Rootha, Killing Time A spell-slinging tempo deck bracket 3 by user1919878

Format: Commander

Commander: Rootha, Mastering the Moment

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger midrange deck commanded by Rootha, Mastering the Moment. The primary strategy pairs Rootha's combat trigger with high-mana-value instants and sorceries that feature built-in cost reduction, such as delve on Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time, creature affinity on Blasphemous Act and Volcanic Salvo, and graveyard scaling on Furygale Flocking. By casting these discounted spells during the precombat main phase, Rootha generates massive flying, hasty Elemental tokens each turn. Secondary token engines like Manaform Hellkite, Rionya, Fire Dancer, and Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer compound board presence, while token doublers like Determined Iteration and Redoubled Stormsinger accelerate damage output. The deck packs strong spot removal and sweeping effects to manage opposing boards, but it completely lacks countermagic on the stack and carries only Lightning Greaves for protection. Winning relies on overwhelming opponents through evasive aerial combat damage over two response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Abstract Performance
  • 1 Aether Gale
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creative Technique
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dance with Calamity
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Doom's Time Platform
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Furygale Flocking
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Here Comes a New Hero!
  • 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magma Opus
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manaform Hellkite
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Prismari Campus
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Rapturous Moment
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Replication Technique
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment
  • 1 Rousing Refrain
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Shellshock
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Step Between Worlds
  • 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 The Scarlet Witch
  • 1 Throes of Chaos
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Time Stretch
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo
  • 1 Wandering Fumarole