No aggro Gruul deck help

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Posted on May 14, 2013, 7:39 a.m. by Linkdude74

See, I just recently opened my Dragon's maze box and was i a booster draft on the same night. I wound up getting two Ruric Thar, the Unbowed in my box(along with 7 of the other legend), and in the draft, my first pick was Ruric. I want to make a Ruric deck now for standard but not sure where to go with it. Can I get some suggestions that may spark some ideas? Thanks

Zurnic says... #2

You definitely want to run only creatures and bloodrush as much as possible since Ruric would punish you for playing anything else. I'd also run some bigger creatures than Gruul normally runs. Wolfir Silverheart comes to mind. Also make sure you have a fair amount of trample to make Ruric even more deadly since they can't just chump block him. Skarrg Goliath is a great option as is Craterhoof Behemoth . Maybe you could run some mana accelerators like Arbor Elf and Zhur-Taa Druid . You just want to make sure you run a fair bit of mana, probably 23-24 and have some bombs to compensate for your lack of speed.

May 14, 2013 9 a.m.

psychoza says... #3

Mana ramping for big creatures sounds like a job for Somberwald Sage . :)

May 14, 2013 1:27 p.m.

Riley212 says... #4

check out my deck for ideasBig Greeen Gruul

not the best but not to expensive either

May 15, 2013 5:58 p.m.

I guess Jund midrange, but it has Sire Of Insanity , so maybe Naya Midrange?

4x Farseek

4x Mizzium Mortars

4x Boros Reckoner

4x Voice of Resurgence

4x Huntmaster of the Fells  Flip

3x Restoration Angel

4x Thragtusk

2x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Something with that as a core?

May 16, 2013 3:52 a.m.

Sagi007 says... #6

you could jsut run sire and ruric play something to get rid of either/both atleast they take 6 damage if they havnt lost already since you have gotten both out.

btw if voice gets popular will Pillar of Flame start seeing mainboards again? dont hear alot bout that card anymore

May 16, 2013 5:29 p.m.

No, I would not run Sire Of Insanity and Ruric in the same deck. Sire is simply much, much better vs control and I would run 4 Sires before the 1st Ruric - and I only want 3 Sires, max.

May 17, 2013 3:49 a.m.

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