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Basking Rootwalla
Creature — Lizard
: This gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Sliverguy420 on
Wolf-Shark
4 months ago
Basking Rootwalla isn't banned in modern, it just wasn't printed in a modern legal set.
Andramalech on
Wolf-Shark
4 months ago
Bookrook you've made an excellent recommendation in Blazing Rootwalla, because it was actually printed as an ode to the formerly printed (and now Modern banned) Basking Rootwalla. I love that you've reminded me of the Fire-Gecko, and I'm obviously going to need to playtest it. 10/10 recommendation. Thanks!
ElPared on Best Fae of Wishes Targets?
2 years ago
I also thought of Haakon and reanimator in general (though I didn't think of Gitrog and that's a cool idea). The simple solution there is to keep some, or all, or your reanimator spells in sideboard so you always have access to them. I'm also a huge can of Bloodghast which would be pretty sick with Gitrog and Crucible of Worlds, or maybe Life from the Loam (or both).
Fae also affords you the unique ability to keep some toolbox reanimator targets in your sideboard like Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobyte or Serra's Emissary, and still use them game 1.
The other thing you could do is throw in some Madness cards (I'm thinking Basking Rootwalla type stuff), as well as like, Dragon's Rage Channeler or other stuff with Delirium or Threshold.
Too bad "exiled" is no longer considered "outside the game", or Flashback would be insane with this card. Even just sideboarding a Past in Flames would be busted. Also the Evoke creatures with the free evoke costs (cuz you could reanimate them as well as remove a card and wish for it later). Alas.
Profet93 on
Killing Lands to go smack
3 years ago
Idk much about pauper but have you considered adding some removal in the form of Lightning Bolt? Swapping some of your looting effects for bolts seems ideal.
I understand you want to fill your GY but faithless looting is virtual card disadvantage. You get your choice of cards but it doesn't replace itself like thrill of possibility. Flashback is nice, but without any actual card advantage, it's likely that you will run out of gas fairly quickly. Idk any actual card advantage in green thats a common.
Sideboard Card?: Ancient Grudge
Invasive Species - Seems like its only good with springbloom. I dont feel invasive species is a right fit for your build given your lack of ETB creatures. Have you considered swapping it with any of the following....
Rancor - Repeatable pump is nice
Basking Rootwalla - Madness is synergy and it can be pumped
Elvish Visionary - Only draw I know in green pauper. I think running 2-4 of these could be helpful. You really do need draw, badly.
Garruk's Companion - 3/2 trample for seems pretty good. Paired with Rancor or the muscle bursts, it can put in some serious work. Casting cost is slightly hard, but could be worth it IMO.
Mire Boa - Aside from sac, exile and -X/-X effects, it will be hard to get rip of this snake. Hiss at your opponents when you attack with it for extra fun
Overall its a solid build. +1. Be sure to lmk what you think of each suggestion.
PuddinWing on
3 years ago
You could splash and run Basking Rootwalla . Also, Anje Falkenrath is a great madness enabler. More so for combo but…
You could also run Terminal Agony in place of Big Game Hunter for more consistent removal.
Neotrup on ? about vengevine
4 years ago
Bazaar of Baghdad 's ability will cause you to draw 2 cards (taking the top two cards of your library and adding them to your hand) and discard 2 cards (exiling two copies of Basking Rootwalla from your hand and putting Vengevine from your hand into your graveyard). Then both Basking Rootwalla 's madness abilities will trigger. One will resolve, letting you cast it (moving it from exile to the stack), and when it resolves it will move from the stack to the battlefield. Then the second madness trigger will resolve letting you cast it (moving it from exile to the stack) triggering Vengevine 's trigger. Once Vengevine 's ability resolves, it will move from the graveyard to the battlefield, then Basking Rootwalla will resolve moving it from the stack to the battlefield.
desolate1 on ? about vengevine
4 years ago
if i use a Bazaar of Baghdad and discard 2x Basking Rootwalla and 1x Vengevine - does activating the Basking Rootwalla madness effect - in turn then proc the Vengevine effect for 2 creatures? Im not sure how the madness effects resolve on the stack if im discarding all 3 at the same time - or if the Vengevine would have to already have been in my graveyard first for its effect to go off.
