"The Beasts of War: Gruul Beast Pauper"
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.
Barbarians from all the known planes have always been known to have some sort of influence over animals. Green Mages summon huge beasts to do their bidding from all over. The Gruul mages who have access to Green Mana and Reds Aggression are the perfect beast masters to control such a vast horde of beasts:
Behold the Gruul War beasts:
9 X Forest
9 X Mountains
4 X Gruul Guildgate
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22 Lands
4 X Ember Beast
4 X Advocate of the Beast
4 X Marauding Maul Horn
4 X Slaughter Horn
4 X Zhur-Taa Druid
4 X Elvish Mystic
4 X Rubblebelt Maaka
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25 Creatures
4 X Commune With the Gods
4 X Lightning Strike
4 X Shock
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12 Spells
Standing tall in this order is the advocate of the beast who has direct control of the Marauding Maul Horn. Not only does he limit the beast from attacking blindly , he makes it bigger with a +1/+1 counter at the end of every turn. Any target beast benefits from him. Ember Beast , Marauding Maul Horn and Slaughter Horn all heed the call of the Advocate in this deck.
Zhur-Taa Druid and Elvish Mystic provide mana acceleration as this deck has a really big mana curve with all those 3 and 4 mana casting creatures. Rubblebelt Maaka may seem out of place here but for 1 red mana for bloodrush it is basically a red Giant Growth.The beasts are already big but it never hurts to have a +3/+3 at instant speed.
Commune with the Gods lets use filter the deck and lets you look for a creature that you might need at any time. Need a pump in stats? Mana Acceleration or just another beast to go with Ember Beast? This 2 to cast sorcery will help you find it. And what would a Red/Green deck would be complete without the Suite of Burn spells in shock and L-Strike.
Summon your beasts.Prepare them for war. Savor the victory.
