Ruthless Regiment Rework - Ikoria Flavor

Commander / EDH* Humans RBW (Mardu) Tokens Weenie

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LANDS (35)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 8x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

TARGETED REMOVAL (6)

• 1x Banisher Priest
• 1x Devout Chaplain
• 1x Dire Tactics
• 1x Mythos of Snapdax
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Terminate

CARD FIXING (3)

• 1x Fireflux Squad
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Verge Rangers

DEAL DAMAGE (2)

• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

RAMP (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Savai Crystal
• 1x Sol Ring

DRAW (9)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Dark Bargain
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

SHINANIGANS (7)

• 1x Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
• 1x Cavalry Pegasus
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Molten Echoes
• 1x Silvar, Devourer of the Free
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar

PROTECTION (5)

• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Lavabrink Venturer
• 1x Riders of Gavony

BOARDWIPES (1)

• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum

Commander (1)

ANTHEM (8)

• 1x Adriana, Captain of the Guard
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x General Kudro of Drannith
• 1x Luminarch Aspirant
• 1x Perimeter Sergeant
• 1x Sanctuary Lockdown
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Thalia's Lieutenant

CREATE TOKENS (8)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Call the Coppercoats
• 1x Daysquad Marshal
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Nightsquad Commando
• 1x Thraben Doomsayer
• 1x Trynn, Champion of Freedom
• 1x Xathrid Necromancer

COMBAT TRICKS (4)

• 1x Frontier Warmonger
• 1x Garna, the Bloodflame
• 1x Lurking Deadeye
• 1x Odric, Master Tactician

PLANESWALKER (1)

• 1x Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast

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Sideboard

Other (1)

• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

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Maybeboard

IKORIA FLAVOR CARDS (63)

• 1x Blazing Volley
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Bushmeat Poacher
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Checkpoint Officer
• 1x Clash of Titans
• 1x Corpse Churn
• 1x Dark Bargain
• 1x Daysquad Marshal
• 1x Dearly Departed
• 1x Dire Tactics
• 1x Divine Arrow
• 1x Drannith Healer
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Drannith Stinger
• 1x Duskfang Mentor
• 1x Easy Prey
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Farfinder
• 1x Fight as One
• 1x Fire Prophecy
• 1x Flame Spill
• 1x Forbidden Friendship
• 1x Frillscare Mentor
• 1x Garrison Cat
• 1x General Kudro of Drannith
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Go for Blood
• 1x Heartless Act
• 1x Keensight Mentor
• 1x Kelsien, the Plague
• 1x Lavabrink Venturer
• 1x Light of Hope
• 1x Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast
• 1x Lurking Deadeye
• 1x Memory Leak
• 1x Mutual Destruction
• 1x Nightsquad Commando
• 1x Offspring's Revenge
• 1x Pacifism
• 1x Perimeter Sergeant
• 1x Raking Claws
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x Sanctuary Lockdown
• 1x Savai Crystal
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Shredded Sails
• 1x Sleeper Dart
• 1x Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt
• 1x Snare Tactician
• 1x Solid Footing
• 1x Sonorous Howlbonder
• 1x Springjaw Trap
• 1x Tentative Connection
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Unbreakable Bond
• 1x Unlikely Aid
• 1x Valiant Rescuer
• 1x Weaponize the Monsters
• 1x Will of the All-Hunter
• 1x Winota, Joiner of Forces
• 1x Zenith Flare
• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker

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I am taking the Ruthless Regiment Precon and reworking it slightly until I’m happy with its state, I will be focusing a lot on implementing the Ikoria Set Human related cards to give the deck more flavor. Currently haven’t assigned the commander because I haven’t decided if I want to run Jirina Kudro or the partners Trynn, Champion of Freedom & Silvar, Devourer of the Free This deck will be mainly a themed casual deck that will avoid infinite combos or super oppressive cards and will try to be below a 7 in terms of power level. (This is because i will be playing with a casual group at LGS)

Current cards being reviewed for addition:

Icon of Ancestry

Castle Ardenvale

Champion of the Parish

Titan Hunter

Odric, Lunarch Marshal

Swiftblade Vindicator

Mikaeus, the Lunarch

Boros Charm

Unbreakable Formation

Deadly Rollick

Cleansing Nova

Smothering Tithe

Bounty Agent

Cosmotronic Wave

Need to come up with more finishers.

