I Have A Right To Bear Arms by N1ghtH0wler

Format: Commander

Commander: Astor, Bearer of Blades

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Boros Equipment deck, helmed by Astor, Bearer of Blades, is a midrange Voltron strategy that leverages the commander's ETB tutor and cost reduction to rapidly deploy Equipment. The primary game plan is to suit up a creature-often Astor himself-with a suite of Swords, double-strike enablers, and protection pieces, then grind out wins through repeated combat damage. The deck includes a robust package of cost-reducing creatures (Bureau Headmaster, Foundry Inspector, Voyager Quickwelder), card-draw engines (Sram, Senior Edificer, Puresteel Paladin, Akiri, Fearless Voyager), and recursion (Mantle of the Ancients, One Last Job, Tiana, Ship's Caretaker). Win conditions are incremental: commander damage via double strike, life-total manipulation (Quietus Spike, Aettir and Priwen), and cumulative value from attack triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Argentum Armor
  • 1 Astor, Bearer of Blades
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Battlefield Improvisation
  • 1 Beamtown Beatstick
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blacksmith's Talent
  • 1 Bladehold War-Whip
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Bureau Headmaster
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Captain America, Liberator
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Freya Crescent
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Hedgewitch's Mask
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Iron Hills
  • 1 Kaldra Compleat
  • 1 Koll, the Forgemaster
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lizard Blades
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Maul of the Skyclaves
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Mjölnir, Storm Hammer
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients
  • 1 Nahiri, the Lithomancer
  • 1 One Last Job
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Rabanastre, Royal City
  • 1 Raucous Carnival
  • 1 Recommission
  • 1 Reyav, Master Smith
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stonehewer Giant
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Sword of War and Peace
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Thor, God of Thunder
  • 1 Tiana, Ship's Caretaker
  • 1 Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Workshop Assistant