Commander Collection: Trailblazer

Commander / EDH Counters Kicker RG (Gruul)

Jurrane

Creature (24)

• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Flametongue Yearling
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Ghitu Chronicler
• 1x Goblin Anarchomancer *f-etch*
• 1x Grumgully, the Generous
• 1x Halana and Alena, Partners
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mold Shambler
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Skizzik
• 1x Territorial Allosaurus
• 1x Thicket Elemental
• 1x Untamed Kavu
• 1x Verduran Emissary
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk
• 1x Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Wolfbriar Elemental

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Grow from the Ashes
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Reclaim the Wastes

Land (34)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Copperline Gorge
• 10x Forest
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Hall of Oracles
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Throne of Makindi
• 1x Timbercrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Instant (11)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Gift of Growth
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Ranger's Guile
• 1x Snakeskin Veil
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Evolutionary Escalation
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Retreat to Kazandu

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When making a RG deck, the obvious build is to take the Gruul Smash route. I didn't want to do that (although I thought about making a Ruric Thar, the Unbowed punisher deck), as I'd already done a similar thing with Jund Dragons and Naya Dinosaurs. So I dug a bit deeper on EDH.rec and was reminded of Hallar, the Firefletcher, which seemed like a fun build-around card.

The basic goal of 'Trailblazer' is to use Hallar to kill its opponents, powered by 18 different kicker cards and a +1/+1 counters sub-theme. Many of the kickers themselves are pretty weak, so I avoided the really bad ones and instead focused on ways to buff Hallar with counters, such as Increasing Savagery, Evolutionary Escalation and Hardened Scales.

Most of the other cards in the 100 are either to protect Hallar (Swiftfoot Boots, Whispersilk Cloak, Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention, Inspiring Call) or ramp sources to get as many lands in play as quickly as possible to pay the higher cost of kicker spells.

Although the deck's a bit of a one-trick pony (it doesn't really have any effective ways to win other than Hallar killing everybody), it has some fun interactions with the various sources of +1/+1 counters. For a while, it was my least favourite Commander deck and was probably going to be replaced, but it's grown on me and I'll keep adding to it as it's still fairly underpowered for now.

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All My EDH Decks

• S(i)erra Sidewinder: Mono-White Angel Tribal
• Blue Streak: Mono-Blue Spellslinger
• Clone Zone: Mono-Blue Shapeshifters
• Swamp Thing: Mono-Black Goodstuff
• Black Hole: Mono-Black Sacrifice/Aristocrats
• Red Force: Mono-Red Group Slug
• Firebird: Mono-Red Storm/Tokens
• Timber Terror: Mono-Green Stax
• Hydrus: Mono-Green Hydra Midrange
• Control Freak: Azorius Control
• Crystal Wing: Azorius Skies & Scry
• Dreamcatcher: Dimir Faeries Tribal
• Ice Breaker: Dimir Snow/Zombies
• Steamin’ Demon: Rakdos Life Loss
• Pandemonium: Rakdos Sacrifice
• Trailblazer: Gruul Kicker
• Barnstormer: Gruul Conspire
• Stampida: Selesnya Humans Tribal
• The Boss: Selesnya Hatebears
• Diamondback: Selesnya Auras
• Curse of Novgorod: Orzhov Constellation
• Oblivion: Orzhov Lifegain & Lifedrain
• Time Traveller: Izzet Suspend/Big Mana
• Scorpion Express: Golgari Deathtouch
• Outlaw Run: Golgari Elves/Discard
• Steel Force: Boros Equipment
• Gatekeeper: Boros Multicoloured
• Wicked Twister: Simic +1/+1 Counters
• Steel Vengeance: Esper Artifacts
• Twisted Twins: Esper Theft/Clones
• Mindbender: Grixis Discard
• Dragon Wagon: Jund Dragons Tribal
• Raptor Attack: Naya Dinosaurs Tribal
• Vapour Trail: Bant Flicker
• Hair Raiser: Abzan Reanimator
• Storm Runner: Jeskai Tokens
• Phantom’s Revenge: Jeskai Spirits Tribal
• Boomerang: Sultai ETB Triggers
• Abyssus: Mardu Angels & Demons
• Boulder Dash: Temur Landfall

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.71
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Wolf 2/2 G