4 and Still Growing

Standard Budget Midrange RG (Gruul)

Shamplade

Creature (24)

• 3x Gruul Spellbreaker
• 4x Ilysian Caryatid
• 1x Klothys, God of Destiny
• 4x Nessian Hornbeetle
• 4x Paradise Druid
• 4x Warden of the Chained
• 4x Wildwood Tracker

Land (24)

• 11x Forest
• 9x Mountain
• 4x Temple of Abandon

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Domri's Ambush
• 3x Purphoros's Intervention

Enchantment (7)

• 4x Setessan Training
• 3x The First Iroan Games

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Sideboard

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Cindervines

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Maybeboard

Instant (12)

• 4x Collision / Colossus
• 4x Shock
• 4x Thrill of Possibility

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Domri, Anarch of Bolas
• 2x Domri, Chaos Bringer

Creature (4)

• 4x Growth-Chamber Guardian

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Gruul is usually a very aggressive deck, but taking advantage of the high-value "power 4 matters" synergies can really only start on turn 3. Therefore, I took a more midrange approach.

Wildwood Tracker is a budget Pelt Collector, sort of. At the very least its ability will always activate in this deck-the only humans are in The First Iroan Games.

This is my first deck with substantial ramp so I hope I haven't gone overkill with 3 sources: Ilysian Caryatid, Paradise Druid, and The First Iroan Games.

Nessian Hornbeetle, Warden of the Chained, and Gruul Spellbreaker are the heart of the deck. The beetle is basically a 2 mana Pelt Collector, while Warden and Spellbreaker are overstatted power 4 minions with great passive effects.

Purphoros' Intervention is an amazing, budget(!!) mana sink to finish off my opponent and is really what makes the deck midrange.

I'm a little worried that the deck doesn't have enough removal or draw, so I've covered that somewhat in the maybeboard.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 13 - 4 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.11
Tokens	Elemental */1 R, Gold, Human Soldier 1/1 W