I like to play intro pack duels and the Gruul one is a blast, thanks in large part to this guy here. When he hits the board he just makes all sorts of trouble for your opponent, and thanks to cards like Zhur-Taa Druid you can even do damage while ramping into him. While he can end up hurting you when you cast spells I've yet to have that be an issue thanks to packing lots of bloodrush cards.
The best part about that intro deck though was opening a second Ruric Thar in one of the boosters. ^^
Posted By:
Tivoko
(5/6/2013 10:48:48 PM)
I've been searching for a great commander for my creature focused deck and I can't believe it. Ruric Thar's been staring at me blankly this entire time and I missed it entirely over my obsession with Aurelia the Warleader. A bit unfortunate I never did play that Aurelia's fury so he could punch some sense into me.
It hurts a lot to have to cut her... But it hurts more to not play green. Rith is nice, but just... Ruric Thar feels more like the focus of my kind of deck. Anyway, let's get some footing.
Domri Rade, Garruk, Caller of Beasts and Garruk's Horde give us a delicious start, allowing us to obtain card advantage. Some creature focused ramp, we can use birds of paradise, elves and Zhur-Taa Druid. We could play around Ruric & Thar's hatred of magic by not casting with him in play, but that weak... (see all)
Posted By:
HotHit
(7/18/2013 3:31:19 PM)
@Arachnos: It also has vigilance. Bam, problem solved.
Posted By:
Continue
(8/2/2013 5:16:42 PM)
I wonder if the card design team was influenced by Demogorgon from D&D when drumming this fella up.
Posted By:
Nucleon
(4/23/2013 5:56:30 PM)
Every day I pray that I will not go up against this in Limited
Posted By:
Gcrudaplaneswalker
(4/23/2013 9:51:53 PM)
If there is a place this card will shine, it is Legacy Nic Fit that splashes red.
Posted By:
Hypnotoad7988
(4/24/2013 12:58:02 AM)
If you can resolve it in the first place against a control deck, you definitely deserve to win. Getting there is the hard part. 5/5 anyway, it's a brilliant and hilarious design, and very powerful card.
Posted By:
James_Kernaghan
(4/24/2013 2:19:19 AM)
Hey look, a two-headed giant! *gets beat to a thin pulp*
This is seriously great. You can even pump him without taking 6 by using bloodrush effects! Time to go Gruul for a few months!
Posted By:
Totema
(4/24/2013 1:02:35 PM)
The only bad things are that he can be destroyed in combat easily because he has to attack and that he deals damage to you as well. Oh wait Bloodrush is a mechanic.....
Posted By:
Purplerooster
(4/24/2013 1:26:33 PM)
As a dedicated Mid-Range player, Ruric Thar's last ability can be a pain in the ass to me. But I feel like it'll be more of a pain in the ass to my opponents, especially since with Bloodrush, I can still get the only kind of spells a Gruul player really needs to win without taking six.
Long live the Clans! May Ravnica collapse after he completes the Implicit Maze first!
Posted By:
TheWallinator74
(4/24/2013 2:17:07 PM)