Overview:

This Boros Vehicle/Mount deck leverages Kolodin, Triumph Caster to enable aggressive artifact-based combat strategies. While lacking infinite combos, it focuses on swarming with instant-crew Vehicles, generating value through artifact synergies, and closing games with oversized threats. However, it struggles with commander dependency and artifact removal vulnerabilities.

Primer:

Core Strategy: Deploy Vehicles as hasty threats using Kolodin's enter-as-creature ability, supported by Mount synergies and artifact recursion. Key phases:

1. Early Setup: Ramp with Sol Ring/Boros Signet, establish card draw via Sram, Senior Edificer, and drop low-cost Vehicles like Spotcycle Scouter.
2. Midgame Pressure: Activate Kolodin's instant-crew effect on Vehicles like Surgehacker Mech, using Start Your Engines for alpha strikes. Generate pilots through Reckless Crew and Cloudspire Coordinator.
3. Endgame: Assemble Mechtitan Core or recur threats with Osgir, the Reconstructor. Use Full Throttle for surprise lethal.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3 lands, 1-2 ramp pieces, and an early Vehicle/Pilot
• Prioritize color fixing in 3+ color hands
• Avoid hands without artifact synergies or commander enablers

Key Tips:

• Time Kolodin casts post-wraths to rebuild instantly
• Use Guidelight Matrix as backup crew/saddle enabler
• Wake the Past can recover from mass artifact removal
• Mobile Homestead helps hit land drops while attacking

Avoid Traps:

• Overextending into Vandalblast effects
• Holding back Vehicles waiting for "perfect" crew
• Wasting removal on non-critical enemy artifacts

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Heavy reliance on Kolodin (3+ removals cripples the deck)
• No protection against mass artifact removal (Farewell/Vandalblast)

Moderate:

• Slow recovery from stax (Stony Silence/Null Rod)
• Limited non-combat win conditions

Minor:

• Some taplands slow early game
• Pilot token generation requires setup

Most Important Cards:

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Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10

• Can deploy 5/5 Vehicles as early as T3 with ramp
• Requires 2-3 turns to establish lethal board presence

Resilience: 4/10

• Limited protection beyond Loran's Escape
• Partial recursion via Osgir/Tune Up
• Foldsto back-to-back board wipes

Consistency: 6/10

• 8 card advantage engines (Sram/Losheel/Mentor)
• 5 tutor-like effects (Astor/Weatherlight)
• Redundant Vehicle threats

Interaction: 4/10

• 6 targeted removals (Stroke of Midnight/Rip Apart)
• No counterspells
• Weak to enchantment-based strategies

Rating Justification:

This deck exceeds precon-level synergy (Rubric 4.0) through focused artifact recursion and instant-speed Vehicle activation, but lacks the speed (T8-10 wins) and protection of optimized lists (5.5+). Its dependence on combat damage and vulnerability to common artifact hate place it between Focused Casual and Optimized Casual.

Power level: 4.5 - 5.0