Gruul Beatdown, Advice needed!

Standard* Aggro Ramp RG (Gruul)

Honfar

Creature (28)

• 4x Burning-Tree Emissary
• 3x Elvish Mystic
• 2x Ember Swallower
• 2x Experiment One
• 4x Ghor-Clan Rampager
• 2x Kalonian Hydra
• 2x Kalonian Tusker
• 1x Polis Crusher
• 1x Rubblebelt Raiders
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 3x Stormbreath Dragon
• 3x Sylvan Caryatid

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Domri Rade

Land (24)

• 11x Forest
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 4x Temple of Abandon

Instant (4)

• 3x Lightning Strike
• 1x Magma Jet

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Flames of the Firebrand
• 1x Mizzium Mortars

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Experiment One
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid

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This is my first and favorite deck. It started as a Gruul Intro deck but most of those cards have been replaced by now. It focuses on ramping up enough mana to get dudes out early and then pumping my dudes with bloodrushes and wild beastmasters along with rubblebelt raiders.

I usually try to do as follows:

1. Get my mystics out as early as possible, and play dryad militants if I can't get my mystics out.

2. Play my strong 2 drops like my tuskers.

3. Get my Karametra's Acolyte out as soon as I have mana.

4. Pump my dudes with Bloodrush if I know I can win with a quick burst of damage or just play my rampagers if the opponent doesn't have any big threats. Wild beast master distributes the bloodrush to all of my other dudes while Rubblebelt Raiders get pumped for all attacking creatures (it's counters are permanent).

5. I have Polis crusher (got from pre-release!) to take care of enchantments and a stormbreath dragon (also pre-release!) to secure a win. Hopefully my ramp will be able to counter the dragon's monstrosity effect.

ADVICE NEEDED!!

Cards i'm considering replacing:Pyrewild Shaman, does it really fit?Stormbreath Dragon, is the monstrosity going to make me vulnerable if not used as a finisher? Prot from W seems too situational.

Do I have enough Dryad militants? Is the Polis crusher a good fit?

And my main concern, Do I have too much burn? I figure i will need shock for dudes who I just can't seem to take out but do I need 4? Do i need flames of the firebrand?

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.81
Tokens	Emblem Domri Rade