Boros Mascot leans on the synergy between Spirit Mascot, one of the highlights from Secrets of Strixhaven, and the Dissension Eidolon cycle to grow the creature's power while reusing multicolored looting effects, turning them into card advantage sources.The deck is a variant of Boros Inside Out, but it dropped the combo in favor of a strategy more focused on Mascot and Sneaky Snacker as win conditions, reaching second place in the Pauper Challenge on June 19 with player Adreen.The DecklistMaindeckThe win condition revolves around the "go big" line with Spirit Mascot and effects that remove cards from the graveyard, especially with Aurora Eidolon and Sandstorm Eidolon through multicolored looting effects. Each time the Eidolons trigger and return to hand, they individually increase Mascot's power, easily pushing it out of range of damage‑based removal.Sneaky Snacker provides the go‑wide plan. In most matches, they become our main threat, and like the Eidolons, they also trigger Spirit Mascot individually.Rounding out the creatures, Scrapwork Mutt and Voldaren Epicure provide early board presence and cheap looting effects. Scrapwork also synergizes with Spirit Mascot.The looting effects. To trigger the Eidolons consistently, we have eight copies of multicolored discard spells with Pursue the Past, Thrilling Discovery, and Abandon Attachments, plus two copies of Faithless Looting for the early and mid‑game.We also need tools to turn the looting effects into card advantage. Fiery Temper becomes a Lightning Bolt when cast for its Madness cost. Prismatic Strands can protect us or our creatures against damage from a single color, and Sentinel's Eyes triggers Spirit Mascot with its Escape cost.Our worst enemy is the opponent's Sneaky Snacker, and Torch the Tower is the best option to deal with it when we can sacrifice Scrapwork Mutt or Voldaren Epicure's token to scale up against threats with three toughness.Thraben Charm adds to the removal suite while also answering Sneaky Snacker or other issues in the opponent's graveyard.SideboardI'm not sure if we still need a full set of Dust to Dust in the new Metagame, but Affinity is a problem for this deck without it and remains very popular.Likewise, blue decks are very popular, and Bounce effects can be a headache with Spirit Mascot. A full set of Pyroblast is also our best way to handle Tolarian Terror.End the Festivities handles the opponent's X/1 creatures in matches against Elves, Red Rally, White Weenie, and Faeries.Campfire comes in against Burn and is occasionally a late‑game answer to decks that try to attack our graveyard, and Thraben Charm adds to the hate against Spy Combo, Terror, and others.Flaring Pain comes in against Prismatic Strands or in response to Turbo Fog's recent popularity. Prismatic Strands holds off the clock from Red Aggro, White Weenie, Elves, and also protects us against Lotleth Giant until the opponent finds an answer.Sideboard GuideYou will notice that the side‑out in many matches involves some of these cards. They are the ones that synergize the least with the deck in Games 2 and 3, or the redundant slots when we need to bring in better cards. Boros Mascot is a consistent deck, but it requires a specific number of categories to work, and these are the least synergistic pieces for what we are trying to do.Mono Blue TerrorINOUTMadness BurnINOUTRed RallyINOUTGrixis AffinityINOUTElvesINOUTMono White AggroINOUTSpy WallsINOUTWrapping UpThat's all for today!If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment!Thanks for reading!
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