Updated for throne of Eldraine. Let's play lots of hasty creatures and smash face.
Sideboard Guide:
These may or may not be entirely correct, but it's about how I've been playing them.
Mono black/Rakdos
+ 2x Shock
+ 2x Devout Decree
- 4x Robber of the Rich
Field of the Dead
Golos:
+ 3x Disenchant
+ 2x Gideon Blackblade
+ 2x Prison Realm
- 1x Lava Coil
- 4x Bonecrusher Giant
- 2x Giant Killer
- 1x Justice Strike
Yarok:
+ 1x Justice Strike
+ 2x Devout Decree
+ 2x Gideon Blackblade
+ 2x Prison Realm
- 1x Lava Coil
- 4x Bonecrusher Giant
- 2x Giant Killer
This is a tough match & makes me consider bringing in clarion or husher to the sideboard, but there's not really room at the moment.
Simic Flash
+ 1x Justice Strike
+ 2x Shock
- 1x Lava Coil
- 2x Robber of the Rich
This matchup is annoying but we've got a lot of instant speed interaction for their cutthroats & their wolves. It might be more correct to cut an Aurelia or two over robber, but robber doesn't get much additional value in this matchup since they tend to play out their hand on your turn.
Esper Control/Stax
+ 3x Gideon Blackblade
+ 3x Disenchant
+ 2x Outlaw's Merriment
- 4x Bonecrusher Giant
- 4x Giant Killer
Merriment gets bounced by Lil' T, but makes permanents each turn, so if you can get it to stick/disenchant the Doom Foretold, it seems pretty good since it survives wraths. I tried running Unbreakable Formation for a bit, but it feels pretty bad to leave mana open in case of a wrath to see them play Doom Foretold/something else.
Bant/Simic Oko
+ 2x Prison Realm
+ 2x Shock
+ 1x Justice Strike
- 4x Giant Killer
- 1x Lava Coil
Kill goose on sight. If they are a more controlling build with time wipe, bring in the Gideons as well.
------------------ Previous (Midrange) description ------------------
A proactive midrange boros deck I used to grind to Mythic (updated for WAR). I'm in love with the mentor mechanic & boros in general.
I played around with a bunch of midrange/aggro boros decks including:
Path of Mettle
,
Hero of Precinct One
+
Chance for Glory
, boros angels, etc. Also took inspiration from the list featured in this video, but I personally found that main decking
Tocatli Honor Guard
was much better than
Tithe Taker
.
I'm sure there's still room for improvement, but it's hummed pretty well for me. At the time of writing, I just hit mythic with a 44:30 record (59.46%) in best of 3.
