The Heroic Phalanx

Pauper EDH* RW (Boros)

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Instant (22)

• 1x Act of Heroism
• 1x Aerial Maneuver
• 1x Ajani's Presence
• 1x Apostle's Blessing
• 1x Artful Maneuver
• 1x Blessed Breath
• 1x Brute Force
• 1x Brute Strength
• 1x Center Soul
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Defiant Strike
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Emerge Unscathed
• 1x Feat of Resistance
• 1x Fiery Impulse
• 1x Gods Willing
• 1x Guardians' Pledge
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Magma Jet
• 1x Raise the Alarm
• 1x Ramosian Rally
• 1x Tandem Tactics

Land (36)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Looming Spires
• 8x Mountain
• 21x Plains
• 1x Sandstone Bridge
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Sejiri Steppe
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Creature (18)

• 1x Ainok Bond-Kin
• 1x Akroan Skyguard
• 1x Aven Skirmisher
• 1x Benevolent Bodyguard
• 1x Bishop's Soldier
• 1x Court Street Denizen
• 1x Deftblade Elite
• 1x Hopeful Eidolon
• 1x Kitesail Scout
• 1x Kor Skyfisher
• 1x Palace Sentinels
• 1x Rummaging Goblin
• 1x Seeker of the Way
• 1x Soltari Foot Soldier
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Veteran Armorer

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Cho-Manno's Blessing
• 1x Circle of Protection: Black
• 1x Circle of Protection: Green
• 1x Eland Umbra
• 1x Hyena Umbra
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Lumithread Field
• 1x Madcap Skills
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pacifism

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Battle Screech
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Revoke Existence
• 1x Tormenting Voice

Commanders (2)

Artifact (7)

• 1x Alchemist's Vial
• 1x Conjurer's Bauble
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Prophetic Prism
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

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Instant (9)

• 1x Crowd's Favor
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Rouse the Mob
• 1x Run Amok
• 1x Rush of Adrenaline
• 1x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Titan's Strength
• 1x Uncanny Speed
• 1x Weapon Surge

Land (4)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry

Creature (1)

• 1x Tethmos High Priest

Artifact (3)

• 1x Panic Spellbomb
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Pyrite Spellbomb

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PDH Rules

Pauper EDH is a format that is still very young and without many players. Just like regular Commander EDH you have a deck of 100 cards and a Commander that the deck is built around. The key differences are that all of the cards have to have been printed at the common rarity with the exception of the commander. The commander is a creature that has been printed at the uncommon rarity. The starting life total is 30 instead of Commanders regular 40 and a commander only needs to deal 16 Commander damage instead if 21 to be lethal. Because this is a new and developing format there are some mods you can make to the game such as if you have a mono-colored commander it can partner with any other mono-colored commander in a different color. Other than those key differences all other Commander EDH rules apply. There is a great website that discusses some of Pauper EDHs finer points and also has all viable Commanders sorted by color, CMC, set etc. https://www.pdhhomebase.ca/

The Commanders

Originally this was a mono-white deck with Phalanx Leader as it's commander. The problem was that I would always run out of juice a few turns and then just be living off of top decks. First, though I should explain how this deck works. The idea is to get Phalanx Leader and some other small preferably evasive creatures onto the board and then make them all huge by targeting Phalanx Leader with protection spells and pump spells and then beating in for large amounts. On paper, it seems like it will be a great deck but after playing a few games and either dying from not having any cards in hand or getting mana screwed there had to be changes made. After searching for the perfect partner commander to go along with Phalanx Leader I had my sights set on green. Green has plenty of +1/+1 counter synergies and can also generate tokens well. There was one problem and that was there just wasn't any uncommon creature that did the job. That's when I remembered the legacy staple Young Pyromancer.

Phalanx Leader and Young Pyromancer have an amazing synergy and red brings much to the table. There are pump spells, first strike, trample and haste giving spells and there are some cards that let you see more of your deck such as Faithless Looting. When you target Phalanx Leader with a spell his ability goes on the stack and casting the instant or sorcery also puts Young Pyromancers ability on the stack. When abilities go on the stack at the same time the controller gets to choose which order things happen in so you decide to have Young Pyromancers ability to resolve first and then Phalanx Leaders. This orders it so the Elemental is already on the battlefield so it receives the +1/+1 counter from Phalanx Leaders ability.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Pauper EDH legal.
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	1.81
Tokens	Bird 1/1 W, Elemental 1/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Soldier 1/1 W, The Monarch
Folders	Pauper EDH Decks