So I have been mainly playing commander as of late and been building deck after deck on cockatrice.
I love more aggro builds and have been loving BR and GR. Also,one of the things I love to do is look at crazy ideas and make them viable (Shauku,Endbringer and Stitcher Geralf being some examples). But Boris I have noticed... well...it is miserable...
All the Boros commanders generally over lap and there is VERY little incentive to playing any Boros deck NOT helmed by Auriela, Gisela, or Iroas. They are so good that even if you are not helming them, you have to run them... which gets you back to why are you not running them...
While I do appreciate Depala, I feel like Boros has just been so shafted in EDH. Heck! Even the 2016 Boros commanders are uninspiring and over lap hard...
What do you all think? Are there Boros leaders I am missing? Or is Boros really the sad forgotten child of Commander?
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Boros requires artifacts to function.
Jor requires three artifacts for metalcraft.
Jor has much synergy with the Boros offensive game plan.
I think Boros is the worst color combo, though, worse than mono white or mono red. It gives you some leverage because everyone recognizes its weaknesses and might leave you alone.
I've got a soft spot for the underdogs. That being said I've played plenty of mono-red, mono-white, and boros over the years. If your playing competitively or in a tournament, it's just not great. Playing for fun, however, it is excellent. I'd say the most fun I've had is playing Brion Stoutarm with all sorts of shenanigans, and a giant tribal build which was well represented in the boros precon not too long ago.
In addition to Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer, I think Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas is underappreciated. Even if you completely ignore the experience mechanic which makes an early-game commander scale into the late game, its CMC of 4 is extremely relevant on a (permanent) creature with so much damage potential.
Both the C16 Commanders (Akiri and Bruse Tarl) are being significantly underrated right now. Getting a Fireshrieker with Equip 0 on a 4-mana creature is amazing, even before the lifelink. As for Akiri, Cranial Plating's also a strong effect that people forget about in this format due to its (previously) singleton nature. Getting it on a FS/Vigilant Commander for 2 is also pretty good. Given the way the two abilities play off each other, I think there's easily a deck that you could construct here.
In addition to Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer, I think Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas is underappreciated. Even if you completely ignore the experience mechanic which makes an early-game commander scale into the late game, its CMC of 4 is extremely relevant on a (permanent) creature with so much damage potential.
Isn't Bruse is better than Kalemne in most reasonable ways (Lifelink is about as good if not better than Vigilance, and it can spread its ability to other creatures/has more immediate impact at the same mana cost)? You're not going to be farming exp counters too frequently in this color combo.
As for OP, RW's never going to be able to do well at "true competitive" tables because you're dealing with 2 colors that are significantly worse than each of the 3 other colors in this format, and even the most competitive decks tend not to use their generals in their primary plans. This leaves Boros in a permanent "second tier" of EDH thought unless a truly game-breaking Boros commander comes out.
Both the C16 Commanders (Akiri and Bruse Tarl) are being significantly underrated right now. Getting a Fireshrieker with Equip 0 on a 4-mana creature is amazing, even before the lifelink. As for Akiri, Cranial Plating's also a strong effect that people forget about in this format due to its (previously) singleton nature. Getting it on a FS/Vigilant Commander for 2 is also pretty good. Given the way the two abilities play off each other, I think there's easily a deck that you could construct here.
In addition to Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer, I think Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas is underappreciated. Even if you completely ignore the experience mechanic which makes an early-game commander scale into the late game, its CMC of 4 is extremely relevant on a (permanent) creature with so much damage potential.
Isn't Bruse is better than Kalemne in most reasonable ways (Lifelink is about as good if not better than Vigilance, and it can spread its ability to other creatures/has more immediate impact at the same mana cost)? You're not going to be farming exp counters too frequently in this color combo.
As for OP, RW's never going to be able to do well at "true competitive" tables because you're dealing with 2 colors that are significantly worse than each of the 3 other colors in this format, and even the most competitive decks tend not to use their generals in their primary plans. This leaves Boros in a permanent "second tier" of EDH thought unless a truly game-breaking Boros commander comes out.
My big issue with Bruse is that he, himself, needs to swing to grant the DS, vs How Knight of the Reliquary grants it to any Exalted eligible attacking creature of yours. So he creates an odd conundrum of buffing someone else up, but leaving himself sort of exposed.
