Gruul Goblins? by Kronsai

Format: Commander

Commander: Rulik Mons, Warren Chief

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Gruul deck combines aggressive Goblin tribal swarms with explosive combo finishes under Rulik Mons, Warren Chief. The early game establishes rapid mana development using low-cost ramp like Sol Ring, Goblin Anarchomancer, and burst rituals like Brightstone Ritual. By Turn 4, the deck deploys token engines such as Krenko, Mob Boss or attacks with Rulik Mons to accelerate land drops and widen the board. On Turn 5, the strategy pivots to decisive lethal pressure, utilizing mass pump effects like Shared Animosity, Coat of Arms, and Craterhoof Behemoth, direct burn from Purphoros, God of the Forge, or infinite combos such as Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker with Zealous Conscripts and Food Chain with Squee, the Immortal. While proactive anti-countermagic like Vexing Shusher and Rhythm of the Wild shields key spells, the list runs minimal reactive removal and relies heavily on creature survival to secure quick, simultaneous table eliminations.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Boartusk Liege
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Druids' Repository
  • 1 Eternal Scourge
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Lackey
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Rabblemaster
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin War Strike
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Kindred Charge
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Legion Loyalist
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 20 Mountain
  • 1 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Over the Top
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rulik Mons, Warren Chief
  • 1 Rundvelt Hordemaster
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Vexing Shusher
  • 1 Warren Instigator
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts