Ruric Thar Smash Face

Commander / EDH Aggro Hatebears RG (Gruul)

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Creature (48)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Champion of Rhonas
• 1x Channeler Initiate
• 1x Conclave Naturalists
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Glorybringer
• 1x Great Oak Guardian
• 1x Gruul Ragebeast
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Keldon Firebombers
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mul Daya Channelers
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Stonehoof Chieftain
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Land (38)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Copperline Gorge
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 8x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Pendelhaven
• 1x Raging Ravine
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Treetop Village
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Commander (1)

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Shapers' Sanctuary

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Instant (3)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter

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Creature (3)

• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Viashino Heretic

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Price of Glory

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Agressive Ruric Thar hate and aggro deck against control and counter nuisance.It has no infinite combos and is probably not competitive.

Against non-control decks we usually are faster and have the bigger threats.

Synergies

• Possibility Storm + Ruric Thar, the Unbowed basically make Ruric hit twice for 6 points of damage for each noncreature and make removal much less reliable while allowing us to cash in late-game mana dorks into potentially threatening creatures. Remember that Possibility Storm only affects spells played from hand, not from the command zone.
• It That Betrays + Keldon Firebombers , preferably through entwinded Tooth and Nail.
• Keldon Firebombers + Titania, Protector of Argoth , restrict everyone's available mana and get some elementals for your troubles.

Best result so far was turn 5 attack for 53 points of damage with Tooth and Nail entwined for Stonehoof Chieftain and Pathbreaker Ibex with Urabrask the Hidden and some mana dorks on the field plus Gaea's Cradle

Weakness

• Mana screw. Usually you have to mulligan until you get some manadorks.
• Early Boardwipes hurt as they usually kill all manadorks and makes recovering slow. Solution to this is keeping mana tight for opponents with Keldon Firebombers, Blood Moon and Magus of the Moon and disabling their artifact ramp with Reclamation Sage, Bane of Progress, Woodfall Primus, Conclave Naturalists and a hasty Hellkite Tyrant

Upgrade

• Trying to get more Fetches for Titania
• Carnage Tyrant, Deus of Calamity for more beats and anti-control
• Null Rod and Shapers' Sanctuary for the hate
• Growing Rites of Itlimoc  , Treasonous Ogre and Xenagos, the Reveler as mana boosters

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	It That Betrays + Keldon Firebombers Keldon Firebombers + Titania, Protector of Argoth Possibility Storm + Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.81
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elemental 5/3 G, Wurm 6/6 G