Roon of the Blinky Things 📝 Deck Tech 📝

What about Thragtusk?

I've cut a lot of ramp at this point. I'm thinking of turning my curve down a bit. I mean, isn't Acidic Slime just Harmonic Sliver/Reclamation Sage with land destruction? One costs 5, the others cost 3.

What about Thragtusk?

I love Thragtusk. I'm beginning to see a need to cut out my Persist package. The problem is that is what makes my list unique compared to other Roon toolbox decks. I would really dislike losing that identity. My idea right now is:

➖ Melira, Sylvok Outcast ➕ Meddling Mage
➖ Kitchen Finks ➕ Flickerwisp
➖ Woodfall Primus ➕ Angel of Serenity
➖ Acidic Slime ➕ Harmonic Sliver
➖ Phyrexian Altar ➕ Path to Exile

Is archeomancer so useful with thats ozone what  little amount of noncreature spells?

I would sooner keep Archaeomancer and cut Sun Titan to be honest with you. The whole deck might need some revision with the newly spoiled Containment Priest. It basically has to be dealt with, or else chokes out the entire deck I'm playing. Add that to Torpor Orb and Humility, I'm doomed.

Containment Priest does allow Roon to : Exile target creature. It can work out to stack triggers too. I could exile their Priest on their endstep, blink my creature on my turn, then stack the triggers so my stuff comes back before theirs. Basically Meddling Mage needs to come in, this card needs to be dead

I've never updated a decklist more in my life. I kinda just built this deck and forgot about it. I've removed tons of cards in the past week.

Can one single card require a whole deck to be rebuilt?

Can one single card require a whole deck to be rebuilt?

Nope. This is EDH afterall. I just need to rethink some things. Cards like Containment Priest are good for.the format, shakes up some things.

I look forward to the challenges and opportunities to play against that card. Basically Roon of the Hidden Realm turns into an unconditional "exile target creature" pretty cheaply. My Clever Impersonator can copy their copy, blink theirs to exile it, then blink mine to be something else.

In my younger days this card would have angered me greatly. Today, I consider it a wonderful challenge to overcome and appreciate cards that force players off pretty direct, linear "build around me" EDH decks. Like Arcane Lighthouse. Hell, I might even just put a copy of Containment Priest in Roon because it shuts off Kaalia of the Vast, Sneak Attack, and Reanimator.

So why take out the birthing pod package? I don't understand

So why take out the birthing pod package? I don't understand

Not the Birthing Pod package. The Persist package based around going infinite with Melira, Sylvok Outcast and Phyrexian Altar. Just kicking the idea around as a way to add some more cards I'd like.

Ah, I see.

Seems like 35 lands is a little low. Is that just me? I assume it works or you'd have changed it by now, but how often do you have to mulligan for lands?

Well it's more then 33% of the deck. Most of my hands are 2 landers, cheap tutors and other things can get me there. It's not perfect, but counting my mana symbols I need 18 green sources, 9 white and 8 blue. Which I got pretty much nailed down.

Edit: added a land to keep things interesting.

Why cut wargate? Ajani is good at digging for things but wargate is better at it.

Wargate is super slow. It's a pain to get that much mana, then to make it all 3 colors. Ajani, Mentor of Heroes just seems better.

I find it useful for grabbing combo pieces when I've tested with it.

I find it useful for grabbing combo pieces when I've tested with it.

I've got 1 non-creature combo piece: Phyrexian Altar and like 900 creature tutors.

Quote from: E.kann1 on November 03, 2014, 08:30:52 PM

I find it useful for grabbing combo pieces when I've tested with it.

I've got 1 non-creature combo piece: Phyrexian Altar and like 900 creature tutors.

Well that is what I got

Quote from: Dudecore on November 03, 2014, 08:35:32 PM

Quote from: E.kann1 on November 03, 2014, 08:30:52 PM

I find it useful for grabbing combo pieces when I've tested with it.

I've got 1 non-creature combo piece: Phyrexian Altar and like 900 creature tutors.

Well that is what I got

You can run Trinket Mage and do the same thing, and also grab Sol Ring, Sensei's Diving Top. I mean, I could too, but you know what I mean.