Rocky Tar Pit

Land

Rocky Tar Pit enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}, Sacrifice Rocky Tar Pit: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

DreadKhan on Korvold Sacrifice

1 month ago

There are lots of options to help fix your mana that have been printed, some of the handiest are those that can dig out a land, and lands that make more than 1 colour. Both are very useful, some effects can even dig out 2 or 3 colour lands, but these are pricier in most cases. Some budget options include Jund Panorama, Riveteers Overlook, Evolving Wilds, Terramorphic Expanse, Mountain Valley, and Rocky Tar Pit (the last two can find non-Basic lands, this includes Woodland Chasm, Highland Forest, Sulfurous Mire), Cinder Glade, Smoldering Marsh). Blighted Woodland can find other land types if you have Green already, Myriad Landscape can find Green (or another colour), finding Green is usually important because of cards like Cultivate, and Kodama's Reach, these ramp you but can also find you a needed land type. There are also even better options (arguably) like Farseek, Nature's Lore and the pricier Three Visits, these can find non-Basic lands, making them very useful. I always liked Harrow, it can find 2 different colours of land if it's helpful, there is also the lesser Roiling Regrowth. Since your Commander is at 5 mana, you might even include stuff like Skyshroud Claim or Circuitous Route, there are more but they aren't as popular due to costing 4 mana (you can get stuck on 2 or 3 lands).

A pair of random cards that might work for you are Midnight Reaper and Grim Haruspex, both draw cards whenever your creatures die, and cost very little mana. Another couple randomly useful creatures Dockside Chef, Skullport Merchant, and Mayhem Devil, which are certainly gotten pricier but is still extremely good.

Happy deck building!

thefiresoflurve on Land Windgrace

8 months ago

I think Riveteers Overlook would be a small upgrade (1 life) over Evolving Wilds / Terramorphic Expanse. You could also rock Maestros Theater over Rocky Tar Pit, and Cabaretti Courtyard instead of Mountain Valley.

One thing to note is that the Capenna lands won't be able to find your Overgrown Tomb / Cinder Glade like your current dual-color fetches can. Still, I think the extra landfall triggers in the same turn warrant the replacement.

Mortlocke on The Queen's Egg

1 year ago

Hey abierto,

Indeed it’s been awhile since you commented, glad to hear from you. Thank you for bringing these cards onto my radar, let’s discuss them - I can easily tell that Survival of the Fittest would dramatically change the way the deck plays – with Survival of the Fittest + Dregscape Sliver on the board, access to at least 3 {G} mana, 1 creature in hand, and at least an additional {6} I can combo out and win the game on that turn. The only drawbacks I can see here are the mana requirements coupled with the more than likely opponent interaction that would be coming my way. Given that Dregscape Sliver’s ability is only sorcery speed – that only solidifies my concern as A simple Bojuka Bog could wreck me If I do not populate my graveyard with care and proper timing. This makes me wish that Paradox Engine wasn’t banned – I really miss that card. The verdict is out on Survival of the Fittest, I want to like to this card but I can’t help but feel hesitant in including it (let alone the investment). I think I’ll maybe proxy it in and see where that takes me. Speaking which, check out this really awesome alter:

Survival of the Fittest Sliver Alter Show

Dregscape Sliver on the other hand I’m considering including. Maybe cutting Patriarch's Bidding, as I do not like the mana investment and the potential added bonus of assisting opponents. In the metas I play in there are a lot of tribal decks – I’m sitting across from at least one or two other tribal decks every game. I’m ordering a copy today, so thank you for mentioning that card again.

Hi Sneuxfox (death by Snu snu?),

Welcome to my deck page! Thank you for posting. I’ve always wanted to work Magma Sliver into this decklist, but I don’t think it would be a good fit – Magma lends itself toward a Sliver deck that compliments a more Aggro strategy where the goal is to hit a “critical mass” of creatures and abuse enough evasion keywords to get a single creature to knock an opponent out. First Sliver's Chosen would be an absolute must include alongside Magma Sliver, as it would solidify a Voltron strategy by stacking Exalted triggers alongside Magma’s {T} ability. I definitely agree that the aforementioned can get out hand when you have just one Sliver be the target of multiple triggers.

