2. Gruul - Creatures Only by PodGames

Format: Commander

Commander: Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Ruric Thar leads a Gruul creature toolbox that wins through combat, not combo. The primary plan ramps with mana dorks and Selvala, lands Ruric Thar to punish noncreature spells for 6 damage, and builds a wide board of value creatures that draw cards on entry or combat damage. Secondary paths use overrun finishers End-Raze Forerunners and God-Eternal Rhonas to double power and grant trample and vigilance, or cheat threats with Elvish Piper and Sledge-Class Seedship. Ruric Thar acts as stax and a 6/6 vigilance beater, not an engine. Yisan, the Wanderer Bard serves as hidden commander, providing repeatable tutor chains that assemble the board even without Ruric.

Decklist (102 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Amonkhet Raceway
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Combustion Man
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Empath
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gigantic Big Bear
  • 1 God-Eternal Rhonas
  • 1 Groundchuck & Dirtbag
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Keen Sense
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Old One Eye
  • 1 Orcish Lumberjack
  • 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shaman of Forgotten Ways
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Sledge-Class Seedship
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Temur Sabertooth
  • 1 Thorn Mammoth
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Vastwood Fortification // Vastwood Thicket
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts