Ruric Thar, the Unbowed | EDH Deck Tech | High-Powered | Magic the Gathering | Commander

[@CasuallyCompetitiveMTG]

Hope you guys all enjoy our Ruric Thar build. Ruric Thar has become a really fun deck in our playgroup and we hope you enjoy it as well! Thanks again for the opportunity! This video was a lot of fun to work on

[@TheCommandersQuarters]

It was great working with you! You did a great job!

[@mrbelbobaggins8959]

Thanks for the build. Ruric Thar is a cool commander and this deck looks like a lot of fun.

[@connorl0204]

Casually Competitive MTG i would love to see you guys do a season where each episode features a different content creator, like mitch, dj from jumbo commander, the professor, the pleasant kenobi guy, and others. It also would help get a little bit more publicity out for the smaller ones as well as just being fun to see and fun to play.

[@wbw911]

this bad boy of a deck is gonna collect so much Talrand tears hahaha

[@Slo-Mode]

I absolutely LOVE this kind of crossover and content

[@pintspeasants3231]

Watched on 1.5x speed to get that authentic Commander's Quarters experience.

[@FluffyFractalshard]

ikr! is there a reason he all of a sudden slowed down?

[@theuglyducklingisgodlevelt6104]

FluffyFractalshard I think you get more ads if the video is longer. It’s not just Mitch, all youtubers do this. They will take a topic like “should you drink smoothies” and turn it in to a 15 minute video about the origins of smoothies

[@FluffyFractalshard]

@@theuglyducklingisgodlevelt6104 true, its because of the algorhythm, which ranks videos with higher viewtime higher so thats why they often stretch it out.

[@theuglyducklingisgodlevelt6104]

FluffyFractalshard keep talking to me like that and we will settle rhis in smash

[@Danteeful]

1.25 sounds like a normal person :D 1.5 is Mitch´s Niveau

[@zotmaster]

All right stop, collaborate and listen Mitch is back with a brand new invention

[@betainvestments7215]

Damn i liked that reference right there

[@allangray1631]

@@betainvestments7215 lol catchy nice try but you didn't invite this so its not a new invention

[@Sajanis1]

I love how the (c)EDH youtube community has been coming together and doing collaborations. Loved the video!

[@jesseoverbey6628]

cEDH is complete garbage. Fill your deck with combos and as many tutors and that's literally every deck. Very rarely do you have actually unique competitive lists. It had gotten to the point where if I knew the game was cEDH judging by your commander I know at least 60 cards of your deck. It's pathetic.

[@Sajanis1]

@@jesseoverbey6628 you should look into the adaptive and reactive decks of the format like Blood Pod and Bad Farm they're very interesting in how they play. Many magic the gathering players have many play styles that suit them.

[@drewjarrell2667]

Jesse Overbey cedh isn’t trash it’s honestly pretty interesting. These guys’ channel is actually really good and a lot of their episodes are focused on showing cedh but making it interesting.

[@MekanikKommandoh88]

Jesse Overbey Um...have you ever heard of “optimized metas” before? CEDH players are very upfront about what they are doing and aren’t going to be using their lists in casual play. The philosophy is very counter to that. Of course many of the decks are going to use similar cards - they’re the best in slot! They would not be competitive if they included “unique” cards. I love cEDH because it takes a lot of the whining and politics out of EDH group play - everyone agrees to play the best stuff and games are often far more fun and interactive than regular EDH.

[@andrelee7081]

When I started playing Magic, it was with an EDH playgroup that focused mostly on combo wins. Ruric Thar was my first commander and was the only way for me to compete with them. Fun times.

[@andrelee7081]

@@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 Yh Xenagos was one of my 99. I've used other color combos since, but Gruul will always have a place in my heart.

[@Baby-Blue-102]

one of my only commanders is ruic thar in some bulk...HMMMM

[@james22022]

My budget Ruric Thar deck made everyone in my LGS chip in to get me another deck because they were tired of the constant pain train.

