I would consider dropping the card:Slayers' Stronghold for more Mountain s or Cavern of Souls . The utility lands are nice, but 9 sources or 40% of your mana base inhibit the ability to drop Ash Zealot T2, which considering it's your strongest T2 play you probably want to have as often as possible. The way I've been figuring it as well is that if Boros Aggro hasn't won by the time it's considering using card:Slayers' Stronghold, it's probably too far gone.

And the extra red sources wouldn't hurt for Spark Trooper and Hellrider . Though the Cavern of Souls can be nice as a final resort. Instead of playing it first naming humans you save it until you absolutely need to play it for the turn.

I really like your deck! I built a boros-human deck too: we are Boros, we are legion!

I'll play Legion Loyalist over Boros Elite but I think it's just a matter of opinion ;)

+1!

This set is going to be insane primarily because of the speed and power Gatecrash brings to Aggro. This is a solid line-up and we shall see how other slower playstyles answer to Boros onslaught (if at all). +1

I really like the boros aggro deck, here is mine:Boros Asskicking.

With 7 plains, how to do plan onconsistently casting ash zealot? I would say Precinct Captain is good as well, especially with the synergies between it and champion of the parish and silverblade paladin.

I agree with Aturos in that Legion Loyalist is a must for your deck. I would remove the elite.

Almost 100% of your creatures are human. Why not add 4x cavern of souls? It will smooth out your mana and allow you to play a multitude of things much more easily, while resisting counterspells.

Slycne, I would also probably drop 2 Mountains and 1 Plains for 3 Cavern of Souls but I'm pretty much working on a budget. Fixing mana and shoring up the control matchup at the same time is huge, but I'm sticking mainly to cards I have and those that I want to add from Gatecrash.

And honestly, I really do prefer playing Lightning Mauler on turn 2 and pairing with Frontline Medic on turn 3. That has been the best line of play this deck has had so far. Getting enough red also hasn't been a problem for Hellrider and Spark Trooper . In fact, I often find myself missing out on white a little more often.

I would recommend Reckless Waif  ^Flip over Boros Elite , a potential 3/2 on turn 2 can help alot, and can keep you from having a vanilla 1/1 when you cant get the battalion online.

You also might want to consider some spot removal in the form of Mizzium Mortars , and Oblivion Ring . I agree Boros Charm is an automatic 4 of but it cant hit creatures and that can get you in a jam sometimes. Having something to take care of pesky enchantments and blockers that would otherwise mess up your tempo helps out alot.

Check my list as I am running Boros Humans also. Fear the Battalion!

Also, running T1 Champion of the Parish /Boros Elite alongside T2 Ash Zealot without Cavern of Souls is risky, would definitely recommend it to smooth out your curve.

Everyone is making wonderful suggestions!

But I'm not going to use Cavern of Souls . ;D It's not in my budget and, well, I like it about as much as I like Snapcaster Mage , which is not at all.

57messier, I would much rather have Searing Spear over Mizzium Mortars , but even then I would much rather have card:Aurelia's Fury over either. Out of the side we bring in Oblivion Ring and I may replace Nevermore with Searing Spear when we absolutely must have removal.

More than anything else so far I would rather not run Ash Zealot than fix with Cavern of Souls . Perhaps Legion Loyalist or Truefire Paladin ?

Searing Spear would also work perfectly, I wasnt recommending replacing card:Aurelia's Fury I was simply saying that card:Aurelia's Fury is more of a lategame finisher and that you might need some spot removal during the midgame. I love card:Aurelia's Fury too haha

Legion Loyalist seems like he would fit better outside of the tribal theme you have going here. I think Truefire Paladin would shine well in this deck, especially since you can soulbond him with Silverblade Paladin

Boros Reckoner? Yes/no? >.>

I want to run him alongside the medic and sliverblade-- but would that be too many 3-drops?

That definitely would be too many 3-drops. Besides, a card like Boros Reckoner is so much better when there's a reliable way to make him indestructible, much in the same way Spitemare was.

But wouldn't Boros Charm + Frontline help with that cause? >.>

Or...or...

Well, I don't know. I want to stick with the human theme, but put a few angels and the reckoner in it. >.< Ack!

Idea...

Stuffy Doll + Boros Reckoner + Blasphemous Act = win?

For realsies, though, you could definitely squeeze the Minotaur Wizard in if you find a way. He's definitely powerful, and you could lean more toward a midrange plan with him and Restoration Angel .

I would say drop one more Spark Trooper, Just because Boros Elite and Champion seem like best buddies 4 lyfe

I would normally agree but my meta is shaping up to be very aggro-heavy. Spark Trooper is my trump because of his lifelink, allowing them one less turn to live and myself one more turn to attack. Still, he's the first guy on the chopping block when push comes to shove.

I would actually run Skullcrack over Searing Spear mainboard. It's some major card:Sphinx's Revelation and card:Trostani, Selesnya's Voice hate, and both are big right now, at least where I play. Plus when people sphinx, they tend to be a) about to die, and b) tapping out, and thus unable to counter.

Skullcrack is a sideboard card for me because I want the removal aspect of Searing Spear in the main. If Boros Charm wasn't so badass then it would be in the main but I can only afford to have so many noncreature spells.

Blind Obedience is a card I had considered a long time ago but forgot about. Reminding me of it made me realize that it would be much better than Riders of Gavony in the sideboard. Thanks RedZebraTape!

REALLY!!! NO GATHER THE TOWNSFOLKS BUT 4 CHAMPIONS!!! YOUR CRAZY!!But i do like it... so +1! :)

I dislike Gather the Townsfolk without any cheap crusade effects. The only one in RW is Intangible Virtue and that lends itself to a token strategy. GW has a good one in Mayor of Avabruck  ^Flip so I would definitely play it there. Otherwise I'm stuck with some wonky 1/1s that don't do anything that relevant for me. Better to play a two-drop that has more raw power or has synergy with multiple cards, like Thalia, Guardian of Thraben or Lightning Mauler , respectively.

No tournament-level aggro decks have used Gather the Townsfolk either outside of the occasional Selesnya Humans (using the aforementioned Mayor), so my exclusion is supported by results. :)

I'm too lazy to read all the comments, but did anyone recommend kessig malcontents? if you are dropping out humans, you might as well run one or two malcontents for extra damage.

That's not a bad idea. I may try a few games with them in place of Spark Trooper to see which is better.

What are your thoughts on Nearheath Pilgrim? His soulbound lifelink Procs with Hellrider's ping ability, giving some reliable lifegain :p

Yup, that's why he's in the sideboard. He's kind of bad against control, but great with Hellrider against midrange and aggro. Not being versatile is keeping him out of the main.

@BenTim So Kessig Malcontents didn't work out too well because turn 4 Hellrider or Spark Trooper tended to net more damage. It was also really dependent on me dropping a human on each of the first three turns to be good; otherwise it was average and didn't do much to impact the board state. Thanks for the idea though!

I might suggest altering your Plains to Mountain ratio to match your curve better since all of the one CMC cards are white. Maybe try something like 9 Plains and 4 Mountain or 8 and 5, just to make sure you can always get your one drops out first turn. In play testing I had to mulligan really good, fast hands, like ones with 3 Champion of the Parish and a Lightning Mauler , because all of the one drops require white, but I drew Clifftop Retreat and Mountain . That's the only problem I see in an otherwise really powerful deck. It might make things reliably faster.