{"ops":[{"insert":"Introduction"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Let Him Cook is my personal favorite deck and intended for my small playgroup that plays mid-to-high power casual commander. The deck plays a bit like a Naya good stuff deck as it benefits from three themes and looks to outvalue the table as opposed to a specific line to victory. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"YouTube Video: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://youtu.be/c8i9k90Jp9g"},"insert":"https://youtu.be/c8i9k90Jp9g"},{"insert":"\n\nThemes"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"+1/+1 Counters"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Casting from Exile"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Artifact Tokens"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Deck Restrictions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"My playgroup uses Cockatrice, so this deck does not take card price into account."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I don't use sol ring, it was once a playgroup ban but these days I just don't feel the need to put it in decks. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This deck tends to win an above average amount in my playgroup, so I've intentionally put limits on the deck by replacing many EDH staples with weaker but more thematic counterparts"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Gameplan"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Most games you want to get "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rocco, Street Chef"}},{"insert":" out as quickly as possible as he can generate insane value early. The ability to impulse draw the table is more one sided than you might think. It forces your opponents to give you an advantage (through Rocco's trigger) or lose a card for the rest of the game. This is especially nice as you'll occasionally exile an opponent's win-con well before they are ready or able to cast it. \n\nAfter getting out Rocco your priorities should be as follows\nProtecting Rocco"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Removing threats"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Playing synergy pieces to create a powerful value engine"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Close out the game with powerful bombs"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nProtecting Rocco"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"While not as important as some decks, protecting Rocco is still a very high priority. Rocco triggers all three themes of the deck and can accelerate quite quickly not only to his own impulse draw but also similar effects from opponent's decks. \n\nRemoving Threats"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The removal package in the deck isn't anything super special. Outside of the usual suspects we have the following specifically for this deck\n "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Doomskar"}},{"insert":" is a boardwipe that also triggers our exile effects with Foretell"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing"}},{"insert":" synergize well with growing your creatures through +1/+1 counters and also help your mana base"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Disorienting Choice"}},{"insert":" is a newer card that is just generically fun interaction as it causes your opponents to choose between ramping you or losing their own pieces. The ability to get non-basics lets you get utility pieces like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fomori Vault"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fountainport"}},{"insert":" if you don't need the colored mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Guff Rewrites History"}},{"insert":" is a risky card as you may give your opponent's more value than you remove, but the ability to target a food token for yourself, hit every opponent, and get multiple cast triggers for Rocco often makes it worth the risk"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aven Interrupter"}},{"insert":" give you a delayed, spell pierce-like effect that continually hinders your opponent's ability to benefit from group impulse draws and their own decks exile effects. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aerial Extortionist"}},{"insert":" lets you delay an opponent's gameplan by making them recast a spell and also generates card advantage off of the exile effects you cause."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nSynergy Pieces"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There are quite a few cards that work within multiple of our deck's themes. These cards are the engines needed to out-value the table and build a game winning board state. There are quite a few synergy pieces in the deck but the main ones are listed below\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crystalline Crawler"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gyre Sage"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kami of Whispered Hopes"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Basking Broodscale"}},{"insert":" benefit massively from Rocco's +1/+1 counters to generate mana"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Night of the Sweets' Revenge"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jaheira, Friend of the Forest"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inspiring Statuary"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Krark-Clan Ironworks"}},{"insert":" benefit massively from Rocco's food tokens to generate mana"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Placing +1/+1 counters on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mister Gutsy"}},{"insert":" allows for an impulse draw payout in Junk tokens that also provide mana if "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rose, Cutthroat Raider"}},{"insert":" is present"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Peregrin Took"}},{"insert":" is the best card advantage engine we could ask for, doubling our foods and turning them into card draw. This gets even more out of hand when combined with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nuka-Cola Vending Machine"}},{"insert":" turning into an infinite card draw engine that also produces 3x the cards we draw as treasures. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Similarly to Took, the classic "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Academy Manufactor"}},{"insert":" turns our foods into treasure and clues, both useful in their own right and almost as synergistic as foods with many of our pieces. combine Academy Man with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Transmutation Font"}},{"insert":" and we can now tutor other valuable artifacts straight onto the battlefield."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Evolution Witness"}},{"insert":" becomes a powerful recursion engine, getting back permanents through Rocco's +1/+1 counters or other similar effects in the deck"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rosie Cotton of South Lane"}},{"insert":" is our best source of +1/+1 counter placement outside of Rocco and when combines with Rocco, lets us place counters on 2 creatures every Rocco trigger."