Rukarumel, Biologist by user7248353

Format: Commander

Commander: Rukarumel, Biologist

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a five-color "type-unification" combo deck piloted by Rukarumel, Biologist. Her ability makes every nontoken creature, creature spell, and creature card you own share one chosen creature type, converting a pile of otherwise-mismatched tribal payoffs into a single overdetermined machine. Roaming Throne, Harmonic Prodigy, and Naban, Dean of Iteration multiply every ETB trigger on the board; Risen Reef turns every creature into a draw-and-ramp trigger; Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm copies every creature you cast; and Magda, Brazen Outlaw turns taps into Treasures and eventually tutors any artifact or creature. The primary kill is the infinite-mana loop of Emiel the Blessed plus Bloom Tender or Faeburrow Elder feeding Walking Ballista, with Magda as a repeatable assembler and a Terror of the Peaks/Dragon-copy beatdown as backup. The pilot's central decision is which type to name - Dragon, Elemental, Wizard, Dwarf, or Bird - matching the payoff currently on the battlefield.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Atla Palani, Nest Tender
  • 1 Ayula, Queen Among Bears
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cantankerous Keepers
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestial Reunion
  • 1 Chief of the Wilds
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deathbellow War Cry
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Didgeridoo
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dwarven Bloodboiler
  • 1 Eldrazi Displacer
  • 1 Emiel the Blessed
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Haunted One
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kastral, the Windcrested
  • 1 Kibo, Uktabi Prince
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
  • 1 Momentary Blink
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Planar Incision
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rukarumel, Biologist
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thorin, King of Durin's Folk
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Whelming Wave
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast