Gruul Lure Lands by user2355844

Format: Commander

Commander: General Marhault Elsdragon

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul combat strategy built around General Marhault Elsdragon and forced-block mechanics. The primary game plan accelerates into the commander on turn 3 or 4, then deploys lure effects such as Lure, Nemesis Mask, and Roar of Challenge to force opposing creatures into blocking. When blocked, General Marhault grants +3/+3 for each blocking creature, turning modest attackers into massive threats that trample over defenders to eliminate players. The deck supplements this strategy with enrage synergies like Silverclad Ferocidons and Hexhaven Invigorator, alternate finishers like Anzrag, the Quake-Mole and Dark Depths, and efficient single-mana protection spells to keep critical threats alive. While it excels at overwhelming creature-based boards and crushing defenses, its reliance on combat damage over multiple turn cycles leaves it vulnerable to well-timed sweepers and fog effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alluring Scent
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Armed // Dangerous
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blooming Blast
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Carnage Tyrant
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Coalhauler Swine
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Defend the Rider
  • 1 Dual Shot
  • 1 Echoing Deeps
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 General Marhault Elsdragon
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Infiltration Lens
  • 1 Irresistible Prey
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Labyrinth of Skophos
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Loamspeaker
  • 1 Lure
  • 1 Magma Jet
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nemesis Mask
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Pinecone Strike
  • 1 Primal Might
  • 1 Prized Unicorn
  • 1 Ranging Raptors
  • 1 Raphael, Ninja Destroyer
  • 1 Ravenous Daggertooth
  • 1 Reckless Blaze
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Road of Return
  • 1 Roar of Challenge
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Silverclad Ferocidons
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Skewer the Critics
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Three Tree Rootweaver
  • 1 Thrun, Breaker of Silence
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 World Shaper