Citridon: I've had similar things happen :D

I've flipped Avacyn while she was holding Basilisk Collar and there was a Dictate of the Twin Gods out; the life swing is just ridiculous. It's a shame there are so many infinite combos in EDH that don't care about life :(

Even more fun was when I cast (in one turn) Repercussion, Mark of Asylum, and Blasphemous Act to kill everyone.

Here's my Archangel Avacyn commander deck

Looking back over my list, Neko-Te is also sweet with an Avacyn flip.

I'm in the midst of digging through my collection to construct something similar it should be ready for tomorrow. Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Dogs of War

Casey4321: This deck is a little unusual compared to a "pure voltron" deck - check out this one here if you want something more along those lines :)

You Gotta Be Kitten Me!

Commander / EDH* forte8910

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That's the thing. I half realized I have an insane number of good stuff Boros cards so it's kind of middling right now lol

Thanks to insightful commentary by Citridon and linuk, I've made some minor changes:

+1 Mana Confluence, Sea Gate Wreckage, Declaration in Stone

-1 Fanatical Devotion, Mountain, High Market

Ashnod's Altar and Nim Deathmantle would allow you to benefit from the flip.

On a side note, this should be a good way to gain permanent indestructibilty if you have another creature to sacrifice. Sac one creature and your commander to Ashnod's Altar, let commander go to grave, Nim Deathmantle triggers, brings back commander with floating mana. Should also consider Burnished Hart for mana ramp.

Unless flip rules somehow make avacyn an illegal target for deathmantle. Then ignore that comment.

Loving the list, my friend. Putting together my version of an Avacyn deck now, and just seeing what people are running creature count-wise around the various forums. I'm seeing between 15-20 for a lot, which seems right. Had any experience with Feldon of the Third Path in the list?

have you kept in mind that the equipment falls off on the flip? that is very mana intensive.

+1 for going against the grain

SaintHipster: The equipment does not fall off on the flip. She remains on the battlefield as the same game object throughout. I can look up CompRule citations if you want :)

Though it does fall off if you truly blink her (for example, with Eldrazi Displacer). That's why I've chosen to cut most of those blinking effects in my build.

Thanks for the +1! I appreciate it.

Wow, this is a good list. Lots of fun.

A few suggestions: Spawning Bed seems like a good choice. 95% of the time, it's just a colorless land. But sometimes it becomes tokens that can either give you that extra boost of mana to recast Avacyn next turn, or provide a source of sacrifice to either flip her, or equip your Demonmail Hauberk. Potential gain for not much lost, IMHO.

I'd also cut Bonehoard for Fireshrieker--Avacyn seems like she really, really wants that double strike, and Bonehoard seems like it is very situational (although this depends on your local meta and how much you really want that germ token ;) )

Also, why Elspeth, Knight-Errant and not Elspeth, Sun's Champion? Sun's champion provides more tokens and kills everything that Avacyn doesn't, for the most part. I realize she costs more, (and comes down the turn after your general), but I usually account for my general dying the turn I play it anyways, and she sets up the second play of avacyn really nicely.

Also, might want to change the general to Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip on here for those of us who tried to playtest your deck--for some reason, purifier won't flip right.

cool deck. Sorry, I didn't leave any suggestions, I don't really play commander. +1 from me!

MagmaArmor0 and ceji3: Thanks for your comments!

Spawning Bed's a good idea, but I'm having a little trouble managing to get my colored mana as it is. Which colorless land would you replace?

Bonehoard is good in my graveyard-focused meta, but Fireshrieker's pretty good too. I'll try to find a place for both.

The reason for my choice in Elspeth is twofold. First, post-casting Avacyn, most of my mana goes towards equipping, so I often have to live off what I managed to cast in my first four turns. The other good thing about EKE is that she can also give +3 power to my commander when I need it, whereas ESC only works for my aggro plan. (I also don't own ESC.) If I could find a place, though, I'd play both.

Assuming you don't want to swap out a basic land:This is dependant on your meta, but how much does Tower of the Magistrate do for you? It seems like it would be almost more trouble than it's worth, unequipping your general all the time?

MagmaArmor0: Oh, Tower of the Magistrate isn't there for Avacyn. It's there to wreck the opposing voltron generals in my meta :D

Stonehewer Giant seems like he should be in here, due to your reliance on equipment. Him sticking will lead to you grabbing any and all equipment you need to end the game pretty easily. You could probably remove one of your worse equipment for him (I'm not a terribly huge fan of Scythe of the Wretched, for example, because it doesn't synchronize well with the Voltron plan (getting 21 Commander damage), and it is really obvious when you pay 4 and attach it to something else. Not a fan of that bloated equip cost, either). Obviously, you could remove something else, as well, but being able to spend 1W to get and attach Feast and Famine, Argentum Armor, or Sunforger seems pretty big since since he tutors, puts into play, and equips, allowing you to devote to the Voltron plan even easier if you need to do so during a game.

You might look into Aura of Silence over some part of the removal package as well. The additional tax makes it difficult for a lot of other Voltron decks to play through this card, oftentimes forcing them to a crawl until they can do something about it (which usually results in sacrificing it to destroy something of theirs).

That's all I've got though. Well built Boros deck sir.

PookandPie: Both very good sze Card: OverblazeTCG $0.24 | MTGO 0.01 TIX.

uggestions! :) I've SHG before, and I've had issues because 1) he rarely sticks and 2) he doesn't do anything until T7 at the best (T5 commander, T6 SHG, T7 tutor). I'll reconsider, though, especially since I've recently added Argentum Armor.

Aura of Silence might go in over Overblaze.

Nice deck +1. Read the comments and didn't see anithing to suggest. You already have them on board. Could you review my Aurelia Boros Voltron? Thanks

Hi Daedalus19876,

I just saw your deck and prompty remembered the spoilers. I thought that your unusal Voltron deck might benefit from this new card:

Sigarda's Aid

Playing equipment on instant speed is pretty lame and insane (for your opponents) xD You got my upvote for this :)

PartyJ: I know, I've been drooling over that card since I saw it in the spoilers, haha. It's the second-most-exciting card to me (after Splendid Reclamation, which will be ABSOLUTELY NUTS in my Sidisi deck). I'm also planning to add Selfless Spirit (fits the self-sacrificing aspect of the deck to flip Avacyn, and can save my board from her Inquisition). Do you think there are any equipment worth adding here from that set?

Thanks for the comment/+1! You'll be seeing me again shortly, for a comment on your Nath deck for the "Advertise your deck" thread, heh.

I am pretty dissapointed with the equipment that has been spoiled. But we can't blame WOTC for this, since they released this white beaty for any equipment deck. I expect some nice new equipment in the near future and meanwhile we will have fun playing with the equipment aid xD

Awesome deck +1. (+2 if I could). Would you review and upvote my Aurelia Boros Voltron?

Love, love, LOVE This deck. The design and flavor is phenomenal. +1 from me. Now bow, and face judgment.