deck Gruul Ponza

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About Pauper Gruul Ponza

Belonging to the metagame from Pauper, Gruul Ponza is a deck with the following key cards: Arbor Elf, Writhing Chrysalis, Utopia Sprawl, Wild Growth, Forest, Avenging Hunter, Mountain, Eldrazi Repurposer, Boarding Party, with an overall win percentage of 53.2% in 1740 games in the last 6 months. The deck performances better against Artifacts Tron and Golgari Altar Tron and worst against Burn and Golgari Dradge. In recent appearances PrimoShow1 made 3V-1L at Tropical Pauper 243 and JukaKnight made 3V-1L at Tropical Pauper 241.

Main Deck cards Gruul Ponza

Arbor Elf
4.0 in 100% of decks
Writhing Chrysalis
4.0 in 100% of decks
Utopia Sprawl
4.0 in 100% of decks
Wild Growth
3.2 in 100% of decks
Forest
13.5 in 92% of decks
Avenging Hunter
3.6 in 92% of decks
Mountain
2.2 in 92% of decks
Eldrazi Repurposer
3.5 in 88% of decks
Boarding Party
3.5 in 80% of decks
Nyxborn Hydra
2.7 in 76% of decks
Jewel Thief
3.5 in 72% of decks
Annoyed Altisaur
2.3 in 72% of decks
Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
4.0 in 68% of decks
Thermokarst
4.0 in 64% of decks
Wooded Ridgeline
1.1 in 60% of decks
Malevolent Rumble
2.5 in 48% of decks
Generous Ent
1.6 in 40% of decks
Ram Through
1.6 in 36% of decks
Stone Rain
2.3 in 28% of decks
Bannerhide Krushok
3.5 in 24% of decks
Lightning Bolt
2.1 in 24% of decks
Oliphaunt
1.0 in 20% of decks
Evolution Witness
2.5 in 16% of decks
Highland Forest
1.8 in 16% of decks
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
2.0 in 12% of decks

Sideboard cards Gruul Ponza

Weather the Storm
3.1 in 76% of decks
Deglamer
3.3 in 72% of decks
Relic of Progenitus
2.4 in 72% of decks
Breath Weapon
2.3 in 72% of decks
Cast into the Fire
2.9 in 64% of decks
Fiery Cannonade
2.7 in 24% of decks
Gorilla Shaman
1.3 in 24% of decks
Pulse of Murasa
3.0 in 20% of decks
Vines of Vastwood
3.0 in 12% of decks
Tormod's Crypt
2.7 in 12% of decks
Suplex
2.7 in 12% of decks
Natural Obsolescence
2.0 in 12% of decks
Ancient Grudge
1.7 in 12% of decks

Strategy

The Gruul Ponza deck in Pauper is all about ramping up your mana quickly and disrupting your opponent's resources. The strategy revolves around using cards like Utopia Sprawl, Arbor Elf, Wild Growth, and Mwonvuli Acid-Moss to accelerate your mana production and destroy your opponent's lands with cards like Thermokarst, Stone Rain, and Cast into the Fire. One of the key strengths of the deck is its ability to quickly ramp up its mana and cast powerful threats like Avenging Hunter, Nyxborn Hydra, and Eldrazi Repurposer ahead of schedule. This can put immense pressure on your opponent and allow you to close out games quickly. On the flip side, the deck can struggle against aggressive, fast-paced decks that can overwhelm it before it can get its engine going. Additionally, due to its heavy reliance on land destruction, the deck can sometimes falter against decks with a lot of mana redundancy or non-basic lands. Overall, Gruul Ponza is a fun and exciting deck to play in Pauper, offering a unique mix of ramp and land destruction strategies that can catch opponents off guard and lead to some explosive plays.