If John Snow was a Female

Modern Zorgen

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Lightning Bolt —May 1, 2017

Finally adding in the Lightning Bolt into the main deck and putting Deflecting Palm into the sideboard. I think I had such a hard time putting Palms out of the main board because of the success that I had with it in another deck of mine but that deck runs very differently where I use my opponents strengths against them and this one I doesn't. Added Lightning Mauler

Zorgen says... #1

ghoul_Legion, thanks for the advice man. That would be an insane card to have in a side board. I'm thinking 2 in there or should I try and get a 3rd?

I've spent a ton of time going through creatures and spells and trying to make the perfect deck so I'm glad I keep getting positive feedback.

March 17, 2017 2:44 a.m.

Hey, good to see another Soldier and Boros user.

Thing is, Hero of Bladehold basically is a White Hanweir Garrison, the only other alternative I can think of is Precinct Captain. If you were to turn this mono white, you would greatly benefit from Emeria, The Sky Ruin in combination with Flagstones of Trokair. What you really should take a look at is Ballyrush Banneret, you wont always get Preeminent Captain on the Field, but lowering the cost of all your soldiers is a tremendous boon. If the Human part of your creatures isn't too important, you can replace your one drop for Cenn's Tactician, Boros Elite or Elite Vanguard, all very capable 1CMC Soldiers.

Take a look at my White Soldier Weenies and Boros Tactics for soldier and other cards in theme that could possibly benefit you greatly.

And finally, because you have white..which I personally consider to be the most flexible color out of them all, you can get Circle of Protection: Black, Circle of Protection: Green, Circle of Protection: Red to shut down just about any aggro heavy deck.

March 25, 2017 2:49 a.m.

erty1468 says... #3

Sorry to burst the combo and I feels the pain after having this pointed out to me, but Anafenza does state non token creatures.

March 26, 2017 4:20 p.m.

Zorgen says... #4

DeepbloodEclipse thanks for the suggestions man!

As far as two drops go, I'm not a fan of Precinct Captain in this deck because in order for him to pull out tokens, he has to first do damage to my opponent and then that token still has to wait a turn to attack. Its not bad for a two drop especially with the first strike but I feel I could utilize other two drops more effectively that wouldn't slow things down. That being said I could definitely see myself making room for Ballyrush Banneret as a great two drop. Being able to play him down turn two and then turn three play say another one and a Hero of Bladehold in the same turn could be devastating.

Cenn's Tactician isn't bad for a one drop but I don't know if I want more one drops and the other suggestion here just aren't strong enough to make an impact.

The protection enchantments could be huge for me and I'll have to test them out once I start having trouble with those color decks.

If I ever ended up going straight white I'll be adding in Emeria, The Sky Ruin for sure but I fail to see the strategy behind Flagstones of Trokair as I don't have any land sacrifice and I don't see why my opponent would get rid of that land over anything else.

March 27, 2017 6:02 p.m.

Zorgen says... #5

erty1468 thanks for making sure I'm on my game but Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit was in my deck well before I actually realized the strength of tokens and started tailoring the deck that way. I still have twenty-eight creatures in this deck so she will get plenty of work in, but ya think how insane she would have been with also given counters when token creatures enter the battlefield. My problem with her is trying to figure out if I run two or three of them.

March 27, 2017 6:06 p.m.

Sorry, but Ballyrush Banneret doesn't work with Hero of Bladehold, she isn't a soldier.And the way Flagstones of Trokair works is like this: Because it's a legendary land you can only have one of them on the field, so if you drop a second Flagstones of Trokair, you need to sacrifice one of them, so it works like this - 1. You tap the first Flagstones Of Trokair as not to lose that one mana, 2. You then drop a 2nd Flagstones of Trokair, 3. You have to sacrifice one of them, sacrifice the tapped one. 4. Get a land out.

Now why is this useful you ask? Because 1. you empty your deck of lands faster and 2. you get to reshuffle if you need to. Emptying your deck of lands is EXTREMELY important in aggro decks because lets face it, you want to pull out more creatures not a land at turn 6 and beyond.

