Gruul Butts (EMN - Retired)

Casual* Midrange RG (Gruul)

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Creature (17)

• 3x Crater Elemental
• 2x Decimator of the Provinces
• 2x Goldnight Castigator
• 2x Ishkanah, Grafwidow
• 2x Moldgraf Scavenger
• 4x Sylvan Advocate
• 2x Thunderbreak Regent

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Exquisite Firecraft

Land (24)

• 2x Cinder Glade
• 7x Forest
• 4x Game Trail
• 7x Mountain
• 4x Rogue's Passage

Enchantment (6)

• 4x Assault Formation
• 2x Vessel of Nascency

Instant (5)

• 1x Atarka's Command
• 2x Clip Wings
• 2x Kozilek's Return

Planeswalker (5)

• 2x Arlinn Kord  ^Flip
• 3x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Clip Wings
• 2x Lead by Example
• 2x Tears of Valakut

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Burn from Within
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 2x Roast

Creature (4)

• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 3x Hermit of the Natterknolls  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Vile Aggregate

Artifact (2)

• 2x Skeleton Key

Instant (2)

• 2x Shape the Sands

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This is a really fun deck to play, especially if your meta is full of Languish and Grasp of Darkness. But it really struggles to win without Assault Formation on the battlefield, and as long as Dromoka's Command is a thing, the deck is just too unreliable for anything remotely competitive.

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Kudos, as always, to michael921 for inspiration and recommendations. Check out his latest brew over at Keywords.deck (EMN Standard)!

And for a different take on Assault Formation, check out these SOI Standard Temur builds:

• Sir Mix-A-Lot, by Rasanck
• The Goldnight Booty Brigade (Turn 4 Win), by brokendwarf

Finally, please +1 Upvote if you like this :-)

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 23 - 2 Rares 4 - 8 Uncommons 6 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.19
Tokens	Emblem Arlinn Kord, Human 2/2 G, Plant 0/1 G, Spider 1/2 G, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	Standard, Alter Decks, Gruul (Modern/Standard), e, Viable Decks, Standard, Brews to Choose, >> Standard Archive <<, Ideas for Decks