A favorite deck of mine that I am still really excited to play. This is my old Grumgully deck from standard. I use it as my kitchen table deck now.
Living the dream is to drop a Grumgully and a Krenko, then each goblin from the Krenko will come down twice as big.
There are a few non goblins in the deck but they serve a purpose. The
Bonecrusher Giant
is a little needed removal along with a big body and the
Wildborn Preserver
is a great non human. Often the Preserver will eat a removal spell on turn two saving my Grumgully or Krenko, if they don't remove it then it will get MASSIVE over the course of the game and ensure we curve out every turn. Bear in mind that the Preserver triggers when a non human ENTERS not is cast, so it triggers off the Goblin tokens when we draw that useless land late game we can put four or five counters on him while he is attacking!
Torch Courier
might seem odd but he can get some early damage in and then allow Krenko to attack one turn earlier, replacing himself with a couple goblin tokens.
Skirk Prospector
is a pet card of mine, but he can be very helpful getting our finishers out a little sooner. He can also enable a turn two Krenko or Grumgully by sacrificing himself. If you aren't attached to him like I am, replace him with
Wildwood Tracker
.
Zhur-Taa Goblin
surprisingly seems to be the backbone of this deck in my casual games. He is just a great early game play, and a 3/3 is pretty much always relevant.
I was running four
Grumgully, the Generous
, but I took one out because I kept drawing multiples. I think three is the correct number here.
Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
is probably our most important card. Combo him with
Collision / Colossus
for enormous value. Just be sure to do it before declaring attackers.
Domri, Anarch of Bolas
gives us several things pretty early for a Planeswalker. He is a semi-lord, mana ramp, and removal all wrapped in one.
We have
Domri's Ambush
as our removal spell, along with the stomp off of our giant.
At the top of our curve we have
Skarrgan Hellkite
, and
Ravager Wurm
. Both of these are just great value finishers, and full of that Gruul flavor!
This deck can be somewhat aggro but shines in a matchup without mass removal, it has the potential to snowball. I know this isn't tier one but it is super fun to play. (I don't enjoy cookie cutter decks, be original people it's a game!) Let me know what you think, and I hope you enjoy!