Initial Pass (4/14/20)

• Removed a Bonder's Ornament for Savai Crystal, removed a ramp with little pay off for the new crystal ramp card.

• Removed a Humble Defector for Dark Bargain, traded a ramp that could help others with a ramp that only helps me.

• Removed a Sanctuary Blade for Savai Triome, sacturary blade is just too high on cmc cost with little payoff, so I traded it for more ramp using the new mardu crystal.

• Removed a Shiny Impetus for General Kudro of Drannith, traded a impetus that could cause more harm than good, for something that is worth its cmc and combines anthem with removal.

• Removed a Parasitic Impetus for Lurking Deadeye, traded a rather meh impetus card for a fun new and flavorful combat trick.

• Removed a Titan of Eternal Fire for Perimeter Sergeant, Traded a card that is simply too high on the cmc for an anthem effect that will see much more use.

• Removed a Captivating Crew for Mentor of the Meek, traded something that just felt weird in the deck, it’s probably really good, but I don’t like it’s cmc of 8 so I traded for a more common weenie staple and draw engine.

• Removed a Fumiko the Lowblood for a Daysquad Marshal, Fumiko just feels weird in the deck and I don’t think bushido would see much use in my local meta, so instead I traded for a token gen and a good sized human. I thought about putting Outlaws' Merriment in here, but I’m not running any of the token doublers and it seems too slow to keep up with my meta as the payout is immediate with daysquad marshal, also flavor!

• Removed a Bounty Agent for Thalia, Heretic Cathar, traded a kinda meh removal card for something that will help mardu colors help to keep up with the board state.

• Removed a Battlefield Forge for Herald's Horn, traded my least favorite land from the group to instead add in a tribal ramp.

• Removed a Citywide Bust for Vanquisher's Banner, traded a boardwipe for an anthem AND draw, leaning more towards maintaining and swarming the board and board wipes would see little use.

• Removed a Magus of the Disk for Ruinous Ultimatum, traded a two turn board wipe for a opponent’s only board wipe from the new ikoria set.

• Placed on the sideboard Nahiri, the Harbinger for Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast, Nahiri isn’t bad, and she fills a different roll than Lukka, but Lukka provides his own protection on top of a much needed finisher, I’m keeping Nahiri close at hand while I play though in case I feel I need to swap them. (Also Lukka provides Ikoria flavor)

• Removed a Outpost Siege for a Drannith Magistrate traded some minor card fixing and damage dealing to instead help control the board state more.

• Removed a Unexpectedly Absent for a Swords to Plowshares, traded one removal for a better removal.

• Removed a Cleansing Nova for a Nightsquad Commando, I decided to drop cleansing nova simply because I’m looking to keep a large boardstate and it has the potential to be dead weight, so I traded it for a new flavorful token gen.

• Removed a Titan Hunter for a Lavabrink Venturer, I think titan hunter might just be one big trap, so I’m putting lavabrink in for the time being.

• Removed a Martial Impetus for a Judith, the Scourge Diva as I didn’t much like martial impetus and Judith just performs better overall.

• Removed a Kelsien, the Plague for a Mythos of Snapdax to change out the odd targeted removal for a more ikoria themed board wipe

• Removed a Dearly Departed for a Cathars' Crusade traded unreloable token gen for a reliable counter gen.

• Removed a Vigilante Justice for a Luminarch Aspirant, I didn’t like the speed of vigilante justice and it felt like I would need a lot more token population to make it work better.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 1 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Copy Clone, Human 1/1 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Finalized Deck Builds
Based on	ruthless regiment precon commander 2020 Valdahlerion UNK