Did you know the most effective counterspell isn't blue? It's red, and it reads 'Destroy target player. Most importantly, if anyone tries to do anything to stop you, counter their spell.Cast Thromok the Insatiable with Devour 7 so he comes in as a 49/49 creature.

Here was the gameplan (and will be ours today, as well): I saw a post on Twitter recently of a friend trying to build a Thromok deck, and suddenly my mind was launched into the past as I relived the recklessly aggro days of my own Thromok deck I'd forgotten all about. One of the many sweet components of living in an online world is we get to be a part of virtual communities, find like-minded people with whom we may have never crossed paths, and find joy around commonalities in our spare moments throughout the day. You just want to keep building more, exploring new ideas, and eventually you run out of space and old brews have to retire. Several years and many decks ago, I had a Thromok the Insatiable deck that I really loved, but if you're like me and deckbuilding is a creative art form, it's difficult to keep a deck around forever. Today's article puts us right between the two, as we build a deck that plays like the beast beneath the Mines of Moria: the Balrog! Welcome to Alter of the Brewed, the article series where we build the most thematic Commander decks from Hobbiton to Mordor. Image from The Lord of the Rings © Middle-earth Enterprises

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