I agree that it's criminal that Magma doesn't make it's way into alot of lists, maybe it's due to most decks wanting to lean into the Mid-range Sliver tool box? Or maybe it's because the deck would need to be more Voltron centric? I decided to throw together a quick decklist as an example of what I think the average deck running Magma Sliver would look like:

Budget Aggro Sliver Decklist Show

• Sliver Hivelord CMDR
• Magma Sliver
• First Sliver's Chosen
• Bonescythe Sliver
• Brood Sliver
• Cloudshredder Sliver
• Crystalline Sliver
• Galerider Sliver
• Gemhide Sliver
• Harmonic Sliver
• Heart Sliver
• Hibernation Sliver
• Horned Sliver
• Manaweft Sliver
• Necrotic Sliver
• Quick Sliver
• Sedge Sliver
• Sentinel Sliver
• Shifting Sliver
• Sliver Legion
• Syphon Sliver
• Striking Sliver
• The First Sliver
• Venom Sliver
• Dregscape Sliver
• Synapse Sliver
• Hollowhead Sliver
• Homing Sliver
• Spiteful Sliver
• Arcane Signet
• Shared Animosity
• Chromatic Lantern
• Demonic Tutor
• Eladamri's Call
• Phyrexian Reclamation
• Grim Tutor
• Urza's Incubator
• Herald's Horn
• Nature's Lore
• Patriarch's Bidding
• Vanquisher's Banner
• Sol Ring
• Sylvan Library
• Three Visits
• Winds of Change
• Sylvan Tutor
• Windfall
• Worldly Tutor
• Skyshroud Claim
• Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• Anguished Unmaking
• Assassin's Trophy
• Beast Within
• Counterspell
• Cyclonic Rift
• Mystic Confluence
• Delay
• Dovin's Veto
• Merciless Eviction
• Path to Exile
• Ruinous Ultimatum
• Nature's Claim
• Blasphemous Act
• Swan Song
• Swords to Plowshares
• Spectator Seating
• Smoldering Marsh
• Indatha Triome
• Rocky Tar Pit
• Breeding Pool
• Brushland
• Training Center
• City of Brass
• Command Tower
• Flood Plain
• Gemstone Mine
• Hallowed Fountain
• Llanowar Wastes
• Mana Confluence
• Vault of Champions
• Rejuvenating Springs
• Savai Triome
• Bad River
• Canopy Vista
• Scalding Tarn
• Prairie Stream
• Steam Vents
• Cinder Glade
• Zagoth Triome
• Raugrin Triome
• Underground River
• Sunken Hollow
• Verdant Catacombs
• Ketria Triome
• Vesuva
• Watery Grave
• Grasslands
• Mountain Valley
• Yavimaya Coast

What're your thoughts on the list, Sneuxfox ?

multimedia on

1 year ago

Hey, the CQ decklist is missing Cloudshredder Sliver, who's one of the best budget Slivers especially when Hivelord is Commander. It's missing Harmonic Sliver, who's excellent repeatable removal in multiplayer Commander. Tempered Sliver is good with Hivelord as Commander since it can make him bigger with counters. Blasphemous Act wrecks opponents creatures when Hivelord is Commander, consistently for one mana. Swiftfoot Boots gives Hivelord extra protection, combining indestructible and hexproof makes it very difficult for opponents to remove Hivelord.

• Cloudshredder Sliver --> Muscle Sliver
• Harmonic Sliver --> Steelform Sliver
• Tempered Sliver --> Watcher Sliver
• Swiftfoot Boots --> Quilled Sliver
• Blasphemous Act --> Fumigate

Sol Ring is less price than Wayfarer's Bauble and much better ramp. Arcane Signet, Fellwar Stone and Commander's Sphere are budget five color mana rocks.

• Sol Ring --> Wayfarer's Bauble
• Arcane Signet --> Sphere of the Suns
• Fellwar Stone --> Armillary Sphere
• Commander's Sphere --> Pillar of Origins

The manabases in all CQ decklists are an afterthought, no Command Tower, they're terrible especially with five colors. Command Tower, Exotic Orchard, Unclaimed Territory, Path of Ancestry are all budget lands for five colors with Slivers. The five Tango lands: Cinder Glade, Canopy Vista, Prairie Stream, Sunken Hollow, Smoldering Marsh are budget and nice when playing 15+ basic lands. The Tango lands help with color fixing and make Farseek, Mountain Valley and Rocky Tar Pit better since they can search for one of them.

