Welcome to: NOT GRUUL? THEN DIE! Where we beat our opponents to death as quickly as possible with nothing but our fists, and prejudice for not being Gruul!
Alright, first off this deck is meant to be dirt cheap. No GP winnings here, just intended for some casual kitchen table and FNM play. That being said, any reasonable budget friendly suggestions are welcome.
The goal of the deck is simple: Get
Charging Badger
,
Boon Satyr
, satyr hoplit or
Fanatic of Xenagos
on the field as soon as possible, pump with cheap spells and eventually deal lethal. Quickly.
There is a neat little combo as well! Alpha Authority + Madcap Skills = a huge, untargetable, unblockable creature.
Here's some choice explanation for those who may be confused.
CREATURES:
Boon Satyr
is here as it's a 3 for 4 with flash, which is very nice, as well as it's relatively cheap bestow cost for the grind game, or if I just want to make Badger/Fanatic/generic body HUGE.
Charging Badger
is there for the turn 1 play, as well as some built in trample. And I mean come on! It's honey badger! In all seriousness I'm considering taking this guy our for Kalonian Tusker. However it'll kill the novelty. I'm so torn...
Satyr Hoplite
is one drop that gets bigger as we pump him. Cool.
Fanatic of Xenagos
is pretty nice as a pseudo
Boon Satyr
. Paying 3 for a 4/4 (potentially with haste) is pretty cool. Still kinda debating on the ratio between him and
Boon Satyr
.
Ghor-Clan Rampager is here for the cheap bloodrush, as well as a decent body in case something happens to the lower drop creatures.
Rubblebelt Maaka
and Slaughterhorn: See above. More Slaughterhorn over
Rubblebelt Maaka
just because I feel Slaughterhorn is a better, cheaper version of
Rubblebelt Maaka
. Might replace him with Slaughterhorn completely.
PUMP/OTHER SPELLS:
Giant Growth and Titan's Strength : Cheap pumps.Considering more Titan's Strength over Giant Growth for the scry 1.
Alpha Authority for the protection and interaction with Madcap Skills
Madcap Skills for the pump and interaction with Alpha Authority!
Gruul War Chant
is basically just two more madcap to try to combo with Alpha Authority more often. Might drop these completelyEDIT: Taken out for Magma Jet
Armed / Dangerous
is here for the double-strike ONLY. The dangerous aspect is pretty mediocre and will probably never go off.EDIT: Taken out for Ranger's Guile
Phytoburst
is just some cheap pump. Might replace with more Titan's Strength.
MANA BASE:
Super self explanitory. Guildgates are here because I can't afford shock/scry lands. :(
The side is mostly to counter blue/white/black removal. Suggestions are heavily required.
