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Gruul Stompy (Xenagos, God of Revels)
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $840.86
Salt sum: 38.59
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Commander

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Xenagos, God of Revels

Indestructible As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Xenagos isn't a creature. At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains haste and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.

Creature Enchantment
Xenagos, God of Revels (sld) 81

Commander

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Mana: Land

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Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (lcc) 242
Into the North

Search your library for a snow land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Into the North (csp) 111
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (cmm) 904
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (2x2) 155
Sakura-Tribe Elder

Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Sakura-Tribe Elder (m3c) 243
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (cmm) 913

Mana: Land

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Addtional Combat

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Aggravated Assault

{3}{R}{R}: Untap all creatures you control. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase. Activate only as a sorcery.

Enchantment
Aggravated Assault (e02) 25
Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

Whenever Anzrag becomes blocked, untap each creature you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. {3}{R}{R}{G}{G}: Anzrag must be blocked each combat this turn if able.

Creature
Anzrag, the Quake-Mole (mkm) 186
Bloodthirster

Flying, trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, untap it. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. This creature can't attack a player it has already attacked this turn.

Creature
Bloodthirster (40k) 73
Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Whenever you attack, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap all attacking creatures. They gain first strike until end of turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Karlach, Fury of Avernus (clb) 186
Moraug, Fury of Akoum

Each creature you control gets +1/+0 for each time it has attacked this turn. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, if it's your main phase, there's an additional combat phase after this phase. At the beginning of that combat, untap all creatures you control.

Creature
Moraug, Fury of Akoum (znr) 150
Port Razer

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, untap each creature you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. This creature can't attack a player it has already attacked this turn.

Creature
Port Razer (lcc) 230
Scourge of the Throne

Flying Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever this creature attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Creature
Scourge of the Throne (mkc) 160

Addtional Combat

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Mana: Treasure/Temporary

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Ancient Copper Dragon

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result.

Creature
Ancient Copper Dragon (clb) 161
Old Gnawbone

Flying Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create that many Treasure tokens.

Creature
Old Gnawbone (afr) 197
Savage Ventmaw

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, add {R}{R}{R}{G}{G}{G}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Savage Ventmaw (fdn) 665

Mana: Treasure/Temporary

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Anthem

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Ashroot Animist

Trample Whenever this creature attacks, another target creature you control gains trample and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.

Creature
Ashroot Animist (fdn) 117
Cactusfolk Sureshot

Reach Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, other creatures you control with power 4 or greater gain trample and haste until end of turn.

Creature
Cactusfolk Sureshot (otj) 199
Halana and Alena, Partners

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on another target creature you control, where X is Halana and Alena's power. That creature gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Halana and Alena, Partners (vow) 239
Oviya, Automech Artisan

Each creature that's attacking one of your opponents has trample. {G}, {T}: You may put a creature or Vehicle card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put an artifact onto the battlefield this way, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Oviya, Automech Artisan (dft) 173
Pathbreaker Ibex

Whenever this creature attacks, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Creature
Pathbreaker Ibex (c15) 38
Surrak and Goreclaw

Trample Other creatures you control have trample. Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Surrak and Goreclaw (mom) 337
Thunderfoot Baloth

Trample Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and other creatures you control get +2/+2 and have trample.

Creature
Thunderfoot Baloth (dsc) 201
Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

Reach At the beginning of each combat, double the power and toughness of each creature you control until end of turn. {G/P}{G/P}, Sacrifice two other creatures: Put an indestructible counter on Zopandrel. ({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.)

Creature
Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus (one) 195

Anthem

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Player Damage

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Hydra Omnivore

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.

Creature
Hydra Omnivore (dsc) 185
Malignus

Malignus's power and toughness are each equal to half the highest life total among your opponents, rounded up. Damage that would be dealt by this creature can't be prevented.

Creature
Malignus (avr) 148
Terror of the Peaks

Flying Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost an additional 3 life to cast. Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target.

Creature
Terror of the Peaks (otj) 149

Player Damage

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Card Advantage

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Beast Whisperer

Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Creature
Beast Whisperer (mkc) 166
Dragonborn Champion

Trample Whenever a source you control deals 5 or more damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Dragonborn Champion (afc) 45
Elder Gargaroth

Vigilance, reach, trample Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, choose one — • Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. • You gain 3 life. • Draw a card.

Creature
Elder Gargaroth (drc) 111
Elemental Bond

Whenever a creature you control with power 3 or greater enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Elemental Bond (c19) 163
Garruk's Uprising

When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card. Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (blc) 219
Hunter's Insight

Choose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards.

Instant
Hunter's Insight (c20) 178
Outcaster Trailblazer

When this creature enters, add one mana of any color. Whenever another creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card. Plot {2}{G} (You may pay {2}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Outcaster Trailblazer (otj) 173
Return of the Wildspeaker

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

Instant
Return of the Wildspeaker (m3c) 242
Rishkar's Expertise

Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. You may cast a spell with mana value 5 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Rishkar's Expertise (m3c) 411
Tribute to the World Tree

Whenever a creature you control enters, draw a card if its power is 3 or greater. Otherwise, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Enchantment
Tribute to the World Tree (mom) 211
Up the Beanstalk

When this enchantment enters and whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, draw a card.

