54 Feral Hogs by Postdarkness

Format: Commander

Commander: Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Gruul deck is an aggressive, creature-centric stompy archetype helmed by Ruric Thar, the Unbowed. The primary game plan focuses on deploying efficient low-cost mana dorks on Turns 1–2 to accelerate into high-impact beaters and cast Ruric Thar by Turn 4. Once on the battlefield, Ruric Thar applies immediate pressure as a 6/6 vigilance/reach attacker while imposing a punishing 6-damage trigger whenever any player casts a noncreature spell. This severely constrains spell-heavy strategies, storm decks, and cheap removal sequences. The 99 is densely packed with large trampling creatures, cost reducers like Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma, and cheat enablers like Ilharg, the Raze-Boar to overwhelm opponents across successive combat steps. While the deck boasts high redundancy and resilience in combat threats, its almost complete lack of noncreature spells leaves it vulnerable to instant-speed combo wins and sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Apocalypse Hydra
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Borborygmos
  • 1 Borborygmos Enraged
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Visionary
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 15 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Horde
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Genesis Hydra
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Giant Ankheg
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Grumgully, the Generous
  • 1 Gruul Ragebeast
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hamletback Goliath
  • 1 Harsh Mentor
  • 1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
  • 1 Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Molder Slug
  • 1 Molten Primordial
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Primal Surge
  • 1 Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Savage Ventmaw
  • 1 Savageborn Hydra
  • 1 Scytheclaw Raptor
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Somberwald Sage
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Stormbreath Dragon
  • 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
  • 1 Zhur-Taa Druid