Here's my Tajic, Blade of the Legion deck. It's still a WIP and while I have considered Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Aurelia, the Warleader as alternate commanders, I like that Tajic is indestructible and therefore allows me to blow the board up with either mass destruction spells or the very cool Worldslayer. He's also a nice target for Pariah, which is one of the deck's wincons when combined with mass burn and Spitemare (and pals). There's a few other combos in here as well, including:
Oh and Powerstone Minefield is there as a f-you to Kaalia decks, which are fairly common in my neck of the woods. Besides being a silver bullet, it works nicely against token decks and is good with my indestructible creatures too. Other than that, I wish I could fit in a wee bit more ramp like Worn Powerstone and Thran Dynamo into the list.
I'm in the middle of putting this together, and Boros are not my usual colors so feedback is much appreciated
If you really want to upset the Kaalia player then you might enjoy Æther Flash. It's great at shutting down quite a few obnoxious generals and combo enabling creatures. Shuts off your Assemble the Legion pretty good too
The flash on the Dictate is fantastic, but Gratuitous Violence may be a secondary inclusion that won't also hurt you. It doesn't combo with the Repercussion and does stretch your red-mana requirement tho.
I had a buddy who took after one of my Latulla designs and ran Tajic with Burning Sands and a compliment of very few creatures, many of which were indestructible creatures (Darksteel Myr/Darksteel Sentinel/etc). His deck really went for a blow-up-the-world effect and was pretty erratic. It's an idea, but many playgroups will not like this approach and may hate you out in multiplayer.
Gift of Estates not only isn't ramp, like Pokken said, but it's also kinda bad. Tithe is better, but not by much.
[card]Land Tax is only good if you're running like 15+ basic lands. You don't have your land listed there, so I can't really comment on that further.
In a two colour deck there isn't really enough merit to run Chromatic Lantern. You would be much better off with a Coalition Relic in that slot.
Thanks for the comments. I'm slowly putting this together so all feedback counts. I do want actual ramp though so I might end up replacing Tax and Estates.
Pokken's statement about Land Tax is pretty accurate. Assuming you have the basics to support it.
Also, as far as real ramp, mana rocks are definitely the way to go. Fellwar Stone is meh, but Coldsteel Heart is solid. Also, Coalition Relic, as I mentioned previously.
Cool stuff folks. I don't want this to be tremendously unfun but I do plan on playing it at my local shop in weekly tourneys so the deck should be able to put up a fight. I think I've reached the maximum number of LD spells I want to be playing although it's nice to have several other options like Burning Sands (brutal) if I want to degenerate this list. Ramp rocks are great and I'll make space for Gratuitous Violence, which also works nicely with Balefire Liege, but I also need to start looking into my Sunforger package - make sure I get the most out of it. I'm pretty happy with it so far, being able to fetch both mass and spot removal, and even the techy Past in Flames, but this being EDH I'm sure I'm missing an obvious inclusion or two.
I also play zero resurrection spells and that makes me feel kinda weird. Not sure if they're needed in every white deck though and I run very few Sun Titan and Reveillark targets as it is.
Generally speaking, I feel like almost every White deck should have a Sun Titan. This one definitely should.
To go with Sun Titan, you really want to make sure to have a lot of useful targets for it. Things like Strip Mine, Buried Ruin, fetchlands, grave hate artifacts (Relic of Progenitus, Tormod's Crypt, Scrabbling Claws, etc).
Also, being able to repeatedly Skullclamp things and return them is always a good time.
Here's my Tajic, Blade of the Legion deck. It's still a WIP and while I have considered Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Aurelia, the Warleader as alternate commanders, I like that Tajic is indestructible and therefore allows me to blow the board up with either mass destruction spells or the very cool Worldslayer. He's also a nice target for Pariah, which is one of the deck's wincons when combined with mass burn and Spitemare (and pals). There's a few other combos in here as well, including:
Aggravated Assault + Sword of Feast and Famine
Nearheath Pilgrim + Volcano Hellion
Heartless Hidetsugu + Dictate of the Twin Gods/Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Oh and Powerstone Minefield is there as a f-you to Kaalia decks, which are fairly common in my neck of the woods. Besides being a silver bullet, it works nicely against token decks and is good with my indestructible creatures too. Other than that, I wish I could fit in a wee bit more ramp like Worn Powerstone and Thran Dynamo into the list.
