BorosLegendary Creature — Human KnightPaladin Elizabeth Taggerdy
Mana value3Rank#6,802
The Commander
Battalion — Whenever Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy and at least two other creatures attack, draw a card, then you may put a creature card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking, where X is Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy's power.
Guide
Gameplan
Deploy a wide, aggressive board and swing with Taggerdy plus two attackers to trigger Battalion, drawing a card and cheating a creature into play tapped and attacking each combat. Pump Taggerdy's power to put progressively bigger threats directly into combat, snowballing your board until you alpha strike for lethal.
Strengths
- Generates card advantage and free creatures every combat, refueling an aggressive board
- Cheats around mana costs by deploying creatures into combat for free
- Scales powerfully with anthems and power-boosting effects on Taggerdy
- Aggressive RW shell pressures all opponents early and consistently
Weaknesses
- Relies on getting Taggerdy and two creatures to attack, so board wipes set you back hard
- Needs Taggerdy alive and attacking, making her a removal magnet
- Limited interaction and ramp in mono-aggressive RW builds
- Single-target removal on Taggerdy shuts off the whole engine
Key Cards
- Embercleave — Cheaply equips after a wide attack, spiking Taggerdy's power so you cheat huge creatures into play and threaten lethal trample.
- Combat Celebrant — Grants extra combat steps, doubling your Battalion triggers and free creature deployments each turn.
- Aurelia, the Warleader — Provides an extra combat phase to trigger Battalion twice while reinforcing the go-wide aggression.
- Iroas, God of Victory — Makes your team hard to block and gives indestructible attackers, protecting your swings into combat.
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar — Floods the board with tokens to enable Battalion and keep multiple attackers online.
Upgrade Path
Add power-boosters and extra-combat enablers (Aurelia, Combat Celebrant, Moraug) to maximize free deployments and X-value cheats. Improve protection with Heroic Intervention and Boros Charm so wraths don't reset your engine, and tighten the curve with efficient one-drops plus token makers like Hero of Bladehold to reliably hit Battalion every turn. Round out with fast mana like Sol Ring and Smothering Tithe to deploy threats ahead of curve.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Alpha strike with a wide, anthem-boosted board for lethal combat damage
- ▸Extra combat steps chaining multiple Battalion triggers into overwhelming attacks
- ▸Embercleave or trample enablers turning a buffed Taggerdy into a one-shot threat
Archetypes
- Aggro / Go-Wide — Battalion rewards attacking with multiple creatures, pushing a token-and-creature swarm strategy.
- Voltron-adjacent — Pumping Taggerdy's power increases the mana value you can cheat in, incentivizing buffs and equipment on her.
- Creature Cheat / Toolbox — The trigger drops fatties from hand for free, letting you run big payoffs you'd never hardcast on curve.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RW), by popularity.
