Ruric Thar Aggro-Slug! (In Progress)

Commander / EDH Aggro Casual Group Slug RG (Gruul)

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Land (34)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 11x Forest
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple of Abandon

Control (8)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Haste (4)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden

Tutor (4)

• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith

Ramp (13)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Draw (9)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Soul of the Harvest

BeatSticks (6)

• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Gruul Ragebeast
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex

Utility (3)

• 1x Champion of Rhonas
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

Commander (1)

Stax/Slug (12)

• 1x Burning-Tree Shaman
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Citadel of Pain
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Manabarbs
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Scab-Clan Berserker
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x War's Toll
• 1x Zo-Zu the Punisher

Protection (5)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Temur Sabertooth

Lifelink (1)

• 1x Basilisk Collar

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Maybeboard

Control (5)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Viashino Heretic

Stax/Slug (1)

• 1x Rumbling Slum

Tutor (1)

• 1x Fauna Shaman

Protection (3)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Haste (2)

• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

BeatSticks (2)

• 1x God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1x Illharg, Raze-Boar

Ramp (2)

• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways

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This deck is an attempt to make a hybrid group slug (that favors me) and aggro deck. I certainly welcome feedback or opinions.

Game Plan:

The goal is to chip away at players lives with the group slug/stax elements, then finish it with creatures. I have only just started playing this deck at my local shop in a casual (though not budget) meta so it'll still need more testing to fine tune it.

Elements:

Group Slug/Stax: Ruric Thar, the Unbowed , Mana Barbs, Citadel of Pain , Scab-Clan Berserker , Cindervines , War's Toll , Zo-Zu the Punisher , Burning-Tree Shaman make it difficult to cast spells and either slows the game down or speeds up the clock. Possibility Storm , Magus of the Moon and Stranglehold makes it even more difficult to search for answers.

Control: Bane of Progress , Blasphemous Act , Chaos Warp , Decimate , Scavenging Ooze , Ulvenwald Tracker , Thrashing Brontodon , and Gruul Ragebeast control threatening elements on the board.

Aggro: Anger , Ogre Battledriver , Rhythm of the Wild , Urabrask the Hidden as haste enablers for Hydra Omnivore , Inferno Titan , Pathbreaker Ibex , Etali, Primal Storm , Ghalta, Primal Hunger .

Ramp: A mix of mana-dorks like Birds of Paradise , Elvish Mystic , Fyndhorn Elves , Joraga Treespeaker , Llanowar Elves , Priest of Titania , Somberwald Sage , Zhur-Taa Druid , and land based ramp such as Wood Elves , Sword of the Animist , Sakura-Tribe Elder , Solemn Simulacrum and Farhaven Elf .

Draw and Tutor: Creatrue based card draw with Elemental Bond , Garruk's Packleader , Guardian Project , Lifecrafter's Bestiary , Primordial Sage , Regal Force , Shamanic Revelation , Soul of the Harvest . Some tutoring with Green Sun's Zenith , Gamble , Fierce Empath and Eldritch Evolution .

Protection: Some protection primarily for the commander with Darksteel Plate , Heroic Intervention , Lightning Greaves , Temur Sabertooth , Heroic Intervention .

Utilities: Champion of Rhonas and Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma to cheat creatures out, Dualcaster Mage and Wild Ricochet for redirecting fun, Scavenging Ooze for graveyards, Helm of the Host and Basilisk Collar for the dream of equipping onto Ruric.

Challenges:

The biggest challenge seems to be balancing the two styles of play into a smooth flow. Land destruction is not played in my meta so land punishment is in the form of zozu and the red enchantments. I'm reluctant to fully commit to mana dorks for ramp since it can be difficult to recover from board wipes, but at the same time the land ramps will make Citadel of Pain , Manabarbs and Zo-Zu the Punisher hurt myself more (can be argued that its only 3 of the 99 cards hurt me so its not too bad).

Though im not a budget deck, I'm not looking at spending too much on the deck. I limit individual card costs to $10 but would be willing to spend up to $20 for key cards that are invaluable for the deck.

Looking for feedback, opinions and ideas to fine tune the deck.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.67
Tokens	Copy Clone
Based on	Ruric Thar copy heavenorhell EDH