Ruric Thar Sept 27 by Superj29

Format: Commander

Commander: Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul Stompy and Anti-Spell Punisher strategy commanded by Ruric Thar, the Unbowed. It accelerates mana on turns 1 through 3 using creature and land-based ramp to resolve Ruric Thar by Turn 4. Once on the battlefield, Ruric Thar applies a harsh tax on noncreature spells, dealing 6 damage per cast. The deck breaks parity on this effect by running predominantly creature-based ramp, card draw, and removal. In the midgame, it amplifies its pressure using damage multipliers like Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, and Absorbing Man and Titania, or combat powerhouses like Xenagos, God of Revels, Ghalta, Primal Hunger, and Bloodthirster. Opponents face a difficult dilemma: spend life and noncreature removal spells to answer the board, or succumb to overwhelming combat damage by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Absorbing Man and Titania
• 1 Angrath's Marauders
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archetype of Endurance
• 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Bloodthirster
• 1 Bow of Nylea
• 1 Burgeoning
• 1 Cankerbloom
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Curse-Marred Demon
• 1 Defense of the Heart
• 1 Dragonborn Champion
• 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1 Elvish Piper
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Fauna Shaman
• 13 Forest
• 1 Frenzied Baloth
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1 God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
• 1 Loxodon Warhammer
• 1 Magmatic Hellkite
• 1 Mightform Harmonizer
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 10 Mountain
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Neheb, the Eternal
• 1 Ohran Frostfang
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1 Rhythm of the Wild
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
• 1 Scytheclaw Raptor
• 1 Shadow in the Warp
• 1 Silverback Elder
• 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1 Skyshroud Claim
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Sunder Shaman
• 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
• 1 Thorn of Amethyst
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Thrun, Breaker of Silence
• 1 Tireless Provisioner
• 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
• 1 Trailtracker Scout
• 1 Training Compound
• 1 Tyvar's Stand
• 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
• 1 Wandertale Mentor
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Worldly Tutor
• 1 Xenagos, God of Revels