Gyrus, Beater of Asses

Duel Commander*

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Creature (46)

• 1x Abbot of Keral Keep
• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Anger
• 1x Avalanche Riders
• 1x Banewhip Punisher
• 1x Beetleback Chief
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Corrupt Court Official
• 1x Dark-Dweller Oracle
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Ember Hauler
• 1x Entomber Exarch
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Ghor-Clan Rampager
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Keldon Marauders
• 1x Mardu Skullhunter
• 1x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 1x Miasmic Mummy
• 1x Mogg War Marshal
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1x Ravenous Baboons
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Rubblehulk
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stingscourger
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Tuktuk Scrapper
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (35)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Copperline Gorge
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 6x Forest
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Artifact (2)

• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Rancor

Commander (1)

Instant (9)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Terminate

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Blightning
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Mulch
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Maybeboard

Creature (23)

• 1x Blood Bairn
• 1x Bloodthrone Vampire
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Deranged Hermit
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Hellhole Rats
• 1x Keening Banshee
• 1x Liliana's Specter
• 1x Llanowar Empath
• 1x Marsh Flitter
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Nightshade Assassin
• 1x Phyrexian Ghoul
• 1x Phyrexian Rager
• 1x Plague Mare
• 1x Sanity Gnawers
• 1x Savage Firecat
• 1x Tajuru Warcaller
• 1x Thorn of the Black Rose
• 1x Tin Street Hooligan
• 1x Ulasht, the Hate Seed
• 1x Vampire Aristocrat

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Goblin Bombardment

Artifact (1)

• 1x Skullclamp

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The gameplan is to play smallish creatures with ETB effects, then resurrect one for free each turn and beat down. Gyrus just keeps coming back, always bigger than before.

Areas for refinement:

1) Possibly more sacrifice outlets, like Nantuko husk. This ensures that you can do things like play creature, sac creature, resurrect creature, for explosive turns where you kill 2 things, ramp by 2, or destroy 2 lands.

2) It's unclear how valuable filling the graveyard is since your small creatures will often die anyway in battle. But, more yard filling could be included.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Duel Commander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Copy Clone, Goblin 1/1 R, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Thopter 1/1 C, Wolf 2/2 G