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Ruric Thar Competitive (Budget Version)

Commander / EDH Competitive RG (Gruul) Stax

noggynogworld


Pretty much a copy of tw0handt0uch's competitive Ruric Thar Deck, but with more budget options. By doing this, I was able to cut the price point by nearly half. It is only slightly slower, but works extremely well.

I replaced most of the dual fetch lands and the OG dual land for slower fetches and basics. I also changed out Gaea's Cradle for Growing Rites of Itlimoc, Survival of the Fittest for Choke, and Mana Crypt with Gruul Signet. Everything else stayed pretty much the same.

While I'm still testing it out, the deck works very well. It ramps up hard with the mana dorks, and even with the lack of lands (36-38 is my usual amount), I can usually bring Ruric Thar out by turn 3-4. It's also very anti-blue, as most of my friends are starting to delve into blue decks. It's surprisingly fun, it's like a scorched earth kind of playstyle. I personally didn't think I would like it this much, but suffocating blue players makes it worth it.

I'm still trying to figure out a sideboard for when there are no blue players at the table, but for the moment, he only comes out when blue players run rampant.

Wincons are generally the same as the actual deck:

Kiki-Jiki/Zealous Conscripts with Tooth and Nail or Defense of the Heart

Mass Land Destruction, Titania and Xenagos the Reveler

Shaman of Forgotten Ways, done with Itlimoc or Treasonous Ogre.

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Put in Gruul Signet in place of Lifecrafter's Bestiary for slightly more mana and makes more sense as a replacement for Mana Crypt.

Changed out Crop Rotation for Price of Glory, because in the official deck Crop Rotation was used to bring out Gaea's Cradle.

Changed out Cathartic Reunion for Planar Chaos to make it more painful for people to cast anything.

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Casual

98% Competitive

Date added 5 years
Last updated 4 years
Splash colors RG
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

11 - 0 Mythic Rares

39 - 0 Rares

19 - 0 Uncommons

14 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.01
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elemental 5/3 G, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Satyr 2/2 GR, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders Decks, Ruric Thar
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