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Boros Soldiers EDH (Semi-Budget)

Commander / EDH

talekeeper09

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Creature (28)

Planeswalker (2)

Land (34)

Enchantment (9)

Artifact (11)

Instant (11)

Sorcery (5)

Commander (1)

Commander: Aurelia, the Warleader

New attempt at tribal - my first was Boros Angels, but I think that fits Bant a bit better than Boros, considering Angels are slow and boros tends to be more aggro. Again, this is a prototype, but comments are welcome.

This is also supposed to be a budget deck (or rather, more budget deck), so I didn't include any tutors. Most cards are 5 or less, save the lands and some of the theros/ravnica cards, but I have those already so it didn't factor into how much I wanted to spend.

I also chose not to have that many board wipes, since this particular deck is all about the creatures, and I'd rather not kill my own.

There are several anti-board wipe effects (and I may add ghostway to this list later), which include Legion's Initiative, Boros Charm, Brave the elements, rootborn defenses, planar guide, and sudden disappearance

There isn't much in the way of spot removal, just oblation and return to dust - swords to plowshares and path to exile were a bit more than i wanted to pay. For board wipes, I have martial coup and day of judgment as my main ones, though Elspeth can act as a semi-board wipe as well.

I am a little concerned about the card draw, which is always an issue with Boros decks - currently, Enlistment Officer, Mentor of the Meek, Reforge the Soul, Skullclamp, Memory Jar, and Sunforger all give me some sort of card advantage, as does a couple of the cycling lands, though for the most part, I may be a bit light on card draw. I'm not sure it can be helped, since card draw cards tend to be quite expensive

My ramp is also somewhat limited, but I find this tempered by the fact that my deck doesnt have a huge mana curve. Boros signet and Darksteel Ingot gives me artifact mana, gauntlet of power and caged sun for extra white mana, cryptic gateway to get some of my soldier cards out faster, and daru warchief and the ballyrush baneret to reduce the cost of my soldiers. It's certainly not the best ramp, but again, good ramps tend to cost quite a bit.

The rest of the deck is pretty straightforward - mostly soldiers with a few angels and other creatures for their ETB/effects, lots of anthems to pump them, and several soldier token generation methods to swarm opponents with big soldiers.

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Nov. 27, 2013
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Took out the hammer of purphoros and added ghostway. I figure a few extra mass flicker effects vs anti-board wipe will be nice. If I can find a decently priced Eldrazi Momument or Akroma's Memorial, I may replace Cryptic Gateway with that. I'm leaning more towards Akroma's Memorial, so I can run something like Blasphemous Act as another board wipe. As for any other changes, I'm not sure. I'm doing pretty well budget wise, and I'm fairly happy with how the deck is shaping up, though I'm sure there are still possible improvements that won't break the bank.

Nov. 26, 2013
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