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(En)Rage(eD) (4.0.3)

Commander / EDH Landfall Lands RG (Gruul) Theme/Gimmick

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25/12/2023 Some friends got me back into magic recently after a few years hibernation. Been going through my cards and trying to come up with some ideas for new decks.

I've never really done much in the offical commander format. So when I found this guy Borborygmos Enraged it seemed like a fun place to start.

I have piles of cards from my 2 previous bouts of involvement with the game. I don't want to go out spending a bunch of money getting back into it so I built with what I already owned.

I've looked over some other lists, deck techs, etc, but the idea is pretty straight forward. The main focus is ramp for Borborygmos lightning bolt lands. Decided to also make use of a bunch of landfall cards and card fetch I had from an old big stompy green.

Will update as I move through it.

04/02/2024 (2.0) Hatched the idea to use Omnath, Locus of Rage as an alternate commander using the same build. Begin work on optimizing. In practice I havnt been drawn to playing the omnath version much yet. I like my land machine gun idea too much.

04/03/2024 (3.0) bigger update. Bought some specific cards for this for the first time. Took a bunch out to put in one of my newer decks Rakdos, Lord of Artifacts where they might be more advantageous.

Update details in the comments.

Used a bunch of old school white border lands to make the land search faster/easier.

Version 4.0.0 (October 24, 2025) MAJOR CHANGES HAVE OCCURED

This one has sat "done" and unplayed for a While. I love the build, but its never really gone off. So I was discouraged, not knowing what it needed. I just didn't know what to do with it to make it more viable/fun/interesting. I still love the idea over and want to "get it there".

I have built a few more decks since this, all with very different themes and mechanics which I am pretty happy with. So I am circling back to "old decks" with fresh eyes and ideas. (Again)

Something I have found helped with a couple other "stuck" decks was shifting the commander to the 99, putting in someone else who helps facilitate the theme in some way.

Hence the change in commander to [Rulik Mons, Warren Chief (DMU:316) CMDR] Is he the best option? I doubt it, I haven't bothered to look yet but he was the best one I had on hand.

The way I see it, he's cheap enough to cast fast, get a couple hits in to get some more ramp to be able to get a board state going. Gets me the mana I need to cast the 2 big bois. So this deck can now go a couple different ways, depending on who I find first. Which is fun, because I had already been building the deck to work with either of them, as alternating commanders. (But focused on Bobby.)

Assuredly this is going to need more changes to balance out the concepts more. Which is the whole idea. But cutting anything is going to be hard. They all serve a function. Some way to tutor stuff other than land would be good and some extra landfall abilities.

4.0.1 (January 21, 2026) [Rulik Mons, Warren Chief (DMU:316)] is out alread. He hasnt helped the way I hoped. But the other thematic changes stay. More card draw, more "play additional land" abilities, some other ways to do damage, more landfall, etc. Feels closer than it has. Still testing.

4.0.2 (February 22, 2026) Finally got to play this one. Did really well. I actually won the game (3 player pod) which is pretty rare for me. I never intended this to be such a landfall deck. My main goal is still to use Borborygmos lightning bolts. But this works.

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