BorosLegendary Creature — Giant SoldierKalemne, Disciple of Iroas
Mana value4Rank#8,309
The Commander
Double strike, vigilance
Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 5 or greater, you get an experience counter.
Kalemne gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have.
Guide
Gameplan
Cast big creatures (MV 5+) to rack up experience counters, growing Kalemne into a double-striking, vigilant beater that closes games fast. Ramp hard early, drop fatties to gain counters, and protect Kalemne with equipment and combat tricks so her doubled damage ends players quickly.
Strengths
- Double strike plus a growing power makes Kalemne lethal commander damage in just a couple swings
- Vigilance lets her attack and still defend, controlling the board
- Experience counters survive board wipes and Kalemne's removal, so she scales back up cheaply
- Giants and big-creature synergies give access to powerful, splashy threats
- Boros has excellent ramp, equipment, and protection support
Weaknesses
- Heavily commander-dependent; if Kalemne is repeatedly removed the deck stalls
- Boros lacks card draw and ramp compared to other color pairs, leading to flood/screw issues
- Casting only MV 5+ creatures for counters is slow and mana-intensive
- Vulnerable to exile, edicts, and chump-blocking that blunt commander damage
- Few interaction options compared to blue/black decks
Key Cards
- Sunforger — Tutors instant-speed protection and removal to keep Kalemne swinging and alive.
- Hammer of Nazahn — Grants indestructible and auto-attaches equipment, making Kalemne a resilient threat.
- Blackblade Reforged — Adds power per land, stacking with experience counters for explosive commander damage.
- Smothering Tithe — One of Boros's best ramp and card-advantage engines to fuel expensive creatures.
- Loyal Apprentice — Cheap thopter-maker that supports the experience-counter theme and provides chump defense.
- Cathars' Crusade — Pumps your whole board every time a creature enters, snowballing alongside your big drops.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana and ramp like Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, and Boros Signet to deploy threats ahead of curve, and stack protection (Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots, Teferi's Protection) to keep Kalemne sticky. Lean into efficient equipment and trample enablers (Loxodon Warhammer, Fireshrieker) so a single connection ends a player, and include strong impulse draw like Outpost Siege and Mind's Eye to fight Boros's card-disadvantage.
Core Cards
- Warstorm Surge100%
- Orim's Thunder100%
- Sun Titan100%
- Boros Signet100%
- Seer's Sundial100%
- Staff of Nin100%
- Forgotten Cave100%
- Stinkdrinker Daredevil100%
- Boros Cluestone100%
- Anya, Merciless Angel100%
- Worn Powerstone100%
- Boros Guildgate100%
Played-with rates from 2 Mythicwyrm decks.
Win Conditions
- ▸Commander damage from a buffed double-striking Kalemne (21+ doubled means few hits needed)
- ▸Beating down with a board of oversized giants and fatties
- ▸Equipment-fueled one-shot kills using trample and power boosts
Archetypes
- Voltron — Kalemne's double strike and ever-growing size make her an ideal equipment-laden commander-damage threat.
- Big Creatures/Stompy — Her experience trigger rewards casting MV 5+ fatties, building a board of massive bodies.
- Giants Tribal — As a Giant Soldier she anchors a Giant-themed deck full of high-cost beaters.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RW), by popularity.