[@wojtekpradzynski3061]

Oh really? I am going to build my first edh deck, and I was thinking about Thar. If it wouldn't be problem, I will be veeery grateful, if you could send list to me 😅

[@MOUKIAZOUIZ]

I used to have a Ruric Thar deck, built specifically to turn off a certain player's decks, which were all decks worthy of That player who... Plays solitaire. Meanest part was Grafted Exoskeleton equipped to Ruric Thar, with Gratuitous Violence, instantly killing anyone trying to cast a noncreature spell.

[@supernoodles908]

Agreed

[@PalPlays]

"I have a question for you." "Yeah? What's that?" "Die." "That's...not...a quest--" *takes 10 infect instantly*

[@eeflos]

This is a degenerate combo which will make people cry. I can't wait to try it!

[@captainkarnage9874]

The Goblin Sharpshooter combo should be referred to as the Three Stooges combo

[@cliffordsherman7702]

Wise guy huh? Why I oughta,

[@brandondrake4609]

I love ruric thar he’s second in command of my nikya of the old ways deck

[@3und20ger]

Was about to comment the same thing xD

[@braddorcas9363]

I have an All Creatures Nikya build as well, and definitely Ruric Thar is one of the major King Pins of that deck. Every time he comes out he does work, and even if quickly removed is usually at least doing 6-12 damage before he goes while eating a killspell from their hands.

[@heatarms123]

Same here man lol

[@112358mc0821]

Love seeing other people who also are on the Nikya of the all creatures plan. It's so much fun.

[@eeflos]

Yah, I have a copy of Ruric in my binder and thought it would be a great counter to the spell heavy decks my friends play. I have a few copies of Nikya because I was playing Standard a lot when he came out. Seemed like a natural match of those two and a deck full of ETB creatures!

[@Closer2Zero]

"Hello, My name is Joesph and we at Casually Competitive MTG focus on Demonic Consultation and Demonic Consultati9on Accessories." I mostly kidding. theyre good guys with good content, and theyre still figuring out a nice balance of powerful play and interesting content. Edit; You know what, yeah. Yeah, Kiki Jiki definitely looks like he's a top.

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

That's cEDH for you!

[@Closer2Zero]

@@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos I'm sure it is, but im also sure they play a ton more games than the ones they show us, so my confusion has always been why they choose to show us the same wincons going off in ep after ep. Theyve been working on it tho, which im very pleased to see

[@Slo-Mode]

many cEDH decks share the same or similar win cons and enablers. High power games focus less on uniqueness and more on skilled play and decision making. Though I do agree that any two card win the game outright combo is super boring and a little annoying.

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

@@Closer2Zero To supplement what The Noeledge has indicated, it is very much the case that you should expect cEDH games to end in one of a relatively small number of ways each time. Not all win conditions are created equal; given that Casually Competitive shies away from Flash-Hulk, you're that much more likely to see the second-place strategy: Labman et al.

[@Drazatis]

Can confirm Ruric Thar is very strong; he was one of my first decks and I built him around Primal Surge; he draws a LOT of hate. Just play Gruul!

[@mrbelbobaggins8959]

Sick Collaboration!! I love watching some Casually Competitive.

[@aaronunboxed9815]

I just picked up a Ruric Thar and several other cards to start brewing a similar build. Thanks for the content! I appreciate the inspiration, just getting my own mtg channel started, you all make it look easy!

[@TheMagesticRebel]

last time i was this early Wayfarer's Bauble was under $1

[@bookhunter7375]

I like how simply and concisely the combos were explained! However, I wish my immediate connotation for tops and bottoms was not what it was tho lmao Made for an unintentionally really funny moment tho

[@pkphantom]

*GASP* MY BOI RUIC THAR! You have NO idea how happy you made me producing a video for him! And a collaboration with one of the 3 magic channels I pay attention to, no less 😲

[@tcgkings6690]

I LOVE Ruric Thar. They are so fun. Yes I said "they". Ruric and Thar are brothers, with separate heads, that just happen to share a body. Anyway, I love them. I built mine to be a more of a creature based strategy that can still put him on turn 3, with creatures that punishes my opponents and devastating board swings.

[@kyojitakenouchi9706]

I love Ruric-Thar. I built mine to cast them consistently by turn 3. Also build him to give him lifelink

[@stephenhurley1033]

I was totally thinking that! Im also surprised there wasnt a suggestion to make him have infect. Im not a competitive player but I have a borborgymos enraged deck which has similarities and some of the keywords you give these guys makes a big difference in the play!

