Firesong and Sunspeaker Game Knights Deck Tech l The Command Zone 262 l Magic: the Gathering EDH

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Show Notes:
On this episode we’re breaking down JLK’s Firesong and Sunspeaker deck from the latest episode of Game Knights. Y’all tried to troll him by voting that he had to play Boros, but the deck turned out really awesome and powerful. Let’s find out what makes it tick!
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[@MichaelMarques]

I have a Firesong and Sunspeaker deck too. According to the WotC rules page Lightning Helix triggers his second ability twice, since the red part of the spell is gaining you life and it triggers as if the white part gained you life, and then triggers again for the explicit life gain. With that said Lightning Helix is actually dealing 9 damage. Edit - excerpt from WotC: If a red and white spell you control deals damage and also instructs you to gain life, Firesong and Sunspeaker’s last ability triggers twice.

[@micheal5973]

Same love all the boros burn cards in the deck. Deafening clairion especially.

[@EchoChrisX]

Lightning helix is deal 9 gain 6. The lifelink and life gain are two separate triggers plus the actual damage of the spell

[@commandcast]

Yeah whoops - said that wrong in the episode. Apologies - my mistake! -JLK

[@irishhivemind3142]

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[@riveting276]

Oh thats cool

[@Yourbeautiful666]

I don’t think the deck would have gotten there without Sunforger and Smothering Tithe.

[@JohnKing-dk2xd]

YES! new to MTG and have been loving your channel. Thanks so much for the content, keep it up!

[@lolimmune]

It's a great channel, they have a fun friend podcast called jumbo commander if you weren't aware check him out too

[@CssHDmonster]

im enjoying it as a preparation for the commander mode in arena that will release around 2022-2040

[@lolimmune]

@@CssHDmonster at least your hopeful

[@Symbolis]

Be certain to check out the Tolarian Community College channel, when you have time. The Professor has some excellent content!

[@mango1296]

you should check out mtgalchemys page also they’re new but they have pretty good commander content and they’re really fun to watch

[@radiaspro4582]

8:28 Once upon a time, I had around 250 life from Commander Trostani. Then somebody flashed out Magister Sphinx (setting my life to 10), then playing and copying a bloody lava axe, targetting me of course. That was one of the fastest, funniest and unexpected kills in Commander I ever faced! ;D

[@calinschnurer1133]

Josh: " I have never played laps of certainty when I thought it mattered that it went on top. I've never done it and been scared that that threat would still affect my board." Flashback to game knights episode 21 and the panic with elesh norn. Haha

[@derekwalter4238]

It's still worth it tho, you're still countering the spell as well as denying your opponent their next draw by burying it with the card you countered. Next round you'll be one turn ahead and they are in the same place they were last turn. Plus now you know what's coming and can better prepare for it

[@cebenify]

I've played firesong for a while. Going from 20 to 400 life with one spell is beautiful

[@oscarw1579]

How does this happen? I'm listening.

[@olivierleduc2124]

@@oscarw1579 Blasphemous Act with at least 14 creatures on the board.

[@micheal5973]

Samwise Jay Morgenstern ive done it with star of extinction as well or a fun combo once of hour of devastation and i think it was commet storm against a sliver deck. Lost that last match to commander damage though 😢

[@garysalazar5279]

JLK cards for every deck: Temple of the False God Ancient Tomb Buried Ruin Command Tower Shock Lands Mana Crypt Fellwar Stone Sol Ring Sensei's Divining Top Sword of something Vedalken Orrery Solemn Simulacrum Burnished Hart

[@Hornswroggle]

Vedalken Orrery is way too low on that list....

[@jessicalepins1433]

True 😂

[@MasterQuestMaster]

@@Hornswroggle I don't think the list is supposed to be ordered.

[@MasterQuestMaster]

I haven't seen a lot of Mana Crypts and Tops from him, I feel.

[@user-po6kl5sz8r]

Vedalken orrery just sucks. It changes to much of the game to draw-go

[@leSmokySmoke]

I think boros has definitly improved ALOT over the last year especially, it does have some of the most broken card and mana advantages now and it has gotten to a point where there are enough that you can rely on getting at least ONE of those in a game so you can actually play boros! feather now spoiled by you is the prime example for that and I will 100% for the first time build a boros commander deck, with land tax and Smothering tithe for mana fixing, feather in combination with card draw instant buff cards for card advantage, sunforger for tutoring AND card advantage. Doing weird stuff with chaos warpish cards and path to exile for even more ramp and tempo plays! this all looks amazingly fun to play!

[@xpdeprived96]

Great deck! I had been working on a Firesong deck but will probably focus on feather now.

[@andrewtourtellotte4186]

Mana Dork Games You can do what did. Make each and switch out the cards they don’t share to switch the deck entirely. They share about 50 cards in common.

[@Shadowdoctor117]

@@andrewtourtellotte4186 trading out cards can get pretty sucky if you do it often

[@xpdeprived96]

Andrew Tourtellotte I’ll probably just build Sunspeaker and if I don’t like it switch it over, I already bought the cards for feather before they spiked though just in case.

[@Randomsome1]

Yes sharing cards can get tedious if you don't have a good system for it. Keep the shared cards separate from the decks and make an insert that has each card the deck needs. An Excel sheet of all that are shared in your decks is a good way to organize and easily update the inserts.

[@KennethDodds42]

I love deflection palm. It is one of my favorite cards i have a running tally on how many time i have won with palm. I am up to 16 times 7 of those have been reflecting etherflux Reservoir back on to the user.

[@DUES_EX]

haha

[@tonydola3232]

First off: this is my first comment and just wanted to say you guys have impacted my life in a huge huge way. From being better at magic to being a better person. The life lesson and game lesson and all around magic knowledge is top of the class. Josh I really look up to you man. And jimmy u add a level of knowledge and entertainment that can’t be replicated. Love this channel on so many levels. Secondly I wanted to share a few Boros cards I play and haven’t seen you guys talk about, but I think hit on the lack of card draw and mana ramp. 1: Gift of Estates(1 and a white) sorcery: if an opponent has more lands then you, search for up to 3 lands. Puts them in ur hand but for 2 mana 3 lands in my opinion is huge. Especially turn 3. But even late when ur trying to drop 6-8 cmc things. 2: Legion’s Initiative(red/white) enchantment: red creatures +1/+0, white creatures +0/+1. And then for 1 red & 1 white u can basically referees protection. Exile Legions, then exile all creatures and bring them back at the next combat phase. And they gain haste. Saves you from board whiles early in ur turn, Incase they are threatened by ur huge beater or such. And is a lord. 3: Balefire Liege(2 & 3 Boros hybrid) creature: both red & white creatures get +1/+1. When u cast a red spell deal 3 damage to target player, cast a white spell gain 3 life. And lastly(sorry for the really long message) Belbe’s portal(5) artifact. When it enters choose creature type: then for 3 mana and a tap, put a creature of said type into play. Since Boros is almost always tribal in theme it’s a no brained for angels, giants, dragons what have you. Boros has big big cmc dudes, and for 3 sounds good to me. Again sry for the long message I know u guys don’t love these but just thought I’d share my experience with some Boros staples/auto includes for my decks. You guys rock: much love and respect!

[@nicks2305]

I have a Smothering Tithe in my Teysa EDH deck. It pairs really nicely with Revel in Riches and Anointed Procession.

[@Randomsome1]

I have had a FS/SS deck for about a year now. Your deck reminds me of the first draft I made a few months ago. Right now my version is Boros Lifegain Control: boardwipes and multi targeted removal (EX: Return to Dust). Actual numbers: 18 Removal spells and 13 wipes. using 2+ for 1 spells really help with card advantage when consistent card draw is hard to find. I hardy find myself low on cards because I only play 1 or 2 spells a turn. Win cons - Aetherflux Reservoir, Felidar Sovereign, Test of Endurance, Rings of Brighthearth/Basalt Monolith combo into a quake. It's pretty straight forward to play: Early game is 80% ramp using your life as a buffer, mid and late game is just wiping and setting everyone back and stalling the game out until I get a win con. Most life I have had in a single game: 501 If you actually got this far: Sunforger can search out Settle the Wreckage =]

[@Headshotz931]

Hi!! Big Brion Stoutarm edh player here!! It's my first and favorite deck, and I used wheels for card draw and then when smothering tithe came along the power level of my deck shot way up! And now Feather, the Redeemed! So excited for Boros moving forward!