As for Akiri, I like her but I have gotten tired of Artifact focused decks as of late (Daretti, Mishra, Memnarch, and Sen Triplets). Now granted, she is interesting but also suffers from being in colors not well designed at protecting your artifacts (vs say U which has a multitude of ways to protect them), and can easily be shut down with a Vandalblast (of which I seem to see alot...) or Krosan Grip or Aura Shards (god I hate that card).
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Both the C16 Commanders (Akiri and Bruse Tarl) are being significantly underrated right now. Getting a Fireshrieker with Equip 0 on a 4-mana creature is amazing, even before the lifelink. As for Akiri, Cranial Plating's also a strong effect that people forget about in this format due to its (previously) singleton nature. Getting it on a FS/Vigilant Commander for 2 is also pretty good. Given the way the two abilities play off each other, I think there's easily a deck that you could construct here.
In addition to Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer, I think Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas is underappreciated. Even if you completely ignore the experience mechanic which makes an early-game commander scale into the late game, its CMC of 4 is extremely relevant on a (permanent) creature with so much damage potential.
Isn't Bruse is better than Kalemne in most reasonable ways (Lifelink is about as good if not better than Vigilance, and it can spread its ability to other creatures/has more immediate impact at the same mana cost)? You're not going to be farming exp counters too frequently in this color combo.
As for OP, RW's never going to be able to do well at "true competitive" tables because you're dealing with 2 colors that are significantly worse than each of the 3 other colors in this format, and even the most competitive decks tend not to use their generals in their primary plans. This leaves Boros in a permanent "second tier" of EDH thought unless a truly game-breaking Boros commander comes out.
My big issue with Bruse is that he, himself, needs to swing to grant the DS, vs How Knight of the Reliquary grants it to any Exalted eligible attacking creature of yours. So he creates an odd conundrum of buffing someone else up, but leaving himself sort of exposed.
As for Akiri, I like her but I have gotten tired of Artifact focused decks as of late (Daretti, Mishra, Memnarch, and Sen Triplets). Now granted, she is interesting but also suffers from being in colors not well designed at protecting your artifacts (vs say U which has a multitude of ways to protect them), and can easily be shut down with a Vandalblast (of which I seem to see alot...) or Krosan Grip or Aura Shards (god I hate that card).
Do you mean Rafiq? As for exposing himself, I've there's usually someone at a 4-player table who doesn't have a good enough board position that you can crash a 3/3 into without worrying (or you can politics your way into having them not kill it). At worst he himself can serve as a 3/3 lifelink double strike Commander, which isn't terrible.
I think the problem isn't actually with the "power-level" of the commanders.
IMO, the problem lies within the format's rules. if the rules would change the starting life total to 30 for instance, control and combo would weaken (less cushion) and aggro would become stronger (and as such, boros)
That's why, more or less, boros will always be low-tier.
I think part of it depends on players' views of Mass Land Destruction. MLD is something both red and white do well, and can be built around with a mix of artifact support and smaller cmc cards. Even the oft-run Sun Titan can bring a land back to help recover.
Still, some people won't run MLD for various reasons, and it certainly isn't supported in precons, so I wonder if newer players even view it as an option.
I see land destruction as Boros design space that is mostly untouched.
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I think the problem isn't actually with the "power-level" of the commanders.
IMO, the problem lies within the format's rules. if the rules would change the starting life total to 30 for instance, control and combo would weaken (less cushion) and aggro would become stronger (and as such, boros)
That's why, more or less, boros will always be low-tier.
That and I feel that with so much over lap in Boros Commanders, they tend to compete for the same space often. And the simple fact of the matter is, Aurelia and Gisela are just wicked strong in the one edge of the game. Doubling damage while halving your damage is a POWERFUL ability. Getting a free extra combat step and untapping your dudes (including the ones you didnt use to attack) is just powerful. And both of them being fliers means they are even better at the beats game than the other Alpha Strike Boros generals.
Every time I see a potential Boros general pop up, people generally end up saying "Why not use Gisela/Aurelia?" because they are in the same space.
Honestly I feel Boros needs... something.. well.. ELSE. Something that is not "alpha strike.dec". Hell, freaking GRUUL has more options of play than Boros.
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I think part of it depends on players' views of Mass Land Destruction. MLD is something both red and white do well, and can be built around with a mix of artifact support and smaller cmc cards. Even the oft-run Sun Titan can bring a land back to help recover.
