Ruby, Daring Tracker

📖 How to build Ruby, Daring Tracker

Ruby, Daring Tracker is a two-mana Gruul creature that can attack the turn it arrives thanks to haste, and it taps for either {R} or {G}, so it also works as an early mana source. Her main combat payoff is that whenever she attacks while you control a creature with power 4 or greater, she gets +2/+2 until end of turn. The game plan is to ramp into big creatures, then swing with Ruby alongside them for extra damage.

Build around cards that get you to your large threats quickly and reliably. Ramp such as Cultivate, Farseek, Nature's Lore, Rampant Growth, Kodama's Reach, Three Visits, Birds of Paradise, and Llanowar Elves fits well, and Beast Within and Chaos Warp can handle opposing blockers or threats. Blasphemous Act and Heroic Intervention can help protect your board or clear the way for attacks.

Ruby's bonus depends on having a creature with power 4 or greater on the battlefield when she attacks, so she does little in a board without one. Because her mana ability requires tapping, she generally can't both attack and produce mana that turn, so plan your mana before combat. She is also legendary, so the loss of a single copy can be a setback.

Deck guide written with AI assistance based on the card's rules text.