Modern MtG — Gruul Infect vs. Splinter Squirrel
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 2021-08-23

Gruul Infect was always the original "turn two Infect" deck, since it paired any +4/+X pump spell with Assault Strobe to make a 5/X creature with double strike. Of course, that had the weakness of having to deal with chump blockers, so realistically something like Rancor or Apostle's Blessing was needed. However, with the printing of Ignoble Hierarch, ramping into Temur Battle Rage became more viable, so a built-in source of both trample and double strike made for a much more powerful kill, especially with Scale Up in the deck as well.

Here's the decklist for the Gruul Infect brew:
Creatures (13)
4 Glistener Elf
4 Ichorclaw Myr
4 Ignoble Hierarch
1 Rot Wolf (or maybe it was Viridian Corrupter?)
Enchantments (4)
4 Rancor
Instants (15)
1 Become Immense
4 Blossoming Defense
4 Might of Old Krosa
2 Temur Battle Rage
4 Vines of Vastwood
Sorceries (8)
4 Assault Strobe
4 Scale Up
Lands (20)
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Forest
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
4 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Kessig Wolf Run
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Stomping Ground
3 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard (0, not yet put together)

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