The Commander
Trample
, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.
Guide
Gameplan
Bosh is a mono-red artifacts deck that uses its sacrifice ability as a repeatable Fling — convert big artifacts into direct damage at any target, creature or player. You ramp into expensive artifacts, then either swing with Bosh's trample body or sacrifice high-mana-value artifacts to burn opponents down or pick off threats. Late game you assemble loops or a high-MV payload to deal lethal damage from across the table.
Strengths
- Repeatable artifact-based removal and reach that hits players directly, hard to interact with in mono-red
- Turns excess artifacts and ramp rocks into damage, giving great mana sinks
- Trample plus huge body makes Bosh a real combat threat too
- Mono-red gives access to cheap artifact tutors and recursion like Goblin Welder
Weaknesses
- Eight mana commander that does nothing the turn it lands; slow and ramp-dependent
- Activation cost of per shot makes burning out a full table mana-intensive
- Mono-red lacks card draw and answers to enchantments/flyers outside artifacts
- Heavy reliance on artifacts makes it vulnerable to mass artifact removal and stax
Key Cards
- Goblin Welder — Recurs sacrificed artifacts from the graveyard, letting you re-buy Bosh fodder and loop big-MV pieces.
- Darksteel Forge — Indestructible artifacts protect your board and pair with Nevinyrral's Disk-style wipes.
- Trading Post — A repeatable artifact-token generator that feeds Bosh's sacrifice ability over and over.
- Mycosynth Lattice — Turns everything into artifacts, dramatically expanding Bosh's sacrificial ammunition.
- Daretti, Scrap Savant — Filters and reanimates artifacts, providing card advantage and fodder recursion mono-red badly needs.
- Krark-Clan Ironworks — Generates explosive mana from sacrificed artifacts to power multiple Bosh activations in a turn.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana and ramp (Mana Vault, Worn Powerstone, Thran Dynamo) so Bosh comes down ahead of curve, then build a sacrifice loop with Goblin Welder plus high-MV artifacts like Blightsteel Colossus for one-shot kills. Include artifact tutors (Gamble, Inventors' Fair) to assemble combos consistently, and protect Bosh with haste enablers and recursion so removal doesn't reset your whole engine.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Sacrifice a high-mana-value artifact to deal a huge chunk of damage directly to a player
- ▸Loop artifacts with Goblin Welder/Krark-Clan Ironworks to burn the whole table out
- ▸Connect with Bosh's trampling body, often buffed, for commander damage
Archetypes
- Artifacts — Bosh wants a board full of artifacts to ramp, protect, and feed its sacrifice ability.
- Aristocrats — Sacrificing artifacts for value and damage is the core loop, rewarding sac-synergy payoffs.
- Spellslinger/Burn — The activated ability functions as repeatable direct damage to close games and clear blockers.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (R), by popularity.
