How big can he get by aldy1525

Format: Commander

Commander: Ruric Thar, Biomagus

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a high-tempo Mono-Blue Voltron and Spellslinger strategy led by Ruric Thar, Biomagus. The commander combines flying and double prowess with a built-in protective trigger that draws a card whenever an opponent targets it. The primary game plan accelerates mana over the first three turns, casts Ruric Thar on Turn 5, and begins eliminating opponents on Turn 6. By chaining cheap 1-mana cantrips like Ponder, Opt, and Shadow Rift, each spell grants Ruric Thar +2/+2, rapidly inflating its combat damage to lethal levels. Equipment such as Fireshrieker and Wizard's Staff double this damage output to eliminate opponents in a single swing. A robust suite of free and low-cost protection spells, including Fierce Guardianship and Shore Up, defends the commander against removal. If the primary plan is interrupted, independent backup threats like Talrand, Sky Summoner and Hullbreaker Horror convert the deck's spell velocity into an overwhelming board presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Artful Dodge
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Blustersquall
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Distortion Strike
  • 1 Eaten by Piranhas
  • 1 Eel Umbra
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Lockjaw, Slobbering Teleporter
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mirrorpool
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Robe of the Archmagi
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruric Thar, Biomagus
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Snap
  • 12 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Witness Protection
  • 1 Wizard's Staff