Gruul Bloodstrike

Standard RG (Gruul)

nickelleon

Creature (30)

• 4x Borderland Ranger
• 4x Ghor-Clan Rampager
• 4x Hound of Griselbrand
• 4x Legion Loyalist
• 4x Slaughterhorn
• 4x Strangleroot Geist
• 2x Thundermaw Hellkite
• 2x Wolfir Silverheart
• 2x Wrecking Ogre

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Domri Rade

Land (20)

• 2x Cathedral of War
• 6x Forest
• 2x Kessig Wolf Run
• 6x Mountain
• 4x Rootbound Crag

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Mizzium Mortars

Unknown (4)

• 4x stomping grounds

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Sideboard

Enchantment (6)

• 3x Alpha Authority
• 3x Madcap Skills

Instant (1)

• 1x Ranger's Guile

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Gruul version of a blood rush + double strike deck.

I'm really excited for the interaction of double strike and bloodrush. This deck could've existed before Gatecrash by substituting bloodrush cards with pump spells, but those decks never had the right balance of pumps and creatures. With bloodrush, we can rely on our pumps when the field is right, or we can use them as creatures when we're in a pinch.

With Gruul, we have many options for tramplers, and limited options for double strikers. This ratio really lets Wrecking Ogre shine! An arbor elf wearing rancor pants may seem like a wimpy 3 damage... until the wreckng ogre comes knocking, making that arbor elf deal 12 out of nowhere.

The deck has an equal balance of double strikers and bloodrushers, with rancor sending it over the top, ranger's guile to protect your investment, and domri rade to gain card advantage. Legion loyalist and strangleroot geist are the oddballs in the deck, but I can't justify not playing these resilient and versatile creatures (wrecking ogre loves them too). Arbor elf is there to get it to its critical 3-4 mana curve.

The deck is a lot of fine, and I encourage you to test it.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 0 Rares 8 - 3 Uncommons 8 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Emblem Domri Rade