• Command Tower --> Warped Landscape
• Exotic Orchard --> Blighted Woodland
• Unclaimed Territory --> Jund Panorama
• Path of Ancestry --> Grixis Panorama
• Cinder Glade --> 1x Forest
• Canopy Vista --> 1x Plains
• Prairie Stream --> 1x Plains
• Sunken Hollow --> 1x Forest

Good luck with the upgrading.

DemMeowsephs on Obuun, Mul Daya ancestor

1 year ago

Hey there! Here are some suggestions you might like:

Lower/mid budget:

• Animist's Awakening (allows for a ton of landfall triggers)
• Boundless Realms (tons of landfall triggers again
• Courser of Kruphix (lifegain, more triggers, hitting landdrops)
• Sacred Foundry : Consitency, powerful, and good with fetches mentioned later
• Elfhame Sanctuary (hit landrops more often, more guaranteed landfall triggers if you prefer lands that turn, so you don't have to just hope you draw a land)
• Mountain Valley / Grasslands (more fetches in your colors, gives you double landfall triggers since the fetch and land you fetch for both cause one, can search for shocks like Temple Garden , good with lotus cobra)
• Flood Plain / Rocky Tar Pit (fetch lands that provide 2 landfall triggers, and while not both are in colors you can search for shocks and thus get any color you want from them, as for example if you had flood plain, you could use that to search for Temple Garden or Sacred Foundry , good with lotus cobra)
• Emergent Sequence (ramp, landfall triggers, synergizes with cards that allow multiple landrops per turn)
• Reshape the Earth (insane amount of landfall triggers, can be a win-con)
• Explore : ramp, more landfall triggers
• Ramunap Excavator / Crucible of Worlds / Wrenn and Six (last two may be high budget but all allow you to play fetch land from your graveyard continuously giving guaranteed 2 landfall triggers per turn with just 1 fetch)
• Nature's Lore (can search for shocks, comes in untapped, landfall trigger)

Higher budget:

• Bear Umbra (untap, replay, Obunn protection + buff)
• Bloom Tender (adds 3 mana with Obunn out)
• Burgeoning / Exploration (more lands so more landfall triggers, up to 4 lands our turn 2)
• Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (play more lands, add any colors)
• Land Tax (guaranteed lands in hand to play, costs little mana)
• Mirari's Wake (buffs, great if you can make your lands creatures, doubles mana)
• Scapeshift (insane amount of landrops)

Hope this helps! Good luck on your deck and have a wonderful day! Feel free to check out some of my decks.

superrawmatthe on The Impossible Deck

1 year ago

jkidizkool Thank you! In regards to the manabase, what would you suggest? I'm having a bit of trouble finding good budget picks for it (and because of modern legality, really wanted Rocky Tar Pit and Mountain Valley but nope).

devenj on Commander Land Staples

1 year ago

Utility Lands:

Good for Monocolor:

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Black:

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Castle Locthwain Cabal Stronghold Phyrexian Tower Shizo, Death's Storehouse Cabal Coffers

Green:

Dryad Arbor Oran-Rief, the Vastwood Castle Garenbrig Mosswort Bridge Yavimaya Hollow

Colorless:

Temple of the False God War Room Buried Ruin Inventors' Fair Rogue's Passage Thespian's Stage Scavenger Grounds

Excuse me, you dropped this:

Mystic Sanctuary Hall of Heliod's Generosity Academy Ruins

Slow Fetch:

Grasslands Rocky Tar Pit Bad River Flood Plain Mountain Valley

Krosan Verge Terramorphic Expanse Evolving Wilds Myriad Landscape

WUBRG:

The World Tree

11WolfenE on X a n t c h a

1 year ago

Sulfurous Mire for Rakdos Guildgate, Rocky Tar Pit for baso land, Immersturm Skullcairn for baso land #2, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace for baso lando #3