Am Bush: The Tale of a Beetle (Ambush Beetle PDH)

Pauper EDH BRG (Jund) Control Goodstuff Midrange Pauper

Jerenstein-Bear

Creature (32)

• 1x Akroan Crusader
• 1x Bayou Groff
• 1x Bloodcrazed Hoplite
• 1x Caldaia Strongarm
• 1x Carnophage
• 1x Cartographer
• 1x Dauthi Horror
• 1x Dauthi Slayer
• 1x Dokuchi Shadow-Walker
• 1x Eccentric Farmer
• 1x Entourage of Trest
• 1x Frenzied Arynx
• 1x Garruk's Companion
• 1x Goldhound
• 1x Horned Kavu
• 1x Inner-Flame Acolyte
• 1x Ironhoof Boar
• 1x Keldon Marauders
• 1x Kird Ape
• 1x Mayhem Patrol
• 1x Mukotai Ambusher
• 1x Putrid Leech
• 1x Rakdos Shred-Freak
• 1x Rogue Elephant
• 1x Sangrophage
• 1x Scab-Clan Mauler
• 1x Scaretiller
• 1x Taunting Elf
• 1x Thunderscape Familiar
• 1x Vault Skirge
• 1x Viashino Slaughtermaster
• 1x Zhur-Taa Swine

Land (34)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Riveteers Overlook
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Teetering Peaks
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thriving Bluff
• 1x Thriving Grove
• 1x Thriving Moor

Instant (10)

• 1x Fake Your Own Death
• 1x Hunger of the Howlpack
• 1x Invigorate
• 1x Manamorphose
• 1x Mutagenic Growth
• 1x Predator's Strike
• 1x Ram Through
• 1x Return to Action
• 1x Titanic Growth
• 1x Vines of Vastwood

Artifact (4)

• 1x Bonesplitter
• 1x Boots of Speed
• 1x Firewild Borderpost
• 1x Veinfire Borderpost

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Bequeathal
• 1x Corrupted Zendikon
• 1x Crusher Zendikon
• 1x Demonic Vigor
• 1x Elephant Guide
• 1x Eternal Thirst
• 1x Fists of the Demigod
• 1x Furor of the Bitten
• 1x Keldon Mantle
• 1x Madcap Skills
• 1x Nissa's Zendikon
• 1x Predatory Hunger
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Runes of the Deus

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Unearth

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Beetle aggro, beetle aggro! When I was combing over potential pauper commanders some time ago, I came across Giant Ambush Beetle and was immediately intrigued by the idea of using it in an aggro list. While 5 mana is a steep price, it is almost always going to be immediately impactful through essentially being spot removal on a body and that theme of fast, impactful value runs like an undercurrent through the rest of the deck. The general gameplan for this deck is to put high-octane, cheap attackers on the board, pump them for good measure, and to do that fast enough that the opponent either can't recover or can't keep up. There are a few tricks here and there like Fake Your Own Death and Unearth, but a vast majority of the deck is built to effectively put a wide range of mana on the field and to subsequently dump that mana into critters.

A notable series of interactions to pay attention to: - There are a creature or two in the deck that eat lands when played, and plenty of lands that you'll be putting into the graveyard to get other lands from the deck, so a few slots have been dedicated to helping you recycle those lands to help keep land drops consistent. The most prominent player in this cycle is Scaretiller, but Cartographer and Eccentric Farmer are notable for being etb effects, meaning they can be reused if protected by Fake Your Own Death or Return to Action, returned to the battlefield with Unearth, or returned to the hand with one of your two ninjutsu creatures Dokuchi Shadow-Walker and Mukotai Ambusher.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Pauper EDH legal.
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.35
Tokens	Elephant 3/3 G, Soldier 1/1 R, The Monarch, Treasure
Folders	Pauper EDH Decks
Based on	Giant Ambush Beetle; Jund Midrange Control Word8898 PDH