheLameSauce

likes keywords. So does Concerted Effort (a card I didn't even know existed until TLS put it in a deck and submitted it).

Q: But how does it work with all those 1-ofs and 2-ofs? It must be horribly inconsistent!

A: Kind of, but not really. All the creatures in Concerted Boros are matched up for the sake of the curve, so that there's still creatures at all points in the curve. It's worked out well so far, and it is truly an unorthodox deck that deserves to be in the finals!

Best of Three

TheLameSauce's moves are written in italics, and will be "T" in the type-ups.

CaveShinobi's moves are written in bold, and will be "C" in the type-ups.

Game one!

TheLameSauce wins the roll, goes first, and keeps a hand of Boros Reckoner, Order of the Stars, Tajic, Blade of the Legion, Boros Charm, Boros Guildgate, and 2x Mountain

CaveShinobi keeps a hand of Skyknight Legionnaire, Boros Charm, Assemble the Legion, Truefire Paladin, Sacred Foundry, and 2x Mountain.

T1

T plays Boros Guildgate, pass.

C draws Aurelia's Fury, plays Sacred Foundry tapped, and passes.

T2

T draws Plains, plays Plains, and plays Order of the Stars, naming red, and passes.

C draws Plains, plays Mountain and Truefire Paladin, pass.

T3

T draws Aurelia, the Warleader, plays Mountain, and taps out for Boros Reckoner, passes the turn

**C draws Frontline Medic, plays Plains, and taps out for Skyknight Legionnaire. He swings for two in the air, and passes. (T 18/C 20)

T4

T draws Boros Recruit, plays Mountain. Swings with Boros Reckoner, no blocks. (T 18/C 17). He plays Tajic, Blade of the Legion and passes the turn.

C draws Sacred Foundry, plays it tapped, and swings with Skyknight Legionnaire. (T 16/C 17). He plays Frontline Medic, and passes

T5

T draws Order of the Stars, and swings with Tajic, Blade of the Legion and Boros Reckoner. No blocks. (T 16/C 12). He plays Order of the Stars, naming red, and Boros Recruit. Pass.

C draws Mountain, plays mountain and swings with Skyknight Legionnaire (T 14/C 12). Passes the turn.

T6

T draws Boros Guildgate, plays it, and moves to combat. CC plays Aurelia's Fury for 3, targeting Boros Reckoner, Tajic, Blade of the Legion and Boros Recruit for 1 each. The recruit dies, and the others are tapped. T pings C for 1 with the triggered ability of Reckoner. (T 14/C 11). T passes the turn.

C draws Boros Guildgate, plays Mountain, and swings with Skyknight Legionnaire. (T 12/C 11). He plays Assemble the Legion and passes.

T7

T draws Lightning Helix, casts it targeting Frontline Medic. It resolves, and the Medic goes to the graveyard (T 15/C 11). T moves to combat and attacks with Boros Reckoner and Tajic, Blade of the Legion. C blocks Tajic with Truefire Paladin, which goes to the graveyard. (T 15/C 8). T passes the turn.

**C puts a counter on Assemble the Legion, and puts a soldier onto the battlefield. He then draws Mountain, which he plays. He passes the turn.

T8

T draws Concerted Effort, and swings with Boros Reckoner and Tajic, Blade of the Legion. Skynight Legionnaire blocks Tajic, and the soldier chumps Boros Reckoner. C casts Boros Charm and makes all his creatures indestructible. T directs the 1 damage from the triggered ability to C (T 15/C 7). T plays Concerted Effort and passes the turn.

C puts a counter on Assemble the Legion, and puts two soldiers onto the battlefield. He draws Sacred Foundry, and attacks with Skyknight Legionnaire. (T 13/C 7). He passes the turn.

T9

T's creatures gain Protection from Red, and he draws Weapon Surge and swings with Boros Reckoner, and tajic. He plays Weapon Surge overloaded for, which makes the attack lethal.

Game two!

CaveShinobi chooses to go first, and mulls a 1 land hand (which also contained 2x Tajic, 2x Assemble). He keeps a 6-card-hand of Truefire Paladin, Boros Charm, Skyknight Legionnaire, Sacred Foundry and 2x Plains.

TheLameSauce keeps a hand of Boros Recruit, Boros Swiftblade, Courier Hawk, Boros Guildgate, Mountain, and 2x Plains.

T1

C plays Sacred Foundry tapped, and passes

*T draws Mountain, plays Plains, and Boros Recruit, passes.

