Best 10 out of these 12 mana rocks
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Posted on June 22, 2016, 11:10 a.m. by Kozelek
Ok I'm building a Rhys the Redeemed commander deck for the first time and figured 10 rocks should cover it so I pulled out the available rocks and here's the list
Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Mind Stone, Corrupted Grafstone, Commander's Sphere, Coalition Relic, Vessel of Endless Rest' Thran Dynamo, Hedron Archive, Dreamstone Hedron
Now almost everyone I talk to in my area say you should run the keyrunes and cluestones in your colors but is Selesnya Cluestone and/or Selesnya Keyrune any better than the other 10 I've got ready to go in?
In no order...
Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Selesnya Signet, Darksteel Ingot, Commander's Sphere, Coalition Relic, Gilded Lotus, Thran Dynamo, Hedron Archive, Unstable Obelisk (Last one is up to you).
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June 22, 2016 11:18 a.m.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #4
You're forgetting Darksteel Ingot and Selesnya Signet. I'd say no to the Grafstone and Dreamstone maybe, bit pricy.
June 22, 2016 11:21 a.m.
So I'm not missing anything the keyrune and cluestone are just not that good and people around here are probably only using them cause they don't have anything better to run
June 22, 2016 11:23 a.m.
@Mj3913 the dreamstone is in there cause it's the next step up in secession from Mind Stone to Hedron Archive and then Dreamstone Hedron but I can see your point that 6 for a mana rock is a win more card by the time you have the mana to cast it
June 22, 2016 11:30 a.m.
If you're going to run a 6 cmc mana rock; run Caged Sun. It works well with the token theme as an anthem
Also are you running Nature's Lore and/or Farseek? They can both fetch Temple Garden and Canopy Vista. Super useful.
Ramping in extra lands instead of rocks will help you avoid getting screwed by cards like Vandalblast and Cyclonic Rift
June 22, 2016 11:52 a.m. Edited.
Yes Farseek, Nature's Lore, Skyshroud Claim and Gift of Estates are in the stack of 160+ cards I'm trying to witle down to 99 lol
June 22, 2016 11:58 a.m.
Gift of estates is a good fixing card but its not a ramp card because it wont actually allow you to play more than 1 land per turn.
June 22, 2016 1:46 p.m.
you spelt all the rocks wrong i think mate, you meant to type, Arbor Elf, Elvish Archdruid, Elvish Harbinger, Elvish Mystic, Fyndhorn Elves, Heritage Druid, Llanowar Elves, Priest of Titania, Quirion Elves, Wirewood Channeler, and finally Elvish Guidance. ;-) :-P
June 22, 2016 2:33 p.m.
KillTheIslandUser says... #13
don't bother running thran in this deck, and don't bother running hedrons in this deck, to expensive for this deck, to only net you a little bit of mana for the return. You aren't playing blue control, where you just want to get a lot of mana in to play big spells. You want early game ramp.
You should be playing Nature's Lore, Three Visits. Those will give you the dual lands so you can get out green/white together. Not saying to go out and buy one... but if you ever get the chance to attain one... without losing an arm and leg... Gaea's Cradle is literally the best ramp you will get. You should be playing a couple more creature ramps too btw, birds of paradise wants in on this, and arbor elf.
Boza says... #2
Kick out Grafstone and vessel for sure, add in Selesnya Signet and Talisman of Unity
June 22, 2016 11:17 a.m.