Dirt Cheap Battlecruisers

Casual Battlecruiser Budget RG (Gruul)

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Creature (37)

• 1x AEther Membrane
• 2x Ancient Ooze
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 2x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Borborygmos Enraged
• 2x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 2x Elvish Piper
• 2x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Guardian of the Ages
• 1x Hand of Emrakul
• 2x Living Wall
• 2x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 4x Soul of the Harvest
• 3x Traproot Kami
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 3x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Razors
• 2x Wall of Stone
• 2x Wall of Tanglecord

Land (23)

• 15x Forest
• 6x Mountain
• 2x Temple of the False God

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Sideboard

Creature (11)

• 2x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Ashen Firebeast
• 1x Gruul Ragebeast
• 2x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 3x Vent Sentinel
• 2x Wall of Razors

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Wild Pair

Artifact (2)

• 2x Crawlspace

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Alpha Brawl
• 2x Tranquility

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Maybeboard

Creature (27)

• 1x Arbor Colossus
• 2x Battle Rampart
• 1x Bringer of the Red Dawn
• 1x Drumhunter
• 1x Elderscale Wurm
• 1x Emrakul's Hatcher
• 1x Etched Monstrosity
• 1x Garruk's Horde
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Jungle Patrol
• 1x Kozilek's Predator
• 1x Liege of the Tangle
• 1x Myojin of Life's Web
• 1x Nest Invader
• 1x Patron of the Orochi
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 2x Progenitus
• 1x Rage Nimbus
• 1x Sprouting Phytohydra
• 1x Stalking Vengeance
• 1x Sylvan Primordial
• 1x Tinder Wall
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wildfire Cerberus

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Primitive Etchings
• 1x Raking Canopy
• 1x Spawning Grounds
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (2)

• 1x Altar of Shadows
• 1x Warmonger's Chariot

Instant (3)

• 2x Seething Song
• 1x Vitalizing Wind

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x Collective Unconscious
• 1x Crush of Wurms
• 1x Growth Spasm

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This deck is based on filling the field with enough walls to stop almost any attack. capitalizing on the number of creatures with defender, it uses cards like Axebane Guardian and Overgrown Battlement to gain access to lots of mana. Soul of the Harvest and Wall of Mulch allow for tons of drawing in order to fill up the hand. Massive eldrazi and other beaters start pouring out before other players are prepared to defend against them. It lacks much in the way of removal, but how much do you need when you can play creatures with annihilator by turn 6, or as early as turn 4 with the right starting hand.

Vent Sentinel acts as an alternate win by just doing direct damage in case of too many Fog Bank and Holy Day.

Excluding Elvish Piper, which is easily replaceable, the deck should cost under $30, making it great for some less-than-competitive fun. It also has plenty of room for expansion into hydras, beasts, dragons, bigger eldrazi, and more because mana is plentiful and not necessarily restricted to red/green. My friend plays this deck with 2 copies of Progenitus and 2 copies of Bonfire of the Damned for maximum aggression.

Other dirt-cheap suggestions not already in the maybeboard would be greatly appreciated.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 10 - 10 Rares 17 - 4 Uncommons 11 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	4.27
Folders	battlecruiser