Gruul Exile by Sebmarti78

Format: Commander

Commander: Durnan of the Yawning Portal and Passionate Archaeologist

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck pairs Durnan of the Yawning Portal with Passionate Archaeologist to create an exile-cast burn and stompy engine. The primary game plan ramps into Durnan and Passionate Archaeologist early, attacks safely to exile high-cost threats with undaunted cost reduction, and burns opponents out while casting massive spells from exile. Passionate Archaeologist converts large exile casts into direct damage, which is amplified by damage doublers like Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, Fiendish Duo, and Angrath's Marauders. Secondary win conditions involve overwhelming combat steps via cascade chains from Apex Devastator, direct entrance damage from Terror of the Peaks and Warstorm Surge, or massive pump swings with Finale of Devastation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angrath's Marauders
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Aurora Phoenix
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Durnan of the Yawning Portal
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Keeper of Secrets
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Nalfeshnee
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Pattern of Rebirth
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Savvy Trader
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sweet-Gum Recluse
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 Tectonic Giant
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tranquil Frillback
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor