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Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss is a deck that maximizes the best mana dorks in the game to ramp up the honest way into a Turn 5 blowout, given the right conditions. The strategy is to get Ragga out and spend 7+ mana with a scalable mana dork on board, like Heronblade Elite.

With a turn 1 or turn 2 mana dork, you can play a scalable mana dork/Ragga on turns 3 and 4, and then on turn 5, begin the chain: cast a 7+CMC card, untap the scalable mana dork with +7/+7, and repeat, with ever-increasing mana and a nice, large creature with pseudovigilance to boot!

Some notably good Big Cards: Regal Force, Last March of the Ents, and Nissa's Revelation all draw you cards as they untap your mana powerhouse, and more often than not, start a game-winning chain that ends with Eldrazi or Blightsteel or something like that.

Tooth and Nail is an easy addition, just pull up your favourite threat alongside Craterhoof Behemoth or Xenagos, God of Revels, and good times are guaranteed.

Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender and Badgermole Cub are welcome synergies; beyond the Cub's amazing boost, any Earthbent land falls under Ragga's bonuses as well.

Landing a Nyxbloom Ancient gets silly fast. Suddenly my 10/10 Marwyn, the Nurturer taps for 30 mana at a time? Fun!

So, the scalable mana dorks, here are the ones I included:

Heronblade Elite is perfect. Not only does it produce red mana as well, it also grows when Ragga drops, because he's part Human!

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds is great as well, adding her mana in any combination of colours is a benefit, plus she's drawing you a card every time she goes off!

Kami of Whispered Hopes makes +1/+1 counters a bit more fun, and taps for any colour.

Marwyn, the Nurturer is perfectly fine, but sometimes the limitation of green mana leaves you short when Etali, Primal Conqueror gets drawn.

Viridian Joiner basically Marwyn without the growth.

Cradle Clearcutter is neat, you can cast it as a slightly beefier Viridian Joiner, or if you have some mana to spare, cast it as a 3/6 to start tapping for more mana right away.

And Rainveil Rejuvenator does it, just a bit more expensive to cast, and the self-mill has no deck synergy, barring some Hail Mary Regrowth plan.

Those are the combo scalers, that increase their mana every time a big guy is cast. We also have Circle of Dreams Druid and Arbor Adherent with their own scaling, but they won't get to the silly big mana.

Shout-out to Inkmoth Nexus, which gets all Ragga's bonuses when activated, meaning a single casting of a 7+CMC spell can mean a 10/10 flying infect comin' at ya! I have some other man-lands as well, which enjoy Ragga's bonus.

I'm having a lot of fun with this deck so far, and I'd love to hear any suggestions!

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+1 Hugs, Grisly Guardian main