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COMMANDER(S)
Bello, Bard of the Brambles
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G R
- Gruul
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

A Gruul (Red/Green) deck focused on turning high-mana-value artifacts and enchantments into creatures via Bello, Bard of the Brambles, combining token generation and combat damage triggers for card advantage.

Primer:

The deck aims to establish a board presence with mana rocks and high-value enchantments, then convert them into 4/4 creatures using the commander. Early game focuses on ramping and setting up value engines through artifacts and enchantments. Mid-game transitions into turning these permanents into threats while maintaining card advantage through combat damage. The deck can win through combat damage or through value accumulation from various enchantment-based effects. Key synergies include using token generators and landfall triggers to create additional threats.

Weaknesses:

Heavily reliant on the commander to convert non-creature permanents into threats, making it vulnerable to removal. The deck can struggle against faster strategies and may have difficulty recovering from board wipes that destroy both creatures and artifacts/enchantments simultaneously. The strategy requires significant setup time, which can be problematic against more aggressive decks.

Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:

  • Bootleggers' Stash
  • Unnatural Growth
  • Kodama of the East Tree
  • Greater Good
  • Primeval Bounty
  • Sunbird's Invocation
  • Warstorm Surge
  • Garruk's Uprising
  • Rain of Riches
  • Gratuitous Violence

Attribute Ratings:

  • Speed: 4/10
  • Resilience: 5/10
  • Consistency: 5/10
  • Interaction: 4/10

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a casual power level, with a unique but somewhat slow strategy that requires multiple pieces to come together. While it has some powerful individual cards and interesting synergies, it lacks the explosive speed and consistency of higher-powered decks. The interaction suite is modest, and the deck's reliance on its commander makes it vulnerable to disruption. When compared to power level 4.0 decks, it shows slightly more synergy and potential for explosive turns, but lacks the consistency and protection of 5.0 decks.

Final power level rating: 4.5 - 5.0

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DECK LIST
Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Planeswalker: 1
1
Domri, Anarch of Bolas
1 R G
Creature: 21
1
Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic
3 G //  2 G
1
Burnished Hart
3
1
Etali, Primal Storm
4 R R
1
Evercoat Ursine
4 G
1
Garruk's Packleader
4 G
1
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
10 G G
1
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
3 G
1
Grothama, All-Devouring
3 G G
1
Grumgully, the Generous
1 R G
1
Kodama of the East Tree
4 G G
1
Llanowar Loamspeaker
1 G
1
Lotus Cobra
1 G
1
Prosperous Bandit
2 R
1
Pyreswipe Hawk
3 R R
1
Rampaging Baloths
4 G G
1
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 G
1
Teapot Slinger
3 R
1
Tendershoot Dryad
4 G
1
Trailtracker Scout
1 G
1
Wandertale Mentor
R G
1
Wildsear, Scouring Maw
3 R G
Sorcery: 7
1
Blasphemous Act
8 R
1
Cultivate
2 G
1
Decimate
2 R G
1
Explore
1 G
1
Farseek
1 G
1
Harmonize
2 G G
1
Rampant Growth
1 G
Instant: 5
1
Abrade
1 R
1
Beast Within
2 G
1
Big Score
3 R
1
Chaos Warp
2 R
1
Starstorm
X R R
Artifact: 14
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Bootleggers' Stash
5 G
1
Esika's Chariot
3 G
1
Fellwar Stone
2
1
Gilded Lotus
5
1
Gruul Signet
2
1
Hedron Archive
4
1
Mind Stone
2
1
Rolling Hamsphere
7
1
Sol Ring
1
1
Spine of Ish Sah
7
1
Talisman of Impulse
2
1
Thought Vessel
2
1
Thran Dynamo
4
Enchantment: 13
1
Alchemist's Talent
3 R
1
Berserkers' Onslaught
3 R R
1
Garruk's Uprising
2 G
1
Gratuitous Violence
2 R R R
1
Greater Good
2 G G
1
Outpost Siege
3 R
1
Path of Discovery
3 G
1
Primeval Bounty
5 G
1
Rain of Riches
3 R R
1
Sunbird's Invocation
5 R
1
Thickest in the Thicket
3 G G
1
Unnatural Growth
1 G G G G
1
Warstorm Surge
5 R
Land: 38
1
Cinder Glade
1
Command Tower
1
Copperline Gorge
1
Evolving Wilds
1
Exotic Orchard
10
Forest
1
Forgotten Cave
1
Game Trail
1
Gruul Turf
1
Karplusan Forest
1
Mossfire Valley
1
Mosswort Bridge
8
Mountain
1
Path of Ancestry
1
Raging Ravine
1
Reliquary Tower
1
Rootbound Crag
1
Sheltered Thicket
1
Temple of Abandon
1
Terramorphic Expanse
1
Tranquil Thicket
1
Wooded Ridgeline