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"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"\"Famo er vento\""},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" is the invitation, and it's where this deck gets its name: "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","italic":true},"insert":"let's dine and dash."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"So here's the restaurant."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" runs the kitchen. He is a professional. You tell him what you want and he brings it out of the back, plated and ready — no waiting, no cover charge, straight onto the table."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Norin the Wary"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" is the customer who never, ever pays."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"The man is a coward of historic proportions. Somebody casts a spell? He's gone. Somebody swings a creature? Gone. A waiter drops a fork three tables over? Norin is already out the door and halfway down the block. And then, at the end of the evening, he strolls back in like nothing happened, sits down, and orders again."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"Every single time he slips back through that door, the whole kitchen fires up. The grill roars, plates fly out, the bill quietly grows for everybody "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","italic":true},"insert":"else"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" at the table. Rocco doesn't mind — he's cooking either way. Norin doesn't mind — he's never once reached for his wallet."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"The other players at the table are picking up the tab. 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"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Any player."},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" Every spell anyone casts, every attack anyone declares, sends Norin away — and he comes back at the beginning of the next end step. In a four-player pod there are four end steps per turn cycle, which means Norin can enter the battlefield "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"up to four times per rotation, for free, without you spending a card or a mana."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"The deck is 60-odd cards that all say some version of "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","italic":true},"insert":"\"whenever a creature you control enters...\""},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"Norin is the button. 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Norin is legendary. Gandalf doubles both halves of the engine."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"The Rocco Loop — A Tutor You Can Reuse"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"Rocco's ability only works "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"when you cast him"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":". So the deck runs three ways to put him back in your hand:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Wirewood Symbiote"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" — "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"free."},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" Rocco is an Elf Druid. Return him, untap a mana creature. Once per turn"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Cloudstone Curio"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" — free and automatic. Norin enters, Curio bounces Rocco. It fires on its own"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Temur Sabertooth"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" — 1G, on demand, repeatable, and it grants indestructible"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"This is the most important rules point in the deck:"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" the commander tax in rule 903.8 applies "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"only when you cast your commander from the command zone"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":". Bouncing Rocco to your "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","italic":true},"insert":"hand"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" dodges it entirely. He costs XRGW on the first cast and XRGW on the tenth."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"So Rocco becomes a "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"repeatable, situational tutor"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":": pick X based on what the table is doing, fetch the answer, put it straight onto the battlefield."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":"Key Rules Interactions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Norin dodges almost all removal."},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" His trigger is "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","italic":true},"insert":"\"when a player casts a spell.\""},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" If an opponent casts a board wipe or points removal at Norin, his ability goes on the stack "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"above"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" their spell and resolves first. He's exiled before the wipe resolves, and targeted removal is countered for having no legal target. Norin realistically only dies to activated abilities, which don't trigger him."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Confusion in the Ranks is removal in this deck, not chaos."},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" Norin enters, Confusion triggers, you swap him for an opponent's creature. Then Norin's own ability exiles him — and his text returns him "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"\"under its owner's control.\""},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" Per rule 108.3, ownership never changes hands. You keep their creature. Norin comes home. Repeat. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","italic":true},"insert":"(It is still symmetrical when their creatures enter — that's the price of admission.)"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Blessed Sanctuary turns Blasphemous Act into a one-sided wipe."},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" Sanctuary prevents all noncombat damage to you and your creatures. Blasphemous Act deals 13 noncombat damage to each creature. Your board shrugs; theirs does not."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111","bold":true},"insert":"Dusk // Dawn is already lopsided."},{"attributes":{"color":"#111111"},"insert":" Dusk kills power 3 or greater — most of this deck sits at power 2 or less. 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