Boros: The Legion is coming.
I've been building aggro decks lately. If you know me, you're not surprised, even though for several months I toyed with control. Aggro is more my style -- I play it better, and I enjoy cards that do something instead of cards that undo something.
This is where my current Boros Humans deck sits. Keep in mind, this is before any of the really good spoilers have arrived to deliver the Boros Legion into the prominence I expect it to see soon.
I started with only 20 lands, and I loved the ability to count on my draw step to provide me with the gas I needed to get the kill. The downside was that I was losing too many games to mana-screw. So I upped the count to 21, and then to 22. The result is a more consistent deck, though occasionally it still does flood. So it goes.
The sideboard is still a work in progress. I'm still toying with 4-drops, because as good as Hellrider is, it doesn't always provide the answer this deck seeks. Against GW, for example, it's not what you want at all -- you want Odric or the Riders. Against control, however, there's nothing better (yet).
I fully expect to add some Nevermores to cut off sweepers of various types, once I figure out the "correct" number of 4s to run, but for now this is where the deck sits.
Keep in mind, I'm running all of ZERO burn currently, and I do not think that's the best build. I just don't know what to cut, which burn spells to add, etc. I need to test it more, and lately that's been hit-or-miss wit regards to timing and opponents. Perhaps this deck doesn't even need burn, just to mainboard the Faith's Shields. That seems too cute though. Burn removes problems and opens the board for us. Searing Spear seems best in my mind.
I really wish the 1drop white human they spoiled had been better for this deck, but a 1/1 for 1 just isn't enough, even if it can (rarely) become a 3/3... with 2 other attackers. Ugh, I am not a fan of the Battalion mechanic, even if Odric is currently the typical win-con.
This is where my current Boros Humans deck sits. Keep in mind, this is before any of the really good spoilers have arrived to deliver the Boros Legion into the prominence I expect it to see soon.
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| Lands (22) 4x Cavern of Souls 4x Clifftop Retreat 6x Plains 6x Mountain 2x Slayers' Stronghold Creatures (37) - yep 4x Champion of the Parish 4x Ash Zealot 4x Gore-House Chainwalker 3x Lightning Mauler 4x Precinct Captain 3x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2x Kruin Outlaw 4x Silverblade Paladin 4x Splatter Thug 3x Odric, Master Tactician 2x Riders of Gavony | Other (1) 1x Silver-Inlaid Dagger | Sideboard: 2x Faith's Shield 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 3x Fiend Hunter 4x Hellrider 1x Odric, Master Tactician 2x Riders of Gavony 2x Zealous Conscripts |
I started with only 20 lands, and I loved the ability to count on my draw step to provide me with the gas I needed to get the kill. The downside was that I was losing too many games to mana-screw. So I upped the count to 21, and then to 22. The result is a more consistent deck, though occasionally it still does flood. So it goes.
The sideboard is still a work in progress. I'm still toying with 4-drops, because as good as Hellrider is, it doesn't always provide the answer this deck seeks. Against GW, for example, it's not what you want at all -- you want Odric or the Riders. Against control, however, there's nothing better (yet).
I fully expect to add some Nevermores to cut off sweepers of various types, once I figure out the "correct" number of 4s to run, but for now this is where the deck sits.
Keep in mind, I'm running all of ZERO burn currently, and I do not think that's the best build. I just don't know what to cut, which burn spells to add, etc. I need to test it more, and lately that's been hit-or-miss wit regards to timing and opponents. Perhaps this deck doesn't even need burn, just to mainboard the Faith's Shields. That seems too cute though. Burn removes problems and opens the board for us. Searing Spear seems best in my mind.
I really wish the 1drop white human they spoiled had been better for this deck, but a 1/1 for 1 just isn't enough, even if it can (rarely) become a 3/3... with 2 other attackers. Ugh, I am not a fan of the Battalion mechanic, even if Odric is currently the typical win-con.
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