Aurelia Combat Master
Commander / EDH
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Thanks for the suggestions!
In the early days of the deck I actually played Aggravated Assault, but it was really too mana intensive. I play it in other decks, but they usually have green as one of their colors. Boros is just too weak at generating mana and even in mid to lategame I'd rather spend the 5 mana on a stronger board presence than just an extra combat phase. That's the reason why Aggravated Assault was replaced by creatures like Combat Celebrant, Moraug, Fury of Akoum & Scourge of the Throne.
I don't like Lightning Greaves in equipment decks, because it happens more often than I'd like that I only have one creature on the battlefield. And not being able to equip more equipment is a really unpleasant slowdown..
Dolmen Gate is a good idea that I've already thought about myself. However, no free slot has yet been found for it. And I have to say that I play all my decks in paper and I just haven't been able to get my hands on a Dolmen Gate because I haven't come across it yet ;) But I'll keep my eyes open for it in the future!
February 19, 2024 11:07 a.m.
You're welcome, friend! I've actually managed to find more than a few ways to keep the energy-flow going in my own Aurelia deck, to fuel not just Aggravated Assault, but also promote spell-casting in both the pre- and post combat main phases. This I did by adding lots of mana/treasure-generation capacity that depends on my attacks and the damage I deal (with cards like Ancient Copper Dragon, Neheb, the Eternal, Sword of Feast and Famine and The Reaver Cleaver). Thanks for making a good point about Lightning Greaves by the way; now I'm reconsidering it myself.
February 19, 2024 4:05 p.m.
That doesn't sound too bad to be and would be worth a closer look. I'll try to integrate Neheb, the Eternal & The Reaver Cleaver into the deck. And if the mana output convinces me, I'll give Aggravated Assault another chance ;)
Btw, is there a public list of your Aurelia deck? I'm a bit curious what it looks like exactly, but I couldn't find it in your TappedOut decks...
February 20, 2024 11:48 a.m.
king-saproling says... #5
Have you considered these cards? Cloudshift, Ephemerate, Flicker of Fate, Justiciar's Portal, Slip On the Ring, Acrobatic Maneuver, Scrollshift, Distinguished Conjurer, Gilraen, Dunedain Protector, Livio, Oathsworn Sentinel
After you declare Aurelia as an attacker, you can respond to her triggered ability with a Cloudshift effect to flicker her, making her a new object. Then when she attacks during the 2nd combat, her ability triggers again to get you a third combat. The creatures who have cloudshift abilities are extra nice because the number of extra combats you get is only limited by the amount of mana you have available to spend on their abilities.
February 21, 2024 4:29 p.m.
Flickering to trigger Aurelia's effect once again is an interesting idea. However, there are a few problems coming with it. First of all, flickering in an Equip deck is generally rather unfavorable, as all the equipment on Aurelia herself is no longer equipped afterwards. On top of that, you'd have to pay the equipment costs again afterwards. And if I flicker Aurelia in a combat phase, she doesn't do any damage herself in this phase, which I don't really like. That could just be an emergency option.
Finally, I don't quite understand what you mean about creatures with Cloudshift abilities: "the number of extra combats you get is only limited by the amount of mana you have available to spend on their abilities". The fact is that no matter how much mana I have available, I can only trigger the effect once anyway, because they're tap abilities. Or am I missing something?
So I think that the Flicker option could serve as a protection option, which you can also use in exceptional cases to enable another combat phase for other creatures.
February 26, 2024 6:55 a.m.
Sk8mops I've not posted my Aurelia deck yet. It's been slow-going posting all my commander deck ideas on TO as I'm writing primers for all of them and that takes some time. Currently working on posting all my Selesnya decks. When I'm ready for the updates and primers on all the Boros ideas, I'll let you know :)
NV_1980 says... #1
Nice deck. Curious as to why Aggravated Assault didn't make the cut. Requires too much mana? Dolmen Gate is a pretty awesome redunancy for Iroas and cheap to cast. I'd further recommend Lightning Greaves for Aurelia.
February 19, 2024 5:04 a.m.