Tier 3aggro

Rg Sligh

Gruul Aggro

Featured list~$1133PIM Open February 2026

Overview

"RG Sligh (Gruul Aggro) is Premodern's red-green beatdown deck, pairing the cheap threats and burn of mono-red Sligh with a green splash for staying power. Mogg Fanatic, Jackal Pup, and Grim Lavamancer open on a fast clock while Lightning Bolt, Incinerate, Seal of Fire, and Fireblast double as removal and reach to the face. The green splash buys the resilience mono-red lacks: Sylvan Library refills an emptied hand, Call of the Herd and Rancor grind through removal, and River Boa, Quirion Dryad, and Wild Mongrel add efficient, hard-to-kill bodies. Treetop Village and Wasteland complete a manabase that pressures the opponent's lands while still attacking."

Key Cards

Core engine & flex

Signature

Wooded Foothills

$112.59

TCG MP CK

Lightning Bolt

$2.50

TCG MP CK

Grim Lavamancer

$19.90

TCG MP CK

Karplusan Forest

$6.89

TCG MP CK

Treetop Village

$4.04

TCG MP CK

Mogg Fanatic

$1.01

TCG MP CK

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PIM Open February 2026

1st PlaceFeb 22, 2026

Casper Helgesson

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Casper Helgesson

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$1054

Creature (16)

$139

$79.60R

$24.08R

$4.04R

$31.241G

Instant (14)

$28.88

$1.401R

$13.16R

$10.00R

$4.321G

Sorcery (4)

$92.44

4Call of the Herd

$92.442G

Enchantment (4)

$60.31

1Rancor

$2.15G

1Seal of Fire

$0.40R

2Sylvan Library

$57.761G

Land (22)

$734

$237

$2.76

$27.56

$3.80

$12.12

$450

Sideboard (15)

$78.54

$3.52RG

$4.321G

$18.62R

$33.082GG

$11.10R

$0.25RG

$1.530

$6.121G

Est. Total$1133

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Liga Pudraiser Mallorca Jornada 5 @ Mallorca (Spain)

1st PlaceFeb 8, 2026

Domingo

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Domingo

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$1031

Creature (17)

$94.82

$7.423GG

$2.16G

$79.60R

$4.04R

$1.601G

Instant (11)

$18.39

$2.674RR

$1.401R

$10.00R

$4.321G

Sorcery (4)

$92.44

4Call of the Herd

$92.442G

Enchantment (5)

$58.96

3Seal of Fire

$1.20R

2Sylvan Library

$57.761G

Land (23)

$766

$158

$2.76

$27.56

$3.80

$12.12

$111

$450

Sideboard (15)

$73.67

$6.28G

$4.321G

$1.021R

$33.082GG

$22.20R

$3.060

$2.041G

$1.671G

Est. Total$1104

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Munich Series - January 2026 @ Munich (Germany)

1st PlaceJan 3, 2026

acydcytryk

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acydcytryk

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$977

Creature (16)

$139

$24.08R

$4.04R

$31.241G

$79.60R

Instant (12)

$24.56

4Lightning Bolt

$10.00R

4Incinerate

$1.401R

4Lava Dart

$13.16R

Sorcery (6)

$95.96

4Call of the Herd

$92.442G

2Hull Breach

$3.52RG

Enchantment (2)

$57.76

2Sylvan Library

$57.761G

Land (24)

$660

$450

$16.16

$158

$1.84

$6.08

$27.56

Sideboard (15)

$67.20

$1.06R

$37.24R

$0.50RG

$19.221G

$3.060

$6.121G

Est. Total$1044

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Archetype Anatomy

Based on 241 decks with known dates2023-11-25 to 2026-06-18

Mana Base

Average22.6lands

Median22lands

Range16–26lands

Spells37.4avg non-land

Based on 243 decks (All-time)

core Cards(>80%)

Wooded Foothills

100%

4.0x

Lightning Bolt

99%

4.0x

Karplusan Forest

98%

4.0x

Grim Lavamancer

97%

3.7x

Treetop Village

93%

3.0x

Mogg Fanatic

91%

4.0x

Call of the Herd

90%

3.7x

Incinerate

89%

3.6x

Jackal Pup

80%

3.8x

flex Cards(30-80%)

Naturalize

80%

2.7x

Sylvan Library

76%

2.1x

Seal of Fire

72%

2.9x

Bloodstained Mire

67%

2.4x

Wasteland

57%

2.4x

Wild Mongrel

54%

3.8x

Fireblast

39%

1.3x

Rancor

32%

1.9x

fringe Cards(<30%)

River Boa

30%

3.1x

Cursed Scroll

27%

1.6x

Quirion Dryad

26%

3.7x

Assault // Battery

26%

1.1x

Basking Rootwalla

22%

3.1x

Lava Dart

22%

3.7x

Skyshroud Elite

18%

2.0x

Firebolt

10%

2.8x

Survival of the Fittest

4.0x

2.0x

1.0x

2.3x

1.0x

1.6x

1.7x

1.0x

2.4x

3.8x

1.7x

1.2x

1.6x

1.1x

1.0x

2.8x

3.3x

3.3x

2.6x

2.3x

1.0x

4.0x

1.0x

3.6x

1.8x

1.8x

1.6x

1.0x

2.8x

1.5x

1.3x

1.0x

1.0x

3.7x

3.7x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

2.0x

2.0x

1.7x

1.7x

1.3x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

Sideboard Anatomy

core Sideboard Options(>80%)

Tormod'S Crypt

80.3%

2.2x

flex Sideboard Options(30-80%)

Pyroblast

73.2%

2.5x

Naturalize

73.1%

1.7x

Red Elemental Blast

67.8%

2.3x

Tranquil Domain

65.2%

1.9x

Simoon

56%

2.1x

Ravenous Baloth

39.1%

2.0x

Crumble

36.1%

1.5x

fringe Sideboard Options(<30%)

Hull Breach

28.8%

1.7x

Hidden Gibbons

24.4%

2.4x

Phyrexian Furnace

20.6%

1.9x

Earthquake

15.9%

1.8x

Pyrokinesis

14.9%

1.8x

Pyroclasm

14.4%

1.7x

Compost

9.9%

1.8x

Gaea'S Blessing

9.8%

1.0x

Overload

1.9x

Sulfuric Vortex

8.2%

1.6x

Anarchy

7.9%

1.5x

Carpet Of Flowers

7.9%

1.6x

Uktabi Orangutan

5.8%

1.1x

Zuran Orb

5.6%

1.0x

Reverent Silence

5.1%

2.2x

Price Of Progress

4.3%

1.3x

Flametongue Kavu

2.0x

Call Of The Herd

3.9%

2.6x

Mogg Salvage

3.9%

1.8x

Cursed Scroll

3.7%

1.0x

Tempting Wurm

3.6%

1.9x

Masticore

2.7%

1.2x

Blastoderm

2.5%

1.8x

Krosan Reclamation

2.5%

1.2x

Cave-In

2.4%

3.4x

Goblin Sharpshooter

2.3%

1.0x

Meltdown

2.2%

1.0x

Tranquility

2.2%

2.0x

Forest

2.2%

1.0x

Pyrostatic Pillar

2.2%

2.0x

Harmonic Convergence

2.4x

Caller Of The Claw

1.7%

1.3x

Sylvan Library

1.7%

1.3x

Xantid Swarm

1.7%

1.0x

Spike Feeder

1.4%

2.0x

Choke

1.3%

1.0x

Threaten

1.3%

2.0x

Blood Oath

1.3%

1.3x

Assault // Battery

1.3%

2.3x

Goblin Cadets

1.3%

1.7x

Tranquil Grove

1.3%

1.3x

Slice And Dice

1.2%

1.4x

Recent Events Featuring this Archetype

Premodern Challenge 32 (2026-06-18)

2026-06-18•Magic Online•64 Players

Highest Finish: 18th

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MTGO Challenge 32

2026-06-16•Magic Online•64 Players

Highest Finish: 5th

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Premodern Challenge 32 (2026-06-12)

2026-06-12•Magic Online•64 Players

Highest Finish: 9th

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Uralskiye Mesyachnye

2026-06-07•Russia•17 Players

Highest Finish: 2nd

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PM Local #14 @ Magic Lair (Torino, Italy)

