Ruric Thar, Big Bully

Commander / EDH Competitive Control Land Destruction RG (Gruul)

joeltrog

Creature (26)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Instant (7)

• 1x Boil
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 8x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Wild Growth

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Commander (1)

Sorcery (15)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Decree of Annihilation
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Indomitable Creativity
• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Obliterate
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Sudden Demise
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Wildfire

Artifact (5)

• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Creature (11)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Indomitable Creativity
• 1x Ruination
• 1x Splendid Reclamation

Instant (2)

• 1x Boil
• 1x Lightning Bolt

Artifact (3)

• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst
• 1x Trinisphere

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Possibility Storm

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller

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Ruric Thar control and destroy

Basic idea is to ramp into some good control / hate, get the board set up with a titania, ruric himself or a planeswalker and blow up land and creatures leaving the gruul bully boy in charge of the board. Alternatively we have tooth and nail lines if the table is tired out and we can sneak it by. Dualcaster and pyroblast are in to help combat blue. Boil is in the maybe board.

FAQ: "When do I blow up all creatures? I run so many dorks" - Honestly it's tough, you need to time it well and make sure you have some value that will survive, and that your opponents will be the most set back. A few testing games I've pulled the trigger on a wildfire and found one of my opponents benefiting more than me.

This style of build was popularized last year by reddit user Twohandtouch but I've adapted and changed it for a high powered meta that's not quite as all in combo as meta cEDH.

I've played about 6 games with it now and have had mixed results and a little salt.

So far the biggest challenge is ramping up, getting scary and eating a board wipe. To combat this I've added heroic intervention, temur sabretooth and thran dynamo (jury's out on this rock).

Edit 1: Price of Glory out, Fauna Shaman out, destructive force out. Indomitable creativity in, void winnower in, ulvenwald tracker in. Feel like I need some bigger finishers that I can fall back on if main plans are derailed and I'm top decking as well as some additional removal. Indomitable has the upside of flipping dorks in a pinch.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elemental 5/3 G, Elf Druid 1/1 G, Satyr 2/2 GR