Rona's Radical Reanimating Superfriends

Commander / EDH Superfriends UB (Dimir) UBR (Grixis)

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Instant (6)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Oath of Jace
• 1x Oath of Liliana
• 1x Pendrell Mists
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1x The Antiquities War
• 1x The Eldest Reborn

Artifact (15)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mox Tantalite
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (20)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Jace, the Living Guildpact
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 1x Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
• 1x Tezzeret the Schemer
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

Creature (14)

• 1x Artificer's Assistant
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1x Flux Channeler
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Riddlesmith
• 1x Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 10x Island
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Commander (1)

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Rona's Radical Recurring Superfriends

Concept

Part of the 32 Superfriends challenge - build a Superfriends deck of every possible color combination, this Dimir deck uses Rona's unique talent for reanimating planeswalkers to leverage Jace, Wielder of Mysteries as a win-con.

How It Wins

We use Basalt Monolith + Mesmeric Orb to instantly mill our entire library, then Rona, Disciple of Gix to exile our Jace, Wielder of Mysteries , cast him from exile, and then roll up him up win the game.

Card Selection

Rona + Jace is a 7 mana play (), so we're going to want a lot of ramp, ways to tutor up Monolith + Orb, and other mill engines so Rona has upside outside of the combo.

Additionally, we'll want ways to bounce Rona to our hand to use her as a recursive reanimation engine.

Self-Mill

These cards help fill up our graveayard and give Rona optional targets. Using Rona early in the game isn't entirely adviseable because she's an expensive Snapcaster Mage when we want to combo off with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries , especially when her tax is high.

• Mesmeric Orb is the most notable piece of self-mill, capable of doling out 5+ every turn very easily especially with our high density of rocks, and going infinite with Basalt Monolith .
• Ashiok, Dream Render , Jace, the Memory Adept, Jace, the Living Guildpact and Jace, Vryn's Prodigy   make up our recurrable self-mill engines in the form of planeswalkers.
• Oath of Jace , Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor , and Riddlesmith give us the ability to stock up our graveyard with specific targets.
• Jace, Wielder of Mysteries can help mill ourselves, but is such an important piece that I'd be reluctant to use it in any situation other than the immediate win.

Bounce

Having a few cards dedicated to bouncing Rona, Disciple of Gix makes her slightly-high CMC a little more palatable. Crystal Shard , Jace, Unraveler of Secrets , and Jace, the Mind Sculptor give us repeatable engines for recasting Rona and recurring Historic cards from our graveyard.

Ramp

As mentioned before, even without tax our winning combo of Rona, Disciple of Gix to cast Jace, Wielder of Mysteries from our graveyard after milling ourselves completely out costs , so ramping and fixing is important.

• Mana Crypt , Mana Vault , Sol Ring provide our raw speed, allowing us to cast the next wave of color-producing rocks soon after.
• Arcane Signet , Dimir Signet , Talisman of Dominance , Mox Amber , and Mox Opal help produce that obnoxious amount of blue mana required to combo-win.
• Ugin, the Ineffable and Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge provide cost reduction effects mid-game allowing us to crowd the board with threats and value.
• Everflowing Chalice is a bit of a commitment, usually asking that we tap-out for a mediocre rock with a big target painted on it, but proliferation synergies in this deck mean that Kicking this for a single charge counter is a fine play when it can grow to be much larger later-on.
• Mox Tantalite is a terrible magic card, so let's try and make it playable! Since we can tutor this card directly into play with Tezzeret the Seeker , it gives us a second Seat of the Synod to tutor up for 0 loyalty lost, once again helping with that gross mana requirement on our combo.

Removal

Since our deck mostly durdles & digs, we're going to want a few pieces to just generally knock everyone back down long enough for us to find our win.

• Damnation , Oath of Liliana , Phyrexian Scriptures , Pendrell Mists , and The Eldest Reborn all serve to indiscriminately mar our opponents and hinder their board development.
• Force of Negation , Force of Will help protect us when we're going infinite.
• Karn Liberated , Tezzeret the Schemer , and Ob Nixilis Reignited provide us reusable targeted removal.
• Mana Drain can be used to capture a ton of mana, fueling a next-turn infinite-combo.

Draw

Dig for our combo the fair and fun way: Raw Draw.

• Baleful Strix a great cantrip on a walker-defending body if I've ever seen one.
• Jace Beleren , Karn, Scion of Urza , Tezzeret, Artifice Master , Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas , Tezzeret's Gambit , and The Antiquities War are just blind draw.
• Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas and The Antiquities War dig much deeper.

Tutor

Since our combo is pretty weak and there's little-to-no decent redundant pieces when we use our commander to recur a Laboratory Maniac , we'll supplement our combo with extra tutors.

• Tezzeret the Seeker can grab either, and eventually both of our combo pieces. I also like -0'ing him to search for zero drop artifacts to put into play, like Mox Tantalite or Seat of the Synod .
• Tribute Mage and Trophy Mage tutor our combo pieces, with the former grabbing Mesmeric Orb and the latter getting Basalt Monolith .
• Trinket Mage grabs us cheap rocks or does a Borderland Ranger impression by fetching Seat of the Synod , Vault of Whispers , or Darksteel Citadel .
• Whir of Invention and Demonic Tutor round our our package as the premiere draw although the former definitely exposes you to ire by revealing the combo piece.

Reanimation

• Emry, Lurker of the Loch is an incredible reanimation engine. She doesn't work on planeswalkers, but she's great at adding more rocks to the pile.
• Silas Renn, Seeker Adept is significantly worse, but still worth playing. Being an artifact himself gives him a little extra recurrable oompf, and being a death-touching blocker for our walkers has additional upside.

Proliferate

We do run a few proliferate pieces, although this build has been drifting further and further from the original design that attempted to win with Darksteel Reactor (That'll be reserved for Simic Proliferating Superfriends).

• Deepglow Skate gives us that one-shot spell that can roll our walkers up high enough to ultimate. Will doing so result in a win? Maybe not, but it'll definitely look cool.
• Flux Channeler , Inexorable Tide and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician provide recursive proliferation engines.
• Hangarback Walker gives an extra target that is great at being proliferated, recurred from our graveyard, and blocking for our walkers.

Utility

Some extra spice is in the list as:

• Karn, the Great Creator + Mycosynth Lattice giving us the ability to lock our opponents out of the game completely. Additionally, if someone manages to snipe Rona, Disciple of Gix while she's in the process of recurring Mesmeric Orb or Basalt Monolith from our graveyard, Karn gives us the ability to grab it from exile too.
• Urza, Lord High Artificer also synergizes with Mycosynth Lattice to create a sort blue Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth ; all our lands can tap for !
• Sai, Master Thopterist generates blockers for our walkers and a little extra draw power if need-be.

Postmortem

After playing a four matches with the deck, it seems to function fairly consistently. When starting with a few mana rocks, the deck can combo off around turns 4-5. Additionally, recurring The Antiquities War with Rona offers a fun alternative way to win the game (by beating people to death with your mana rocks). Overall the deck performs very well.

The Mesmeric Orb + Basalt Monolith combo is easily fetched by several of our cards, they both serve purposes when played early, and both can be recurred if opponents wise up and destroy them immediately. The only weak point in the deck is strict mana requirement of the winning play: , so keeping that in mind is important when deciding which mana rocks and lands to fetch.

Competitive

>Optimized<

Focused

Casual

Jank

Gameplay

Coming Soon!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	28 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Emblem Tezzeret the Schemer, Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Etherium Cell, Spirit 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Wizard 2/2 U, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Edh Ideas, Superfriends Challenge