"Legion's Initiative:The Boros 2-step"

"The Boros 2 step"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

Warning: When playing with this enchantment make sure that you do not have token makers in your deck. Tokens are exiled forever and would not return.

With that being said The Legion's Initiative is a very cost efficient stat pumper for Boros creatures.( If you are playing creatures that have both Boros Colors like The Reckoner or Tajic they will get the max benefit of +1/+1 each).  This blog was written because my brother Aj couldn't get over the thought that Tajic could be saved and will be attacking for  7 on the next turn along with his buddies.

And therein lies the real value of this card ,  its ability to exile all your creatures  for a measly 1 Red and 1 White mana cost. Creatures that would die to the conventional Day of Judgement (Not Tajic of course) or even if they are indestructible may die to blacks mass removal spells that does not involve destroying them like Merciless eviction (which exiles them) or Mutilate or Black Sun Zenith ( puts -1/-1 counters on them)  or  Whites Terminus ( puts them at the bottom of your library). Legion's Initiative when sacrificed makes them evade all these removals and puts them all back under your control on your next Combat phase. They also have haste so they can attack as soon as they return.

"Let's go and hurt someone guys...."

How about that? This ladies and gentlemen is the Boros 2 step. 1) Watch me fade out of existence and 2) watch me come back with my fist right in your face. Easy.

So if you have already set up with a Tajic in play and 2 other creatures then you have effectively bypassed your opponents mass removal and on your next Combat phase you get to send them on the Boros proverbial ambulance. A massive army on the next Combat phase or just the right person to do the trick. And this is just in standard play.

In EDH ,  when an opponent clears the board , and you activate the Legion's Initiative you could have a massive creature like a Sun Titan come in and give you an advantage in the form of a 3 Converted Mana cost permanent that returns to the battlefield. Of course this Titan is merely one of the many options , an Elesh Norn is  someone you really  want on your side of the board as well. 

Or Imagine the havoc this one  Enchantment can cause when added to a Kaalia deck that is already full of deadly creatures. Imagine all of those Angels ,Dragons and Demons escaping mass removal and attacking with haste on the next turn?

Or Imagine someone who has successfully cast a Mass Polymorph...losing all his or her tokens but Unleashing all of the monsters in his or her deck...saving them from removal with this Enchantment...Now imagine that they have come into play effects like the Primordials...The Titans...Either way it doesn't end well on the next Combat phase for their opponents.

Yup , this card would surely make a lot of players very happy and they don't necessarily need to be Boros to do the Boros 2 step.