I'm in the middle of putting this together, and Boros are not my usual colors so feedback is much appreciated
04 Tajic, Blade of the Legion
Utility
03 Aggravated Assault
04 Angel of Jubilation
04 Heliod, God of the Sun
04 Hundred-Handed One
04 Iroas, God of Victory
04 Odric, Master Tactician
04 Master Warcraft
05 Angelic Overseer
05 Balefire Liege
05 Assemble the Legion
06 Aurelia, the Warleader
Ramp
01 Land Tax
01 Sol Ring
02 Gift of Estates
02 Boros Signet
03 Chromatic Lantern
Draw
01 Infiltration Lens
01 Skullclamp
02 Journeyer's Kite
Tutor
01 Steelshaper's Gift
01 Enlightened Tutor
03 Sunforger
03 Heliod's Pilgrim
05 Stonehewer Giant
06 Plea for Guidance
00 Earthquake
00 Starstorm
00 Blasphemous Act
01 Swords to Plowshares
04 Powerstone Minefield
04 Chain Reaction
05 Shivan Meteor
Mass Destruction
04 Desolation Giant
04 Wrath of God
06 Jokulhaups
06 Razia's Purification
06 Crater Hellion
06 Wildfire
WinCon
02 Mogg Maniac
03 Boros Reckoner
03 Repercussion
04 Spitemare
04 Volcano Hellion
05 Dictate of the Twin Gods
05 Worldslayer
05 Bitter Feud
05 Stuffy Doll
05 Heartless Hidetsugu
05 Dictate of the Twin Gods
07 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
02 Lightning Greaves
02 Nearheath Pilgrim
03 Loxodon Warhammer
03 Darksteel Plate
03 Scourge of the Nobilis
03 Pariah
05 Pariah's Shield
Other
00 Wear // Tear
03 Tenza, Godo's Maul
03 Sword of Feast and Famine
04 Past in Flames
Land
38 Lands
If you really want to upset the Kaalia player then you might enjoy Æther Flash. It's great at shutting down quite a few obnoxious generals and combo enabling creatures. Shuts off your Assemble the Legion pretty good too
The flash on the Dictate is fantastic, but Gratuitous Violence may be a secondary inclusion that won't also hurt you. It doesn't combo with the Repercussion and does stretch your red-mana requirement tho.
I think you might want a bit more draw. Infiltration Lens is nifty but rarely pays out. If it is in your budget then Scroll Rack goes amazing with your Land Tax, and Sword of Fire and Ice is expensive for a reason. Staff of Nin and Mind's Eye are a bit high on the cmc but also good draw.
I had a buddy who took after one of my Latulla designs and ran Tajic with Burning Sands and a compliment of very few creatures, many of which were indestructible creatures (Darksteel Myr/Darksteel Sentinel/etc). His deck really went for a blow-up-the-world effect and was pretty erratic. It's an idea, but many playgroups will not like this approach and may hate you out in multiplayer.
Links to my most current deck lists;
Primary EDH; Rakka Mar Token Perfection, Crosis Mnemonic Betrayal, Cromat Villainous, Judith Gravestorm, Rakdos Empty Storm, Exava Artifacts, Bant Trash, & Fumiko Voltron!
EDH kept at home; Ruzzian Isset & Rakdos LoR!
EDH (nostalgic/pimp/retired) in storage;
Latulla Burns, Akroma Smash, Jeska Voltron, Rakdos Storm, Bladewing Darghans, Lyzolda Worldgorger, Xantcha Steals your Heart, Jori Storm, Wydwen Permission, Gwendlyn Paradox, Jeleva Warps, & Sigarda Brick!
Legacy Showanimator and High Tide!
UW Ephara Hatebears [Primer], GB Gitrog Lands, BRU Inalla Combo-Control, URG Maelstrom Wanderer Landfall
Tithe is better, but not by much.
[card]Land Tax is only good if you're running like 15+ basic lands. You don't have your land listed there, so I can't really comment on that further.
In a two colour deck there isn't really enough merit to run Chromatic Lantern. You would be much better off with a Coalition Relic in that slot.
Desolation Giant is bad. You'd be better off playing Day of Judgment there for another board wipe. Or Akroma's Memorial.
Also, basically every white deck should be running Austere Command. It's a staple.
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Current Commanders: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician (coming soon) | [Primer] Sedris, the Traitor King | Maelstrom Wanderer | Najeela, the Blade Blossom | Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
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Retired Commanders: [Primer] Jenara, Asura of War | [Primer] Ghave, Guru of Spores | Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury | Saskia the Unyielding | Sydri, Galvanic Genius
Some ramp spells to consider:
UW Ephara Hatebears [Primer], GB Gitrog Lands, BRU Inalla Combo-Control, URG Maelstrom Wanderer Landfall
Also, as far as real ramp, mana rocks are definitely the way to go. Fellwar Stone is meh, but Coldsteel Heart is solid. Also, Coalition Relic, as I mentioned previously.
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Current Commanders: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician (coming soon) | [Primer] Sedris, the Traitor King | Maelstrom Wanderer | Najeela, the Blade Blossom | Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
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Retired Commanders: [Primer] Jenara, Asura of War | [Primer] Ghave, Guru of Spores | Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury | Saskia the Unyielding | Sydri, Galvanic Genius
Here's hoping they do enemy colored talismans in a supplementary product or something
UW Ephara Hatebears [Primer], GB Gitrog Lands, BRU Inalla Combo-Control, URG Maelstrom Wanderer Landfall
I also play zero resurrection spells and that makes me feel kinda weird. Not sure if they're needed in every white deck though and I run very few Sun Titan and Reveillark targets as it is.
To go with Sun Titan, you really want to make sure to have a lot of useful targets for it. Things like Strip Mine, Buried Ruin, fetchlands, grave hate artifacts (Relic of Progenitus, Tormod's Crypt, Scrabbling Claws, etc).
Also, being able to repeatedly Skullclamp things and return them is always a good time.
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Current Commanders: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician (coming soon) | [Primer] Sedris, the Traitor King | Maelstrom Wanderer | Najeela, the Blade Blossom | Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
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Retired Commanders: [Primer] Jenara, Asura of War | [Primer] Ghave, Guru of Spores | Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury | Saskia the Unyielding | Sydri, Galvanic Genius