Also, reason why I recommended Cenn's Tactician is precisely because you have Anafenza, all your creatures can double block, that is a tremendous boon.

March 27, 2017 11:27 p.m.

Quadra block if you also throw in a Brave the Sands

March 28, 2017 3:15 a.m.

Or High Ground instead of Brave the Sands if you don't need the vigilance.

March 28, 2017 3:17 a.m.

Zorgen says... #9

I didn't even realize Flagstones of Trokair was legendary but ya that makes complete sense. It's a very similar tactic to devotion and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx where you tap your first one and then drop the new one and tap that for double the mana you would of had.

Oh that's genius with the extra blocking, I didn't even think about the fact that many of my creatures would already have counters on them to utilize Cenn's Tactician passive. I was only thinking about it on the side of having to do the activation.

March 28, 2017 5:30 p.m.

Another very useful card I use when I play white/red decks and need some kind of card draw is Browbeat, it's straightout 5 damage for 3 mana or you get 3 cards, either way it's a win win for you. Or instead you can use Infiltration Lens, but it's a little more difficult to get it to work because your opponent has to block your creature for it to trigger.

March 29, 2017 7:38 a.m.

Vathlo says... #11

I would put Path to Exile and Lightning Bolt mainboard. Path is unconditional removal and Bolt is Bolt. If you're in red Lightning Bolt should be a 4x in the deck.

You can swap them out with the Deflecting Palm and Ride Down. You shouldn't be waiting and holding up mana for it in an aggro deck. Two in the side would be good. And Ride down can just go. It's very conditional.

Captain of the Watch can go down to 1x. It's very high on the curve and if you are able to cast two in a game you were probably in a position to win anyways. You could even afford to drop it completely. It's every win-more.

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx should just be a Plains. You're not ramping into anything.

April 2, 2017 8:34 p.m.

Vathlo you can bring Captain of the Watch out for free with Preeminent Captain, that's how this usually works, I go for the same in my Soldier deck.

I agree with Vathlo on Ride down, switch it out for Path To Exile. PtE is a straight out removal, simple as that, Ride Down is conditional.

Deflecting Palm is also more for side board, you can easily use a Bolt instead. If you face an opponent that uses massive creatures, you can side Deflecting Palm back in anytime.

April 3, 2017 9:34 a.m. Edited.

Vathlo says... #13

I understand the interaction between Captain of the Watch and Preeminent Captain. I should have been more specific about it.

If you are in a position where you can attack with Preeminent Captain to free cast Captain of the Watch more than once, you are in a very good position and you could probably win without the captain of the watch to begin with. It's a win-more card, and if something happens to preeminent captain,(or you just never draw it) captain of the watch isn't going to be cast. If the OP wants a "finisher" card, Odric, Master Tactician or Odric, Lunarch Marshal are better choices in my opinion.(Maybe) Personally, I feel that one copy is more than enough.

And after goldfishing the deck, dropping the utility lands (not counting Cavern of Souls for more basic lands or Arid Mesa if it's in your budget would be for the best.

April 3, 2017 10:21 a.m.

robbnoble says... #14

I used to run a deck similar to this one, and I feel you are undervaluing lightning bolt. The number of games I won by punching through as much damage as possible before my opponent could stabilize and then punching through that last bit of damage with a boros charm + lightning bolt combination is astounding. I have a few more suggestions as well.

Lightning Mauler is a huge benefit to you when you're dropping preminent captain turn 3. Pair him with lightning mauler and drop in your captain of the watch.

You could use more one-drops in the deck. I would complete the playset of champion of the parish and toss in some Boros Elite as well. I would take the Deflecting Palm out of the main board and put it into the sideboard in favor of lightning bolts. Preeminent captain down to 3, field marshal down to 3, and captain of the watch down to 1. These changes should speed up your deck while keeping it explosive, while allowing you some strong burn potential to finish off opponents when you lose field advantage due to an untimely Anger of the Gods or other board wipes.

April 29, 2017 9:07 p.m.