Overview:

This Boros Equipment/Mice tribal deck leverages Mabel, Heir to Cragflame to boost small creatures while synergizing with Equipment. The strategy focuses on creating wide boards of modified Mice, using cost-reduction effects for Equipment, and achieving critical mass through combat synergies. While lacking infinite combos, it can generate explosive turns with cards like Thundering Raiju and stacked Equipment.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
Deploy low-cost Mice and Equipment early, using Mabel's anthem effect and cost-reduction enablers like Puresteel Paladin to swarm the board. Key Equipment like Sword of Fire and Ice and Hammer of Nazahn amplify threats, while "Valiant" triggers on Mice creatures reward targeting them with Equipment. The deck aims to overwhelm opponents through incremental value from Equipment triggers and combat synergies.

Mulligan Priorities:

• 3 lands (prioritize untapped sources like Sacred Foundry)
• Early Mice (Brave-Kin Duo) or Equipment tutors (Stoneforge Mystic)
• At least 1 cost-reduction piece (Bladegraft Aspirant, Bureau Headmaster)
  Avoid hands without early creatures or excessive high-cost Equipment.

Key Tips:

• Use Fighter Class to tutor key Equipment while reducing equip costs.
• Time "Valiant" triggers (e.g., Manifold Mouse) with Equipment attachments for maximum value.
• Thundering Raiju converts Equipment stacks into direct damage.
• Protect critical pieces with Gods Willing and Swiftfoot Boots.

Avoid Traps:

• Overextending into board wipes without protection
• Keeping high-cost hands without ramp
• Wasting removal on non-critical threats

Weaknesses:

Moderate:

• Vulnerable to mass artifact/creature removal
• Limited card advantage engines
• No infinite mana/combat win conditions

Minor:

• Mediocre recovery from stax pieces
• Moderate reliance on commander for anthem effect

Most Important Cards:

• Puresteel Paladin
• Stoneforge Mystic
• Hammer of Nazahn
• Sword of Fire and Ice
• Smothering Tithe
• Thundering Raiju
• Fighter Class
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Gods Willing
• Kemba, Kha Enduring

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10
Can pressure life totals by T5-6 with ideal draws (e.g., T1 Goldvein Pick, T2 Champion of the Flame, T3 Sword of the Animist). Lacks explosive T3-4 wins but reliably threatens mid-game kills.

Resilience: 5/10
Limited recursion/protection beyond 4 protection spells. Struggles against multiple board wipes but can rebuild with Equipment tutors.

Consistency: 7/10
10 Equipment tutors/search effects (Stoneforge Mystic, Fighter Class, Patchwork Banner) and redundancy in cost-reduction enablers.

Interaction: 5/10
12 targeted removal/answers (Swords to Plowshares, Chaos Warp) but lacks counterspells. Focused on protecting its own strategy over disrupting opponents.

Rating Justification:

This deck sits between "Optimized Casual" (rubric 5.0) and "High-Power Casual" (5.5). It consistently threatens T8-10 combat wins through Equipment synergies and has strong tutor density, but lacks:

• Free protection spells seen at 6.0+
• Mana acceleration beyond Sol Ring/Signets
• Alternate win conditions

Power level: 5.0 - 5.5