This is my take on a Boros deck, just what I have currently before picking up new cards. I welcome thoughts on strategy, deck building choices ect.
Really want to build a very aggressive deck that threatens life totals, board development and mana bases.
Since Anya thrives on your opponents having a low life total, I would add in cards that force your opponents to attack. Akroma could be Avatar of Slaughter. Grand Melee and Bedlam maybe?
You could look at Gisela, Blade of Goldnight lists for ideas, since they tend to follow a common strategy of trying to blow up everyone's life totals. Gisela herself should probably be in here as well.
Lastly, 36 lands and 6 artifact mana is too little for Boros, with practically no mana ramp and you trying to cast creatures with CMC of 5-6. I would also include more card draw (even Mind's Eye and Staff of Nin) since that is always a problem in Boros colours.
Edit: Instead of land destruction, you could run more boardwipes/wraths to really take advantage of Anya's indestructible? Though that would mean you need to run less creatures, or look for things like Balefire Dragon that are one-sided.
Played a couple games with the deck, there was alot to change.
I do like rage reflection/true conviction because for more mana my creatures get double strike on defense as well. Most creatures I have are flying/vigilant. Gratuitous Violence works really well with double strike I will test it out.
Card draw was huge drawback, but I have tossed in a bunch of looting/recursion to help with that.
With the all out attacking theme, there is a decklist out there like it. I just see myself fending off 3 opponents all out attacking me
Initial thought was Gisela was too costly, she is in the deck now. She is a house.
Edit: Instead of land destruction, you could run more boardwipes/wraths to really take advantage of Anya's indestructible? Though that would mean you need to run less creatures, or look for things like Balefire Dragon that are one-sided.
Mass Calcify is a nice choice for many white decks.
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1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Goblin Welder
2 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Feldon of the Third Path
3 Viashino Heretic
3 Masako the Humorless
4 Academy Rector
4 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Ogre Battledriver
4 Anger
4 Archangel of Tithes
4 Brion Stoutarm
4 Heliod, God of the Sun
4 Iroas, God of Victory
5 Jiwari, the Earth Aflame
5 Heartless Hidetsugu
5 Stonehewer Giant
5 Malignus
5 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
5 Stormbreath Dragon
5 Baneslayer Angel
5 Urabrask the Hidden
6 Inferno Titan
6 Sun Titan
6 Scourge of the Throne
6 Adarkar Valkyrie
6 Aurelia, the Warleader
6 Ryusei, the Falling Star
7 Knollspine Dragon
8 Akroma, Angel of Fury
1 Skullclamp
1 O-Naginata
2 Swiftfoot Boots
2 Lightning Greaves
2 Sword of the Animist
3 Quietus Spike
3 Loxodon Warhammer
3 Sunforger
Artifacts 6
1 Sol Ring
2 Boros Signet
2 Fire Diamond
2 Marble Diamond
3 Hammer of Purphoros
4 Hedron Archive
Enchantments 6
2 Legion's Initiative
3 Fervor
3 Aura of Silence
4 Furnace of Rath
6 Rage Reflection
6 True Conviction
Sorceries 6
1 Steelshaper's Gift
4 Ruination
4 Armageddon
5 Chandra's Ignition
6 Razia's Purification
1 Earthquake
1 Enlightened Tutor
2 Boros Charm
2 Temur Battle Rage
2 Price of Progress
2 Fault Line
3 Chaos Warp
6 Inferno
Land 36
1 Command Tower
1 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Slayers' Stronghold
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Temple of Triumph
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Temple of the False God
1 Windbrisk Heights
1 Boros Guildgate
1 Boros Garrison
13 Mountain
10 Plains
This is my take on a Boros deck, just what I have currently before picking up new cards. I welcome thoughts on strategy, deck building choices ect.
Really want to build a very aggressive deck that threatens life totals, board development and mana bases.
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Rage Reflection and True Conviction are too expensive when you have things like Berserkers' Onslaught, Gratuitous Violence. Use those instead.
You could look at Gisela, Blade of Goldnight lists for ideas, since they tend to follow a common strategy of trying to blow up everyone's life totals. Gisela herself should probably be in here as well.
Lastly, 36 lands and 6 artifact mana is too little for Boros, with practically no mana ramp and you trying to cast creatures with CMC of 5-6. I would also include more card draw (even Mind's Eye and Staff of Nin) since that is always a problem in Boros colours.
Edit: Instead of land destruction, you could run more boardwipes/wraths to really take advantage of Anya's indestructible? Though that would mean you need to run less creatures, or look for things like Balefire Dragon that are one-sided.
Retired: WUEphara, God of the PolisWU blink | WGerrard CapashenW lifegain | WUB Ertai, the CorruptedWUB combo | WAvacyn, Angel of HopeW
mono-white controlangel tribalPauper: UBDimirKittyUB | RBG Deathcycle RBG
Modern: GWUEnchantressGWU | GWUTurbofogGWU
I do like rage reflection/true conviction because for more mana my creatures get double strike on defense as well. Most creatures I have are flying/vigilant. Gratuitous Violence works really well with double strike I will test it out.
Card draw was huge drawback, but I have tossed in a bunch of looting/recursion to help with that.
With the all out attacking theme, there is a decklist out there like it. I just see myself fending off 3 opponents all out attacking me
Initial thought was Gisela was too costly, she is in the deck now. She is a house.
Ghostly Prison
Crawlspace
Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
Sphere of Safety (if enchantment build)
Assemble the Legion (creates chump blockers)
Also something I forgot to mention: War's Toll. While you're at it, Fumiko the Lowblood.
Retired: WUEphara, God of the PolisWU blink | WGerrard CapashenW lifegain | WUB Ertai, the CorruptedWUB combo | WAvacyn, Angel of HopeW
mono-white controlangel tribalPauper: UBDimirKittyUB | RBG Deathcycle RBG
Modern: GWUEnchantressGWU | GWUTurbofogGWU
Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion can be pricey to use, but works on any creature, so you can mess with others' combats to turn Anya on.
Cheers!
Krichaiushii on PucaTrade.
Mass Calcify is a nice choice for many white decks.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.