[@isaiahwelch8066]

Card draw could be solved by the cards that have a cost of discarding a card and draw two (like Wild Guess). Also, Red *does* have a board wipe from Judgment. And, in the Judgment block, you also have Browbeat as a card draw spell. Cathartic Reunion (Kaladesh) also could fill that gap as well.

[@jimbones5621]

Watching that deck on game knights gave me hope for boros. Then Feather was announced and the stars aligned. Already putting my list together.

[@40Found]

Lightning helix actually deals 9 and gains 6. FSSS gives the spell lifelink, so there are 2 separate instances of a white spell gaining you life and so it deals 3 more damage twice for a total of 9 damage and 6 life.

[@faultier1158]

If you copy an extra turn spell, the copy resolves first and adds an extra turn after this one, then the original spell resolves and adds an extra turn after this one, pushing yours back.

[@40Found]

@@faultier1158 my bad. Original comment fixed

[@thorpate1698]

Yesss... Been waiting to pick JLK's mind about this particular brew :) enjoying here from snowy St. Paul (yes April snow )

[@34Vilend]

I hear ya. Snowy Grand Rapids MN here

[@DrMoonRose]

Late on jumping on the Minnesota train but O h boy that snow last week

[@pedronakamura2774]

I want to say for a long time that I am such a big fan of of your show and you both make my week better. I do have a favourite Boros Commander, Aurelia, the Warleader. Comboless. That is all about attack triggers. I like the value base deck and that is the way I found to find Value in Boros. Big thanks, and also want to say that hope that one day you guys come here to Brazil play some Commander and meet our culture.

[@thevdeogam5414]

At 17:30 , talking about lightning helix, it actually deal 9 and heal for 6 , because the healing from lifelink and from the spell are separate and proc firesong second ability twice :)

[@MrChristheWise]

On the subject of smothering tithe, I built a smothering wheels deck a few months ago. And boom, man is it powerful to be able to consistently wheel and wheel and wheel with a smothering tithe on the feild. My new favorite deck

[@ShadowWasntHere8433]

Josh, did you purposely not win at 15 minutes into game knights for cinematic purposes?

[@OhNoTheFace]

That much is obvious

[@trevorstokens2894]

That game would have been like 20 mins max

[@gadoo24]

When someone hits you with Aetherflux, but you have Deflecting Palm!

[@iudexumbra609]

Or Comeuppance. It was a beautiful thing. "Aetherflux. Response?" I look at counter in hand, playing Isperia, Supreme Judge. "Nope". "Okay. I activate and pay 50 of my 87 life, dealing 50 to you". "Nope, Comeuppance and you die."

[@ivandragovic5958]

I think you should have mentioned that earthquakes gains you X life per creature on the board.

[@HessianHunter]

Dark is another great Netflix mystery/sci-fi show! It's German so you have to be cool with subtitles but I couldn't stop watching it and can't wait for the second season.

[@toomanyowlz]

Josh you *literally* made smothering tide *spike* in price. Nice job.

[@jacket2848]

Nothing to do with him. It's just a perfect white card.

[@ethinp14]

4:00

[@godzilla337]

Gene Gene you are a hero

[@lukeb3]

Da real mvp

[@antondevonlh]

One of my favorite decks is a Boros Kalemne deck that uses Eldrazi as the big win condition (as well as occasionally stapling enough pants onto Kalemne to 21+ an unexpecting opponent out of the game). Smothering Tithe has been a HUGE impact on that deck; especially with what little card-draw I have being in that deck sometimes helping opponents (a lot less likely to get nothing out of an opponent's turn while howling mine in is play with smothering tithe). Really looking forward to building the Feather deck

[@nicholassalamone770]

I totally forgot I got paid yesterday so I can totally order my new Mono-Green deck 😮 That's only relevant because I use your affiliate link 😄

[@kamakazi339]

Funny story, right before yall put out the video with this deck in it I had just begun to Brew a Firesong and Sunspeaker Stax/Burn deck

[@TheTTopaz]

Firesong and Sunspeaker is actually my favorite Boros commander atm. And was my very first commander deck. Still tweaking it and this Game Knights definitely helped me narrow some things down.

[@lordbaconweeb]

I kind of want to see a well made 5 color with some of the cards like Smothering tithe and the one for extra turns and all of that great stuff that could combo and make alot of mana, copy spells, Kill Everything/Your Opponents, Well also being able to Counter and Protect Your Stuff. That would be so op It would probably either otk (one turn kill), or just win or Alternatively it could fail with out the right cards or worse you cant get anything out because you have no mana or anything. It seems like it could be a major all or nothing deck that would be a interesting concept to see or play for me at least.

