Ruric Thar Primal Stax

Commander / EDH Competitive Multiplayer RG (Gruul) Stax

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Land (34)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 14x Forest
• 1x Fungal Reaches
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Raging Ravine
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Removal (9)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Klothys, God of Destiny
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher

Stax (7)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Omen Machine
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden

Recursion (3)

• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Skullwinder

Tutors (3)

• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Woodland Bellower

Damage (13)

• 1x Angrath's Marauders
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Crimson Honor Guard
• 1x Fiendish Duo
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Heartless Hidetsugu
• 1x Klothys, God of Destiny
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Stalking Vengeance
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Ramp (11)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Klothys, God of Destiny
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Draw (6)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Cream of the Crop
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

Haste (3)

• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden

Lifelink (2)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Shadowspear

Commander (1)

Protection (11)

• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Solitude
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Tajuru Preserver
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Vexing Shusher

Evasion (7)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth

Finishers (4)

• 1x Fynn, the Fangbearer
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Primal Surge
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways

Sac Outlet (1)

• 1x Thermopod

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Removal (8)

• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Bloodfire Dwarf
• 1x Bloodfire Kavu
• 1x Dagger Caster
• 1x Goblin Chainwhirler
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Recursion (3)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Rooting Kavu

Damage (2)

• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Inferno Titan

Finishers (1)

• 1x Malignus

Land (1)

• 1x Strip Mine

Ramp (6)

• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Geode Golem
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Svella, Ice Shaper

Draw (5)

• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Svella, Ice Shaper
• 1x Sylvan Library

Tutors (2)

• 1x Mwonvuli Beast Tracker
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

Sac Outlet (1)

• 1x Magmaw

Stax (6)

• 1x Damping Matrix
• 1x Hall of Gemstone
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

Protection (4)

• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf
• 1x Gruul Spellbreaker
• 1x Platinum Angel

Advantage (2)

• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Dualcaster Mage

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Prmial Surge Stax Deck

Do you hate your playgroup? Do you hate fun? Then try this deck! It is sure to disappoint all your friends when they can't do anything or they die from just playing the game.

"Oi! That was too close. We need to smash our way outta here," - Ruric

"Oh, sure, that's your answer to everything. We need a strategy." - Thar

Deck Strategy

• Primal Surge: Ever wanted to play every single card in your deck in one game? Now you can! If Primal Surge resolves you are guaranteed to win even if your opponents are trying to interact with your board or trying to force you to draw cards, etc.
• Stax: The most important thing about piloting this deck is making sure to get the right stax piece out as early as possible. Dropping a turn 2 Magus of the Moon or Collector Ouphe can give you enough time to establish a solid boardstate and lock out your opponents. This can be it's own win condition but it is also important to help prevent your opponents from interacting with the other win conditions as well.
• Infect: Attach Grafted Exoskeleton to Ruric Thar, the Unbowed or any of the creatures in the damage category and your opponents will be on a short clock.
• Burn: I don't mean burn in the traditional sense of casting sorceries like Lightning Bolt to whittle down the opponent. In this deck many cards deal direct damage when certain conditions are met. Some of these cards are meant to slow down the opponent or whittle them down slowly while others can win the game in a single turn. With a damage doubler out Ruric Thar, the Unbowed will deal 12 damage to a player when they cast a noncreature spell and I can force them to cast spells with cards such as Possibility Storm and Omen Machine . This can backfire but with such a high creature count in this deck it is more likely they will die first.

Custom Category Explanation

• Advantage: Cards that draw me more cards, give, evasion, or don't fit into the other categories.
• Damage: Cards that deal direct damage to whittle down the opponents or increase the amount of damage dealt.
• Finishers: These are cards used in finishing strategies. There are many more cards in the deck that will assist with this.
• Land: You guessed it, lands.
• Lifelink: Giving RT lifelink will negate the damage he does to me when I cast a non-creature spell.
• Protection: These protect my board state and/or creatures. Most of these are in here to help against this decks biggest weakness, removal and counterspells.
• Ramp: Cards that let me cast things sooner by putting lands onto the battlefield, tapping for mana, or increasing the amount of mana I can tap for.
• Recursion: These get stuff back from the graveyard.
• Removal: Cards to get rid of threats.
• Sac_Outlet: These are needed to protect against certain play lines such as mass exile or if I just need to sac all my dudes while Stalking Vengeance is out to deal direct damage due to a pesky Ghostly Prison or Propaganda .
• Stax: These slow down the game, prevent something from happening, or deny resources. These can lock out some opponents completely depending on their deck.
• Tutors: Cards that get me what I need, when I need it.

Fallen Adversaries

This is the growing list of commanders who have been stomped into jam by Ruric Thar, the Unbowed !

This deck is completely overhauled from its previous version and has not been tested yet. Testing starts 5/14/2021!

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Top Ranked	Achieved #69 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #57 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.00
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Treasure