Bananas and Blow

by surewhynot on 03 October 2013

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (1 card)

Creatures (1)

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Deck Description

Roon of the Hidden Realm is so much fun. His blink ability leads to some truly hilarious ETB shenanigans.

Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gd87JmkAkE

How to Play

Blink stuff.

Deck Tags

  • EDH
  • Blink
  • Shenanigans
  • ETB

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Bananas and Blow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2C-gFhygDk
I... I don't know how to feel right now Sure.

Also, I've always liked Voodoo Lady best when it comes to Ween.

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Posted 09 November 2013 at 04:37

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So you like it? I think my favorite shenanigan is the use of Godhead of Awe. That, or Terastodon...because elephants.

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Posted 09 November 2013 at 05:35

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For me it's either Terastodon or Blade Splicer, tokens, tokens everywhere.

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Posted 09 November 2013 at 06:03

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...And now I can't get Voodoo Lady out of my head! >.<

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 19:43

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Trade you that Livin' in the Sunlight by Tiny Tim is stuck in mine?

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 19:45

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Oh god no. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 20:12

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCtQmwJ1WAY
http://i.imgur.com/jqGL3Cj.jpg

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 20:29

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http://i.imgur.com/c4qhxl.gif
http://www.myinstants.com/instant/darth-vader-nooooooooo/

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 20:35

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http://www.myfacewhen.net/view/1382-you-seem---upset

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 20:51

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For blink commanders I can't help but fall in love with Norin the Wary.

Check out mine if you want :D

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Posted 09 December 2013 at 20:36

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One of my buddies has a Norin deck that just blows my mind. It's so much better than it should be haha.

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Posted 09 December 2013 at 22:54

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I think that's what he was made for. To be ridiculously broken without trying XD

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Posted 10 December 2013 at 01:49

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With the meager experience I have in EDH, I think 'Flicker' wouldn´t hurt this one too much :) Sorry, though, for not being able to help you more.
+1 for sure, surewhynot :P

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Posted 09 December 2013 at 21:20

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'Cloudshift' will do the same, but at instant speed =)

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Posted 09 December 2013 at 21:26

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Gotta say I'm a bit surprised you haven't delved too deep into EDH. Seems like it would fit like a glove for you.

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Posted 09 December 2013 at 22:58

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Politics, I´m afraid, has never been one of my strongest traits, but a guy at the local, wants to EDH battle with me, since it´s the only thing he does. I never came 'round to actually build my own EDH, although the schematics are outlined.

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Posted 09 December 2013 at 23:17

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Whats your plan against Torpor Orb?

One of the best tricks with Roon is, due to his vigilance and trample, you can exile a blocker with his ability and get commander damage in. This leads to a very powerful voltron subtheme. I would personally have 2-3 swords, a Jitte, and a Stoneforge Mystic, possibly a Stonehewer giant. This is a strong contingency plan if ETB isn't working.

Seriously, how do you intend to deal with Torpor Orb? You have a single counter and no removal that isn't ETB based. Krosan Grip / Beast Within are amazing (and Return to Dust).

Furthermore, it doesn't look like this is a budget deck. Why no tutors to add consistency? Quite a lot of these ETB effects are second tier, and I'd rather use those slots for tutors to get the better ETBs or the specific ones you need in bad situations? Fauna Shaman / Survival of the Fittest / Sylvan Tutor / Wordly Tutor.

Banisher Priest over Fiend Hunter? You can blink the Fiend Hunter with Mistmeadow or Roon in response to the ETB trigger to permanently exile one creature and temporarily exile another (for the same mana cost + the ability) (since he leaves play before the exile trigger resolves).

You have very few activated abilities, but 4 slots devoted to them. I understand Roon's ability is a central focus, but because it returns at the end of the turn it can be very limited. Honestly, I'd rather run Seedborn Muse / Prophet of Kruphix so that you can abuse ETB every turn. Also, sometimes you only have a single good ETB to reuse (at least in my playgroup, boardwipes and spot removal are extremely prevalent, and so creatures have a hard time sticking for much longer than a few turns).

As a creature based ETB deck, where in the world is Deadeye Navigator, Venser Shaper Savant, and Mystic Snake.

Now, depending on how boardwipe heavy / creature-removal heavy your meta is, more counterspells or Avacyn may be a good idea for protection.

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Posted 27 December 2013 at 18:34

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I'll be totally honest with you, when I was putting this thing together, Torpor Orb completely slipped my mind. Worse, I have yet to have a game where I've had to deal with it, so it's STAYED out of thought. It will be a big problem though (I know a few of the decks played in my group have the Orb) so thanks for the reminder. I'm gonna have to do some shaving to fit in some artifact removal spells and such (aside from what I have now).

I'll have to see if I can make room for a sword or two in here, but I'm not too fond of Voltron strategies.

Haven't had too many issues with consistency, but I figure I can finagle a few tutors in, yeah.

I think I accidentally put in Priest over Hunter, mixing the two up. Thanks for the reminder =P

I see no reason I can't abuse Prophet AND have ability spam =D

I'll be honest, I have a strange love/hate relationship with Mystic Snake. However...VERY good question about Deadeye and Venser. Gonna have to add those guys in for sure.

Thanks a lot for looking at this like you did. I like it when people have the balls to give solid constructive criticism like this. You certainly have helped make this a better deck =]

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Posted 28 December 2013 at 03:54

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Your welcome :)

If you don't like mystic snake there is also Draining Whelk. I dunno, I'm a huge fan of getting dead-eye + an etb counterspell or venser. Only issue with these is they don't do anything with Roon, closet, or even Mistmeadow. Which is also why I love creature tutors. My meta has a very high amount of spot removal and boardwipes, so I go with fewer creatures so that I have spots for tutors for the ones I absolutely need and protection to make sure they resolve and can stick to make an impact.

I also have a question - was the lack of Tooth and Nail and Palinchron intentional to prevent going infinite? Tooth and Nail for Dead-eye and Palinchron give you infinite mana (you can also infinite mana with Palinchron and a Phantasmal Image, or just palinchron and a karoo land) and then you can use every ETB trigger indefinitely with Dead-eye (bounce dead-eye to soulbond him to someone else after you've gotten infinite mana). This is one of the main win-cons of my own deck (those 2 + venser or sylvan or acidic slime etc.).

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Posted 30 December 2013 at 19:13

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Kinda yeah. I do have an EDH here or there with an infinite combo, but I try to shy away from them. Good ol' sexy synergy for me =]

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Posted 30 December 2013 at 21:58

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