The Art of War

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Midrange Multiplayer RW (Boros)

Enral

Conquered Lands (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 7x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Springjack Pasture
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Urza's Factory

Card Advantage (9)

• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Recursion (8)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Nahiri, the Lithomancer
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow

Warcraft (17)

• 1x Angel of Jubilation
• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Leonin Shikari
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Nahiri, the Lithomancer
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Windborn Muse

Protection (11)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Leonin Abunas
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Ramp (9)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Tutor (6)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x Sunforger

Anthem (3)

• 1x Angel of Jubilation
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun

Commander (1)

Equipment Package (13)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sunforger Toolbox (11)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Orim's Thunder
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Conscription (8)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Kemba, Kha Regent
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Nahiri, the Lithomancer
• 1x Springjack Pasture
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Urza's Factory

Victory is Mine (3)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Heartless Hidetsugu
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

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Maybeboard

Other (1)

• 1x Conqueror's Flail

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There is a saying, "the best defense is the best offense." With an entire suite of the five swords and strong equipments and a disruptive army, I am able to assemble a formidable force that is made lethal with Gisela at the helm. The strategy is to play one or two threats while deploying a slew of equipments for offensive and defensive maneuvers to overwhelm my opponents with superior combat advantage. I also include a couple of token creating outlets to make additional conscripts to suit up for battle and further my conquest. The final showdown starts with Gisela saying: "let's wrap this up boys" as I launch my fully equipped army for the final blow to victory. I have a plethora of tools at my disposal to ensure my victory:

• Sunforger Toolbox
• Equipment Package
• Anthem Effects
• Protection and Recursion
• Ramp and Draw
• Tutor
• Conscription (creating tokens)
• Solid Win Conditions

As Sun Tzu once said, "Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."

Combos

• Scroll Rack + Land Tax or Weathered Wayfarer = Ancestral Recall or draws an extra card per turn respectively

• Selfless Spirit + Sun Titan = Indestructible creatures per turn

• Leonin Shikari + Sunforger = multiple sunforger activations (get more value with Puresteel Paladin)

• Mistveil Plains + Sunforger = recycling sunforger's targets for multiple uses (by default, the first sunforger target should always be Tithe to search for Mistveil Plains )

Win Conditions

• Heartless Hidetsugu + Gisela, Blade of Goldnight = Win if everyone is at even life totals or bring people down to 1 life if everyone is at odd life totals

• Aggravated Assault + Sword of Feast and Famine = Win with infinite combat phases

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	Assembly-Worker 2/2 C, Cat 2/2 W, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Goat 0/1 W, Human 2/2 G, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Kor Soldier 1/1 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Soldier 1/1 RW, Stoneforged Blade, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	My EDH Brews, Fun decks, edh reference