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Roon of the Hidden Realm
Legendary Creature — Rhino Soldier
Vigilance, trample {2}, {T}: Exile another target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
4 / 4
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“Blink engine that generates infinite value through ETB effects.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Blink, Tokens, Landfall
Strategy
Roon of the Hidden Realm is your ticket to a blinking goodstuff deck that leverages enter-the-battlefield (ETB) effects for value. Every time you activate Roon's ability, you're essentially getting a free trigger from any creature you blink—drawing cards, making tokens, tutoring, gaining life, you name it. The deck wins by generating so much incremental advantage that you naturally outpace your opponents' resources, eventually closing out with combat damage from a board full of creatures or commander damage from Roon itself.
Your gameplan revolves around creatures with powerful ETB effects: card draw engines like Mulldrifter and Fury, token makers like Soulherder, tutors like Recruiter of the Guard, and repeatable value pieces. You'll want to untap Roon as much as possible—cards like Seedborn Muse and Thousand-Year Elixir let you activate multiple times per turn cycle, turning your commander into an engine. The deck naturally ramps through green mana creatures and plays smoothly as a midrange pile that never runs out of gas.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors like Worldly Tutor; use Ranger of Eos or Chord of Calling instead. Budget ETB creatures like Mulldrifter and Ephemerate do the job of expensive alternatives.
Most-Played Cards
Soulherder
Coiling Oracle
Eternal Witness
Mulldrifter
Panharmonicon
Ephemerate
Brago, King Eternal
Cloudblazer
Peregrine Drake
Wood Elves
Eerie Interlude
Farhaven Elf
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