Hmmmm by user9667117

Format: Commander

Commander: Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Gruul deck uses Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients to turn dice rolling and self-inflicted damage into an army of 5/4 Dragon Spirit creature tokens. Its primary plan accelerates mana during the early turns with land ramp and cost reducers, deploys Vrondiss on Turn 4, and activates dice-rolling enablers like Barbarian Class and Component Pouch on Turn 5. The deck transitions into a lethal threat on Turn 6 by resolving major payoffs like Terror of the Peaks, Utvara Hellkite, or Dragon Tempest, converting token generation directly into direct burn and high-power aerial attacks. Without relying on infinite combos, it closes games through overwhelming combat damage and burn over one to two turns. The strategy boasts strong standalone Dragon backup plans if Vrondiss is removed, but remains inherently vulnerable to board wipes and targeted removal due to limited counter-magic and reactive interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acolyte of Bahamut
  • 1 Ancient Bronze Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barbarian Class
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chaos Channeler
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Component Pouch
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Delina, Wild Mage
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dragon Cultist
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonmaster Outcast
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Druid of the Emerald Grove
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Encroaching Dragonstorm
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hoarding Ogre
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Maddening Hex
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Primal Vigor
  • 1 Priority Boarding
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sarkhan's Triumph
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Temple of the Dragon Queen
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Thunderwave
  • 1 Treasure Chest
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Vexing Puzzlebox
  • 1 Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon
  • 1 Wyll's Reversal
  • 1 Wyll, Blade of Frontiers