Vial Smasher/Kraum, Grixis Group Slug

Commander / EDH* Casual Control Group Slug UBR (Grixis)

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Land (36)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 6x Island
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (13)

• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Invert / Invent
• 1x Murder
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Spite / Malice
• 1x Terminate

Creature (15)

• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Heartless Hidetsugu
• 1x Kaervek the Merciless
• 1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Zo-Zu the Punisher

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Aminatou's Augury
• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Discovery / Dispersal
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Volcanic Vision

Artifact (10)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Commanders (2)

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Pain Magnification
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Swarm Intelligence
• 1x Wound Reflection

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Creature (6)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Skull Storm

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Burning Earth
• 1x Citadel of Pain
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Havoc Festival
• 1x Hissing Miasma
• 1x Manabarbs

Instant (4)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Negate
• 1x Silumgar's Command

Artifact (2)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer

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I've been struggling with trying to make group slug work for some time and I think I've settled on a build I like.

RB is key to the shell of the deck, but splashing a third color is crucial to be able to not get mana screwed or run hell bent every game. White offers strong removal and life gain, green offers ramp, but blue offers card draw.

Branching to three color partners, splashing blue provides the best second option in the command zone. Blue also allows the use of the best delve cards and split cards, which vial smasher abuses well.

The primary course this deck runs is to establish vial smasher early, start eating at life totals while maintain card advantage and board control, then finishing off the table with a finite Exsanguinate or Torrment of Hailfire.

Heartless Hidetsugu + Wound Reflection should end games as well.

Recommendations welcome.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.88
Tokens	Construct X/X C, Gold
Folders	Sleeping Decks
Based on	Mardu Group Slug olivebagel EDH