Still, some people won't run MLD for various reasons, and it certainly isn't supported in precons, so I wonder if newer players even view it as an option.
I see land destruction as Boros design space that is mostly untouched.
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Haha that is true. I never really thought of it since most of my playtesting is via cockatrice and it turns out that people are not to happy with MLD, especially repeated MLD (I have yet to finish a game with my Taniwha deck because people just quit)
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i think one of WR's main problems is that all of the generals available pigeonhole the colors into voltron/aggro, which is not a very strong archetype in a multiplayer, 40 life format. if they gave boros a general that aided WR's other strengths, such as stax/resource denial or one that helped with its card advantage weakness, it would become a strong contender. as is, they refuse to make a general that does anything other than BOROS SMASH!
i think one of WR's main problems is that all of the generals available pigeonhole the colors into voltron/aggro, which is not a very strong archetype in a multiplayer, 40 life format. if they gave boros a general that aided WR's other strengths, such as stax/resource denial or one that helped with its card advantage weakness, it would become a strong contender. as is, they refuse to make a general that does anything other than BOROS SMASH!
I have actually managed to make a Control-ish Anya EDH xD... but it isnt that good lol
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i think one of WR's main problems is that all of the generals available pigeonhole the colors into voltron/aggro, which is not a very strong archetype in a multiplayer, 40 life format. if they gave boros a general that aided WR's other strengths, such as stax/resource denial or one that helped with its card advantage weakness, it would become a strong contender. as is, they refuse to make a general that does anything other than BOROS SMASH!
I have actually managed to make a Control-ish Anya EDH xD... but it isnt that good lol
sure, you can build it as bores CARDS do lean in that direction, but that general does absolutely nothing for your strategy. imagine if your general instead said whenever it deals damage to a player, blow up a land, or something to that extent. something that actually supports the parts of boos that aren't just play a big dude, turn sideways
Two ideas if you would like to continue brewing around the unusual Boros.
Bassandra, Battle Sereph is actually my absolute favorite boros commander. She is utterly weak and underwhelming in multiple ways (CMC for a 4/4 flyer is not very impressive, no vigilance, activated ability requires a target instead of "creatures your opponents control," and her static ability should have been "opponents."
But with her underwhelming nature and appearance, and if you build a deck to not play out super-aggro-rush/fast, you can actually have a fairly stable control deck with a long-term beat-stick from the command-zone.
Second to Bassandra is Archangel Avacyn. You can have a deck designed to play almost entirely at instant speed.
I started the following decklist, but havn't had time to go revisit it to complete cutting cards (@137x cards). Most of the deck is instant speed/flash. Pretty unique for Boros;
With red getting better draw spells like Tormented Voice and Cathartic Reunion, Red is slowly becoming the card advantage engine of the colors. The one advantage R/W does have is that it can answer nearly any type of threat and have some of the best sweepers. They actually have a decent amount of recursion and even tutors.
The biggest problem is that the colors are very mana hungry because you have to pay for all those dang equip costs. The colors rely pretty heavily on equipment because so many of the things the colors tutor for is equipment. Sometimes you get really useful things like Sword of the Animist, Swiftfoot Boots, or Sunforger. A couple of additional options I like to have on hand are Argentum Armor (to help even out card advantage), Mask of Avacyn, Paradise Mantle (to make a mana dork if I need mana), Stormrider Rig, and Hero's Blade, and Tenza, Godo's Maul (which can also be grabbed with Thalia's Lanceers). The last 3 are great if you are trying to do a Voltron-ish plan. Even if you aren't I guess. If you are in Boros, your Commander probably wants to swing. If they want to swing, you need them to survive combat and you don't want to spend a bunch of mana re-equiping them every time so that little bit of additional P/T given by the Blade and Rig really help out with that. Tenza is tutorable multiple ways and provides a heck of a bonus to your Commander.
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A friend of mine runs a very strong Boros deck utilizing the noncombat elements of the colours. Red has artifact shenanigans, looting (which can become draw with Squee or with Alhammaret's archive), 1-turn draw and wheel effects, stack manipulation and copy (Kiki, Flameshadow Conjuring etc), which can be supplemented by artifact copy (Mimic Vat, Soul Foundry etc), as well as a few busted options like Mana Echoes.
