The Commander
Whenever Ezio attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
As long as Ezio has two or more counters on it, it has first strike and is an Assassin in addition to its other types.
Guide
Gameplan
Cast Ezio on turn two and start swinging immediately—each attack grows him while first strike comes online fast, turning him into an evasive beater backed by Boros aggro. You apply early pressure, layer on counter synergies and equipment/auras to make Ezio lethal, and close before the table stabilizes. Treat him as a cheap, repeatable Voltron threat that the rest of the deck protects and amplifies.
Strengths
- Two-mana commander that snowballs every combat with built-in first strike
- Free, repeatable +1/+1 counters enable proliferate and counter payoffs
- Cheap to recast after removal, keeping pressure relentless
- Boros has top-tier equipment, anthems, and combat tricks to push damage
Weaknesses
- Single-creature reliance—removal or chump blocking stalls the whole plan
- No card advantage engine baked in; RW can run dry
- Vulnerable to fog, big blockers, and lifegain in slower pods
- Needs evasion or trample to convert his growing power into wins
Key Cards
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire — Adds extra counters and lets you bank Ezio's counters if he dies, smoothing recasts.
- The Ozolith — Preserves all of Ezio's accumulated counters through removal so recasting loses no progress.
- Embercleave — Cheap thanks to aggressive attacks, granting double strike and trample for instant kills.
- Rampaging Baloths — Stand-in for proliferate/counter engines—use Hardened Scales-style multipliers like Branching Evolution to accelerate growth.
- Shadowspear — Grants trample and lifelink while stripping hexproof/indestructible from blockers.
- Skullclamp — Fuels card draw to refill the hand RW aggro decks struggle to keep full.
Upgrade Path
Lean into counter doublers (Hardened Scales, Branching Evolution, Conclave Mentor) and proliferate to outpace the attack trigger's natural growth, and add The Ozolith to immunize against removal. Prioritize cheap evasion and protection—Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention—so a single board wipe or kill spell doesn't end your game. Finally, tighten the curve with efficient equipment and one-mana tutors like Stoneforge Mystic and Sram to assemble the kill faster.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Commander damage via a buffed, first-striking (or double-striking) Ezio
- ▸Wide-and-tall Boros aggro overwhelming the table before stabilization
- ▸Equipment like Embercleave or Shadowspear pushing trampling lethal hits
- ▸Counter-multiplier explosions making Ezio a single-swing kill
Archetypes
- Voltron — Ezio is a self-buffing commander begging for equipment, auras, and protection to one-shot opponents.
- +1/+1 Counters — His attack trigger pairs with proliferate and counter doublers to scale explosively.
- Aggro — A two-drop that hits hard early supports a low-curve Boros beatdown shell.
- Assassins — He becomes an Assassin with two counters, enabling Assassin's Creed tribal payoffs and synergies.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RW), by popularity.