[@GreenestTrampler]

Ruric Thar is, and will probably always be, my favorite Legendary,. Loved this tech.

[@neilcotton9184]

Ruric is my personal favourite Commander, I have the ramp nailed, and one of my best win cons is warstorm surge, but it's so good to see the win cons here and some extra suggestions I'd never thought of, like possibility storm. Really looking forward to making some tweaks - Thanks!!!

[@marceloquejinho]

Great video and great collab!! What about a 50$ Ruric Thar deck now, Mitch?

[@Ethan9988]

I loved this collaboration! I myself play in between competitive edh. Gonna make this deck for sure

[@bocajer1]

my favourite commander of all time

[@surreal382]

Love the representation of our favorite Gruul commander! As one of the admins for the cEDH Gruul server, it's sweet to see that people are still experimenting and smashing those puny blue spellslingers. Cheers and thanks to Mitch and Joseph! -The Gruul Brew Crew

[@KRYvideos]

"Kiki-Jiki and one of the bottoms." That phrasing just... Uh...

[@TheMagesticRebel]

This was a very nice video, showing off a higher tier deck like this and collab is very fun. You should do it again!

[@miltonfrey7274]

Oh, I am so here for this collaboration! Very well done, both of you.

[@mbell3024]

Loved this Collaboration! Watch both you guys so really happy to see this!

[@danpowell2018]

I love everything about this deck!... except the price. Haha I love the collaboration! I'm glad Mitch is using his momentum to bring others into the spotlight. Keep up the great work dudes!

[@munsulight721]

If you knew the price of the full version you would like the deck even less ahah. Nice to see collaborations between content creators :)

[@bernieklau8063]

What is this? A crossover episode? I LOVE IT!

[@jakedenning8386]

It's not casually competitive if Joseph doesn't have a bunch of hate/stax pieces. Love the work Mitch!

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

Dope collab. CQ's take on a Godo list would be pretty great to see. That deck can be blisteringly fast on a shoestring budget--you guys could probably even stay under the $50 mark.

[@bt5087]

This guy was my first Commander I made. And he has always been the most difficult to keeps together. I've never been satisfied with him! Going blue hate, super Stax, or big Beats...

[@slamuraijack]

Mitch, I need more of this. I'm super excited about "budget" (obviously not budget for you hahaha) high powered decks. I would love to see this become a series of its own!

[@MitsuSC]

I run this guy in an Animar Morph deck. He punishes opponents pretty hard and gives you the time to rebuild and/or strengthen as needed.

[@ericlorrain6147]

I did not know Shaman of forgotten Ways was a card. I have always loved life changing effects like Biorhythm (Pun intended). Whenever I am building a deck I don't care about how strong it is, in my playgroup if someone is not doing very well we don't target them. I love watching these video's for all of the obscure cards. Thanks for giving me a way to play Biorhythm legally and more fairly.

[@ciarangrace1425]

sounds super fun - had him in my collection for a long time. Bet he could even be really fun on a budget too.

[@jacopoabbruscato9271]

Stranglehold is great in a competitive environment, since it prevents people from searching libraries and getting extra turns, something higher end decks do a lot.

[@R1S3_0F_D3ATH]

Nice I've been meaning to build a deck around my ruric from when I got the precon starter

[@MintyMagicMTG]

Yesssss Ruric Thar. I love dropping him out with Mayael

[@Slo-Mode]

Can we get more of these kind of vids? I really like the more power $200 ish lists you've done videos on!!

[@donschellenberg6625]

Outstanding idea, Mitch and thanks Joseph for the Awesome Deck Tech! However, I do have a question regarding the upgrades portion of the deck tech...which cards are you removing for each of the upgrades? Please let me/us know and, again, job all around!

[@conlanrichichi2328]

Big smash! Gruul is the best guild fight me

[@supernoodles908]

Simic gang

[@TheCoyote808]

Troops, the enemy is at the gates! Form ranks and ready shields to take the charge! - Boros is best!

