Natural Connection is also a 3 drop, it's just instant and can grab any basic in his deck. Great against Moss, which is a thing.

I suspect he meant Oran-Rief Hydra, but I prefer Genesis Hydra tbh.

Ah, I thought it cost 4 for some reason. Yeah, that's a good card.

I've been playing all my instants in my main phase lately cuz I keep getting locked out during my opponent's turn. So I might actually prefer Pilgrimage in a way. Big filtering AND ramping!

TBH, I haven't had an issue with colored man, but the Connection works, too.

Yeah, Genesis Hydra is wishful tinking. It is supposed to be Oran Reif Hydra.

GENESIS ??? IS CARD FORBIDDEN !

CGB Gruul Landfall for N00bs.

3 x Scythe Leopard
2 x Abbot of Keral Keep
4 x Makindi Sliderunner
4 x Snapping Gnarlid
3 x Rolling Thunder
1 x Nissa, Vastwood Seer
2 x Exquisite Firecraft
4 x Nissa's Pilgrimage
1 x Akoum Firebird
3 x Grove Rumbler
4 x Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
2 x Nissa's Renewal
2 x Gaea's Revenge
1 x Omnath, Locus of Rage
5 x Mountain
10 x Forest
2 x Cinder Glade
2 x Rootbound Crag
1 x Rogue's Passage
4 x Evolving Wilds

How good does this deck do Hakeem? I am not a believer in either Scythe Leopard or Snapping Gnarlid in competitive play. Without fetch lands they just don't hit hard enough, and they lack any evasion to make them okay.

Here's my gameplay of the deck, with a few tweaks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tee-oNxyG4g

It actually can hit pretty hard, but it would be a top-tier deck for certain if we had access to fetches, even with the rarity restrictions.

I'm watching the gameplay, and it's demonstrating exactly what I was concerned about.

that deck might be one of the most 'dies to sweepers' decks out there.

Step outside the box people, not everything has to be Tier 1. I had a reason for posting this.

Blasphemy!

I got you. I like the deck, personally, which is why I recorded it.

I'd probably try -3 rolling thunder, +3 CotFM personally. If you're going to play aggro, play aggro - and CotFM answers the trample problem, I guess alternately, Firemantle could also provide evasion here without adding to the likelihood of a 2-1 situation. Otherwise, just play Gruul ramp.

Can we fit in just one more early drop?

Also, is grove rumbler actually good enough for this deck? I'm not even certain rumbler is better than wanderer, in this deck as it is. And it would be totally easy to splash canopy vista.

So like... -3 rumbler... +2 wanderer... +1 Sower, -2 forest, +2 Canopy Vista, possibly add 1 plains for something too, but it isn't necessary, IMO. (I'm fairly sure this is an upgrade, less sure about below).

And test glory chaser or CotFM for rolling thunder, IMO. Maybe abbot has a place in that slot as well (oops, he's already in). Heck, even subterranean scout could be good here, dunno.

nah you see this is how spike gets you, you start playing tier 2 and 3 dacks and he just keeps bringing tier 1

not everything has to be tier 1 because then what would tier 1 beat up on?

and the truth be revealed


elk

Just posting this here for the Deck List, because I'm too lazy to find an original build... etc...

Gruul Ramp

Creatures (16)
4 x Gatecreeper Vine
1 x Nissa, Vastwood Seer
2 x Reclamation Sage
2 x Outland Colossus
1 x Greenwarden of Murasa
1 x Oblivion Sower
1 x Woodland Bellower
1 x Omnath, Locus of Rage
2 x Gaea's Revenge
1 x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Spells (21)
4 x Fiery Impulse
3 x Rolling Thunder
2 x Radiant Flames
4 x Nissa's Pilgrimage
2 x From Beyond
4 x Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
2 x Nissa's Renewal

Lands (23)
1 x Canopy Vista
2 x Cinder Glade
2 x Rootbound Crag
6 x Mountain
12 x Forest


I take no credit for this list, it's CGBs Gruul list from the tournament with a single card changed. This is an absolutely dominant deck.

Hi, been taking inspiration, or just downright copying, decks from here so I thought I should post something I made. I'm not a great deckbuilder, but this seems to hold it's own. I'm staying over rank 35, though I do play quite a few different decks, but this one seems to do ok. Not as strong as some other decks, but it's brutal when it works.

4 x Fiery Impulse
4 x Gatecreeper Vine
4 x Twin Bolt
3 x Rolling Thunder
1 x Nissa, Vastwood Seer
1 x Reclamation Sage
2 x Exquisite Firecraft
2 x Nissa's Pilgrimage
1 x Akoum Firebird
4 x Mwonvuli Acid Moss
3 x Zendikar's Roil
1 x Greenwarden of Murasa
2 x Nissa's Renewal
1 x Oblivion Sower
3 x Into the Maw of Hell
1 x Omnath, Locus of Rage
1 x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
7 x Mountain
7 x Forest
2 x Cinder Glade
2 x Rootbound Crag
2 x Foundry of the Consuls
2 x Gruul Guildgate


The amount and types of lands is in a bit of flux, I was using Evolving which works very well with roil and omnath but I like being able to access the mana straight away. Gaea's would also fit well with Omnath. I cut 2 pilgramage since it's such a dead card so often, put 2 Nissa's Renewal to test but so far I've not draw the card in a useful position. Seems to do ok vs aggro if the removal gets drawn, but maybe the 3 mana sweeper could fit too. Biggest weakness is against a ramp deck that goes off, can't deal with an early Ulamog.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

-3 into the maw of hell +2 gaea's revenge +1 forest

-2 gruul guildgate -2 foundry of the consuls +4 evolving wilds

Hmm, not thought about switching the gates for evolves, I'll have to try that. I quite like foundry since I tend to have a ton of land and it's useful for emergency blockers if something happens to my board, but I guess the deck would be more consistent without them. I'll switch over to 4 evolves and see, would certainly be good for roil and omnath. Thanks.

I really want to keep Maw in the deck, I quite often get to do T4 Moss into T5 Maw which also kills any creature they might drop and is horrible for their mana. Also useful for 12/12 colossus/rogue or a Twin that's blocking. I agree that 2 GR would probably be better, but I already have a ramp list and I'm running the elementals list someone posted here too and that change would make this deck very similar. Hopefully I'll open some more white cards so I can diversify away from g/r/u/b decks soon.

Do you think the deck really needs another forest? I don't seem to run into mana problems, normally have 2g by t4, but I guess I switch up my decks quite often so I might just not have played it enough to see.

you have 22 lands and ulamog

yes you need another forest

Ok, I'll give it a go. Not been having problems with lands, but that could just be variance. Faced quite a few mill decks last night so I'm probably going to fit another sage in there too. Tempted to remove Firecraft although it's useful, guess I'll test it. Don't like removing burn, but hey.

-2 Foundry, -2 Gate, -2 Firecraft, +1 Forest, +1 Sage, +4 evolving