Competitive Aurelia Com(bat/bo)

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Competitive Infinite Combo RW (Boros)

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Creature (25)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Deal Broker
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Oreskos Explorer
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Relic Seeker
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x Sublime Archangel
• 1x Sun Titan

Instant (8)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Wear / Tear

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x New Benalia
• 10x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Cataclysm
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Surveyor's Scope
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Rest in Peace

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Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

Creature (1)

• 1x Felidar Guardian

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Aurelia, the Warleader has quickly risen to the top of my favorite decks to play. Boros is ostensibly the worst 2 color combination in Commander because it's terrible at the two things you want to do most: Draw cards, and ramp hard. Regardless, with the super special additions made available in the last few years of Magic history, Aurelia proves to be a competitive powerhouse. The deck even has plenty of value plays if you're in a casual pod, and don't want to combo off.

Each set for the last two or three years seems to have added a single card to this deck to slowly make it into what it can be today. Conspiracy: Take the Crown gave us Recruiter of the Guard , Amonkhet gave us Combat Celebrant Commander gave us Teferi's Protection and Conqueror's Flail Rivals of Ixalan gave us Dire Fleet Daredevil and last, and certainly not least, Dominaria gave us the titular Helm of the Host

Previously to "combo off" with Aurelia, the idea was to double her power, then give her double strike, with something like Wrecking Ogre , or to slap a Grafted Exoskeleton on her and put someone in the ground. Of course, this always only resulted in one opponent's death. Now, with Helm of the Host we have a veritable bounty of ways to combo off in this lovely list. Not only does Aurelia, the Warleader combo with the helm, each combat creating a new, non-legendary Aurelia that hasn't attacked this turn, but we also have Combat Celebrant to attack with the same 4/1 over and over, smashing any destructible blockers that might be in the way. Perhaps most interestingly, Helm of the Host creates a single Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker token. A token which is not legendary, and CAN target itself at the end of your opponent's turn.

Lots of the plays in this deck rely on things not getting countered specifically. As long as it hits the board, it can probably get you some value. A common play is Imperial Recruiter into Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker , even if this value engine doesn't get to stick around, Kiki-Jiki can always make a new Recruiter before one or the other dies. Which means you can go get Karmic Guide or something else relevant.

A quick analysis of some individual cards I feel are important, that aren't mentioned above.

Comeuppance will generally kill whatever's coming at you, the number of creatures that are truly a threat to you, but have toughness higher than their power, is surprisingly small in Commander, at least that's my experience. It is also a white instant that gets pulled by Sunforger the same way Teferi's Protection does.

Cataclysm / Razia's Purification these cards can leave the deck pretty easily if you don't want to be 'that guy'. But the combo of Elspeth, Sun's Champion or Assemble the Legion into a turn 1-3 board is quite strong.

Sword of the Animist is a gift directly from Wizards to Boros decks. Games where you get to trigger this three or four times always feel good.

Darksteel Mutation might be a little cute, but it takes care of generals semi-permanently and it amusingly gets tutored up by Open the Armory

Deal Broker is a crazy card in colors that have trouble drawing cards. It also quite notably gets untapped by every extra combat effect in the deck, even if it didn't attack, so make sure to loot before those triggers go off.

Restoration Angel is here to combo with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker but it also nets some value in protecting important dudes like Stonehewer Giant , and netting new triggers from Boreas Charger and Dire Fleet Daredevil I only wish it said 'Another' instead of 'Non-Angel'

Notable exclusion on that note is Panharmonicon . It's good, but we don't have the critical mass of ETB creatures here.

Stoneforge Mystic is a bit more important than you might think. Shaving 2 or 3 mana off of important equipment like Helm of the Host and sneaking them under countermagic is very important.

Stonehewer Giant is probably the second most busted creature in the deck, maybe tied with Kiki-Jiki. Sneaking things directly into play, already attached, is completely insane. You're paying 2 and tutoring for Helm instead of casting and equipping for 9.

Top Ranked	Achieved #42 position overall 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	UBG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Liked decks, Kimbo, Decks I like