Big dumb bad gruul by thatwhileifound

Format: Commander

Commander: Omnath, Locus of Rage

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This Gruul deck is a dedicated Landfall and big-mana stompy strategy commanded by Omnath, Locus of Rage. The game plan revolves around accelerating the mana base through dense early land ramp, deploying Omnath ahead of curve, and generating a crushing army of 5/5 Elemental tokens with subsequent land drops. Omnath provides a dual threat: massive combat pressure and a lethal burn deterrent that bolts opponents for 3 damage whenever an Elemental dies. The deck features redundant landfall powerhouses like Avenger of Zendikar and Rampaging Baloths, supported by burst card draw tied to creature power via Rishkar's Expertise and Return of the Wildspeaker. While the deck possesses explosive mid-game lethality and natural resilience against destroy sweepers, its high mana curve and lack of creature tutors make it reliant on natural draws. It remains vulnerable to exile-based board wipes and fast combo strategies that outpace traditional combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Burning Earth
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Death's Presence
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 17 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nesting Dragon
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Paradox Zone
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Primal Vigor
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sporemound
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Mending of Dominaria
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth