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yea im really not going for full on aggro anymore with this deck. the messenger's speed cards are something I wouldnt mind dropping too much, currently its in so I can trample the doublestrikes and the extra red devotion and it helps buff up ethereal armor.

I just added in the chained to the rocks , ratchet bomb, silence to the mainboard so I can have some control of the board and the chained to the rocks helps the ethereal armors aswell. I still want 2 more boros charms and Im working on gettin a couple legion's initiative but right now this was the best blend of control and midrange I could come up with.

I was just wondering why I was having a little bit of a problem consistently getting that 3rd land out or even just the opposite color of what im drawing like starting with 2 plains and not getting the 1 mountain quick enough. so I might just add another land for that reason.

I agree with the statement of having a hodge podge of random spells thats probably the area I am going to be working on soon, I have been having a hard time getting my hands on more brave the elements which I would like atleast 1 more in mainboard. and silence and ratchet bomb are things I just recently got out of a draft so I figured its a good control card if I draw it but I dont really want to have 4 of em anyway, mayb 2. I love the boros charm and martial glory, and ethereal armor is something I really like for this deck since I end up having at least 2-3 enchantments on the field pretty quick so my fabled heros or phalanx leaders become big fast.

I dont really want this to be a burn deck so I like what ajani does for me. I got another 1 on the way, and I do have a second heliod so I might just go all out white with that and drop purphorous. Im really starting to phase out alot of the red cards I had but I really dont want to drop the r/w enchantments like boros charm, martial glory, legion's initiative, and chained to the rocks.

when I put everything out on my table and looked at what I was working with I noticed only 15 creatures which I was like whoa I need to fix something here so I added anax and cymede back in cause it fits the theme but Im thinking about dropping those 2 and putting in 4 1 mana creatures, just not sure what to choose there. mayb legion loyalist even though Im not doing battalion but I could trigger the trample effect which could be beneficial.

Ive wanted to put in dragon mantle but since I am not running alot of red anymore the fact that I have to tap red land each time to use the buff is a problem since I am usually not wanting to waste the land on that I would rather put out another creature 80% of the time. even with it being a free card I just couldnt bring myself to add it over the trample effect.

Also the gods are not really expected to always go creature. I like the purphoros cause of the extra 2 damage each turn basically and heliod actually becomes a creature most times its out but I love the vigilance effect.

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ok here is where im at now with the deck, I have more 4ofs now and feel its a little more consistent.

oh wow I did not realize bloodrush didnt count towards heroic.. thought everything saying target creature.. except equipment would count, but that makes that decision very easy and I have 4 titans strength. My aggro strategy is probably gone at this point since I realized that I can aggro at home with friends easily but against competitive decks I would need to spend alot more $ to get it at a high level imo. So yea the mid-range idea seems to fit what I have been thinking.. still on the fast end since my main cards are 2-3 mana with 1 mana buffs.

Ok wear//tear can easily be moved to SB, I just got the fear of god put into me when I got destroyed by assemble the legion twice in a row and had just no way to stop it, and that was literally the only thing he had offensively.

Yes I am kind of sold on boros right now, and what im going for is double strike // heroic

I got 4 rubblebelt maaka Im just using those for the bloodrush so I did 2 of those and 2 titans strength, instead of doing 4 of each I wanted to split it so I can choose the extra toughness when needed and the scry others, wear//tear was specifically for enchantments since I had nothing for them and they were a big deal at FNM for me, yes I would prob switch them out for something like messengers speed. Not much point in having more than 2 legendary like tajic and I dont even like em that much so I just like having 1 for the indestructible.

At one point I had a second archangel of thune but I sold that early on, I like its addition to this deck now but I wouldnt really want 4 of them since the mana cost is high, I think of it not as having 1x and 1x but 2x end game cards.

My reason for adding more 3 mana cards is cause of the experience I had last friday. It seemed that I would have a good start and decent mid but absolutely no end game. so Im trying to strengthen my midgame to allow for a better end, if that makes sense.

so I went to FNM with the deck ive been talking about, and as predicted I got destroyed. LOL, lost every match, got close to winning about 3 of them but lack of control cards seemed to lead to my downfall. First guy had a few frostburn weird that with 4 toughness really slowed me down then started throwing down stormbreath dragon which just sealed the deal. 2nd guy beat me so easily I dont even remember what he had really, 3rd guy it was close each game but he ended up getting better draws when we ran out of cards in hand. 4th guy had really slow starts each time and I was doing damage, I got him down to less than 7 life both games before I got hit once but once he got enough land he did constant board control and he put out some assemble the legion and with no way of getting rid of an enchantment that shit just grew and grew and I got destroyed by like 15 1/1 haste soilders.

Been making alot of changes trying to give my deck a better end game since I was moving fast at first but never got overwhelming. Here is where Im currently at. let me know what you think.http://deckbox.org/sets/530106

oh dont get me wrong I have and do look at top decks thats probably the main place I get ideas for cards to put in my deck, and would love more of certain cards that I dont have yet like fabled hero. tajic is something I have really been thinking about because of that indestructible, unfortunately when I last went to the shop I went with anax while my buddy went for tajic and there werent enough for both of us. totally agree on the aurelia comment cause like I said she has been almost useless in most games so far, she will most likely end up in SB because of that. Hammer  is something I have tried and didnt like the feel of in the past.. to make the hammer really work I need to get it out fast, and even in those situations when I draw it really early, I find it better on those early rounds to drop things like chandra's phoenix or the viashino firstblade for a quick 4 damage so I took the hammer out. And the chandras ability to comeback hasnt really helped me much since I am not running alot of direct damage instants.. usually the ones I have are for the purpose of remove a creature thats in my way.

boros charm is a must for sure.. thats probably my next target card to get. burning-tree emissary is nice I just dont have any. I ran the dragon mantle before but removed it for some reason I cant remember. temple of abandon and sacred foundary are things I would love but cost is just too high for me to justify directly buying. that firemane avenger is something I will be keeping an eye out for, im definitely liking what it brings to the table as a replacement for aurelia.

I agree on the lack of 1 drops, I had more at one point but removed them for more chance of having a nice strong 2 drop for 2nd round. I was thinking of putting my favored hoplite's back but too many of them seemed to not really help me.

desecration demon is scary and ridiculous tbh lol. I really dont know how to deal with that without maybe putting in some pacifisms but I dont want to have too much targeted removal and get stuck in situations where I draw them instead of creatures when in a jam.

If I had a fire god I would run fanatic of mogis, hammer, more ash zealots and the such but without it it seems to not mesh together well.

But your right and I think I am going to max out the doublestrike creatures when I get a chance, this is just all I currently have. My thing has been trying to find a good balance between creatures and powerups.

again im not refusing to add more copies, I just dont have them and I am trying to decide which ones to go for without just dropping alot of money to try things out and realize I dont like how it goes.