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Ruric Thar, Magecrusher
Legendary Creature — Ogre Warrior · {5}{G}{G} · Green commander
This spell can't be countered.
Reach, vigilance, trample
Ruric Thar has hexproof as long as they haven't dealt combat damage yet. (They can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
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What Ruric Thar, Magecrusher actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Static ability · restrictionThis spell can't be countered.
- Keyword · reachreach
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- Keyword · trampletrample
What a Ruric Thar, Magecrusher deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 8× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 12× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Ruric Thar, Magecrusher
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Secret Tunnel0 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Herd Heirloom2 mana
- Overprotect2 mana
- Ram Through2 mana
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma4 mana
- Ezuri, Renegade Leader3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Shrink1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Simplify1 mana
- Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
- Coercive Portal4 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Whirlwind4 mana
- Hurricane1 mana
- Worldslayer5 mana
- Corrosive Gale1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Elemental Bond3 mana
- Selvala, Heart of the Wilds3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Birds of Paradise1 mana
- Crop Rotation1 mana
- Delighted Halfling1 mana