Tangleroot

Artifact

Whenever a player plays a creature spell, that player adds (Green) to his or her mana pool.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	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
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (31)

griffstick on More Humans Than Nonhumans

2 years ago

You could Infinitely do it with Tangleroot + Chromatic Orrery + Pearl Medallion + Whitemane Lion. While Torens, Fist of the Angels is in play

Or Oketra's Monument + Phyrexian Altar + Whitemane Lion. While Torens, Fist of the Angels is in play

Both giving you infinite tokens

walruscustard on Xenagos Budget Chonky Aggro

3 years ago

I'd recommend Tangleroot as a good, seldom-seen ramp effect in green. If you wanna cut something I'd cut Seize the Day. Feels very win more in a deck that's already prepared to swing for 20+ power in a turn.

Osbert on

3 years ago

Ayara doesn't seem like a good fit since you only have 7 black creatures including herself and your commander.

Selvala also seems out of place here since you arent playing many large power power creatures. I think I would cut her because on average she won't make more than 3 mana (so 2 because you pay G for the ability) and you'll be handing most of the card draw to opponents. Similarly Hunter's Insight, Life's Legacy, Garruk Primal Hunter face the same problems. These cards feel terrible when they draw you 2-3 cards. Instead I suggest drawing cards or creature casts like Guardian Project, Zendikar Resurgent, Lifecrafter's Bestiary, etc.

If you like storming off with creatures maybe consider Tangleroot. Sure it helps opponents but it makes elf decks vomit their hands and with a creature draw engine on board it might as well be a Primal Surge.

Your deck currently has 1 piece of grave recursion which would make a lot of black mana lovers sad. Some good options are Patriarch's Bidding, Rise of the Dark Realms, Finale of Eternity, & Oversold Cemetery.

Your deck also has a very few ways to disrupt opponents which can be problematic. Reclamation Sage, Attrition, gravepact, Toxic Deluge, Decree of Pain, Viridian Corrupter, and Viridian Zealot are good options to consider.

You seem to have abundant ways to produce mana but not a lot of ways to use it. I suggest the classic Staff of Domination as a combo piece and maybe some X spells like Torment of Hailfire. Other mana sinks like Temur Sabertooth can help you dig with draw engines while abusing EtBs.

Abzkaban on You Just Activated My Trap Card!

3 years ago

king-saproling

Thank you! I just love the Yu-Gi-Oh! theme here. Haha. The deck has only gotten better since I first built it, and it plays really well even if the bounce combo requires a lot of pieces and seems convoluted.

These are all interesting suggestions. Here are my thoughts on them:

Centaur Omenreader Not as good as our other cost reducers, I think, only because it has to be tapped. With Earthcraft it’s fine and a cheaper Ugin although the latter can also function as removal or card advantage which I think is worth the two additional mana. I think it could work if you play with more ways to tap creatures.

Tangleroot I like this one. It could help with storming off especially if we’re chaining creatures and digging through the library. Also infinite mana with our free bounce combo, but that’s win-more. Good card but not sure how I’d slot it in. Currently I don’t feel like I’m missing it, but it could definitely do work.

Glen Elendra Pranksters Faerie Tauntings While it’s true that we ideally want to play under Prophet of Kruphix, that doesn’t always happen. I feel these would be dead draws otherwise. I love the idea of having either out in magical Christmas land, though.

Glimpse of Nature Cheaper than Beast Whisperer and Guardian Project but only a sorcery. I’m not really feeling it only for the lack of reusability outside pulling it from the yard. That being said I can see this being a good play. This has the potential for some explosive draws for 1 mana which is nothing to turn your nose up at. In the right situations it could dig pretty hard. Personally I think I’d still prefer the permanents so I can continue digging on future turns including my opponents’.

Thought Harvester Basically this could be another finisher. I wouldn’t replace Aetherflux Reservoir or Words of Wind with it, but it could be an alternate to Altar of the Brood which I just replaced. They essentially function the same except this exiles the cards rather than milling them which is just better. Not for me, I think, but this easily a good card to have if someone wants to go that route.

Opposition This is not a bad idea. Could be another way to stall opponents or lock them out completely with enough morphs and Seedborn Muse. Slots have gotten really tight in this deck lately, but this is one I’d heavily consider.

All relevant suggestions and none I’d really consider before. Thanks for the added perspective!

king-saproling on Chulane, The Pagemaster (Tempo-Combo)

3 years ago

You might like these: Lotus Cobra, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Retreat to Coralhelm, Chakram Retriever, Somberwald Sage, Faeburrow Elder, Tangleroot, Tatyova, Benthic Druid, Kor Skyfisher, Pearl Medallion, Oketra's Monument, Cloud of Faeries, Peregrine Drake, Ornithopter, Memnite, Phyrexian Walker

king-saproling on Dummy Amounts of Mana

3 years ago

These might interest you: Glimpse of Nature, Beast Whisperer, Path of Discovery, Soul of the Harvest, Primordial Sage, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Cloud of Faeries, Peregrine Drake, Memnite, Ornithopter, Shield Sphere, Phyrexian Walker, Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar, Tangleroot, Noble Hierarch, Village Bell-Ringer

king-saproling on High Risk, Higher Reward

4 years ago

Hey Rasaru, the list looks good so far! You might like these: Storm the Citadel, Greater Good, Hunter's Insight, Hunter's Prowess, Inquisitor's Flail, Grappling Hook, Sigil of Valor, Pennon Blade, Wirewood Symbiote, Temur Sabertooth, Zendikar Resurgent, Soul of the Harvest, Primordial Sage, Tangleroot, Lightning Greaves

king-saproling on Outlandish Outlander

4 years ago

Cool deck! You might like these: Tangleroot, Sword of the Paruns, Glimpse of Nature, Shared Summons, Uncage the Menagerie, Mosswort Bridge, Genesis, Temur Sabertooth, Bramble Sovereign, Thousand-Year Elixir, Metallic Mimic, Cauldron of Souls, Great Oak Guardian, Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury, Voice of Many