BorosLegendary Creature — Human Faerie // Sorcery — AdventureKellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
Mana value3Rank#3,097
The Commander
Double strike
Other creatures you control get +1/+0 for each Aura and Equipment attached to Kellan.
Search your library for an Aura or Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Guide
Gameplan
Suit up Kellan with Auras and Equipment to make him a double-striking threat while anthem-buffing your wider board, then close games through commander damage or a wide swing. Birthright Boon tutors your best aura/equipment early, so you can curve into voltron quickly. You play efficient creatures, protect Kellan, and overwhelm with combat.
Strengths
- Built-in tutor (Birthright Boon) finds your key Aura or Equipment every game for consistency
- Double strike doubles every buff, making commander-damage kills come fast
- Anthem effect rewards loading up Kellan, turning a go-tall plan into a go-wide payoff
- Boros has excellent cheap protection and combat-trick support
Weaknesses
- Classic voltron fragility: removal or bounce on Kellan sets you way back
- Heavy reliance on the commander makes recasting expensive after multiple deaths
- Boros lacks card advantage and ramp compared to other color pairs
- Aura-based builds get blown out by single removal (2-for-1 or worse)
Key Cards
- Colossus Hammer — Cheap equipment that pairs with equip-cost reducers to turn Kellan into a one-shot kill with double strike.
- Sigarda's Aid — Flash in Auras and Equipment at instant speed and attach equipment free, protecting against removal and enabling surprise lethal.
- Danitha Capashen, Paragon — Reduces Aura and Equipment costs while providing a backup voltron body with relevant keywords.
- Shadowspear — Grants trample and lifelink so Kellan's doubled damage punches through blockers and stabilizes you.
- Swiftfoot Boots — Hexproof and haste keep Kellan safe and let him swing the turn he's recast.
- Forge Anew — Reanimates equipment from the yard, attaches free, and reduces equip costs for a strong rebuild engine.
Upgrade Path
Lean into equipment over fragile auras for resilience, adding cost reducers like Puresteel Paladin and Sram, Senior Edificer for card draw. Add protection (Robe of the Archmagi, Mithril Coat, Heroic Intervention) and reliable haste/trample enablers so Kellan threatens lethal the turn he lands. For top-end, include Embercleave, Sword of Feast and Famine, and tutors like Open the Armory and Steelshaper's Gift to find your best closer.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸One-shot commander damage with a loaded, double-striking Kellan (often via Colossus Hammer/trample)
- ▸Wide board buffed by Kellan's anthem swinging for lethal
- ▸Evasive attacker carrying multiple auras and equipment over several turns
Archetypes
- Voltron — Auras and Equipment on a double-striking commander quickly reach commander-damage lethal.
- Equipment Aggro — Equipment is recurrable and survives Kellan's death, supporting a resilient gear-based beatdown.
- Go-Wide Aggro — The anthem giving other creatures +1/+0 per attachment lets a token/creature board hit hard alongside Kellan.
- Auras (Hatebears/Aggro) — Cheap Auras stack buffs fast, leaning into Birthright Boon's tutor for explosive turns.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RW), by popularity.
