Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Commander / EDH Midrange RG (Gruul)

Tief

Creature (35)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Anger
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Orcish Lumberjack
• 1x Outland Colossus
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Siege Behemoth
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Stonehoof Chieftain
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (38)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 13x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x High Market
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Mountain
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Bedlam
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Stranglehold

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Ruination
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Instant (4)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Creature (12)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 1x Flametongue Kavu
• 1x Gruul Ragebeast
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Seedguide Ash
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth

Instant (3)

• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Volcanic Offering

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Arlinn Kord  ^Flip
• 1x Domri Rade

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This is not like many Ruric decks that run strictly creatures and lands, nor is it a " Primal Surge and win" deck.

A good Ruric player should be able to value when it's appropriate to eat the 6 from his/her own non-creature spells (Of course ideally you should never have to eat any of his triggers). There are some non-creature spells that just add too much tempo to your plays that creatures alone cannot (EX. Bedlam , Mana Vault ).

I do not like mana dorks for a couple reasons. Over-investing early game instead of just ramping lands into play leaves you susceptible to cheap board wipes. In casual decks there are many random ass effects like Electrolyze or Fire at Will that you will not anticipate. Even ones that appear in all ranges of decks like Pestilence , Massacre Wurm , Inferno Titan or Aurelia's Fury . There are cards like Creeping Renaissance or Praetor's Counsel that help you recover, but this feels like putting too many eggs in one basket for me (EX. counterspells, mass graveyard exile following the wipe, mass discard post hand-filling, all very common for the format).

Some of the Maybeboard are cards I intend to put into the deck but have yet to pick up. More play testing will help in deciding which cards are soon to get cut.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.21
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Plant 0/1 G, Wurm 6/6 G
Folders	Retired EDH Decks