defense rahhhh by Fausten

Format: Commander

Commander: Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Gruul forced-combat deck built to exploit Anzrag, the Quake-Mole's triggered ability: whenever he becomes blocked, everything untaps and you get an extra combat phase. The plan is to force blocks (via Lure, Invasion Plans, Irresistible Prey, Compelled Duel, Roar of Challenge, Neyith of the Dire Hunt, The Masamune, or Anzrag's own activated ability), clear the blockers with deathtouch or trample, and chain extra combats into a table kill. Damage is multiplied through Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar (spreads to all opponents), Jeska, Thrice Reborn (triples), Xenagos, God of Revels (haste + pump), and Unnatural Growth/Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus (doubling). A commander-independent backup exists in Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault for infinite combats. The deck is a single-threat, high-synergy beatdown machine that wins through combat inevitability rather than the stack.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compelled Duel
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Gift
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 General Marhault Elsdragon
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Heralds of the Shredder
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Highland Forest
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Infiltration Lens
  • 1 Invasion Plans
  • 1 Irresistible Prey
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 La Madre Tierra
  • 1 Last Night Together
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lure
  • 1 Mage Slayer
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Power Fist
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Roar of Challenge
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Savage Ventmaw
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 You Look Upon the Tarrasque
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus