[EDH]Dargo & Bruse by pschoen

Format: Commander

Commander: Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder and Dargo, the Shipwrecker

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Boros partner deck harnesses Dargo, the Shipwrecker's extreme cost reduction and Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder's combat boost to enable two interlocking kill paths: explosive artifact-sacrifice loops into storm or infinite mana (Grapeshot, Aetherflux Reservoir, Walking Ballista), and a combat-focused backup where Bruse grants double strike and lifelink to a massive hasted Dargo, chained with extra-combat spells like Seize the Day. The low average mana value (2.22 without lands), dense ritual suite (Rite of Flame, Desperate Ritual, Strike It Rich), and plentiful 1-cost artifact creatures allow the deck to generate enormous mana very early, while a compact tutor package (Recruiter of the Guard, Imperial Recruiter, Goblin Engineer, Oswald Fiddlebender) reliably finds the missing piece. Underworld Breach provides graveyard-based recursion that can turn rituals into a storm engine, and Phyrexian Altar is the mana engine that turns Dargo into a loop.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abeyance
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Dargo, the Shipwrecker
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Disruptor Flute
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Experimental Synthesizer
  • 1 Fire Giant's Fury
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Goblin Welder
  • 1 Goldhound
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Jeweled Amulet
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 March of Otherworldly Light
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Not of This World
  • 1 Novice Inspector
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Oswald Fiddlebender
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Portable Hole
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prized Statue
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 3 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 2 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Thermopod
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Voldaren Epicure
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wizard's Rockets
  • 1 Wojek Investigator
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 _____ Goblin