Enchantment
Up the Beanstalk (woe) 195

Card Advantage

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Reduce/Cheat Cost

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Etali, Primal Storm

Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Etali, Primal Storm (lcc) 224
Goblin Anarchomancer

Each spell you cast that's red or green costs {1} less to cast.

Creature
Goblin Anarchomancer (mh2) 200
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Creature spells you cast with power 4 or greater cost {2} less to cast. Whenever Goreclaw attacks, each creature you control with power 4 or greater gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Creature
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma (cmm) 293
Ilharg, the Raze-Boar

Trample Whenever Ilharg attacks, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Return that creature to your hand at the beginning of the next end step. When Ilharg dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.

Creature
Ilharg, the Raze-Boar (war) 133
Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth

Creature
Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation (lci) 204Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation (lci) 204

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Land

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Boseiju, Who Endures

{T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Bridgeworks Battle

Sorcery
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks back (mh3) 249Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks back (mh3) 249
Cinder Glade

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Cinder Glade (blc) 299
City of Brass

Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
City of Brass (2x2) 321
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (drc) 60
Commercial District

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Commercial District (mkm) 259
Cragcrown Pathway

Land
Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway (znr) 261Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway (znr) 261
Fire-Lit Thicket

{T}: Add {C}. {R/G}, {T}: Add {R}{R}, {R}{G}, or {G}{G}.

Land
Fire-Lit Thicket (2xm) 317
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (thb) 254
Grove of the Burnwillows

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. Each opponent gains 1 life.

Land
Grove of the Burnwillows (ima) 238
Highland Forest

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Highland Forest (clb) 896
Karplusan Forest

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Karplusan Forest (blc) 314
Kessig Wolf Run

{T}: Add {C}. {X}{R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

Land
Kessig Wolf Run (m3c) 352
Mana Confluence

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (thb) 253
Rockfall Vale

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rockfall Vale (inr) 282
Rootbound Crag

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rootbound Crag (drc) 168
Sheltered Thicket

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Sheltered Thicket (drc) 169
Skarrg, the Rage Pits

{T}: Add {C}. {R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Land
Skarrg, the Rage Pits (pca) 127
Snow-Covered Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Forest (khm) 284
Snow-Covered Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Mountain (khm) 283
Spire Garden

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Spire Garden (clb) 361
Stomping Ground

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Stomping Ground (rna) 259
Sundering Eruption

Sorcery
Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure back (mh3) 248Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure back (mh3) 248
Thornspire Verge

{T}: Add {R}. {T}: Add {G}. Activate only if you control a Mountain or a Forest.

Land
Thornspire Verge (dsk) 270
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 261

Land

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Removal

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Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (lcc) 233
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (lcc) 216
Chandra's Ignition

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.

Sorcery
Chandra's Ignition (m3c) 209
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (dsc) 162
Kogla, the Titan Ape

When Kogla enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control. Whenever Kogla attacks, destroy target artifact or enchantment defending player controls. {1}{G}: Return target Human you control to its owner's hand. Kogla gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Kogla, the Titan Ape (iko) 162
Nature's Claim

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.

Instant
Nature's Claim (ima) 177
Wild Magic Surge

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a permanent card that shares a card type with that permanent. They put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant
Wild Magic Surge (clb) 206

Removal

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Mana: Dork/Rock

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Arbor Elf

{T}: Untap target Forest.

Creature
Arbor Elf (a25) 160
Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (cmm) 367
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Elvish Mystic

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Elvish Mystic (cmm) 284
Fanatic of Rhonas

{T}: Add {G}. Ferocious — {T}: Add {G}{G}{G}{G}. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Eternalize {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Druid with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Fanatic of Rhonas (mh3) 152
Fyndhorn Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Fyndhorn Elves (cmr) 228
Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea

{T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creature sources. Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 5 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on Gwenna and untap it.

Creature
Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea (bro) 185
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (fdn) 227
Ruby, Daring Tracker

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) Whenever Ruby attacks while you control a creature with power 4 or greater, Ruby gets +2/+2 until end of turn. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Creature
Ruby, Daring Tracker (woe) 212
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Whenever another creature enters, its controller may draw a card if its power is greater than each other creature's power. {G}, {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Creature
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (cmm) 320
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
The Great Henge

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. {T}: Add {G}{G}. You gain 2 life. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Artifact
The Great Henge (cmm) 294

Mana: Dork/Rock

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Maybeboard

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Herd Heirloom

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell. {T}: Until end of turn, target creature you control with power 4 or greater gains trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."

Artifact
Herd Heirloom (tdm) 144

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Deck Info

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35 pips - 25 cards
32 mana - 27 cards
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7 mana - 6 cards
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Therefore, there may be multiple turns from when the first opponent is eliminated to when the game ends."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck generally does not encourage politics because its gameplan encourages attacking each turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Additional combat phases may include untapping creatures. This boon can be used similar to vigilance, allowing the deck to have blockers available, or used to get an additional activation of mana dorks."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Xenagos is more difficult to remove when its not a creature."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There are many stompy creature options in Gruul colors, so the deck avoids creatures that have limited utility outside of their combat power. The deck's creature roster is highly customizable because few specific creatures are critical to the deck's overall success. 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The deck wants to end the game within a few turns after Xenagos enters the battlefield, so there is often not enough time to get enough value from these permanents, and playing them is often not worth the tempo lost from not playing a creature instead."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"}]}

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