A Hitchhiker's Guide to Pre-cons - Breaking Boros.

[Streetz]

This thread is reserved for discussing BanditKing's first article on MDV.

The link:

http://www.magicdeckvortex.com/mdvarticle0049.htm

Please discuss.

I will post my comments on the article later.

[Death_By_Beebles]

I seriously think Oodrun commander should be replaced with 1 more each of Skynight Legionare and Thundersong Trumpeter.

The Legionare is so good in draft and block that my play group has started to call it Le Sex.

I like the premise. Keep it up!

[Zombie_Angel]

Creature wise
-2 War-torch Goblin
-2 Ordunn Commando
-1 Greater Forgeling
-2 Nightguard Patrol
-1 Screeching Griffin

+2 Swiftblade
+1 Legionaire
+1 Recruit
+1 Guildmage
+2 Either Firemane Ange or Yosei I think it needs a big boy.
leaving us one card from this.

Non-creature cards.
-2 Terrarion, These will go when the mana base is changed. x4 battlefield x4 Sacred foundery and use x2 Sunhome fortress. Leaving us with 1 card from that.
-2 Dogpile there is better removal in type 2 than his.
-2 cleansing beam a more costly pyroclasm, but which can also effect your creatures possibly as well. I personally wouldn't use this for the fact it could hit your own guys and your guys aren't that powerful.

Sunforger this should be 3-4 copies or not used at all. By using this we can lower the number of other utility cards.


this leaves 6 card left over.

Cards suggested to use or atleast give consideration

Devouring Light- (Convoke) Remove target attacking or blocking creature from the game.

Lantern Kami/Suntail hawk 1/1 flyer costing 1 white

Leonin Skyhunter- 2/2 flyer costing 2 white (double white is iffy)

Isamaru, Hound of Konda- 2/2 costing 1 white

Suppression field and jitte...everyone knows about these I don't need to talk about them.

Kami of ancient law costing 1white and a colorless 2/2 sac and destroy target enchantment, I'd say atleast SB worthy.

Hearth kami 2/1 costing 1 red and a colorless pay x sac him and destroy target artifact with converted mana cost x. A SB worthy card.

Samurai of the Pale Curtain- double white 2/2 1bushido and graveyard destruction.

Welp, there are some of my opinions and suggestions hopefully they help, or spark more ideas.

[Banditking87]

i would like to add that I made a small error in my deck list on the V2.0 decklist, There are 4 Boros Swiftblades in the deck now. I added them in the section entitled fix it up and forgot to make that change.

[carrolln]

There should also be 1 fewer Thundersong Trumpeters and 1 fewer Screeching Griffin in your v2.0 decklist as well.

For v 3.0...

First, I would add another Recruit, so that you are sure you have a turn 1 lay.

A total of 4 Skynight Legionnaires is a must.

Flame Kin Zealots are also really really powerful. Maybe 4 of them as well?

I think Dogpile and Cleansing Beam are a little expensive. I like double-plus-goodness of Galvanic Arcs and Faith's Fetters much better.

I agree that you need a big guy or two. A couple Firemane Angels would be my choice.

[Limited]

I personally like the Ordun Commando's but they do need Galvanic Arc which is a much better card than Dogpile.

If you can't afford stuff like a Firemane Angel or Yosei, you might consider putting in two Coalhauler Swines. You'll probably be doing a lot of damage during the beginning of the game, and Coalhauler Swine can finish it for you. Kinda risky, but perhaps worth a try?

[willl]

I use my swiftblade together with my sunforger. Sunforger makes it a 5/2 creature with dubble strike so I can do 10 dammage with it. I have added an extra swiftblade to my deck to replace a swiftblade who has been killed. The sunforger stays in play if the equiped creature is killed. I also use disintegrate to kill big creatures.

[DrDoom]

I really like the boros fury shield because the casting costs are cheap and if your opponent attacks with Krosan Cloudscraper ( like my friend did 2 days ago) this card can not only save your ass but also kick your opponent right in the face when he is feeling save because all your creatures are tapped :twisted:

[carrolln]

If you play Boros well, your opponent should probably be dead before he can even get a Cloudscraper in play.