Imperial Taxation

Modern* Competitive Death and Taxes RW (Boros) Tempo Yorion, Sky Nomad

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Creature (32)

• 2x Archon of Emeria
• 3x Flickerwisp
• 1x Giant Killer
• 4x Giver of Runes
• 4x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Lion Sash
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 3x Skyclave Apparition
• 4x Solitude
• 4x Stoneforge Mystic
• 4x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Instant (8)

• 4x Ephemerate
• 4x March of Otherworldly Light

Land (32)

• 4x Arid Mesa
• 3x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 4x Marsh Flats
• 4x Mishra's Factory
• 1x Mountain
• 6x Plains
• 2x Rugged Prairie
• 3x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 2x Windswept Heath

Companion (1)

Artifact (8)

• 4x Aether Vial
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Kaldra Compleat
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Unlicensed Hearse

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Sideboard

Creature (13)

• 3x Burrenton Forge-Tender
• 2x Drannith Magistrate
• 2x Kataki, War's Wage
• 3x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Sanctifier en-Vec
• 1x Yorion, Sky Nomad

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Rest in Peace

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Brutal Cathar  ^Flip
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Skyclave Apparition

Land (4)

• 4x Emeria, Shattered Skyclave  ^Flip

Instant (2)

• 2x Fateful Absence

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A modern boros take on Legacy Death & Taxes, we need {R} to replace Recruiter of the Guard with Imperial Recruiter.

The Creatures

Archon of Emeria: Active hate just generally slowing down the game. The one spell a turn restriction also stops cascade

Flickerwisp: Retrigger our ETB abilities with the ability to bounce other players things - either killing tokens or resetting counters

Giant Killer: A surprise (and fetchable) way to kill a big threat, it also hits the board and can tap down another threat

Giver of Runes: Protection for our poor creatures.

Imperial Recruiter: Fetching of creatures allows for a bit of a toolbox. It is the reason all the creatures in this deck are chosen - they are mostly fetchable

Lion Sash: A nice piece of equipment and creature attached to spot graveyard hate

Magus of the Moon: There's enough non-basics that this being main deck works. We have plains to be fetched so we still get white.

Phyrexian Revoker: Shuts down planeswalkers. Shuts down artifacts. Shuts down Yawg. Very versatile, ever fetchable.

Skyclave Apparition: Exiles almost anything while they get a small vanilla creature back later at best.

Solitude: flash, evoke-able, swords to plowshares on a stick. sadly can't be fetched with recruiter.

Stoneforge Mystic: Gets all of out lovely equipment and living weapons and throws them on the battlefield

Thalia, Guardian of Thraben: The one, the only - Thorn in everyone's side. Taxes all non creature spells making everything that much slower

The Artifacts

Aether Vial: Necessary to see the deck at full strength, this powers out all of our creatures. It ignores counterspell, chalice, and anything else that may seem to disrupt our game

Batterskull: The classic. 4/4 vigilance and lifelink. Fetchable and put into play with Stoneforge Mystic

Kaldra Compleat: The new living weapon on the block but oh boy.... 5/5 haste, trample, first strike and indestructible. Fetchable and put into play with Stoneforge Mystic

Sword of Fire and Ice: A must block. If it isn't blocked this can do damage to a player or simply a chump creature that didn't block. It also draws a card and offers offers protection.

Unlicensed Hearse: Graveyard hate in the main, this can pack a punch even if the deck is not graveyard focused.

The Instants

Ephemerate: Can save creatures being targeted, can trigger etb all over again

March of Otherworldly Light: Hits all sorts of things. Instant speed. Can skip mana restrictions.

The Lands

Arid Mesa, Marsh Flats, && Windswept Heath: Makes sure we get both colors we need.

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire: gives us some uncounterable creature removal if needed.

Mishra's Factory: A little aggro, a guaranteed creature. Can even equip something for just a turn if necessary.

Basic Mountain: Sometimes you just need to fetch red and can't afford a foundry

Basic Plains: Supports post Magus of the Moon

Rugged Prairie: Unfetchable but can do a flexible job of whatever color needs to be made.

Sacred Foundry: Red and White is what we need. The perfect fetch target.

Sunbaked Canyon: RW and can draw cards. Worth the pain.

Silent Clearing: Provides W and can draw cards. Worth the pain. (and I only have the one Sunbaked Canyon ^^

Slayers' Stronghold: A cheap boost for our creatures when we have extra mana lying around.

The Sideboard

Burrenton Forge-Tender: Pro red creature that can take on equipment when necessary, but it's main draw is the sacrifice that can just shut Fury down completely.

Drannith Magistrate: vs graveyard, cascade, red card cheat (March of Reckless Joy, Light Up the Stage, etc), "cast from top of the library" effects. 1 more in the side

Kataki, War's Wage: In against anything relying on artifacts. The upkeep costs can be crushing

Magus of the Moon: Anything relying too much on non-basics. 3 more so we can make sure to hit the Magus drop on turn 3 when needed

Phyrexian Revoker: Shuts down planeswalkers. Shuts down artifacts. Shuts down Yawg. Very versatile, ever fetchable.

Rest in Peace: Graveyard destruction. As an enchantment it can be hard to get rid of.

Sanctifier en-Vec: Protection from {R} && {B} with built in graveyard hate.

The Companion

Yorion, Sky Nomad: Oh yorion, how good you are when we remember you are there ^^ Blink everything triggering new ETB, or simply a good late game flying body

The Maybe

These are some cards that have been back and forth in the deck - things are always being reevaluated.

Fateful Absence: To just flat destroy a planeswalker, its worth 2 mana and a clue. Also, I suppose destroying creatures is nice. I keep going back and forth between this and Phyrexian Revoker. This is more final. Revoker is far more versatile but can be killed

Brutal Cathar  : Exile one, maybe more creatures. Ward makes it harder to remove.

Emeria, Shattered Skyclave  : May take 3 life to come into play untapped, but it can also be pitched to Solitude or March of Otherworldly Light due to the flip side Emeria's Call  . And I suppose late game a couple of angels couldn't hurt either. This came out of the deck since it really almost always feels like a bolt land. We'll see how it goes

Sanctum Prelate: Some sort of fetchable creature chalice of the void.

Skyclave Apparition: Exiles almost anything while they get a small vanilla creature back later at best

v2.3.1

Top Ranked	Achieved #72 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #34 position in Modern 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern RW (Boros) 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 2 Mythic Rares 51 - 10 Rares 7 - 3 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	80
Avg. CMC	2.35
Tokens	Illusion X/X U, On an Adventure, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	Standard, Modern Decks, Old