Commander Mondays (9/9/13): Aurelia, the Warleader

This week, we have Aurelia, the Warleader as our Commander. I made a list of five guilds I wanted to tackle this month. Of those five guilds, I wanted to choose a guild that doesn't share a color with the previous guild. So that brings me to Boros, and hopefully I gave the feeling of Boros, plus the Battalion keyword some justice with this completely Standard legal EDH deck.

Legendary Creatures x1 Aurelia, the Warleader (Commander) x1 Tajic, Blade of the Legion x1 Gisela, Blade of Goldknight x1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch x1 Odric, Master Tactician x1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Creatures x1 Angelic Overseer x1 Angelic Skirmisher x1 Archangel of Thune x1 Ash Zealot x1 Balefire Dragon x1 Banisher Priest x1 Blaze Commando x1 Boros Elite x1 Boros Reckoner x1 Captain of the Watch x1 Champion of the Parish x1 Fencing Ace x1 Fervent Cathar x1 Fiendslayer Paladin x1 Firemane Avenger x1 Kessig Malcontents x1 Ordruun Veteran x1 Phantom General x1 Rage Thrower x1 Silverblade Paladin x1 Skyknight Legionnaire x1 Spark Trooper x1 Sunhome Guildmage x1 Thraben Doomsayer x1 Thraben Sentry // Thraben Militia x1 Thundermaw Hellkite x1 Wojek Halberdiers

Instants x1 Aurelia's Fury x1 Boros Charm x1 Chandra's Fury x1 Chandra's Outrage x1 Congregate x1 Searing Spear x1 Streetspasm x1 Thunderous Wrath x1 Warleader's Helix x1 Wear // Tear Sorceries x1 Bonfire of the Damned x1 Burn at the Stake x1 Captain's Call x1 Entreat the Angels x1 Gather the Townsfolk x1 Mizzium Mortars x1 Righteous Charge x1 Thatcher Revolt Enchantments x1 Assemble the Legion x1 Bonds of Faith x1 Cathar's Crusade x1 Fervor x1 Gleam of Battle x1 Intangible Virtue x1 Oblivion Ring x1 Shiv's Embrace

Artifacts x1 Bladed Bracers x1 Boros Cluestone x1 Boros Keyrune x1 Firestreaker x1 Ring of Three Wishes x1 Ring of Thune x1 Ring of Valkas x1 Tablet of the Guilds Lands x1 Boros Guildgate x1 Slayer's Stronghold x1 Rogue's Passage x1 Shimmering Grotto x1 Sacred Foundry x1 Transguild Promenade x1 Clifftop Retreat x13 Plains x13 Mountain

The Aurelia deck presented here deals with the Boros mechanic Battalion by putting many tokens on the field to aid in the attacking with three or more creatures. This deck also follows through with the Human/Angel aspect of Boros by including multiple angels (and a couple of dragons, I mean, why not?), but primarily focuses on the aspect of humans in large amounts. I also threw in some burn elements to trigger Blaze Commando. This adds even more tokens to the battlefield. There may only be about nine burn spells, but hopefully a couple can be used to trigger Blaze Commando's ability during the game.

  

Since we have lots of token creators included, things such as Intangible Virtue and Phantom General are key as they will make your 1/1 tokens 3/3 as long as both are on the field.

  

In addition to the tokens, there is a sub-theme involving having creatures become indestructible. This can be done with the help of Avacyn, Angel of Hope for permanent solutions, while Boros Charm handles it on a temporary basis.