Overview:

This Boros combat-focused deck leverages Gisela's damage doubling to amplify aggressive strategies through combat multipliers, forced attacks, and combat phase manipulation. While lacking infinite combos, it employs redundant damage amplifiers and goad mechanics to pressure opponents. The deck operates at midrange speed with moderate interaction but faces challenges in recovering from board wipes and racing faster combo decks.

Primer:

Core Strategy: The deck aims to deploy Gisela by turns 5-6 using artifact ramp, then amplify her damage doubling with effects like Dictate of the Twin Gods and Blade Historian. Secondary wincons involve goading opponents' creatures (Agitator Ant, Bothersome Quasit) while building an evasive angel army. Key phases:

1. Setup (Turns 1-4): Ramp with Sol Ring, Land Tax, and artifact creatures. Establish card advantage engines like Mangara, the Diplomat.
2. Amplification (Turns 5-7): Play Gisela and damage multipliers. Use Master Warcraft and Odric, Lunarch Marshal to control combat math.
3. Finisher (Turns 8+): Leverage extra combats from Aurelia, the Warleader and unblockable effects from Rogue's Passage to close games.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3 lands + 2 ramp pieces
• Prioritize early card advantage (Chivalric Alliance, Firemane Commando)
• Reject hands without white mana sources or pure goad packages

Key Tips:

• Sequence damage doublers after Gisela for maximum impact
• Use Emergence Zone to flash in Dictate of the Twin Gods during combat
• Brash Taunter combos with Gisela's damage prevention for political leverage

Avoid Traps:

• Overextending before establishing protection (Unbreakable Formation)
• Casting Gisela into open blue mana without Boros Charm backup
• Letting monarch mechanics overdraw into discard

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• No protection against mass exile (Farewell, Merciless Eviction)
• Weak to flying hate (Spectral Grasp, Archetype of Imagination)

Moderate:

• Limited card advantage without monarch
• High commander dependency (7CMC recast cost)

Minor:

• Basic-heavy manabase vulnerable to Blood Moon
• Slow graveyard recursion (only Mistveil Plains)

Most Important Cards:

• Dictate of the Twin Gods
• Blade Historian
• Aurelia, the Warleader
• Iroas, God of Victory
• Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• Master Warcraft
• Avatar of Slaughter
• Balefire Liege
• Crescendo of War
• Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10

• Goldfish win ~T8-10 through combat
• Limited fast mana beyond Sol Ring

Resilience: 4/10

• Few protection spells (Boros Charm, Sejiri Shelter)
• Slow rebuild after wipes

Consistency: 5/10

• 8 card advantage sources but only 3 tutors
• Redundant damage amplifiers (5 effects)

Interaction: 5/10

• 11 targeted removal (B-tier: Swords to Plowshares, Generous Gift)
• No free counterspells

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between Optimized Casual (5.0) and High-Power Casual (5.5) due to:

• Strong combat focus with redundant amplifiers
• Vulnerable to common board wipes
• Lacks T7-8 deterministic wins
• Outperforms precons but folds to faster combo

Power level: 5.0 - 5.5