White has stronger creatures (Sun Titan), almost black levels of recursion (Emeria Shepherd), flicker (that Eldrazi flicker creature is almost as bad as Navigator), equipment and enchantment tutoring, and amazing removal. RW together gives cards like boros charm, sunforger and widespread MLD options.
Playing like this is a total paradigm shift compared to the normal combat focus that people attribute to Boros, and is easily the most effective way to run Boros in multiplayer EDH imo. Most people forget about these elements of the colours and focus on the attack step, which 40 life and 3 opponents pretty much invalidates.
Edit: Seconding Macabre about Basandra as a solid option, though the deck in question uses Avacyn to become an honest to god RW draw-go. Also Slivortal is absolutely right about Bruse, that commander is a monster and everyone is ignoring him. In a build like this the line-slinger second commander might be good as well just via the sheer number of myr and golems on the field.
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40 life format is broken, simply put in this format you must create CA to win in almost any deck sometimes you can win with combo being down on CA but the best combo decks still want to create CA to not be an all in deck.. Boros is the worst at CA and combo so it is the worst color combination. They are both excellent support colors but it is far to easy to draw a hand that can easily be sent into "topdeck mode" when they are all you have access too.
While she still fits the "Boros aggro" style, I really think Adriana, Captain of the Guard is really good. She's good at going wide or narrow, and with multiple combat steps (and other attack triggers, like Exalted) she can get real dangerous, real fast.
I'd also throw out there that Alesha, Who Smiles at Death can be played as a Boros commander, and while she still has to attack, at least it's giving you something interesting.
Or, play Gisela as a burn deck. For my personal taste, she's too expensive to be voltron, but if you've got some gas in hand (Blasphemous Act/Repercussion) and you can drop her, you can win without ever attacking. She makes even the most basic burn spells even more fun.
Everyone should bug Mark Rosewater's tumblr for a RW legend with (whatever noncombat ability you want, although the correct thing to want is obviously "equipment synergy"). Maybe if he gets enough people pestering him he'll realize that it's a thing? Seems like after all the whining about a UR artifact legend, they'll probably print that ASAP. Might be able to get the same for a decent RW legend.
I love more aggro builds and have been loving BR and GR. Also,one of the things I love to do is look at crazy ideas and make them viable (Shauku,Endbringer and Stitcher Geralf being some examples). But Boris I have noticed... well...it is miserable...
All the Boros commanders generally over lap and there is VERY little incentive to playing any Boros deck NOT helmed by Auriela, Gisela, or Iroas. They are so good that even if you are not helming them, you have to run them... which gets you back to why are you not running them...
While I do appreciate Depala, I feel like Boros has just been so shafted in EDH. Heck! Even the 2016 Boros commanders are uninspiring and over lap hard...
What do you all think? Are there Boros leaders I am missing? Or is Boros really the sad forgotten child of Commander?
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Jor requires three artifacts for metalcraft.
Jor has much synergy with the Boros offensive game plan.
I think Boros is the worst color combo, though, worse than mono white or mono red. It gives you some leverage because everyone recognizes its weaknesses and might leave you alone.
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You can even find a decent amount of it in green if you know where to look. But red-white kind of has it bad.
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As for OP, RW's never going to be able to do well at "true competitive" tables because you're dealing with 2 colors that are significantly worse than each of the 3 other colors in this format, and even the most competitive decks tend not to use their generals in their primary plans. This leaves Boros in a permanent "second tier" of EDH thought unless a truly game-breaking Boros commander comes out.
GX Tron XG
UR Phoenix RU
GG Freyalise High Tide GG
UR Parun Counterspells RU
BB Yawgmoth Token Storm BB
WB Pestilence BW
My big issue with Bruse is that he, himself, needs to swing to grant the DS, vs How Knight of the Reliquary grants it to any Exalted eligible attacking creature of yours. So he creates an odd conundrum of buffing someone else up, but leaving himself sort of exposed.
As for Akiri, I like her but I have gotten tired of Artifact focused decks as of late (Daretti, Mishra, Memnarch, and Sen Triplets). Now granted, she is interesting but also suffers from being in colors not well designed at protecting your artifacts (vs say U which has a multitude of ways to protect them), and can easily be shut down with a Vandalblast (of which I seem to see alot...) or Krosan Grip or Aura Shards (god I hate that card).
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As for Akiri, white is decent at protecting your artifacts. There's Leonin Abunas and Indomitable Archangel, and then you have access to Second Sunrise, Open the Vaults, Sun Titan, and Faith's Reward. It also has no shortage of ways at killing an Aura Shards after it resolves. It's definitely not as good as blue counterspells, but I think there's enough there, I think.
GX Tron XG
UR Phoenix RU
GG Freyalise High Tide GG
UR Parun Counterspells RU
BB Yawgmoth Token Storm BB
WB Pestilence BW
IMO, the problem lies within the format's rules. if the rules would change the starting life total to 30 for instance, control and combo would weaken (less cushion) and aggro would become stronger (and as such, boros)
That's why, more or less, boros will always be low-tier.
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Still, some people won't run MLD for various reasons, and it certainly isn't supported in precons, so I wonder if newer players even view it as an option.
I see land destruction as Boros design space that is mostly untouched.
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That and I feel that with so much over lap in Boros Commanders, they tend to compete for the same space often. And the simple fact of the matter is, Aurelia and Gisela are just wicked strong in the one edge of the game. Doubling damage while halving your damage is a POWERFUL ability. Getting a free extra combat step and untapping your dudes (including the ones you didnt use to attack) is just powerful. And both of them being fliers means they are even better at the beats game than the other Alpha Strike Boros generals.
Every time I see a potential Boros general pop up, people generally end up saying "Why not use Gisela/Aurelia?" because they are in the same space.
Honestly I feel Boros needs... something.. well.. ELSE. Something that is not "alpha strike.dec". Hell, freaking GRUUL has more options of play than Boros.
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Haha that is true. I never really thought of it since most of my playtesting is via cockatrice and it turns out that people are not to happy with MLD, especially repeated MLD (I have yet to finish a game with my Taniwha deck because people just quit)
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sure, you can build it as bores CARDS do lean in that direction, but that general does absolutely nothing for your strategy. imagine if your general instead said whenever it deals damage to a player, blow up a land, or something to that extent. something that actually supports the parts of boos that aren't just play a big dude, turn sideways
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Bassandra, Battle Sereph is actually my absolute favorite boros commander. She is utterly weak and underwhelming in multiple ways (CMC for a 4/4 flyer is not very impressive, no vigilance, activated ability requires a target instead of "creatures your opponents control," and her static ability should have been "opponents."
But with her underwhelming nature and appearance, and if you build a deck to not play out super-aggro-rush/fast, you can actually have a fairly stable control deck with a long-term beat-stick from the command-zone.
Second to Bassandra is Archangel Avacyn. You can have a deck designed to play almost entirely at instant speed.
I started the following decklist, but havn't had time to go revisit it to complete cutting cards (@137x cards). Most of the deck is instant speed/flash. Pretty unique for Boros;
1x Archangel Avacyn
Creature (21)
1x Angel of the Dire Hour
1x Archangel of Tithes
1x Aven Mindcensor
1x Bogardan Hellkite
1x Containment Priest
1x Dualcaster Mage
1x Dwarven Blastminer
1x Dwarven Miner
1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1x Grand Abolisher
1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
1x Hushwing Gryff
1x Iroas, God of Victory
1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1x Restoration Angel
1x Seht's Tiger
1x Stonecloaker
1x Stoneforge Mystic
1x Stonehewer Giant
1x Sun Titan
1x Sunblast Angel
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1x Abeyance
1x Aura Blast
1x Aurelia's Fury
1x Boros Charm
1x Cloudshift
1x Comeuppance
1x Dawn Charm
1x Debt of Loyalty
1x Due Respect
1x Enlightened Tutor
1x Final Fortune
1x Hallowed Moonlight
1x Illumination
1x Lapse of Certainty
1x Lightning Bolt
1x Mana Tithe
1x Master Warcraft
1x Orim's Chant
1x Path to Exile
1x Pyroblast
1x Rebuff the Wicked
1x Red Elemental Blast
1x Return to Dust
1x Scout's Warning
1x Shelter
1x Silence
1x Smash
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Temur Battle Rage
1x Tithe
1x To Arms!