T2

C draws Frontline Medic, plays Plains, and Truefire Paladin. Passes.

T draws Boros Guildgate, plays Mountain and Courier Hawk. Passes.

T3

C draws Lightning Helix, plays Plains, and Skyknight Legionnaire. Swings with both. No blocks. (T 16/C 20). Passes

T draws Boros Recruit, plays Boros Guildgate, and swings with Courier Hawk. (T 16/C 19). He plays Boros Swiftblade and passes.

T4

C draws Lightning Helix, swings with both his guys. No blocks. (T 12/C 19). He plays Frontline Medic and passes.

T draws Mountain, plays Boros Guildgate and hits with Courier Hawk, and Boros Swiftblade. (T 12/C 16). He passes the turn

T5

C draws Frontline Medic, and swings with everything. Frontline Medic makes them all indestructible. T blocks the [Frontline Medic]] with his Boros Recruit (T 8/C 16). C plays another Frontline Medic and passes the turn.

T draws Blind Obedience, plays Plains and Blind Obedience. He then plays Boros Recruit and extorts for 1. (T 9/C 15). He swings with the Courier Hawk, and passes the turn (T 9/C 14).

T6

C draws Mountain, plays Mountain, and swings with everything. T blocks the Truefire Paladin with Boros Swiftblade, and the Frontline Medics with Boros Recruit and Courier Hawk. C passes the turn.* (T 7/C 14)

*T draws Hellkite Tyrant and concedes.

Game three!

TheLameSauce chooses to go first, and keeps a hand of Boros Recruit, Lightning Helix, Guardian of the Guildpact, Wear / Tear, Order of the Stars, Boros Guildgate and Plains.

CaveShinobi keeps a hand of Frontline Medic, 3x Truefire Paladin, 2x Mountain and Plains.

T1

T plays Boros Guildgate and passes.

C draws Frontline Medic, plays Mountain and passes.

T2

T draws Plains, plays Boros Recruit and Order of the Stars, naming red, and passes.

C draws Aurelia's Fury plays Plains and Truefire Paladin, then passes the turn.

T3

T draws Firemane Avenger, plays Plains, and passes.

C draws Boros Charm, plays Mountain and Frontline Medic, and passes.

T4

T draws Plains, plays it, and Firemane Avenger. Then passes

C draws Skyknight Legionnaire, and swings with Frontline Medic. No blocks. (T 17/C 20). He plays another Frontline Medic, and passes.

T5

T draws Courier Hawk, plays it, and attacks with Firemane Avenger. (T 17/C 17). He passes the turn.

C draws Frontline Medic and moves to combat. T casts Lightning Helix on a Medic, but C casts Boros Charm in response. (T 20/C 17). C swings with everything. T blocks Truefire Paladin with Order of the Stars. (T 14/C 17). C passes the turn.

T6

T draws Firemane Avenger, and attacks with everything. The batallion of Firemane Avenger hits a Medic. The Boros Recruit is blocked by the other Frontline Medic. (T 17/C 13). T plays another Firemane Avenger and passes.

C draws Assemble the Legion and plays Skyknight Legionnaire. He swings with Frontline Medic and Truefire Paladin. The Truefire Paladin is blocked by Order of the Stars. (T 14/C 13). He passes the turn.

T7

T draws Plains, and attacks with everything. The batallion triggers hit a Frontline Medic and the Skyknight Legionnaire. (T 20/C 6). T plays Ålains and Guardian of the Guildpact and passes the turn.

C draws Plains, plays plains, and passes the turn.

T8

T draws Brightflame and moves to combat phase. C plays Aurelia's Fury for 2 and hits both Avengers, who are tapped. T swings and hits with Courier Hawk, then passes the turn. (T 20/C 5).

**C draws Assemble the Legion and concedes.

Results!

TheLameSauce takes the match 2-1 and wins the Ultimate Guild Challenge: Boros! His janky deck with lots of trouble creatures with evasion of different kinds, has taken other decks by surprise all throughout the challenge, and at long last he rests his head on the throne of TappedOut Boros! (I'm sure that's a division of the Boros Legion).

Congratulations to TheLameSauce for his deck that has powered through everything and everyone in his quest to become the Guild Representative for Boros!

Also a big congratulations to CaveShinobi for finishing second, and a huge shout-out to everyone who has read and/or partaken in the challenge series!

Thank you for reading, and please post any comments, questions or best-wishes in the comments below!

//Dallie