Ruhan Virus by BaldGoose

Format: Commander

Commander: Ruhan of the Fomori

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Voltron and Giant tribal hybrid commanded by Ruhan of the Fomori. The core game plan revolves around casting an early, over-statted 7/7 commander and augmenting him with equipment and tribal damage amplifiers. Tutors like Stoneforge Mystic and Stonehewer Giant fetch crucial equipment such as the 'Swords of X and Y' cycle, Mithril Coat, and Shadowspear to grant evasion, protection, and substantial combat triggers. Damage doublers like Calamity Bearer and Berserkers' Onslaught quickly turn Ruhan into a two-hit or one-hit knockout threat. Because Ruhan attacks a random opponent each combat, the deck cannot focus down a single player at will. To manage multiplayer board states while grinding down opposing life totals, the deck utilizes asymmetric board wipes like Realm-Cloaked Giant // Cast Off and Cyclone Summoner. High-end Giants provide resilient backup beaters if the commander is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Always Watching
  • 1 Ancient Amphitheater
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Batterskull
  • 1 Benthic Giant
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Brion Stoutarm
  • 1 Calamity Bearer
  • 1 Capsize
  • 1 Cathedral of War
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystalline Giant
  • 1 Cyclone Summoner
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Desolation Giant
  • 1 Divine Reckoning
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fevered Visions
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Firbolg Flutist
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frost Titan
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Hall of Storm Giants
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hamletback Goliath
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Hundred-Handed One
  • 1 Inferno Titan
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas
  • 1 Keranos, God of Storms
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Quakebringer
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Realm-Cloaked Giant // Cast Off
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruhan of the Fomori
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sentinel of the Eternal Watch
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Stonehewer Giant
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Sword of Sinew and Steel
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Sword of War and Peace
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 The Eternal Wanderer
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thryx, the Sudden Storm
  • 1 Tithe
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wizard Class