[@TristanL3]

I’m playing this as my main deck, and honestly it’s so fun. I’ve been trying out a more health based deck rather than a counter one. With well of lost dreams and aetherflux reservoir, you can basically slurp health, draw loads of cards and blow up opponents for fun. Not pulled it off yet, but I will.. 😂

[@supernoodles908]

You guys should contact Martins Licis. He came second at the Arnold classic strong man making him the second strongest Man on earth. He plays magic and I think he'd be a cool person to have on the show

[@michaeldavis9807]

I played a deck similar to this, and my opponent played infinite 1/1’s and I played earthquake and got infinite life and won off that

[@aarong2606]

Fire and ice is huge in this deck because pro red will save firesong when you go for those dmg spells.

[@AwkwardDreamer]

For those that don't know, Spiritualize is basically a one card infinite combo with Firesong and Sunspeaker (not that you need those on game nights but I like having it in case other people are running infinite combos) and even when you don't use it as a wind condition, it's still a really solid card. Oh and you can fish it out of the deck with Sunforger ;] Another couple of great cards: Basilisk Collar (lifelink+deathtouch means your Firesong and Sunspeaker triggers are killing anything they shoot and giving you extra lifegain. Reaping the Rewards is another solid card, great finisher that lets you shock something for one white basically over and over.

[@carloserausquinhoyos3298]

aurelia the warleader is a pretty sweet boros commander, and jor kadeen is fun if like artifacts/artifact tokens

[@braddtheodd3390]

I had no intention of Trolling Josh. I wanted him to build a Good Boros deck. He's a good Deckbuilder and it's my favorite Guild. It made me sad all those times when he said it was so bad. I'm glad he liked it.

[@friedpinnapple]

What about extra turns? Are we gonna see some more of that. It was soooo good i want to see more. Extra turns #2 is one i still go to for a good time

[@jordonpohl7393]

Couldn’t agree more about smothering tide... and that boros/red and white both need more cards like that to improve.. I love being able to finally make mono white decks and not being entirely mana screwed 😳😬 lol

[@derekwalter4238]

Hey would you guys ever consider doing an edh deck collection video like DJ has done on his channel? I know I'm not the only one who would love to see the decks you've built!

[@magicalpro]

Working on a similar deck. Feather with stuffy doll effects (boros reckoner, spitemare, mogg fanatic) with nasty recurrable instants. Damage based removal and sweepers. The en-kor guys can redirect damage and still get your stuff back.

[@warriorofwrath]

finally ive been waiting for this one loved the episode of gameknights with this deck

[@ruiksilver]

Am I the only one who saw the “Patron Name - You Rock!” As the banner animation disappeared? Either way, love your content guys! Keep it up!

[@dudeman1215]

I built a Firesong deck when I first learned about him. Although I lost to commander damage from my opponent, it was fun to cast Chain Reaction against a token deck and gain ~3000 life. The satisfaction of the moment is honestly better than winning in some cases. Laughs and good moments are worth more than wins in my play group

[@Jeffxm003]

My Boros deck is Brion Stoutarm and I love him. Also may I recommend darksteel plate for your deck? Keeping that commander alive through board wipe damage spells is gonna help

[@MALDINGAS]

You guys are so mellow, always making my days a bit more fun, thanks!

[@user-hh5cv1mp7r]

I think you should do a budget game knight as most people can't afford a lot the awesome cards that are played. I'd certainly be interested in a deck made by you guys for less than $/£100ish with loads of affordable but cool cards

[@project_swift]

I highly recommend checking out a channel called Commander's Quarters. One of the best budget deck channels out there.

[@user-hh5cv1mp7r]

@@project_swift Oh absolutely, I watch most of those just for fun. I'd just like to see these guys to their thing with interesting cheaper cards

[@like17badgers]

if you want a strong add on, you should look into Radiate. 3rr instant, basically, for everything that target instant or sorcery COULD copy, make a copy of that spell that does target it. so, few neat interactions. a player Paths a creature, now EVERY creature is getting exiled. but the really cool interaction comes from FS&SS, lets say you cast Lightning Helix. normally it's just gonna hit for three and gain you life twice, so fs&ss gets two triggers, dealing a total of 9 damage. with Radiate, you copy it for every target, so even with only fs&ss on the board in a 4 player game, you net 27 life, deal 3 damage to each player and fs&ss, then fs&ss gets 10 triggers, for a total of 30 damage to any target.

