Pris Brew by AtomicFrog

Format: Commander

Commander: Rootha, Mastering the Moment

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

Rootha, Mastering the Moment commands a spellslinger deck that converts expensive instants and sorceries into immediate aerial combat threats. The primary game plan accelerates into Rootha by Turn 3 or 4, then casts impactful 5+ mana spells during the precombat main phase to create massive flying, haste Elemental tokens at the beginning of combat. Redundant token producers like Manaform Hellkite, Ovika, Enigma Goliath, and Third Path Iconoclast establish a wide board presence alongside the commander. The deck finishes games by overwhelming opponents through combat damage boosted by damage multipliers such as Isengard Unleashed or combat-trigger recursion from Surge to Victory. A suite of efficient red and blue ramp pieces supports the heavy mana requirements of high-cost spells, while damage-based sweepers keep opposing creature boards manageable. Because the deck lacks targeted tutors and dense countermagic protection, it relies on natural card flow, impulse draw, and raw threat density to close games across one or two decisive combat rotations.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Abstract Performance
  • 1 Aether Gale
  • 1 Alrund's Epiphany
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Creative Technique
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Dance with Calamity
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Furygale Flocking
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Hall of Oracles
  • 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Johann, Apprentice Sorcerer
  • 1 Karn's Temporal Sundering
  • 1 Leitmotif Composer
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magma Opus
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manaform Hellkite
  • 1 Mirrorwing Dragon
  • 1 Mizzix of the Izmagnus
  • 1 Molten Tributary
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Prismari Campus
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Bull
  • 1 Replication Technique
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Study Hall
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo
  • 1 Young Pyromancer