Boros Reanimator by FrostbiteMTG

Format: Commander

Commander: Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant leads a Boros graveyard and combat deck that blends efficient rummaging with high-impact reanimation. Early turns focus on filling the graveyard with game-ending creatures such as Moonshaker Cavalry, Aurelia, the Warleader, and Twinflame Tyrant using low-cost discard spells and Joshua's enter-the-battlefield trigger. Once transformed into Phoenix, Warden of Fire, the Saga ticks up over two turns before Chapter III executes a massive reanimation swing that overwhelms the table with flying, boosted attackers. The deck supports this game plan with a robust defensive package of eight protection spells, ensuring critical permanents survive opposing interaction. While the deck lacks fast combo kills and stack-heavy countermagic, its high redundancy, resilient recursion engines, and explosive combat steps make it a consistent and dangerous midgame threat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Charming Scoundrel
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fear of Missing Out
  • 1 Feldon of the Third Path
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hardened Academic
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Laughing Mad
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Lorehold Charm
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Metastatic Evangel
  • 1 Mog, Moogle Warrior
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Quintorius, History Chaser
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Tersa Lightshatter
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thrilling Discovery
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Vision of Love
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker