{"ops":[{"insert":"This hasty aggro deck is built around 4 amazing red human tribal cards; 3 from LOTR ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rally at the Hornburg"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Riders of the Mark"}},{"insert":") and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hanweir Garrison"}},{"insert":" from Eldritch Moon. Combined they are brutal and the rest of the deck serves to maximise their effectiveness. I settled on Gruul after trying a Boros build around these four cards and hopefully you’ll see why!\n\nFirst up, some analysis on our main protagonists.\n\nHanweir Garrison’s two tapped and attacking humans do so much for this deck. If you drop an Erkenbrand T4 after a HanGar T3, it’s pretty much game over. Erkenbrand pumps HanGar up to 3/3 as it comes down but it also sees the two human tokens created, pushing HanGar up to 5/3 and the tokens attack as 3/1s. Any other creatures already down also get the pump, e.g. two tokens from a T2 Rally, so turns 2>3>4 as Rally>HanGar>Erkenbrand is extremely powerful. Rally is also powerful as your 2nd spell in a turn as it gives haste to all humans! So T4 Erkenbrand followed by a T5 HanGar+Rally is just as effective.\n\nRiders is a beast all by itself and very easy to reduce its cost. If like above you T2 Rally and T3 HanGar, even before attacking with HanGar you have 3 humans out to reduce Riders down to a T4 4-drop. Once it bounces it creates a bunch more humans to reduce the cost even further next turn, and provides more bodies for Erkenbrand’s buff as well as the next two cards…\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shared Animosity"}},{"insert":" is a tribal classic and well at home in this deck. Just having two Rallys and an SA in hand can do lethal by T4 (Rally>SA>Rally). Also hugely pumps the T5 HanGar+Rally combo and is superb after a Riders bounceback. The new "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Banner of Kinship"}},{"insert":" from Foundations is also excellent, a hard cast T5 without ramp but permanently pumps all your humans including any new ones to hit the field in later turns. Any human headcount 3 or higher is worth dropping BoK on.\n\nSpeaking of ramp, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ruby, Daring Tracker"}},{"insert":" is an excellent 2-drop even over Rally to smooth your curve, and it’s pretty easy to get its power 4 trigger with Erkenbrand, SA or Riders. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Professional Face-Breaker"}},{"insert":" pays up regularly with all the swinging in and provides an impulse draw option too. The singular "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Somberwald Sage"}},{"insert":" might seem odd but ramps hard in this deck, e.g. T3 Somber > T4 Riders for 6. There are also options to give Somber haste to ramp the turn it comes down.\n\nOnto the major support tech, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Samut, Vizier of Naktamun"}},{"insert":" is a solid T3 even over HanGar. It cantrips if it connects the turn it comes down, and given the amount of hasty creatures we’re running its common to draw multiple cards each turn from Samut. Imagine the T5 HanGar+Rally combo with Samut down, if all connect then that’s 5 mana draw 5 – in Gruul!! It’s first strike vigi also shouldn’t be underestimated, not least because it gives two combat damage triggers for Face-Breaker.\n\nSpeaking of connecting, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Champion of Lambholt"}},{"insert":" is sneaky. Drop it T4 after a T3 HanGar and it’ll be immediately pumped by HanGar’s tokens so that power 2 and under cannot block you. As Lambholt’s trigger is power based, it’s also improved by all the pump options (Erkenbrand, SA, BoK, etc). Having a Lambholt out at any time just ensures that our creatures which are attack/connect dependant (HanGar, Riders, Samut) will likely be unblockable.\n\nFinal support tech (aside from the obvious "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Parallel Lives"}},{"insert":") is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Halana and Alena, Partners"}},{"insert":". A good Gruul all-rounder as an excellent haste enabler and ad-hoc pump. Giving HanGar a +2/+2 pump and haste is extremely good, and even putting the counters on Riders doesn’t feel wasteful as it’ll create two extra tokens when it bounces. Needless to say, a H&A pump on Lambholt is also amazing. And again because H&A’s trigger is power based, if pumped by Erkenbrand or BoK first, it’ll put on even more counters. One other hidden tech piece is on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arena of Glory"}},{"insert":", yet another haste option alongside Rally and H&A to ensure we remain at maximum pace.\n\nFor removal I’ve included some of my favourites. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scorching Shot"}},{"insert":" from Thunder Junction is very castable in a 2-color RX deck and 5 damage takes care of most things. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Collective Resistance"}},{"insert":" is my preferred answer for artifacts/enchantments as in reserve it can give a sometimes much needed indestructible to an attacking HanGar or Riders. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spiteful Banditry"}},{"insert":" is my preferred wipe despite it nonbo-ing with our human tokens. A lot of our key creatures are toughness 3 so a Banditry for X=1 or 2 doesn’t harm you too much and devastates against other token, weenie or dork decks. It’s also just great ramp, if I encounter a black-sac deck I often drop it for X=0 on T2 just for the treasure!\n\nSo that’s the deck, I’m still tuning the ratios and considering the worth of cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reinforced Ronin"}},{"insert":" over others but overall it’s very strong as-is. If you decide to build it I hope you enjoy!\n"}]}