1x Wear / Tear
1x Word of Seizing
1x Armageddon
1x Open the Armory
1x Pillage
1x Razia's Purification
1x Ruination
1x Seize the Day
1x Shattering Spree
1x Steelshaper's Gift
1x Wake of Destruction
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1x Aura of Silence
1x Cho-Manno's Blessing
1x Dictate of Heliod
1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
1x Ghitu Firebreathing
1x Karmic Justice
1x Land Tax
1x Legion's Initiative
1x Nevermore
1x Oath of Lieges
1x Rest in Peace
1x Stasis Snare
1x Stranglehold
1x Temporal Isolation
1x Ward of Lights
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1x Ajani Vengeant
1x Chandra, Flamecaller
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1x Batterskull
1x Boros Signet
1x Champion's Helm
1x Coalition Relic
1x Coldsteel Heart
1x Fire Diamond
1x Gilded Lotus
1x Grim Monolith
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Marble Diamond
1x Mind Stone
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Sol Ring
1x Sunforger
1x Sword of Feast and Famine
1x Sword of Fire and Ice
1x Sword of Light and Shadow
1x Thought Vessel
1x Wayfarer's Bauble
1x Winter Orb
1x Arid Mesa
1x Battlefield Forge
1x Cavern of Souls
1x Clifftop Retreat
1x Command Tower
12x Mountain
12x Plains
1x Rugged Prairie
1x Sacred Foundry
1x Strip Mine
1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
1x Temple of Triumph
1x Wasteland
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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!
The biggest problem is that the colors are very mana hungry because you have to pay for all those dang equip costs. The colors rely pretty heavily on equipment because so many of the things the colors tutor for is equipment. Sometimes you get really useful things like Sword of the Animist, Swiftfoot Boots, or Sunforger. A couple of additional options I like to have on hand are Argentum Armor (to help even out card advantage), Mask of Avacyn, Paradise Mantle (to make a mana dork if I need mana), Stormrider Rig, and Hero's Blade, and Tenza, Godo's Maul (which can also be grabbed with Thalia's Lanceers). The last 3 are great if you are trying to do a Voltron-ish plan. Even if you aren't I guess. If you are in Boros, your Commander probably wants to swing. If they want to swing, you need them to survive combat and you don't want to spend a bunch of mana re-equiping them every time so that little bit of additional P/T given by the Blade and Rig really help out with that. Tenza is tutorable multiple ways and provides a heck of a bonus to your Commander.
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White has stronger creatures (Sun Titan), almost black levels of recursion (Emeria Shepherd), flicker (that Eldrazi flicker creature is almost as bad as Navigator), equipment and enchantment tutoring, and amazing removal. RW together gives cards like boros charm, sunforger and widespread MLD options.
Playing like this is a total paradigm shift compared to the normal combat focus that people attribute to Boros, and is easily the most effective way to run Boros in multiplayer EDH imo. Most people forget about these elements of the colours and focus on the attack step, which 40 life and 3 opponents pretty much invalidates.
Edit: Seconding Macabre about Basandra as a solid option, though the deck in question uses Avacyn to become an honest to god RW draw-go. Also Slivortal is absolutely right about Bruse, that commander is a monster and everyone is ignoring him. In a build like this the line-slinger second commander might be good as well just via the sheer number of myr and golems on the field.
RRGrenzo plays your deck, GGYeva's mono green control, WW9-tails trys desperately for monowhite not to suck
RWBUTymna and Kraum's saboteur tribal, UWG Kestia's Enchantress Aggro, RUB Jeleva casts big dumb spells, RGB Vaevictis' big critters can kill your critters hard
Arena Standard
UUUU Tempo, since before it was cool
Various Wx decks running Fountain of Renewal and Day of Glory
Anything I can cram Chaos Wand in to
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
Damia http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=410191
DDFT Legacyhttp://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=505247
Domain Zoo http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=10212429#post10212429
I'd also throw out there that Alesha, Who Smiles at Death can be played as a Boros commander, and while she still has to attack, at least it's giving you something interesting.
Or, play Gisela as a burn deck. For my personal taste, she's too expensive to be voltron, but if you've got some gas in hand (Blasphemous Act/Repercussion) and you can drop her, you can win without ever attacking. She makes even the most basic burn spells even more fun.
WU Bruna UW | R Kiki-Jiki R | RB New Chainer BR
Legacy - Burn | Pauper - Reanimator | Aristocrats | Burn
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EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6