Dimir in a Gruul Trenchcoat by Gwim

Format: Commander

Commander: Durnan of the Yawning Portal and Passionate Archaeologist

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Gruul deck pilots **Durnan of the Yawning Portal** with the **Passionate Archaeologist** Background, creating an exile-based value engine. Durnan attacks to exile a creature card from the top four, then you cast it with undaunted (costing {1} less per opponent), and the Background burns an opponent equal to its mana value. The deck accelerates with dorks and land ramp to get Durnan online early, then chains high-impact threats from exile. Secondary win conditions include stealing all creatures with **Insurrection** or **Mob Rule**, and the poison clock from **Etali, Primal Conqueror**'s transform side. Stax pieces like **Blood Moon**, **Stranglehold**, and **Ruric Thar** slow the table while the deck advances its board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Cindervines
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Durnan of the Yawning Portal
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Guttural Response
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
  • 1 Lifeline
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mages' Contest
  • 1 Magus of the Moon
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Possibility Storm
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shocker
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stranglehold
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Shusher
  • 1 Wand of Wonder
  • 1 Wild Ricochet
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth