Apple Jacks

Standard RG (Gruul)

nicmaszk

Creature (24)

• 2x Carnage Tyrant
• 4x Channeler Initiate
• 4x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 4x Drover of the Mighty
• 4x Glorybringer
• 2x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 4x Ripjaw Raptor

Land (22)

• 9x Forest
• 5x Mountain
• 4x Rootbound Crag
• 4x Sheltered Thicket

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Instant (12)

• 2x Abrade
• 4x Blossoming Defense
• 4x Lightning Strike
• 2x Shock

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 4x Harsh Mentor
• 4x Prowling Serpopard

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Sweltering Suns

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An All-American standard Red Green, drink your coffee black, BEAT DOWN DECK. Here's the breakdown:

1. This deck runs 8 mana-dorks to efficiently get out turn three threats like Ripjaw Raptor and Chandra, Torch of Defiance. and turn four threats like Glorybringer or Carnage Tyrant.

2. While the deck does run minimal interaction, Blossoming Defense and Abrade the creatures themselves provide kill spells, card draw, +1/+1 counters, trample and life gain. This give us relevant choices while still turning our big-boys sideways each turn.

3. Perhaps the most important card in this deck is Chandra, Torch of Defiance as she give the deck so much versatility on turns three or four. She can dig four the threats you need early, provide the mana for a turn four Carnage Tyrant even if you only have one dork, she kills relevant threats our opponents may have when we are short on Lightning Strike, at worst she is a free Shock each turn and if you start using her -7 then you're probably already winning the game

4. Once Carnage Tyrant is out you can hopefully close out the game within the next few turns. This is where Rhonas the Indomitable becomes such a relevant blocker while also being a powerful pump spell for your other creatures when they block or if you just need the extra damage.

Overall this deck does well against the meta, and boarding in Prowling Serpopards when facing control makes you difficult to play against. The deck has trouble when it has a slow start or if your opponent plays gain control target creature. Let me know what you think and how we can make this deck better. I will add the entire sideboard soon but I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Once Rivals of Ixalan is released, I imagine this deck will be given the additional tools it needs to break into the competitive scene.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 10 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 2 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.84
Tokens	Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Folders	Standard Decks