If you want to keep the land count low, which makes sense in an aggro deck, you may want to cut some of the higher drops to be more focused. Could be wrong but ti makes sense to me. Especially Legion Loyalist

Hmm...you make a great point. I'm a huge fan of Tajic, Blade of the Legion and Firemane Avenger , but they're just not on-curve for this deck. I'll run 4 Legion Loyalist , since he's a Boros guy. I'm sure this will make the deck more consistent.

Have you played this deck competitevely?

Anthony12345

I have used it with solid success at FNM. I have not extensively tested it against the top archetypes in the meta. I have played blue devo ("MUD"), mono-black devo, Esper Control, and a Gruul Monsters. My opponent's strategy rarely effects my own, since usually I'm racing at top speed for lethal damage. Removal-heavy opponents do slow me down, though, and I try to use Boros Charm whenever possible to preserve my troops.

The highest FNM I placed at was tied for 2nd with this deck. I believe it's even better now, though. I do have 4x Temple of Triumph and 4x Sacred Foundry , but I don't list them due to budget reasons. Turn 4 wins are pretty regular when the deck is on a hot streak.

Do you play a similar deck competitively?

I would drop one (or both) Celestial Flare in the sideboard for either Lightning Strike , Mizzium Mortars or more Lightning Helix . Also, if you are using shocklands and temples in real life, I would drop the guildgates and 4 Mountains for the playsets of shocklands and Temples. It is only for the Celestial Flare that I recommend leaning heavier white in your mana base so you have access to them early on.

I wish Lightning Helix were standard, but alas it is not (unless you meant Warleader's Helix ). I do like Celestial Flare because it can deal with anybody that my other forms of removal can't. Blood Baron of Vizkopa , Polukranos, World Eater , Desecration Demon , and others are just super tough to remove without something like the Flare. That's why I think two are normally enough. The extra Lightning Strike is an idea that I've been grappling with. I had some mainboarded but I dropped them in favor of Magma Jet .

I would add the Temples and shocklands to the list here, but it would drive the deck price up by about $75. The point I want to stress here by posting the deck is that a solid deck can be created for about $50, especially with the help of this great community. Performance can easily be enhanced by adding playsets of temples/shocks, but this usually requires an investment of around $80. The deck I want to share with people is a base version that can be incrementally enhanced through further investment. But you're totally right on all points as far as the mana base goes.

For the SB, Mizzium Mortars would be a great replacement for the two Flares. But this would drive our price up by about $10.

-4x Skyknight Legionnaire

+2x Assemble the Legion +2x Tajic, Blade of the Legion

And you can never fail with Chained to the Rocks

Gotta get those Soldier of the Pantheon in there. It might not make the budget cut, but if you have, or can get, them... Run the hell out of them for your actual FNM list. It's really, really good. I even run them as part of my SB in Azorius Control.

Paradoxical:

Yeah, those guys are A-list performers, all right. Amazing 1-drops!

MCY998:

Tajic God-beard is a super star, but he is a touch slow for the primary strategy. Same story for Assemble the Legion . I want to include them in the sideboard for longer games vs control and for fun. Chained to the Rocks is incredible, but it's a bit out of budget for the Brigade. Gotta do what we can for $50! :)

Don't forget to +1, guys! With your help we can bring the legion the honour it deserves!

I was captivated by your version of 'charge of the light brigade', +1

Look! We're #2! Forward the Budget Brigade!

Poetry!! +1!!

Just coming across this piece of artwork and literature. Thank you for sharing that, you have quite a talent there, you should be published by MTG. GL in your future endeavors!

5.0 out of 4.0 Thanks for sharing it!

Tempo, speed, control, delivery, meter, rhythm, very nice indeed!

Oh, the deck aint bad either.... :)

I play a rakdos aggro that I do pretty well with and won my last fnm with and aggro is my favorite type of deck to play. Good job on your deck are you going to add Iroas god of victory in if you can?

I will definitely get my hands on Iroas once he becomes available. His ability seems quite good for battalion effects, since it helps ensure that the team will not be blocked. I'd say there's a good chance that our Brigade will be graced with his presence.

I love this deck idea. Great name and concept. +1

100th upvote! nice deck!

+1 for the poem at the least!

Only real card i dont see very useful is Magma Jet because your so heavily creature based. Maybe Precinct Captain for more tokens to help trigger batallion since this is a budget im trying to not mention expensive cards

Yeah, I've also been concerned that Magma Jet isn't the best call either. But I like the scry and soft removal it brings. Precinct Captain has been a candidate for a while. It's definitely worth consideration.

Well magma is ur only scry and a Lightning Strike or Searing Spear do more damage for the same mana or you can go Shock to deal the same damage for less mana.Id probably put in for the sake of making your deck get more damage through Gideon, Champion of Justice hes only 5 dollars on average and is in standard

He also makes your opponent forced to deal with him because he gets big very fast and with so many creatures you can defend him with ease or keep your guys because they wasted three or four potential blockers

I do own 2x Gideon, Champion of Justice . It would be interesting to see how he works in the deck. I'll playtest with it.