Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Commander / EDH* RG (Gruul)

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Creature (33)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Anger
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hoard-Smelter Dragon
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Myojin of Life's Web
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Ondu Giant
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedguide Ash
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of HungerGC
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Domri Rade
• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 9x Forest
• 1x Gaea's CradleGC
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Raging Ravine
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Cream of the Crop
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Nature's Will
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (13)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Minion Reflector
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Primal Surge

Commander (1)

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On the most basic level this deck is simply a Primal Surge deck. However the deck's main objective is to have fun with and sometimes abuse ETB triggers. The deck is obviously creature heavy but not simply because of Ruric Thar, the Unbowed. The deck runs completely self reliant without Ruric. He is just a really strong creature for anti-control and flyers.

The deck works by filtering card draws using Mirri's Guile, Sylvan Library and land fetching creatures.

Using Hoarding Dragon to fetch relevant artifact when needed. Works best when Greater Good is in play.

The only Ruric support is the Grafted Exoskeleton, but since it's an equip it works with every creature.

I also play Zealous Conscripts to combo with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker. This combo is either achieved by casting the two of them or cheating them into play using Birthing Pod sacrificing any two four drops for instant win.

Any questions or comments are much appreciated, however this is a Primal Surge deck. I don't want to hear about instant/sorcery options for the deck. Thanks in advance.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	4.71
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Domri Rade, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Plant 0/1 G, Satyr 2/2 GR, Wurm 6/6 G