{"ops":[{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Boros Aggro — Red-White"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Every turn you spend not attacking is a turn you have given away."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"This is one of five two-colour 60-card decks built for a fixed pod, one deck per enemy colour pair, so every colour appears exactly twice. Nothing in the maindeck costs more than US$4."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Maindeck:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" efficient attackers, two pieces of Equipment that outlive the creatures carrying them, and a curve that stops at three."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Maybeboard:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Goblin Guide]], [[Zurgo Bellstriker]], [[Signal Pest]], [[Hellrider]] and [[Lightning Helix]] are the speed package — they turn a fair aggressive deck into a genuinely fast one."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Game plan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Turn 1 — Equipment or nothing."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Bonesplitter]] costs {1} and equips for {1}. The maindeck has no one-mana creatures, so the real curve is Bonesplitter on turn one, [[Accorder Paladin]] on turn two, then equip and attack for five on turn three with two mana still open. [[Gods Willing]] is the other one-mana play, but hold it."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Turns 2–3 — attack with everything."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Accorder Paladin]] and [[Blade of the Sixth Pride]] are 3/1s for two. [[Adanto Vanguard]] attacks as a 3/1 and refuses to die. [[Boros Swiftblade]] has double strike, which doubles every point of Equipment power."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Turns 3–4 — go over or go through."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Skyknight Legionnaire]] flies in with haste, [[Iroas's Champion]] hits for four with double strike, and [[Ahn-Crop Crasher]] removes the one blocker in the way."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Turns 4+ — finish with reach."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Lightning Strike]] is three damage to the face, and [[Maul of the Skyclaves]] turns any survivor into a flying first-striker."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Opening hands"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Keep two or three lands with two cheap creatures, or one creature and [[Bonesplitter]]. This deck has no card draw and no late game, so a hand that does nothing before turn three is unkeepable regardless of how good the cards are. Every spell is a single coloured pip, so either colour source works for most of the deck. [[Wind-Scarred Crag]] enters tapped and gains a life — awkward on turn one; [[Battlefield Forge]] is untapped but deals you 1 for coloured mana."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Important interactions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Battle cry on [[Accorder Paladin]] pumps each "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"other"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":" attacking creature"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":", not itself. A lone Accorder Paladin is a 3/1 and nothing more."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Double strike on [[Boros Swiftblade]] and [[Iroas's Champion]] applies Equipment bonuses twice."},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" [[Bonesplitter]] on [[Boros Swiftblade]] is +4 damage, not +2."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"[[Adanto Vanguard]] is only a 3/1 "},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"while attacking"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — it blocks as a 1/1. Its indestructible costs "},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"4 life"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":", which is a real price against burn. It beats every \"destroy\" effect in the pod, including [[Cut Down]], [[Putrefy]] and [[Rapid Hybridization]] — but not [[Vanishing Verse]], which exiles."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"[[Ahn-Crop Crasher]] must "},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"exert"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" to remove a blocker, meaning it will not untap on your next turn. Trading one attack for a guaranteed hit is usually right; doing it every turn is not."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"[[Maul of the Skyclaves]] "},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"attaches free"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" when it enters, but its equip cost afterwards is {2}{W}{W}. Play it onto the creature you intend to keep."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"[[Danitha Capashen, Paragon]] makes Equipment spells cost {1} less, so she turns [[Maul of the Skyclaves]] into a two-mana play. She already has first strike and lifelink, which makes her the best [[Bonesplitter]] carrier in the deck."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"[[Gods Willing]] grants "},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"protection from one colour"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":": it fizzles a targeted removal spell, makes a creature unblockable by that colour, and prevents its damage. It is your answer to [[Mortify]], [[Putrefy]] and [[Cut Down]] — hold one mana open once you have a threat worth saving."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"[[Blade of the Sixth Pride]] is a vanilla 3/1. It exists because three power for two mana is what this deck needs, not because it does anything."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Equipment stays on the battlefield when the creature dies. Losing a creature to removal costs you the body, never the [[Bonesplitter]]."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Against the other four decks"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Orzhov Drain"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — the bad one. Their deathtouch blockers trade with anything you build, and every trade gains them life. [[Ahn-Crop Crasher]] and [[Gods Willing]] push damage past a blocker; [[Maul of the Skyclaves]] flies over. Do not attack into open {B} with [[Seraph of the Scales]] on board — it gains deathtouch for one mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Golgari Graveyard"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — their creatures return, so trading is bad for you. [[Nyx Weaver]] has reach and blocks your fliers, and [[Splinterfright]] outgrows everything. Win in the first five turns."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Simic Counters"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — your best matchup. They are slow and their interaction is thin. Attack before the counters accumulate and use [[Lightning Strike]] on [[Rishkar, Peema Renegade]]."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"Izzet Spellslinger"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":" — a race, and their removal is efficient against your one-toughness creatures. [[Adanto Vanguard]] is excellent here since indestructible beats burn. Keep [[Gods Willing]] for their [[Lightning Strike]]."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"Upgrade notes"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":"This package exists because the maindeck is deliberately restrained — its speed was held back so the pod stays close. [[Goblin Guide]] is the classic budget one-drop: 2/2 haste for {R}, at the cost of occasionally giving an opponent a land. [[Zurgo Bellstriker]] is a 2/2 for one that "},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf","bold":true},"insert":"cannot block creatures with power 2 or greater"},{"attributes":{"color":"#bbbebf"},"insert":", which is irrelevant in a deck that never blocks. [[Hellrider]] is the real finisher — one damage per attacking creature, triggered on attack, so it wins games through blockers entirely. [[Signal Pest]] adds a second battle cry and can only be blocked by flying or reach. [[Lightning Helix]] is the single best card here, three damage and three life for two mana, and the three life is what turns the Izzet race around."},{"insert":"\n"}]}