Gruul Dragon by Cazedor

Format: Commander

Commander: Atarka, World Render

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Gruul Dragon tribal deck uses explosive ramp to deploy high-cost flying threats ahead of curve, turning Atarka, World Render into a decisive combat finisher. The game plan focuses on establishing 5 to 7 mana by Turn 4 through land search spells, mana dorks, and tribal cost-reducers such as Dragonspeaker Shaman and Urza's Incubator. Once the mana engine is online, the deck casts high-impact Dragons like Terror of the Peaks, Utvara Hellkite, and Old Gnawbone. When Atarka, World Render enters combat, its ability grants double strike to all attacking Dragons, doubling their combat output and threatening 12 commander damage in a single evasive swing. Additional damage doublers such as Twinflame Tyrant and Unnatural Growth quickly scale total damage past triple digits. The deck relies primarily on combat damage across 2 response cycles to defeat all three opponents, supported by selective anti-counter and indestructible spells to preserve its board.

Decklist (102 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ajani's Anguish
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka's Command
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Fire
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Dragonstorm Globe
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Encroaching Dragonstorm
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Jade Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Klauth's Will
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Roiling Canopy
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skyline Despot
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spit Flame
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thrakkus the Butcher
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Tyrant's Familiar
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon