Rhino, Barreling Brute

Gameplan

Cast big, splashy spells every turn to power out Rhino and a board of fatties, then beat down with a hasty, trampling, vigilant 7-drop that refills your hand each combat. You ramp hard early, deploy big creatures and giant Gruul spells from turn 4 onward, and use Rhino's vigilance to attack while staying back on defense.

Key Cards

• Cultivate — Cheap ramp and fixing that accelerates you to your expensive 4+ MV payoff spells.
• Etali, Primal Storm — A huge attacker that free-casts more big spells, easily turning on Rhino's draw trigger.
• Apex Devastator — Massive trampler whose cascade chain reliably fires big spells to fuel card draw.
• Garruk's Uprising — Trample plus draw-on-power-four-or-greater stacks perfectly with Rhino's payoff.
• Xenagos, God of Revels — Doubles power and grants haste, making Rhino a one-swing threat that connects for cards.
• Worldspine Wurm — An iconic giant payoff that closes games and triggers your big-spell synergies.

Upgrade Path

Tighten the curve so every threat is also a 4+ MV payoff and add reliable enablers like cascade and free-cast effects (Maelstrom Wanderer, Etali) to guarantee the draw trigger. Improve ramp quality with Sol Ring, fast mana, and treasure makers to cast multiple big spells per turn, and add haste/double-strike doublers plus protection like Heroic Intervention to keep Rhino connecting.