Ruby's Research

Legacy Artifact Counters RG (Gruul)

Sethcentric

Creature (20)

• 2x Copper Myr
• 2x Elvish Archivist
• 2x Iron Myr
• 1x Ogre-Head Helm
• 2x Patchwork Automaton
• 1x Ruby, Daring Tracker
• 1x Scarecrow Guide
• 2x Tough Cookie
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord
• 2x Redcap Thief
• 1x Arcbound Reclaimer
• 1x Barrage Ogre
• 2x Myr Enforcer

Land (23)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 2x Fertile Thicket
• 10x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Kazandu Refuge
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Smoldering Crater

Artifact (2)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Mirror Box

Sorcery (3)

• 2x One Dozen Eyes
• 1x Tower Above

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Season of Growth
• 1x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  ^Flip
• 1x Invigorating Hot Spring
• 1x Korvold and the Noble Thief
• 1x Leyline of Abundance
• 1x Parallel Lives

Instant (6)

• 2x Crushing Pain
• 2x Shrapnel Blast
• 2x Blunt the Assault

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Picnic Ruiner
• 2x Sylvok Replica
• 1x Bellowing Tanglewurm
• 1x Molder Beast
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa

Instant (6)

• 1x Stonesplitter Bolt
• 2x Wing Puncture
• 1x Withstand Death
• 2x Repopulate

Artifact (2)

• 2x Experimental Synthesizer

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith

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Travel through the untamed wilds of Eldrane, collecting the ruined trinkets of times forgotten, and feed them to the creatures that lurk there, or to the forest-dwelling researchers, and watch your might grow!

A R/G (Gruul) deck with a heavy artifact theme. Ruby, Daring Tracker is the theme card for the deck, but the real powerhouses are Elvish Archivist and Arcbound Reclaimer. Throw away cheap artifacts with Barrage Ogre to grind down your opponent's creatures and life total, then recover them with the Reclaimer to do it all over again, boosting your Archivists each time. Isn't the circle of life beautiful?

Patchwork Automaton is a good stand-in for your Researchers, and are more resilient with Ward, at the cost of a bit of synergy with the rest of the deck. Bow of Nylea keeps your Reclaimer fed, as well as offering a lot of other utility besides, and Wall of Tanglecord will keep you alive long enought to get your enchantments online. Once you do, cast a One Dozen Eyes (entwined if you can) for a game-ending attack!

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I'd greatly appreciate any feedback you might have! I don't have an expectation for this to be a particularly powerful deck, but if you see a way[s] I could hone this in (or if I've made some blatant mistake) please post a comment!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Splash colors	RG
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 2 Mythic Rares 8 - 0 Rares 16 - 3 Uncommons 19 - 10 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.16
Tokens	Beast 5/5 G, Copy Clone, Food, Goblin Shaman, Insect 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 G, On an Adventure, Samurai 2/2 W, Treasure, Treasure