If you have Trostani out, you get the counter right away which puts her out of Mortars range. Hell if you have Renegade Krasis out as well everything gets two counters.
List runs strong actually. I have enough removal to deal with aggro. They'll get a little in but I can usually stabilize with around 12-15 life left. Midrange drops a threat and I remove it before it can do much of anything. Control can be a problem in game 1, but post-board I'm usually set.
Cool deck. Also going back, I can definitely say that Champion of the Parish would get the counters! I've actually had a friend debate this and call Wizards mid-game to get a ruling.
I've played with the idea of a mid-range boros aswell, but i didn't have the balls to try it out. The main issue i see is that there is nothing for us to Ramp or gain Card Advantage with, which seems really important in mid-range to me. It might work against certain types of Decks, but you will probably need an answer for hexproof dudes like Geist of Saints Traft for example. Let me know how it goes for you if you get to play that Deck at FNM or some Tournament!
edit: Just wondering, but is there any special reason for not having Boros Reckoner in your List? Alot of other mid-range type decks consider picking him up even tho he's not very color-friendly, so i don't see why a boros mid-range would want to miss out on him?
Geist is a big problem indeed. My only real way to deal with him is an overloaded Mizzium Mortars or I guess just by trying to keep pace with Spark Trooper.
Possibly something like Rolling Temblor would be a good addition. It would wipe out my Silverblade but hey.
Reckoner is definitely awesome. I just figured Silverblade giving any of my other dudes double strike is pretty sick. If I were to put Reckoner in, I'd probably look to add Blasphemous Acts and all of that too. Reckoner seems nice against Geist too come to think of it.
Someone suggested Seance could be interesting. I also considered Electrickery, Faithless Looting, and Ash Zealot...
The 3-pack of Slayers' Stronghold is something I'm questioning. I feel like with all of the haste dudes I could probably just drop that to 1 and +1 both basics or something. I have used it in the past for the pump and vigilance but not too often really.
Fog Bank could be a sb against aggro
Post-board I'm usually set for anything.
Rest In Peace
Safe Passage
Fiend Hunter
Rebuke
Purify The Grave
Rhox Faithmender
Blind Obedience
all of the white detain stuff
4x Vampire Nighthawk
4x Bloodline Keeper
3x Vampire Nocturnus
3x Duress
2x Appetite For Brains
2x Beckon Apparition
2x Cremate
3x Tragic Slip
2x Ultimate Price
1x Victim Of Night
2x Tribute to Hunger
2x Murder
4x Mutilate
1x Cavern of Souls
23x Swamp
2x Appetite For Brains
2x Crypt Incursion
2x Cremate
1x Beckon Apparition
2x Devour Flesh
2x Sever The Bloodline
1x Tragic Slip
1x Ultimate Price
1x Victim of Night
1x Cavern Of Souls
Seems like a nice card for most red decks, where all of their spells pretty much do the same thing (creature or burn)
Thanks!
Geist is a big problem indeed. My only real way to deal with him is an overloaded Mizzium Mortars or I guess just by trying to keep pace with Spark Trooper.
Possibly something like Rolling Temblor would be a good addition. It would wipe out my Silverblade but hey.
Reckoner is definitely awesome. I just figured Silverblade giving any of my other dudes double strike is pretty sick. If I were to put Reckoner in, I'd probably look to add Blasphemous Acts and all of that too. Reckoner seems nice against Geist too come to think of it.
4x Silverblade Paladin
4x Spark Trooper
3x Thundermaw Hellkite
2x Aurelia, the Warleader
Spells (x22)
4x Blind Obedience
4x Oblivion Ring
1x Bonfire Of The Damned
3x Mizzium Mortars
2x Arrows Of Justice
4x Searing Spear
4x Boros Charm
4x Sacred Foundry
4x Clifftop Retreat
7x Plains
7x Mountain
3x Slayers' Stronghold
3x Assemble The Legion
2x Aurelia's Fury
1x Aurelia, the Warleader
1x Bonfire Of The Damned
3x Pillar Of Flame
3x Skullcrack
2x Zealous Conscripts
Someone suggested Seance could be interesting. I also considered Electrickery, Faithless Looting, and Ash Zealot...
The 3-pack of Slayers' Stronghold is something I'm questioning. I feel like with all of the haste dudes I could probably just drop that to 1 and +1 both basics or something. I have used it in the past for the pump and vigilance but not too often really.
What do you guys think?