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWinning the Game"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Once you've got a synergy engine online the next step is to work towards winning the game. Depending on the boardstate, this may even be the same turn your engine comes online. Combat is the most reliable way of closing out the game and the following cards are the best suited for that and other win conditions\nThe above synergy engines. If you can generate enough +1/+1 counters through some combination of synergy you can start swinging with whatever creatures you have, giving them trample with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kodama of the West Tree"}},{"insert":" . You can even win with commander damage if you have a sufficiently big Rocco"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Displaced Dinosaurs"}},{"insert":" is our best way to win the game, turning all of our artifact tokens into 7/7 dinosaurs puts you in posistion to win on your next untap if Took and Nuka-Cola or another similar engine are available. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rampage of the Clans"}},{"insert":" is a lesser version, turning all our artifacts and enchantments into 3/3 creatures while also reducing the complexity of enemy board states. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand"}},{"insert":" allows you to make a few massive creatures, instead of the hoards of 7/7 and 3/3 creatures from the above cards. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quintorius Kand"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Passionate Archaeologist"}},{"insert":" allow you to turn your casts from exile into direct damage. While killing 3 players at 40 life is unlikely these cards can win you games where everyone is already low or help you close out after a massive attack."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Indomitable Creativity"}},{"insert":" does not win the game in and of itself, but throwing a large number of creatures and artifacts onto the field by sacrificing foods will often hit enough pieces to win you the game. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#e60000"},"insert":"The Following Section is Incomplete"},{"insert":"\n\nMaking Adjustments to Suit Your Needs"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"My playgroup plays with high-power cards but, on average, plays slow games with limited hate-pieces. Depending on your playgroup you may want to add different pieces for consistency, acceleration, stax, or other factors unique to your playgroup. The following categories should provide advice on that front.\n\nTutors"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Maybeboard includes the tutors I would recommend; I don't recommend cards like Worldly Tutor as I find them too boring for casual commander. The default build for my deck does not include many tutors as playing without them is better for my current playgroup. Use judgement when adding tutors to make sure you're not putting the deck outside of your groups comfort zone. When making cuts for Tutors either look to cut card advantage that isn't needed because you can now get specific cards or cut some redundancy that isn't needed since you can now tutor for that effect.\n\nDefense of the Heart"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Defense of the Heart"}},{"insert":" is an extremely strong tutor (especially into playgroups that undervalue non-creature removal). If you're trying to win the game with it, have your commander out and get "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Displaced Dinosaurs"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness"}},{"insert":". If you cast all 4 cards from Etali you now have six 7/7 dinosaurs (the two tutored creatures + the 4 foods), four +1/+1 counters on creatures of your choice, and the four spells from Etali. Tutoring "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Evolution Witness"}},{"insert":" alongside a way to put a +1/+1 counter on it (Either through Rocco's trigger or on its own) lets you immediately return Defense of the Heart to your hand, giving you the opportunity to replay it and keep tutoring out more value. These are your best targets, but it always depends on the game state.\n\nInvasion of Ikoria and Green Sun's Zenith"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I like these two tutors as they place the creature directly onto the battlefield and the variable mana cost makes the card more interesting. If you only run a single tutor in the deck, make it "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria"}},{"insert":" . This card synergizes the best with the deck as flipping battles is a cast from exile and triggers those synergies. If you're running "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Green Sun's Zenith"}},{"insert":", it is optimal to replace a forest with a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dryad Arbor"}},{"insert":". This gives you another way to get Rocco out on T2 by T1 dual land into Green Sun for 0, fetching the Dryad. In addition to these two cards, there are other similar effects that may be more suitable for your playgroup or playstyle such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Finale of Devastation"}},{"insert":" as a finisher or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chord of Calling"}},{"insert":" for a more creature token focused deck.\n\nOther Tutors"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Imperial Recruiter"}},{"insert":" and similar effects hit over half of the creatures in the deck, including powerful combo pieces like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Peregrin Took"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rosie Cotton of South Lane"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Academy Manufactor"}},{"insert":" ."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kuldotha Forgemaster"}},{"insert":" is a nice option to get powerful artifacts like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nuka-Cola Vending Machine"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Academy Manufactor"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chimil, the Inner Sun"}},{"insert":" directly onto the battlefield."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nHate Pieces"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I don't play any hate pieces stronger than "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aven Interrupter"}},{"insert":" but your playstyle and/or playgroup my want more. The strongest would be "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Drannith Magistrate"}},{"insert":" which, at the cost of reducing your Rocco triggers from other players, removes the ability for your opponents to get any value from Rocco, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Urabrask, Heretic Praetor"}},{"insert":", or other effects. \n\nChaos"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There are two chaos cards that provide you with advantage "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Knowledge Pool"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Possibility Storm"}},{"insert":" . Both of these cards cause more spells to be cast from exile, triggering Rocco many more times than normal. Many players do not like what chaos cards do to games so exercise judgement when adding these effects to the deck. \n\n\n\n"}]}