BorosLegendary Creature — Human Rebel AllyJet, Freedom Fighter
Mana value5Rank#17,078
The Commander
When Jet enters, he deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature an opponent controls.
When Jet dies, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.
Guide
Gameplan
Jet is a Boros go-wide aggro commander that punishes the board on entry and rewards battlefield presence. Build a wide creature board, recast or blink Jet to snipe opposing creatures with his ETB, then turn the corner with anthems and combat damage. His death trigger keeps your team growing, so trading him away is rarely a loss.
Strengths
- ETB removal scales with your board, removing key threats for free as a creature
- Death trigger rewards sacrifice/blink loops and trades, fueling counters
- Boros excels at token swarms and efficient aggro
- Repeatable value: flicker or recast Jet for endless removal pings
Weaknesses
- ETB only hits creatures, so no answer to planeswalkers, artifacts, or enchantments
- Five mana is steep for an aggro piece and he does little with an empty board
- No card advantage engine native to the colors; can run out of gas
- Vulnerable to board wipes that erase the wide board he depends on
Key Cards
- Skullclamp — Turns Jet's death trigger and expendable tokens into a relentless card draw engine.
- Conjurer's Closet — Blinks Jet each turn to reuse his board-scaling damage as repeatable removal.
- Anointed Procession — Doubles your token output, directly increasing Jet's ETB damage and board width.
- Sun Titan — Recurs Jet and cheap value pieces while padding the creature count.
- Purphoros, God of the Forge — Converts your wide token board into reach and a finisher alongside Jet's aggression.
Upgrade Path
Add blink and reanimation engines like Conjurer's Closet and Sun Titan to abuse the ETB, plus token doublers (Anointed Procession, Mondrak) and sac outlets to weaponize his death trigger. Tighten the curve with cheap explosive token makers and anthems, and include protection like Boros Charm or Heroic Intervention to survive wraths. Faster mana rocks (Boros Signet, Arcane Signet) help deploy Jet ahead of curve so his removal stays relevant.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Swarming with tokens buffed by anthem effects and Jet's counters
- ▸Burn-style reach via Purphoros or Impact Tremors triggers off token floods
- ▸Repeated ETB pings clearing blockers for lethal alpha strikes
Archetypes
- Tokens / Go-Wide Aggro — More creatures means more ETB damage and a bigger attack, the core of the deck.
- Blink — Flickering Jet repeatedly recasts his board-scaling removal trigger every turn.
- Aristocrats — His death trigger and token sacrifice fodder synergize with sac outlets and payoffs.
- Counters / +1/+1 — Jet's death payoff and token bodies pair well with counter doublers and proliferate.
Combos
- Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Jet, Freedom Fighter + Hex Parasite + Phyrexian Altar
→ Destroy all creatures opponents control, Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RW), by popularity.
