Gruul FACESMASH

Commander / EDH* Aggro Casual Ramp RG (Gruul)

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Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 15x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

GoodStuff (8)

• 1x Crash of Rhino Beetles
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Grunn, the Lonely King
• 1x Hunted Troll
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Worldspine Wurm

BoardWipe (5)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Vandalblast

Protection (4)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Ramp (14)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Grow from the Ashes
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Removal (9)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Ancient Grudge
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x World Breaker

CardDraw (5)

• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Tutor (2)

• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith

Commander (1)

Buff (11)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Decimator of the Provinces
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Forebear's Blade
• 1x Khenra Charioteer
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk

Utility (8)

• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Seize the Day

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This originated from one of the first commander deck I made: Stonebrow, Krosan Hero. I was semi-forced to change the commander with the underwhelming power of Stonebrow. I chose Xenagos, God of Revels because of its explosivity.

ABOUT: This deck starts by playing some different ramp spells (Wall of Roots, Sylvan Caryatid, Oracle of Mul Daya). This allows you to play Xenegos earlier and swing in earlier before anyone has had much time to set up. The haste activation is key for this deck. It allows you to drop big bombs and swing with them 1st turn. I have often used it to drop down a big creature with Elvish Piper early. The creatures are big (Ghalta, Primal Hunger, Combustible Gearhulk, Verdurous Gearhulk, and Thunderfoot Baloth). When power and toughness double, most of them swing in hard with trample. Along with these big creatures are things that take advantage of the large power boost to either keep us in the game, or win the game (Pathbreaker Ibex, Blasphemous Act, Rishkar's Expertise, and Chandra's Ignition).

This deck is fast and fun and can put pressure on a table better than many aggro decks I have seen. It is susceptible to control because most things are individual threats, but some hexproof help is included.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.44
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Faerie 1/1 U, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample