Boros Stax | Primer

Commander / EDH* Competitive Control RW (Boros) Stax

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Creature (23)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Chancellor of the Annex
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Thalia's Lancers
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Treasure Nabber
• 1x Village Bell-Ringer
• 1x Vryn Wingmare
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Instant (9)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Wear / Tear

Land (32)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 8x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Stranglehold

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Ruination
• 1x Vandalblast

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Artifact (1)

• 1x Trinisphere

Instant (1)

• 1x Scout's Warning

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Meltdown

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This is my attempt to make the most competitive Red White deck I can possibly make. The deck tries to overcome the short comings of Red White (most notably poor card draw and card search abilities) by slowing and hindering your opponents. All the while the deck plays to Red White's strengths: most notably destruction for any type and number of permanents.

Early game

The first thing Red White struggles with is mana acceleration. While there are a few cards like Weathered Wayfarer and Knight of the White Orchid this is not the specialty of the deck. This deck ramps using the basic artifacts ( Sol Ring , Commander's Sphere , Boros Signet , Mana Crypt and Mana Vault ), and the few odd ramp spells in Red White.

What is far more important in the early game is stopping everyone else from doing what they want. Spells you want to see in opening hand include: Thalia, Guardian of Thraben , Stony Silence , Kataki, War's Wage and/or Chancellor of the Annex . Preventing other players ramp is Top Priority at this point in the game; your opponents’ deck will out race you if you let them.

Midgame

Once the deck has begun to work it will quickly draw hate from your opponents. From here the only solution is to go all in on stifling your opponents. This comes in several flavors: taxes, mana denial, search denial, and ability denial.

Taxes: throwing off your opponents’ plans are their mana curve increases. Show

Thalia, Guardian of Thraben , Vryn Wingmare , and Aura of Silence .

Mana denial: preventing your opponents from using their lands effectively or efficiently. Show

Blood Moon , Magus of the Moon , Treasure Nabber , Price of Glory , Ruination , and Armageddon .

Search denial: preventing your opponents from looking for answers. Show

Aven Mindcensor , and Stranglehold .

Ability denial: It doesn’t do anything. Show

Torpor Orb , Stony Silence , and Grand Abolisher .

Endgame

The eventual plan of the deck is to win with combat (Boros knows nothing else). The easiest ways to win are with an overwhelming force of hasty tokens or let Aurelia do the work.

Infinite Combos. Show

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Combat Celebrant / Village Bell-Ringer

Splinter Twin + Combat Celebrant / Village Bell-Ringer

One hit K.O. Show

Aurelia, the Warleader + Grafted Exoskeleton

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight + Grafted Exoskeleton

Aurelia, the Warleader + Umezawa's Jitte + 4 charge counters

Things to remember

Always be on top of your effects on the game. Show

You will likely have to remind your opponents then need to pay extra for their spells, that their things enter tapped, or do not untap. You will also need to remind yourself since most of the effects are symmetrical.

Beware of Nonbos. Show

This deck has a lot of effects meant to stop your opponents; however, they can also stifle your plan. Torpor Orb stops your Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker combo just as much as it does your opponents. This is not necessarily a bad thing since your opponents will burn removal on your stax pieces rather than your combo pieces. Additionally, you can remove most pieces yourself with Daretti, Scrap Savant when you need to go off.

Top Ranked	Achieved #45 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Treasure
Folders	Cool Ideas, EDH, Stax Decks, Stuff I like, Inspiration