[@digitalscribbler68]

Josh, I participated in crowd-trolling you to watch you play Boros, but I knew you would put together an interesting deck with fun synergy. And I was curious to see what Boros could do aside from an annoying aggro strategy.

[@fahrenheittcg6020]

My wife walked down the aisle at our wedding to "He comes the sun" :)

[@thewearywayfinder]

I've noticed that jaya ballard, especially with the amount of board wipe effects, is very good.

[@bearinasuit3096]

Why is everyone forgetting Depala pilot exemplar is a boros commander that gives you cards?? Sure they’re dwarves and vehicles, but that just lets you go for artifacts matters aaaand it makes Sram a perfect fit for even more draws!

[@micheal5973]

Love my depala deck. Board wipes for days and i run several gideons to crew my big vehicles. Wipe all creatures but my side isnt creatures.... yet muhahahaha. Cant wait to throw in mizzium tank and parheilion.

[@ryanelkins9143]

Aurelia the warleader with a voltron-Esque style. Bunch of good equipments to swing in. One time I summoned her with blackblade reforged on the field and took someone out with commander damage on turn 5.

[@freakyfaun830]

I love this deck. It's almost identical to mine XD. Never thought I'd love playing boros so much. My deck however ramps very well with pleanty of recovery spells to rebuild after board wipe after board wipe. Cant wait to add Feather to it.

[@trevorwilliams5144]

I finally got my first great Etali hit just the other night while playing my Xenagos deck. Got myself a free Elspeth. Next turn I used heroic intervention to protect my creatures and then board wiped with Elspeth since my creatures were indestructible anyway.

[@aaronvincent816]

Love the content guys. Have you all heard of the Oathbreaker format? Would love to see a vid of this in the future if possible, it looks super fun and games seem faster than commander games.

[@austingardner6530]

both the new gerrard, weatherlight hero and tajic, legion's edge would make some sense in here as well to make your creatures boardwipe proof

[@dakotamcintire7419]

Thoughts on using Azor's Gateway? The reward can be huge but it takes a while to set up. Also, I reccomend including the red enchantment "Dual Casting". Having that and sunforger on firesong and sunspeaker allows some fun versatility.

[@dakotamcintire7419]

Josh, one other card you might wanna look into is a red instant called "Mage's Contest". 3 mana (2 of it red). "You and target spell's controller bid life. You start the bidding at 1. In turn order each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid. If you win the bidding, counter that spell." It can vary in effectiveness by commander, but with the life youre gaining in firesong and sunspeaker, it shouldnt be a problem.

[@LunarWingCloud]

I have a Kalemne deck. Boros is a weak color pair, but yes Smothering Tithe is an all-star in the deck. I see it becoming hard staple in white.

[@kennytetidrick3344]

I have an awesome Gisela deck. It’s a little slow but once it starts rolling it’s unstoppable (almost).

[@dirtpickingusa8786]

I built a Firesong deck, and I included Mirrorpool as a land to give you another way to copy a spell.

[@ryanhampton2352]

My brother runs a mono white micheko konda deck and had smothering tithe and minds eye and ends up drawing more cards on average than our metas blue deck these two cards really make his deck tick

[@darthvvaida3185]

Kaya's Immolating Infetno. X to up to 3 targets. Then Sunforger to Reverberate. Leonin Shikari. (Instant speed equip) Puresteel Paladin. (Equip cost =0) Reequip Sunforger at instant speed for free! Been playing this for years. So fun. Also Rebuff the Wicked

[@bigmike15511]

I rarely comment on these videos but I watch them pretty much every single day within an hour of them coming out. I've always had a few questions and I think I'll put them all down right now. This video kind of tip the scales of me really wanting a few questions resolved about Commander since I've only been playing it for about 1 year and Magic as a whole about two years. 1. When Josh talks about life gain not being a viable strategy because there's Commander damage. But then says that a Voltron strategy isn't very viable which relies on Commander damage it confuses me so much. But then the study that you guys did a few months back said that most commander games end with combat damage. Once again I've only been playing Commander for about a year very casually. On a scale 1 to 10 where would you rate Voltron and where would you rate lifegain? 2. Why no Dawn of Hope from guilds of ravnica? Since you're incidentally going to gain life might as well pay 2 colorless to draw a card. Or a Revitalize in this deck would be gain 3 life Deal 3 damage and draw a card. Not great but not bad. Or at least a mind's eye would let you draw a card anytime anyone else does. 3. I really enjoy everything you guys do. this is not me criticizing at all just curious 4. Little piece of fact after me writing this and looking it up. smothering tithe on cardkingdom is the most popular card in standard right now.

[@damo9961]

I don't really like Mana tithe either, but it's strength lies in when your play group knows your deck. It creates mind games where they wait a turn to have an extra mana to play their spell. Then once it's done some work you take it out of your deck :) I find mono white stronger than Boros

[@frederik360]

Really liked the episode and breakdown of one of the more unique boros commanders out there :) JLK is there a reason why you are running Steelshaper's Gift over Stoneforge Mystic? Really curios to know if you value the 1 mana less above the body as well as ability to go under counter magic.

[@samuelroseboro2471]

In my experience "well of lost dreams" has been my favorite card in this deck.

[@kellylogs2642]

Boros is my favorite color combination and the old Gisela is my favorite creature in the game, naturally I have that deck. It's not the best deck but it's loaded with all my favorite cards and favorite things to do so I'm happy with it and with impulse draw and other such effects I never feel like I'm just out of luck on draw. That said my first decks were all red and white and full of combat tricks, so Feather is getting a deck as soon as possible.

[@PrinceK0mali]

I agree Mana Tithe is bad but a couple of cards that would have taken Sunforger to the next level is Tithe and Mistveil Plains. Tithe is an instant for only a white that always allows you to get Mistveil Plains and if you're on fewer lands it'll grab another land allowing more card advantage. Mistveil Plains allows you to put any card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library to the bottom of your deck if you tap it and a white and have at least two white permanents (which you had). You could have easily one that game as you can keep reusing things like fork and reverberate with Mistveil Plains and Sunforger and Tithe would have easily allowed you to get that loop setup.

[@KumaKaori]

39:44, online orders do not get Buy-a-Box promos, afaik

[@renapenteado9430]

A cool enough tech for the "Sunforger Package" that I noticed you didn't use in your deck (nor mentioned it on the video) is the Mistveil Plains. With it, you can put instants back into the deck so you can re use them with Sunforger over and over. I believe it's a worth inclusion in decks running a strong Sunforger theme. If you guys disagree, let me know why.

[@micheal5973]

Couple of other fun cards i have in my build. Hostility. Nothing beats using a big burn card and just flooding hundreds of tokens with haste. Same with blaze commando only your board wipe will still wipe the board. And felidar soverign if you can somehow survive with a massive target on your back for an entire round.

[@olafthemoose9413]

Or you get it out with electro dominance during your opponents endstep, gaining the last 6 life you needed to get over 40 and win.

[@MrBigBossTom]

I play a version of Boros Avacyn control inspired by the budget list from mtggoldfidh. It's a very fun deck to play with a powerful sunforger package.

[@tonnie901]

i got a firesong and sunspeaker deck and i love it. i use some cards to protect my commander though so i do not blow them up myself Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant Light of Sanction Mark of Asylum and next set i will put in The Wanderer :D

[@Ultr4l0f]

This was 2019. I was still playing Magic. Now its 2024. Powercreep has gone bananas (and I have taken a break but am thinkingabout getting back in the game). I wonder how Boros 2024 does.

[@echoesvayne9790]

I was going to build a stout arm edh deck for boros, but now it's definitely going to be feather. Already pre ordered... I still think stout arm could do well, too. Buuuut, I'm so biased to any sacrifice themes... most of my decks are based on those effects

[@GunbladeKnight]

My favorite Boros deck would be my own Gisela deck. It's a deck based around doubling damage and either Malignus or Heartless Hidetsugu. As for mana, I of course have Smothering Tithe, but I also have Curse of Opulence, Sword of the Animist, and Captain Lannery Storm. The real MVP in the deck, though, is Chance for Glory.

[@Strakneus]

I build Feather, the Redeemed on the night she was revealed. I have an Aurelia the Warleader deck, and a Gisela burn deck wich is similar to this one. I already knew Boros can be good if build well, I'm glad about the fact that Boros is becoming popular.... I'm not happy about all the staples spiking now.

