Rootha got Hands by shufflingzombies

Format: Commander

Commander: Rootha, Mastering the Moment

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a dynamic Izzet Spellslinger Midrange build helmed by Rootha, Mastering the Moment. The strategy revolves around casting mid-to-high mana value instant and sorcery spells to trigger Rootha, creating large flying and hasty Elemental tokens directly at the beginning of combat. Cost reducers such as Stormcatch Mentor and Thunderclap Drake ensure efficient sequencing, while Magecraft engines like Archmage Emeritus and Storm-Kiln Artist turn spell casts into substantial card and mana advantage. The deck scales its aggression using token multipliers like Harmonic Prodigy, Veyran, Voice of Duality, and Rionya, Fire Dancer, closing out games around Turn 6 to 7 with decisive combat phases fueled by Surge to Victory, Full Throttle, or Breath of Fury. Backed by a dense package of efficient reactive counterspells and removal, the deck maintains tempo while building an overwhelming aerial offensive.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Abstract Paintmage
• 1 Abstract Performance
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
• 1 Breath of Fury
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Coastal Peak
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Creative Technique
• 1 Curiosity Crafter
• 1 Dance with Calamity
• 1 Determined Iteration
• 1 Diary of Dreams
• 1 Dig Through Time
• 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Expressive Iteration
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Ferrous Lake
• 1 Flashback
• 1 Flow State
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Full Throttle
• 1 Galazeth Prismari
• 1 Goldspan Dragon
• 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
• 1 Great Train Heist
• 1 Harmonic Prodigy
• 1 Improvisation Capstone
• 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
• 7 Island
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 1 Mana Sculpt
• 1 Molten-Core Maestro
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Prismari Charm
• 1 Prismari Command
• 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
• 1 Rapturous Moment
• 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Resculpt
• 1 Resonating Lute
• 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
• 1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment
• 1 Rousing Refrain
• 1 Scorched Geyser
• 1 Seize the Spoils
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Skycoach Waypoint
• 1 Sleight of Hand
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spell Pierce
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Stormcatch Mentor
• 1 Study Hall
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Surge to Victory
• 1 Tablet of Discovery
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
• 1 The Fire Crystal
• 1 The Water Crystal
• 1 Thunderclap Drake
• 1 Traumatic Critique
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Turbulent Springs
• 1 Twinflame
• 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
• 1 Volcanic Salvo
• 1 Wisdom of Ages
• 1 World at War