Swinging Gruul by Movoe123

Format: Commander

Commander: Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Gruul aggro and combat-combo strategy built around Anzrag, the Quake-Mole. The core game plan accelerates into an early Turn 3 Anzrag using dense 1–2 CMC ramp, then equips or buffs it on Turn 4 with indestructible enablers like Dolmen Gate, Mithril Coat, and Darksteel Plate, or forced-block effects such as Roar of Challenge, Lure, and Invasion Plans. When Anzrag becomes blocked, it untaps all attacking creatures and triggers additional combat phases, creating cascading combat loops that generate immense mana with Grand Warlord Radha or Savage Ventmaw while clearing opposing blockers. Explosive card draw engines scaling off Anzrag's 8 power—such as Return of the Wildspeaker, Hunter's Insight, and Rishkar's Expertise—rapidly refill the hand with lethal finishers like Overwhelming Stampede, Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar. Robust low-cost protection spells defend the engine against spot removal, allowing the deck to close out games swiftly by Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compelled Duel
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Domri, Chaos Bringer
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gaea's Gift
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 General Marhault Elsdragon
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Grand Warlord Radha
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Invasion Plans
  • 1 Irresistible Prey
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lure
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Roar of Challenge
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Savage Ventmaw
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 You Look Upon the Tarrasque
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus