Ruric by Souillette

Format: Commander

Commander: Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Gruul deck uses Ruric Thar, the Unbowed to punish noncreature spells while advancing an aggressive stompy creature strategy. By structuring the list with 42 creatures and only 5 noncreature spells, the deck breaks parity on Ruric Thar's 6-damage trigger, forcing opponents to absorb heavy life loss whenever they cast removal, counterspells, or card draw. Early turns focus on accelerating mana through creatures like Llanowar Elves, Priest of Titania, and Somberwald Sage to deploy Ruric Thar by Turn 4. The midgame builds dominant board presence using high-power payoffs such as Thunderfoot Baloth, Quartzwood Crasher, and Gruul Ragebeast. Removal is built directly into creatures like Bane of Progress and Druid of Purification, keeping the spell count low and ensuring continuous development. While vulnerable to board sweepers and lacking instant-speed countermagic, the deck applies relentless pressure through trample combat and severe spell taxation.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Acidic Slime
• 1 Anger
• 1 Arbor Elf
• 1 Armored Scrapgorger
• 1 Bane of Progress
• 1 Blighted Woodland
• 1 Bloodbraid Elf
• 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
• 1 Brawn
• 1 Cankerbloom
• 1 Chandra's Incinerator
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crashing Drawbridge
• 1 Den Protector
• 1 Druid of Purification
• 1 Duplicant
• 1 Entourage of Trest
• 1 Etali, Primal Storm
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Farhaven Elf
• 1 Fierce Empath
• 15 Forest
• 1 Forgotten Cave
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Garruk's Horde
• 1 Garruk's Packleader
• 1 Geode Golem
• 1 Gruul Ragebeast
• 1 Guardian Augmenter
• 1 Haywire Mite
• 1 Keeper of Fables
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Leafkin Druid
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Visionary
• 1 Loxodon Warhammer
• 1 Loyal Guardian
• 1 Managorger Hydra
• 1 Manglehorn
• 1 Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1 Mossfire Valley
• 1 Mosswort Bridge
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1 Orcish Lumberjack
• 1 Priest of Titania
• 1 Primordial Sage
• 1 Quartzwood Crasher
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Rubblehulk
• 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Scavenging Ooze
• 1 Silklash Spider
• 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Somberwald Sage
• 1 Spinerock Knoll
• 1 Steel Hellkite
• 1 Temur Sabertooth
• 1 Terastodon
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thrashing Brontodon
• 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1 Topiary Stomper
• 1 Tranquil Thicket
• 1 Tyrant's Familiar
• 1 Verdurous Gearhulk
• 1 Warstorm Surge
• 1 Wave of Vitriol
• 1 Wood Elves
• 1 Yavimaya Elder
• 1 Zealous Conscripts
• 1 Zendikar Resurgent
• 1 Zhur-Taa Druid