Gut Open Squirrels, Get Their Skeletons

Commander / EDH* Aggro Budget RG (Gruul) Sacrifice Tokens Value Engine

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Creature (30)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Captivating Crew
• 1x Coastline Marauders
• 1x Deep Forest Hermit
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Goblin Instigator
• 1x Grim Initiate
• 1x Grumgully, the Generous
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Harmonic Prodigy
• 1x Impulsive Pilferer
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Kogla, the Titan Ape
• 1x Loyal Apprentice
• 1x Lumberknot
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mogg War Marshal
• 1x Nest Invader
• 1x Outland Liberator  ^Flip
• 1x Phoenix of Ash
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1x Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 1x Timeless Witness
• 1x Tireless Provisioner
• 1x Ulvenwald Oddity  ^Flip
• 1x Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Artifact (2)

• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Sol Ring

Land (37)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 17x Forest
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^{Flip  Meld}
• 1x Highland Forest
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 12x Mountain
• 1x Rockfall Vale

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Rage Reflection
• 1x Stensia Uprising
• 1x Uphill Battle
• 1x Vicious Shadows

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Acorn Harvest
• 1x Burn Down the House
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Kari Zev's Expertise
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Satyr's Cunning

Commanders (2)

Instant (6)

• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Moment's Peace
• 1x Signal the Clans
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
• 1x Domri, Anarch of Bolas
• 1x Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

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Trying out the new background commanders, and while this particular combination is very low in terms of power level, it provides a self-sustaining skeleton engine once you get the ball rolling.

Basically you want to summon at least one early game 2-for-1 creature like Nest Invader before busting out Gut and his accompanying Cloakwood Hermit background.

Ideally, after saccing one of the early drop creatures to Gut's ability while the background's present, you'll end up with a skeleton and a couple of squirrels. From there you can attack with and sacc the squirrels to get more skeletons without any additional help.

Once the engine is revved up and running, you just want to focus on protecting yourself and Gut from removal, so deterrents like Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs are much needed additions.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Day, Devil 1/1 R, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 1/1 R, Food, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 R, Night, Ogre 3/3 R, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Satyr 1/1 R, Satyr 2/2 GR, Skeleton 4/1 B, Squirrel 1/1 G, Thopter 1/1 C, Timeless Witness 4/4 B, Treasure, Zombie Army 0/0 B