Mindsparker was doing wonders for me out of the sb but hes so good that i just decided to fit him main. owns the creature and control match-ups, why wasnt i playing him sooner? im getting worried about the rise of popularity of R/G monsters. I think its a pretty tough match-up. Going to have 4 total Chained to the Rocks in the 75. really important against polukranos. anyone else have thoughts on the match-up?
R/G monsters is one of the easiest matchups for my list. I generally side in an extra anger of the gods to nuke their early ramp dorks, and I already have 4x chained in my maindeck. I'll usually make room for an extra Elspeth too, she provides blocker fodder and blows up fatties. A lot of GR lists run Ghor-Clan and Flesh//Blood now though so you need to watch out of that, they can trample over Reckoners and win out of nowhere if they have the hand.
The problem that the devotion version of Boros has in this matchup is that AOTG nukes most of your board as well, and you can't consistently cast chained often times with your manabase. I would definitely run 4x Reckoner MD though, that's mandatory.
I'm actually having problems lately against the R/W burn deck. Fringe deck, but I keep running into it, and with no lifegain mainboard aside from Helixs, its a tough matchup. SB options might be Fiendslayer or Archangel of Thune, but both are double WW and need to come down on curve, so I'm not too stoked on either.
Hey guys. There was a recent ptq in Knoxville. The third place winner was running a Boros Devotion deck. Check out his list. It seems more stable and better against control. The main difference is that he's running 4x Burning Tree Emissary and 4x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, and 2x Chandra, Pyromaster. In play-testing, it's held up fairly well.
4 Frostburn Weird
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
3 Boros Reckoner
3 Mindsparker
4 Fanatic of Mogis
3 Stormbreath Dragon
2 Purphoros, God of the Forge
2 Chained to the Rocks
2 Hammer of Purphoros
2 Mizzium Mortars
12 Mountain
1 Boros Guildgate
4 Sacred Foundry
4 Temple of Triumph
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Mindsparker was doing wonders for me out of the sb but hes so good that i just decided to fit him main. owns the creature and control match-ups, why wasnt i playing him sooner? im getting worried about the rise of popularity of R/G monsters. I think its a pretty tough match-up. Going to have 4 total Chained to the Rocks in the 75. really important against polukranos. anyone else have thoughts on the match-up?
The problem that the devotion version of Boros has in this matchup is that AOTG nukes most of your board as well, and you can't consistently cast chained often times with your manabase. I would definitely run 4x Reckoner MD though, that's mandatory.
I'm actually having problems lately against the R/W burn deck. Fringe deck, but I keep running into it, and with no lifegain mainboard aside from Helixs, its a tough matchup. SB options might be Fiendslayer or Archangel of Thune, but both are double WW and need to come down on curve, so I'm not too stoked on either.
Standard:
RW Boros devotion/Purphoros combo
RGB Jund Midrange
Modern:
WB Martyr.proc
4 Sacred Foundry
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1 Boros Guildgate
13 Mountain
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Frostburn Weird
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Stormbreath Dragon
2 Purphoros, God of the Forge
2 Hammer of Purphoros
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Assemble the Legion
3 Mizzium Mortars
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
3 Warleader's Helix
2 Assemble the Legion
4 Boros Charm
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Glare of Heresy
1 Ratchet Bomb
2 Wear/Tear
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