[@iudexumbra609]

I use Cleansing Meditation in my current incarnation of Yennet Aura-Tron as a way to get a little ahead and reassign enchantments. It will bring back the Auras and attach them, getting around Shroud and protections. BTW, Sunforger went from .60-$1 to ~$7 after Feather got spoiled. Hammer time? EDIT: I think Teferi's Protection is super over-rated. I just sold mine actually. I've never had it do something some other cards can't do, and sometimes better. It's not really as great in my opinion as the price says it is.

[@lordknightstrad]

I kinda want to build Tiana, Ship's Caretaker and use Enchantments and Equipments that can sac themselves for effects like damage(Blazing Torch) and exile(choking restraint) then recur them at the end of turn. Not sure how would that deck performs in multiplayer but I do agree to the fact that boros have really issues card draw and ramp.

[@spencerlaughlin6019]

Treasure map pairs perfectly with smothering tithe for the complimentary card draw!

[@chrismarlow9585]

So much talk about red burn spells in this deck and no mention of Gisela, blade of goldnight. The 7 mana W/R angel that doubles damage to all opponents and halves damage to you (including permanents)?? I haven't checked the deck list so I assume it's in there, but definitely worth mentioning in this video. EDIT: Nope, this wasn't in the deck. It's an incredible way to double the damage dealt with all the burn spells, protect your commander from your own spells and then have two amazing blockers on the field (commander + Gisela).

[@lillylazer_666]

Yuuuup. My version runs Gisela and she is the mvp of that deck.

[@chrismarlow9585]

Gisela is an auto include in any Boros deck I think. So much power in the card! Looking at Josh's deck list it's clear he didn't look at any Boros creatures, he just added the mana ramp ones he knew about plus Boros Reckoner and the other reflective one.

[@FadedHexx]

My very first EDH deck was Brion Stoutarm. It can be very strong! but of course suffers from the boros problems. it hits hard, gains tons of life, BUT can run out of steam.

[@jaekim8019]

You guys should do new WAR card Feather for Boros hype train

[@noahsanchez9985]

Rebuff the Wicked is a great one mana white counter to protect Sunforger, Aeherflux, Tithe or the Commander.

[@dennisdegooijer]

I think we have almost reached a critical mass of good enough Boros cards. I think the only this missing is a scalable commander that is cheaper than 6 mana. Feather is quite good, but she takes a looooooot of work.

[@KumaKaori]

30:43, Josh, no. You Armageddon, into Boros Charm, particularly when playing Gaby ;P. [/p.s. Sorry Gaby, much love from a LRR fan XD;.]

[@midnightlemon4255]

Surprised there's no mention of the OG Fork, but even more surprised that there's no Star of Extinction in here. Seems like an easy way to gain 200+ life in one go.

[@Strakneus]

I do have one question for Josh: Why don't you have a few of the impulse and wheel Chandra's in there. It's really good card advantage in Boros. Just interested in your opinion on this.

[@6LordMortus9]

With the Stuffy Doll you add Pariah Shield and Fleecemane Lion.

[@hiddenleaf414]

Luckily got my Feather deck all ready! Saw the preview and luckily had most of the cards I needed and then ordered the rest before they went up in price and down in stock 👌🏽😎

[@DreadPirate321]

I already brewed my Feather deck, I'm just waiting for the cards and the set to come out!

[@flowerpower2067]

Josh's spaz at 43:21 lol

[@Dragoor21]

The only Boros deck I've had luck with is Iroas god of victory as the commander and extremely heavy agro. But still it's either games of always having the upper hand or literally not having anything in my hand.

[@haldir1991]

Smothering tithe is also very very very good with boros/mardu/azorius ... artifact decks :).

[@buhlocheh228]

Will Ultra Pro be making more of the guild sleeves and deck boxes? You guys advertise the guild boxes and sleeves but I can't find them anywhere for sale. The only place is on Amazon for $40. Also, thanks for the content. Been watching you guys for a couple of years now.

[@omarnolan7205]

21:38 leonin shikari gets around this, too. (A way I do it in my Feather deck ...)

[@MarceloSantos-pt3hj]

Building myself a Feather, the Redeemed deck, easily going to be my favorite boros commander