[@conlanrichichi2328]

@@TheCoyote808 does Boros get good ramp? Also from a lore perspective the Boros are such goody two shoes while the gruul can be chaotic and unleash their power.

[@punkhippe]

I've been looking at cedh lite ruric. This list is literally perfect for me.

[@edde2429]

On one hand I really enjoyed this crossover but on the other hand I didn't see any wayfarer's baubles :)

[@malign3158]

New series name: High Interest

[@vincennesfaronto5249]

we need more like this!! thank you!

[@weirdmusicmixmaster]

This is right up my alley, i hate being forced to play blue

[@Dlindow]

I play a similar build, but I run Sekki, Season's Guide and Warstorm Surge/Pandemonium as a finisher since it's kind of unique to Gruul and a lot of people are more familiar with Kiki/Splinter Twin.

[@jaredremedies8730]

Honestly been wanting to build a deck like this for so long

[@Frosthief]

Damn you Mitch your thumbnail deceived me. I thought this was a Casually Competitive video.

[@GladiusM]

I know Mitch makes a lot of jokes about cEDH, at any scale, but I love these kinds of things. Casually Competitive produces fantastic content and I’d love to see more things like this, whether it be cEDH deck techs or Mitch himself playing (probably not gonna happen, but here’s hoping lol).

[@Frank-py3hk]

CC does excellent game play and discussion videos.

[@jabiluss]

It's quickly becoming a pet card of mine but I could really enjoy putting a copy of Strionic Resonator in a Ruric Thar deck. Just being able to threaten 12 damage from someone casting a spell for 2 extra mana is just a golden opportunity in my eyes and even more if able to fit in Seedborn Muse in there to constantly threaten it on each player's turn.

[@Sventendo64]

Can confirm, Possibility Storm is great in Ruric Thar.

[@miaschwartz1074]

Collab between 2 of my favorite magic youtubers? Yep

[@hyp1332]

Hi! I’m a person who’s kind of new to the Commander/EDH format. I’m new and very interested in the format but feel like I won’t have a chance against my friends at university with their own top tier decks. Since I’m new without any decks (and in Covid-19 times) I’d like to see more crushing quarters episodes to get help with building and getting a new deck to play. Thanks in advance.

[@Terrivian_Vess]

Umori seems like a good companion for decks like this and nikya of the old ways.

[@stephenhurley1033]

Im not competitive when I play commander but I was surprised not to hear about infect being given to him which also reads "if you cast 2 non creature spells or I have possibility storm out, you die". As a less competitive player I would also include equipment that gives lifelink which in my meta would likely make a big difference in the power of the table... Even if you play noncreature spells if he has lifelink you effectively dont take damage.

[@davidheinrichs7951]

Haha decided to check if you had made this one already for the first time in years. Been running him for years

[@raulcontreras8297]

I did a deck once. It had a lot of cheap ramp and a lot of mana dorks. (57 creatures, 33 lands and 10 non creature spells) My main idea was to play RT as soon as T3/T4 and just watch the world burn. Now to help keep safe this big boy, I played Dragon Throne of Tarkir to prevent him attacking and also as a way to boost all my Gruul boys. (Just imagine being attacked by a 6/7 Birds of Paradise) Also as an alternate way to play, I put Sunbird's Invocation when commander tax was too high in order to have a 2x1 way to boost my creature numbers. I had to dismantle it as everyone on my LGS either ran away from it or just ganged up against it.

[@alexgunther9699]

In one of the newest command zone vids, this deck was on there and it looked very scary

[@jacquesdespadas]

That was fun to watch, as Jimmy lands an Omniscience and still managed to lose! :D

[@raimundopilotto2675]

Love Ruric Thar, fist commander I've ever build. Love to see him as the powerhouse I've always knew he is

[@dant5641]

Bro this vid is actually fire keep up the good work!

[@Koosy77]

How would you build this with the upgrades? what would you take out? Can you make an upgraded full deck list?

[@dtnuh]

Nice video. My only concern is that, assuming Ruric Thar is out, a good amount of the cards suggested are non creature spells, so you'll be taking damage too. I would think you'd do well to run a very creature heavy deck and limit your non creature spells. One I would definitely suggest is Basilisk Collar, which will effectively negate most the damage you do to yourself.

[@calogeroargento6716]

Hello! Good job ! Had you think a possible Storm Ruric? It seems to be so fun! I prepare a decklist....

[@GhostCastle7]

I wish you provided what you'd take out for those upgrades, other than that, very nice video.

[@big53mac]

Kiki really do be a top

[@ehallam08]

Ruric thar is sweet 🤙I run him in my Nikya deck. I have too many Gruul edh decks.

[@Nailgraizer]

Congrats, you made an entire video about tops and bottoms wothout breaking the algorithm.

[@jacobschenecker7318]

Got the notification for this vid as Im watching it 😂

[@The3OfSwords]

woah I built this deck already the main goal was to shut off the three mono blue combo decks in my playgroup I had idea that it could compete on a competitive level. It was just meant to annoying....

[@proscrew9217]

FINALLY RURIC THAR YESSSS

[@GoFastLive]

I remember, when I used Ruric at high levels of comander(with my buddies having realy expensive deck that contained blue) my ruric was negated 5 times when i tried to summon him, before I died from infinite breay+infinite mana coombo))

[@skipperino2677]

My ruric thar deck has a primal surge wincon because all of my cards besides that are permanents. My card draw suffers because I can’t have my wincon with nonoptional card draw, but seeing the options for card draw that WONT make me lose is going to make the deck unstoppable

[@drewjarrell2667]

Oh I love casually competitive!

[@Skullgrin.]

My strategy with Ruric Thar is to get Furnace of Rath, Gratuitous Violence, Angrath's Marauders, etc out, then watch as an opponent's Sol Ring turns into anywhere between 12 to 48 damage to the face.

[@pauljimerson8218]

I like combat celebrant as well with the Kiki splinter line. Is dualcaster mage twinflame a good combo to have as well?

[@Tuturial464]

My dream come true!

[@gabrielstafford5174]

Werewolf tribal would be great with Ruric Thar because of fight effects. Would make it safer for Thar to swing.

[@addambarcelos]

gruul smash!

[@raydelmartinez2905]

Great commander and member of the 99.

[@dbfbody]

I was really hoping to see 10 tactics on how the deck works and how you're going to win with it.

[@sinandsunweandoursze_eelan6646]

Seamless collab

[@dirtyblonde1011]

Can you try doing a Morophon the Boundless (sliver tribal) next? I want to see how close my newest deck is to your recommendations 😅

[@theetiologist9539]

He’s running a lot of non-creature spells for having Ruric as a commander.

[@StepJoe567]

That was my exact thought as well when I viewed the deck list. There is almost as many non-creature spells as there are creature spells lol.

[@aikendrum3228]

It's still relatively creature heavy for cedh.

[@udinamursona1064]

His decks runs counter spells, searches for his win cons and ramp to win fast, that's pretty required for runic, when it's cedh or high powered don't expect to win with runic alone.

[@oldschoolginger]

Ruric Thar was the first commander I built

[@lava2istrue]

Hmmm. I realized something I want to build. What if I gave Ruric Thar lifelink? Essentially makes him a stacks piece, as you just deal lifelink damage to yourself, nulling the effect.

[@alexrice3180]

I love Casually competitive

[@zwolf4118]

My build was little different I played cards like Omen machine and wild evocation to put the hurt on a lot of noncreature.

[@bobby45825]

I have a guy that plays a really annoying counter control deck in our group. I'm taking a different route and trying to get cards like Sire of Insanity into play. No more popping off if he resolves.

[@forceofwill8012]

Yeah very cool feature! Give us more like that, with one of the Teysas or Teshar :3

[@YagamiSage]

I love both channel you guys are the best

[@VeznansDeadbeatDad]

Very nice build!

[@prenut_butter9406]

An amazing video that shows the difference between a competitive EDH deck and a casual one, every card is pretty generic and has multiple paths. Amazing 👌

[@jasonzeliadt1497]

So, do they say anywhere which cards to take out in order to put in the upgrades?

[@it_is_ni]

Gaea's Cradle seems another good upgrade.

[@Ratthew186]

Please do more!!!

[@pauljimerson8218]

And the Platinum Hog of the deck is possibility storm!