Duel Commander Boros by user5503080

Format: Commander

Commander: Lightning, Army of One

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Boros strategy centered on Lightning, Army of One, using her Stagger ability to double all damage dealt to defending players and their permanents. The game plan focuses on deploying efficient token generators such as Krenko's Command, Secure the Wastes, and Grand Crescendo, then augmenting them with anthems and damage amplifiers like Cathars' Crusade, Intangible Virtue, and Arabella, Abandoned Doll. Equipment tutors like Cloud, Midgar Mercenary and Steelshaper's Gift fetch key utility items including Brotherhood Regalia and Skullclamp to ensure unblockable attacks and continuous card advantage. The deck features exceptional defensive shielding through premium protection spells like Teferi's Protection, Everybody Lives!, and Restoration Magic, allowing it to maintain critical mass against board wipes while closing out the table across sequential combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abandoned Air Temple
• 1 Abrade
• 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Beetleback Chief
• 1 Belladonna Took
• 1 Brotherhood Regalia
• 1 Bulk Up
• 1 Caretaker's Talent
• 1 Cathars' Crusade
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
• 1 Courageous Resolve
• 1 Crawlspace
• 1 Crusader of Odric
• 1 Destroy Evil
• 1 Disenchant
• 1 Divine Visitation
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Duty Beyond Death
• 1 Ephemerate
• 1 Erode
• 1 Everybody Lives!
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Flick a Coin
• 1 Giver of Runes
• 1 Grab the Prize
• 1 Grand Crescendo
• 2 Hare Apparent
• 1 Helping Hand
• 1 Hex Magic
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Intangible Virtue
• 1 Krenko's Command
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lightning Helix
• 1 Lightning, Army of One
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Martial Coup
• 1 Mentor of the Meek
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
• 1 Mother of Runes
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
• 1 Path to Exile
• 8 Plains
• 1 Political Triumph
• 1 Practiced Offense
• 1 Reconnaissance
• 1 Red Elemental Blast
• 1 Redirect Lightning
• 1 Repel Calamity
• 1 Requisition Raid
• 1 Rest in Peace
• 1 Restoration Angel
• 1 Restoration Magic
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Return to the Ranks
• 1 Reverberate
• 1 Rising of the Day
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Secure the Wastes
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Steelshaper's Gift
• 1 Sunbillow Verge
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1 The Last Ronin's Technique
• 1 The Lonely Mountain
• 1 Twinferno
• 1 United Front
• 1 Untimely Malfunction
• 1 Vault 75: Middle School
• 1 Wedding Ring
• 1 Will of the Mardu
• 1 Zenith Festival