Basandra by erod909

Format: Commander

Commander: Basandra, Battle Seraph

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This Boros control deck dictates the pace and direction of multiplayer combat using Basandra, Battle Seraph. The primary game plan combines defensive deterrents like Ghostly Prison, Crawlspace, and Lightmine Field with forced-attack effects such as War's Toll, Fumiko the Lowblood, and Basandra's activated ability. By locking out spells during combat and punishing attacking creatures, the deck directs opposing aggression toward rival players. In the late game, asymmetric damage multipliers like Gisela, Blade of Goldnight and Avatar of Slaughter turn opposing armies into lethal threats against their owners. High-impact removal spells, fetched dynamically through Sunforger, provide instant-speed answers to problematic nonland permanents. Because the list relies on a heavy land count and high-mana payoffs with thin ramp, it thrives in prolonged games where incremental attrition and forced combat whittle away enemy life totals while preserving your own.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abolish
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Ashling the Pilgrim
  • 1 Aurification
  • 1 Avatar of Slaughter
  • 1 Basandra, Battle Seraph
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Boil
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Cluestone
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Boros Keyrune
  • 1 Caltrops
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Creepy Doll
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faith's Reward
  • 1 Fumiko the Lowblood
  • 1 Furnace of Rath
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gideon Jura
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Goblin Diplomats
  • 1 Grand Melee
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Inferno
  • 1 Jalum Tome
  • 1 Lightmine Field
  • 1 Magmaquake
  • 1 Master Warcraft
  • 1 Mizzium Mortars
  • 16 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Barrier
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Oblation
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 16 Plains
  • 1 Plea for Guidance
  • 1 Powerstone Minefield
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant / Rune-Tail's Essence
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Staff of Nin
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 War's Toll
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Windborn Muse