Aurelia, the warleader by Gregsonsghost

Format: Commander

Commander: Aurelia, the Warleader

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Boros Angels tribal deck helmed by Aurelia, the Warleader, built around a flying beatdown army backed by a dense life-gain subtheme. The plan is straightforward: deploy Angels, leverage lifelink and life-gain payoffs like Exemplar of Light, Sigarda's Splendor, and Bre of Clan Stoutarm for card advantage, then use Aurelia's haste and extra-combat trigger to double the team's damage output every single turn. Gisela, Blade of Goldnight doubles all damage dealt to opponents, Lyra Dawnbringer and Thraben Watcher pump the squad, and a robust removal/protection suite keeps the board clear. The deck wins through incremental combat damage rather than combos, with Aurelia's repeated extra combats as the primary acceleration and a life-gain engine that turns every lifelink swing into cards and free spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acrobatic Maneuver
  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Angel of Finality
  • 1 Angel of Invention
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Angelic Aberration
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Angelic Destiny
  • 1 Archway Angel
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Boon-Bringer Valkyrie
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Bre of Clan Stoutarm
  • 1 Cathartic Pyre
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cryptic Caves
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Divine Resilience
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exorcise
  • 1 Feldon's Cane
  • 1 Field of Souls
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Glaring Aegis
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Heroic Reinforcements
  • 1 Inspiring Overseer
  • 1 Joust Through
  • 1 Kill Shot
  • 1 Lightstall Inquisitor
  • 1 Lucky Offering
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 1 Meltdown
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Ossification
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Personify
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Planar Disruption
  • 1 Play with Fire
  • 1 Pursue the Past
  • 1 Rabanastre, Royal City
  • 1 Raze the Effigy
  • 1 Revoke Existence
  • 1 Sacred Fire
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sigarda's Splendor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Starfield Shepherd
  • 1 Stone Quarry
  • 2 Stormplain Detainment
  • 1 Sunblade Angel
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thraben Charm
  • 1 Thraben Watcher
  • 1 Twinblade Blessing
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Voice of All
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Winged Shepherd
  • 1 Youthful Valkyrie