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Ruby, Daring Tracker
Legendary Creature — Human Scout · RG
Color identity: Green · Red · Gruul
Ruby, Daring Tracker is Gruul (green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
Whenever Ruby attacks while you control a creature with power 4 or greater, Ruby gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
{T}: Add {R} or {G}.
Reference price of the card: €0.13
Average lands in decks for Ruby, Daring Tracker: 37
RampCascadeBig ManaAggroStompyChaosDiscoverMidrange
Build your Ruby, Daring Tracker deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Ruby, Daring Tracker 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Ruby, Daring Tracker deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (61/100)
- Consistency93
- Speed61
- Interaction37
- Resilience68
- Closing49
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (20 nonbasic, 6 Mountain, 11 Forest)
Migration Path · Skyshroud Claim · Explosive Vegetation · Circuitous Route · Vastwood Surge · Map the Frontier · Etali, Primal Storm · Ranger's Path · Garruk's Uprising · Annoyed Altisaur · Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave · Trumpeting Carnosaur · Hunting Wilds · Drakuseth, Maw of Flames · Apex Devastator · Encroaching Dragonstorm · Kogla, the Titan Ape · Kogla and Yidaro · Monstrous Vortex · Garruk's Packleader · Aurora Phoenix · Path of the Animist · Soul of the Harvest · Sunbird's Invocation · Combustible Gearhulk · Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma · Bloodbraid Challenger · Rishkar's Expertise · Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise · Natural Reclamation · Reach the Horizon · Thunderfoot Baloth · Gruul Ragebeast · Screamer-Killer · Sol Ring · Rampaging Baloths · Tyrant's Familiar · Beast Whisperer · Bigger on the Inside · Return of the Wildspeaker · Sweet-Gum Recluse · Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness · Terastodon · Emergent Woodwurm · Omnath, Locus of Rage · Terramorph · Rhythm of the Wild · Volcanic Torrent · Ghalta, Primal Hunger · Up the Beanstalk · Call Forth the Tempest · Boarding Party · Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers · Beast Within · Savage Ventmaw · Steel Hellkite · Into the Time Vortex · Cactusfolk Sureshot · New Generation's Technique · Planar Engineering · Tempt with Discovery · Vaultborn Tyrant · Command Tower · Cinder Glade · Rootbound Crag · Karplusan Forest · Game Trail · Kessig Wolf Run · Stomping Ground · Mossfire Valley · Mosswort Bridge · Rockfall Vale · Spire Garden · Sheltered Thicket · Thornspire Verge · Wooded Foothills · Copperline Gorge · Hidden Nursery · Temple of Abandon · Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway · Commercial District · Hidden Volcano
🃏 Recommended cards for Ruby, Daring Tracker
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Ruby, Daring Tracker, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Path | 70% | +65% |
| Circuitous Route | 63% | +60% |
| Map the Frontier | 62% | +60% |
| Explosive Vegetation | 65% | +60% |
| Vastwood Surge | 62% | +59% |
| Ranger's Path | 56% | +54% |
| Skyshroud Claim | 65% | +54% |
| Invasion of Zendikar | 53% | +51% |
| Annoyed Altisaur | 53% | +50% |
| Hunting Wilds | 50% | +49% |
| Trumpeting Carnosaur | 51% | +48% |
| Encroaching Dragonstorm | 48% | +45% |
| Apex Devastator | 49% | +43% |
| Drakuseth, Maw of Flames | 49% | +43% |
| Path of the Animist | 44% | +43% |
| Monstrous Vortex | 45% | +42% |
| Aurora Phoenix | 44% | +42% |
| Etali, Primal Storm | 57% | +41% |
| Combustible Gearhulk | 41% | +38% |
| Soul of the Harvest | 43% | +38% |
| Bloodbraid Challenger | 40% | +38% |
| Kogla and Yidaro | 46% | +38% |
| Reach the Horizon | 38% | +37% |
| Kogla, the Titan Ape | 47% | +37% |
💰 The best cards for your Ruby, Daring Tracker deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Migration Path
- Circuitous Route
- Map the Frontier
- Explosive Vegetation
- Vastwood Surge
- Ranger's Path
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Apex Devastator
- Soul of the Harvest
- Kogla, the Titan Ape
- Emergent Woodwurm
- Up the Beanstalk
- Beast Whisperer
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Call Forth the Tempest
- Vaultborn Tyrant
- Terror of the Peaks
- Improvisation Capstone
- Last March of the Ents
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Ruby, Daring Tracker
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite magecraft triggers
- Sword of Feast and Famine + Aggravated Assault → Infinite combat phases
- Squee, the Immortal + Food Chain → Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
- Ancient Copper Dragon + Aggravated Assault → Near-infinite colored mana, Near-infinite combat damage, Near-infinite Treasure tokens, Near-infinite combat phases, Near-infinite untap of creatures you control, Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is Ruby, Daring Tracker's color identity?
Ruby, Daring Tracker is Gruul (green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Ruby, Daring Tracker come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Ruby, Daring Tracker deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.3 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 2 % of the time and floods 1 %. Deck health: C+ (61/100).
How many lands should a Ruby, Daring Tracker deck run?
Real Ruby, Daring Tracker decks run 37 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Ruby, Daring Tracker?
The three highest-synergy cards are Migration Path, Circuitous Route, Map the Frontier. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Ruby, Daring Tracker decks.
What combos does Ruby, Daring Tracker have?
Ruby, Daring Tracker has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Ruby, Daring Tracker deck cost?
You can start cheap: Migration Path, Circuitous Route, Map the Frontier are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.