Earth Weapon by Buddadragon

Format: Commander

Commander: Borborygmos Enraged

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Gruul lands-burn strategy commanded by Borborygmos Enraged. The game plan revolves around accelerating mana in the early turns through low-cost mana dorks, fast mana artifacts, and land search spells to cast the eight-mana commander ahead of curve on Turn 5. Once on the battlefield, Borborygmos Enraged turns every land in hand into instant-speed lightning bolts, picking off opposing creatures and commanders while directing massive burn damage at opponents' life totals. Card advantage engines such as Life from the Loam, Creeping Renaissance, and Sylvan Library continuously restock the pilot's hand with discarded lands. Supporting pieces like Storm Cauldron lock opponents under a heavy mana tax while feeding the commander ammo, and Sylvan Safekeeper shields critical permanents from targeted interaction. Backup plans like Field of the Dead and Seismic Assault provide resilient win conditions when the commander is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Grudge
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Battlemage's Bracers
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasted Landscape
  • 1 Borborygmos Enraged
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Cindervines
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Renaissance
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Echoing Deeps
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Groundskeeper
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Keen Sense
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magmatic Insight
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mina and Denn, Wildborn
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nostalgic Dreams
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Nylea's Intervention
  • 1 Orcish Lumberjack
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Realms Uncharted
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Seismic Assault
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 3 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 3 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Storm Cauldron
  • 1 Surly Badgersaur
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Wreck and Rebuild
  • 1 Wrenn and Seven
  • 1 Wrenn and Six
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth