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Boros Swiftblade
Creature — Human Soldier
Double strike
Optimator on
FIGHT ME COWARD!
1 year ago
Conventional wisdom is 36-38 lands is where you wanna be. I almost always do 36.
I would cut Reckless Crew, Rune of Sustenance and Rune of Speed.
One thing I thought of, when putting my list together, is that creatures with doublestrike are extra good because of the damage bonus Bruenor gives. Reyav, Master Smith helps with that, but it's only one card. In the maybeboard of my deck I listed a bunch of doublestrikers. I think Mirran Crusader, Aven Sunstriker, Zetalpa, Primal Dawn, Blade Historian, Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder, Boros Swiftblade, Heavenly Blademaster, Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas, Skyhunter Skirmisher, and Oketra the True are some stand-outs. It's hard to fit them all in but a few might be good.
I really like your selection of creatures though! Got all the good ones. Nice and cheap, too. Swiftblade Vindicator is an excellent inclusion.
Well I'll be a Bearded Gnome is my deck
JediCat on
Fiery Justice (Boros Guild Kit)
2 years ago
Niko9, Boros Swiftblade's inclusion here is one of my favorite small victories in this deck. Clean oldschool Ravnica multicolors have a super awesome feel to them, and this guy has suprising synergy with Mentor and global buffs to boot!
I remember not understanding Razia at first as a kid, "why would you tap her for that weird prevention ability when you want to attack with her?" And when it dawned on me that vigilance helps her use the ability in addition to attacking, I was amazed. This superb design is another reason why I hated to cut her...
Well, as I add other kits and playtest them, I might find out that Boros lack exactly that: some huge bombs to break through Azorius or Orzhov defenses, for example, so maybe Razia will find her way back to the deck after all :)
Niko9 on
Fiery Justice (Boros Guild Kit)
2 years ago
Awesome to see Boros Swiftblade get some love! Back in the day I used to have a swiftblade+Concerted Effort deck that finished with Razia, Boros Archangel Like you said, Razia is so hard to get out, but back in the day I was also running 4 Sol Rings just because no one knew any better : ) But having Razia with haste and double strike was a killer when it happened.
Ha, sorry to pontificate : ) This just reminds me of some really fun old games, and maybe that's the best part of the deck. Love this one!
wallisface on
Boros Modern Soldier
2 years ago
I have the following suggestions:
- add in 4x Lightning Bolt, 4x Lightning Helix, 4x Monastery Swiftspear, 4x Searing Blaze. The burn spells will help clear a path for your attackers, and/or hit directly to-face to close a game out. Swiftspear is one of the stronger creatures you could be playing, so should be in here.
To make room for those 16 cards, I’d suggest removing the following:
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2x Solar Blaze. You don’t need a janky board wipe, and generally you want your curve low. Dropping these’ll mean you can run less lands
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2x Land. You should only need 22 at this point
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1x Feather, the Redeemed. You have almost nothing that can even target it, making it fairly useless
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3x Legion's Initiative. You don’t want to waste a turn with this - you need to be spending every turn either presenting threats, or removing your opponents.
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2x Boros Signet. Same as above. I see no need for this.
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2x Boros Swiftblade. These guys are fine, but Monastery Swiftspear is better.
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2x Justice Strike. I think keeping 2 could be good for big problem creatures, but running 4 is overkill - generic burn spells should be able to deal with most things.
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2x Response / Resurgence. Its just too situational a card to be useful
lhetrick13 on
Boros Modern Soldier
2 years ago
This looks like a fun deck and you put some thought into it. I am still fairly new so take anything I throw out with a grain of salt but just wanted to throw out my two cents...
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first off, creature count looks a little low but you compensate by having an arsenal of spells which all seem to have the ability to buff or damage. So that is great.
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You specifically mention you like the mentoring ability which buffs weaker creatures when another attacks. I have been experimenting with that same mechanic in a deck of mine and find that it works best when you buff specific creatures. you are running 3xSwiftblade Vindicator which is ideal for those mentoring opportunities but at only 3, chances are low you actually get her pumped. Maybe consider adding in Boros Swiftblade or something like him as well for a similar effect?
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Lastly, two enchantments you might consider adding would be Legion's Initiative for some cheap pumping with the caveat that you could save your creatures from a board wipe by sacrificing it. Another potential would be Rise of the Hobgoblins. Nice way to get out some cheap creatures and provides you access to giving all your creatures first strike nearly on demand.
DemonDragonJ on Zendikar Spoilers!
3 years ago
That new vampire, nighthawk scavenger, is almost entirely better than Vampire Nighthawk in the same way that Swiftblade Vindicator is almost entirely better than is Boros Swiftblade, an even uses the same naming convention. The original nighthawk was a great card that some players felt was too powerful, but this card is even more so, and I feel that it is a blatant example of power creep.
vic on When happens first, "protection from" …
4 years ago
Rhadamanthus I meant Swiftblade Vindicator which has Trample, not Boros Swiftblade. Surprised no one called me on that.
Akwaduk on
The Crusader
4 years ago
I would consider Swiftblade Vindicator better than Boros Swiftblade even though it has 1 less toughness. In modern the most common removal handles a 2 drop similarly to a 1 drop so the extra toughness doesn't do a ton of good. I would 4x Lightning Bolt and 4x Lightning Helix and nix the Intimidation Bolt, Initimidation Bolt can't target players so Lightning bolt and Lightning Helix come in handy more often. Gisela is OK, but I would consider putting in Aurelia, the Warleader instead if you're willing to shell out, and use that as a late-game finisher instead of Assemble the Legion. Akroan Crusader and Akroan Hoplite might be trying to do something that the deck can't support, the bonus you get from Akroan Hoplite is going to be tough to benefit from. I would playtest it and see what cards are helping and what cards are not. Generally you want to be able to draw something advantageous all the time because you don't have a ton of card draw in a deck like this, so every card has to come in handy (well except land cards of course). Also, you want to try to maintain a board state with creatures, which is tough because creatures are generally easy to remove. I think Rakdos Charm and something like Basilisk Collar help in that situation. deathtouch, first/double strike, and lifelink both protect your creatures and extend the game at the same time so definitely a good artifact in that deck.
