The Fire Nation: A Boros Beatdown Deck

Commander / EDH DuTogira

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Poptartz95 says... #1

This deck looks filthy, but..I feel like you need more land like maybe remove Trumpet Blast, Inspired Charge and add 2 lands.

February 12, 2015 12:53 a.m.

DuTogira says... #2

@Poptartz95 hmmmm.... I suppose I could do that, though i run Trumpet Blast, Inspired Charge, and War Flare just in case I end up drawing into two out of three of them. If I draw all three, I should have mulligan'd or something. That or my opponent should be dead. What are your thoughts on me maybe cutting some of the deck's removal or less critical cards like Dragon Mantle to add the lands in instead of the combat boosters?

February 12, 2015 12:58 a.m.

Poptartz95 says... #3

Dragon Mantle would be a good card to remove, I still feel like Trumpet Blast, and Inspired Charge dont do much good, the counter is nice, keep War Flare the untap to strong! But Trumpet Blast and Inspired Charge I feel like land would do you a lot better, cause I think 28 is just to low :/ you have 13 creatures that cost 4 or more mana, thats not including the planeswalkers, so I think more mana would definitely be a huge positive, and the reason I say this is if someone who plays a deck like mine comes along with 3 full land wipes, then has about 4 cards that destroy land, @ 28 lands in your deck, youd be feeling the pain train.

February 12, 2015 1:10 a.m.

DuTogira says... #5

What if I tried something like running Weathered Wayfarer and Land Tax instead? Would that work, or would I just have the effect of thinning my deck of lands only to have them get rek'd by land destruction?

February 12, 2015 1:20 a.m.

Poptartz95 says... #6

Both would be a good addition to the deck in general, Land Tax is just the shit, I think if you swap Inspired Charge for another land, as I saw you added 2 land already, you will be ok, I just dont think a +2/+1 for 4 mana is worth it, and ontop of that your artifacts are really good, and give you plenty of counters to make whoever you want hit like dumptrucks

February 12, 2015 1:34 a.m.

DuTogira says... #7

Hehe, well the idea was never to pay 4 mana for the +2/+1. The idea was always to unequip Sunforger in combat to surprise buff all of my minions, potentially turning its original +4/+0 into a >+6/>+3 buff. Though I can agree that one War Flare should still do the trick reasonably well, and if I already have War Flare in hand I can always use the Sunforger to cast Master Warcraft and just dump on someone's face for that turn instead.

February 12, 2015 1:37 a.m.

Poptartz95 says... #8

Yea War Flare is fine dont take that out haha, ya I have a Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and an Aurelia, the Warleader deck, I fricken love playing boros, but ever since I made my land destruction Kaalia of the Vast my boros days are on a hold XD

February 12, 2015 1:43 a.m.

DuTogira says... #9

Hehe it's fine I understand. Honestly, I'm a modern player who got into magic back in the days of timespiral, peaked in RTR with my favorite guild at that point being Boros, left around the time of Conflux, returned for Journey Into Nyx, and now wants to relive his old Boros days in a format that actually lets you play creative Boros decks. In modern my Pili-Pala combo deck is just too damn good to play anything but it. Ah well.

February 12, 2015 1:48 a.m.

Poptartz95 says... #10

Nice, I started in Innistrad then Avacyns restored block came out and that was it, I just got back into the game though quite recently like few months ago, I never did commander until my friends told me thats what they do, and then I saw Avacyn, Angel of Hope was bomb af in commander i was sold cause I collect all angel cards haha Boros though is hella fun, cause boros drops bombs XD

February 12, 2015 2 a.m.

DuTogira says... #11

Angels in Commander are absolutely amazing indeed.

February 12, 2015 2:03 a.m.

keith5545 says... #12

No Aggravated Assault? Its an infinite combo with the Sword of Feast and Famine

February 13, 2015 1:07 a.m.

DuTogira says... #13

Honestly I didn't even know that card existed. Definitely putting that in here though. That's just brutal.

February 13, 2015 3:07 a.m.

Strike11B says... #14

Since you have Gisella why not run more damage amplifiers like Furnace of Wrath or Dictate of the Twin Gods. Also Insurrection and Mob Rule could be fun too.

February 13, 2015 11:54 p.m.

DuTogira says... #15

Running more damage amplifiers, while it could lead to ridiculous amounts of damage being dealt, seems like overkill to me. As is Aurelia, the Warleader giving double damage to even a Boros Swiftblade equipped with say... Sword of Fire and Ice, assuming it connects with my opponent, will deal 26 damage.
3x2 from double strike with sword.
+ 4 from sword triggering twice =10.
+ 3 from Aurelia = 13.
X2 from a second combat = 26 damage from two creatures and one sword.
Adding a ton of double damage spells when I can deal that kind of damage with just two creatures seems like overkill to me. I may be wrong but... Those are my thoughts on adding more double damage spells

February 14, 2015 12:51 a.m.

Steaditup says... #16

You have two heroic enablers in the deck. I would consider cutting Anax and Cymede.

April 15, 2015 12:24 a.m.

DuTogira says... #17

Anax and Cymede are just there to trigger Vigilance and First Strike for Concerted Effort. They are also just a really strong 3 drop as is. I am open to suggestions on what to replace Anax and Cymede with though.

April 15, 2015 6:38 p.m.

Steaditup says... #18

My Aurelia deck is a bit slower, more focused on burst damage than beatdown. I love Boros Battleshaper.

April 15, 2015 8:51 p.m.

DuTogira says... #19

Hmmmm... I understand the choice for a slower playstyle, but my hope is to make this deck as competitive as possible, and for a beat down deck that means going as fast as possible.

April 15, 2015 10:42 p.m.

Anril20 says... #20

No Tajic, Blade of the Legion?

April 15, 2015 10:46 p.m.

aefan4life says... #21

Nice to see another Boros EDH deck, I love some of the cards you have here! May I suggest a Duergar Hedge-Mage? It's great against pesky Enchantments and Artifacts.

April 16, 2015 5:03 a.m.

KBgamer says... #22

No Inquisitor's Flail Use that with Aurelia or Gisela and you have some massive damage

April 18, 2015 11:46 p.m.

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