Sure, Gruul can do stax and like any other guild, Gruul can combo but at its heart I think of Gruul as being all about going toe to toe on the battlefield
Burn Away: Graveyard manipulation can be very handy, even late game, or especially late game
Reanimate iconic creatures, cast powerful spells, and lead your favorite characters from theFinal Fantasy sagato victory in epic multiplayer battles
Honestly, you dont even technically need a lot of the cards that are in the $10+ range to play this deck and have it work fine: Birthing Pod, Miraris Wake, Mana Confluence, and Cavern of Souls are really luxury cards that are great but not really completely necessary to the deck working properly
What isnt disappointing is the art