For Challenge # 066. As soon as I thought of 'Exalted' for anti-Boros, I felt like I was cheating. Red and White have both featured 'loner' themes in previous sets. Exalted isn't really that far off in red, either... cards like Voracious Dragon do a fine job showing large red creatures supported by the rabble that stands behind the lines, cheering them on. That flies right in the face of Battalion.
"Stands behind the lines, cheering them on" - or, y'know, being eaten by them :P
This is indeed a pretty un-Boros RW card. The only niggle is that exalted evokes the knights of Bant to me, which have a faintly similar feel to Boros in the emphasis on military hierarchy, though the details are pretty different.
For Challenge # 066. As soon as I thought of 'Exalted' for anti-Boros, I felt like I was cheating. Red and White have both featured 'loner' themes in previous sets. Exalted isn't really that far off in red, either... cards like Voracious Dragon do a fine job showing large red creatures supported by the rabble that stands behind the lines, cheering them on. That flies right in the face of Battalion.
"Stands behind the lines, cheering them on" - or, y'know, being eaten by them :P
This is indeed a pretty un-Boros RW card. The only niggle is that exalted evokes the knights of Bant to me, which have a faintly similar feel to Boros in the emphasis on military hierarchy, though the details are pretty different.