2026-06-03•Torino, Italy•12 Players

Highest Finish: 3rd

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Quick Facts

Tier3

Styleaggro

Meta Share0.7%

Avg Lands22.6

Est. Price~$1133

Colors

Deck Weaknesses

Life — gain vulnerability - With most of its reach stored on burn spells, a meaningful life swing erases several cards of damage at once and the deck has only Sulfuric Vortex out of the board as a structural answer.
Engine fragility — Its edge over mono-red lives on Grim Lavamancer, Call of the Herd, Sylvan Library, and Rancor; graveyard exile and enchantment removal dismantle those engines and collapse it back into a hand-light aggro deck.
Greedy manabase — A low land count with Wasteland, fetchlands (Wooded Foothills, Bloodstained Mire), and Karplusan Forest pinging for damage means it can both screw on lands and lose meaningful life to its own mana against a fast clock.
Limited refuel under attrition — Once the opening salvo is spent, Cursed Scroll and Sylvan Library are the only sustained card advantage; decks that trade evenly and survive past turn six can grind it down.

How to win with it

Mulligan for an early threat plus action: a keepable hand has a one- or two-drop (Jackal Pup, Mogg Fanatic, Grim Lavamancer, River Boa) with two to three lands and burn or Call of the Herd. Ship hands that are all burn and no clock, or all creatures and no reach - the deck wins by combining both, and a hand missing either half stalls out.
Lead with the threat that has to connect: Jackal Pup turn one over Mogg Fanatic when you hold both, since Pup is pure clock while Fanatic's value is its sacrifice. Drop Seal of Fire turn one when nothing better is live - it banks a removal spell on the board, holds back a blocker, and frees that mana later. Grim Lavamancer wants a stocked graveyard, so spend cheap burn early and let it convert the spent cards into repeatable reach.
Use the green splash to grind, not just to curve out: Call of the Herd is two bodies from one card and the single best topdeck in attrition games, Rancor keeps coming back to push damage through blockers, and Sylvan Library turns a flooding draw into gas. Against decks that trade one-for-one, these cards are why RG Sligh beats mono-red - hold them as your refuel rather than dumping them into a removal-heavy board.
Attack the manabase as a second axis: Wasteland on a key nonbasic and Treetop Village as an uncounterable, removal-dodging threat let you keep pressure on through sweepers and counters. Treetop is also your way to win post-board when the opponent has answered every spell - activate it to attack, then return to defense, and it survives sorcery-speed removal aimed at your hand.
Close with burn to the face once the board is contested: Fireblast for free by sacrificing two Mountains is the surprise finisher - always recount the opponent to twenty before tapping out, and if they are at four or less with Fireblast in hand, hold the lands and end it. Cursed Scroll converts a near-empty hand into reliable late reach, so empty down to a single known card to keep it firing every turn.
The recurring mistake is spending premium burn on creatures a body could trade with: sacrifice Mogg Fanatic into a one-toughness blocker, block with River Boa (regenerate) or a token, and save Lightning Bolt, Incinerate, and Fireblast for the dome or for threats your creatures cannot profitably fight. Every burn spell traded for a creature is damage you will not recover toward zero.

How to beat it

Life gain blunts the whole plan: the deck stores its damage across Lightning Bolt, Incinerate, Seal of Fire, and Fireblast, so a single large life swing invalidates several cards at once and buys the turns you need to stabilize - but expect a sideboarded Sulfuric Vortex or Hull Breach answer, so protect the lifegain or deploy it when they are tapped out.
The green splash is what makes it resilient, so target that, not the burn: exile-based graveyard hate shuts off Grim Lavamancer and the flashback half of Call of the Herd, and enchantment removal on Rancor or Sylvan Library strips the card advantage that lets it grind. Take those engines away and you are left fighting the weaker mono-red core that runs out of gas.
Sweepers are strong but mind the manlands and Rancor: a board wipe answers the creatures, yet Treetop Village and a recurring Rancor rebuild the clock, so pair the sweeper with pressure of your own rather than passing back to a topdeck war the RG deck is built to win.
Wasteland plus a low land count means it can stumble - keeping basics and a slightly higher land count denies the free tempo, and trading early creatures one-for-one drags the game toward turn six or later, where outside of Cursed Scroll and Sylvan Library the deck has limited ways to refuel.
Efficient instant-speed removal and good blocks beat the one-at-a-time threat deployment better than edicts do: the deck rarely floods the board, so forced-sacrifice effects often miss the specific threat you need gone, while a timely block or kill spell on Quirion Dryad or an unblocked Treetop denies the burst turns that close games.

Last Updated: May 2026