{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"**Background**"},{"insert":"\n\nI got back to playing EDH and deck building during the Phyrexian invasion. The story of Rocco begins from the aftermath of that multiverse-bending event which led to the emergence of Omenpaths. This deck and the story of Rocco lives on with each set.\n\nNowadays, my two-fold EDH deck building philosophy consists of 1) mixing up and \"meshing\" together several archetypes, and 2) coming up with a story or a thematic underlining for the build._\n\nThis deck plays with 3 - Upgraded. However, it does not play/chain extra turns or steps, has 1 game changer in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Smothering Tithe"}},{"insert":", features no mass land destruction, and at its core does not tutor to go infinite (with only one expansion even capable of infinite)\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"**This deck**"},{"insert":"\n\nRocco, aka. El Chefe, is back at it! Amidst the rebuild after the Phyrexian invasion, Rocco is out on the streets busting their butt off by serving food to their regulars and new customers from all over the multiverse. Thanks, in large part, to the new Omenpaths, Rocco is now able to expand their food empire and earn unimaginable riches from various plains whilst stuffing everyone's bellies!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"**Commander role**"},{"insert":"\n\nThe Disruptor / The Enabler / The Storyteller / The Weaver\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"**Archetype meshing**"},{"insert":"\n\nExile/chaos + Value/ping + Expansion specific additions\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"**Main deck thematic building blocks**"},{"insert":"\n\nStreet kitchen\nRegulars\nPayment\nBouncers\nPersonal belongings\nCompanions\nNightmares\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"**New features**"},{"insert":"\n\nWith Rocco, the El Chefe of the food scene, I wanted to experiment with a new gameplay and deckbuilding feature: **Expansions**. This deck has such a fun theme, I conjured sub-stories for it. They come in the form exchangeable blocks, which can be subbed into the main deck to vary the playing experience.\n\nI am currently experimenting to create a pool of customers/companions to randomly draw in 10 cards for each game for added variance to gameplay.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"**Expansions**"},{"insert":"\n\nEach expansion is interchangable with each other. And advances the story of Rocco alongside Magic's official lore. Below you can read more about how Rocco's life has unfolded with each expansion. Some events and cards have moved into the main deck - recurring nightmares and events that are currently transpiring. (Archetype meshing addition, Other info)\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"var(--color)","background":"var(--light-background)","underline":true},"insert":"*Aftermath Rebuild*"},{"attributes":{"color":"var(--color)","background":"var(--light-background)"},"insert":" (Mill)"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"It's a new day, a new dawn, thankfully ... for the entire multiverse. Rocco woke up screaming from a vivid nightmare furiously wiping the thick black oil off of their face. A heavy trunk pressed their hands down gently and a calming voice soothed Rocco's hallucinations: \"It's over, you're safe now.\" "},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"As soon as Rocco's battle wounds had healed Quintorius took them for a long walk amidst the renovations of Lorehold campus. During their walk amidst the magical re-constructions, they discussed all things multiverse, planar travel, and recounted the horrors of the Phyrexian invasion. Amidst helping to fight off the invasion of Archavios, Quintorius' spark had lit up and they had planeswalked for the first time by accident. That's how Quintorius had stumbled upon a dreadful scene of the aftermath of the invasion on a completely different plane and by their feet lay"},{"attributes":{"color":"var(--color)","background":"var(--light-background)","italic":true},"insert":" the elf druid's badly beaten body coaxed in a heavy coat of black oil. They rushed to check for and found a weak pulse. And as they began lifting Rocco up,"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" a strange planar portal, an Omenpath, suddenly opened up in front of them. It took them both back to Archavios, where the Lorehold students took Rocco in, rehabilitated them, and helped them find new purpose in life."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"From there on out, it did not take Rocco long to bounce back and build a successful street food business spanning across multiple planes. Quintorius and the Omenpaths had given Rocco another chance at life and they were not about to waste it! Even so, the horrors of the Invasion still haunt Rocco in their sleep every now and then."},{"insert":"\n\n "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mesmeric Orb"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Altar of the Brood"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Campus Renovation"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grinding Station"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wand of Wonder"}},{"insert":" (formerly the wedding caterer)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Late to Dinner"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quintorius, Loremaster"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wedding Invitation"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cosmic Rebirth"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dusk // Dawn"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMain deck influence:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array"}},{"insert":", or"},{"attributes":{"background":"var(--light-background)","color":"var(--color)"},"insert":" "},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree"}},{"attributes":{"background":"var(--light-background)","color":"var(--color)"},"insert":" "},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"*The Wedding Caterer*"},{"insert":" (Food tokens acceleration): \n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Rocco had received an invite to attend a high-end wedding at the edges of known planar-verse to universes beyond, to Middle-Earth. However, only in a limited capacity: to take care of the event's catering and guests. Nonetheless, Rocco would always remember fondly how delighted and appreciative the halflings were and how delightful the wedding party venue was underneath the big old oak tree."},{"insert":"\n\n "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gala Greeters"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Generous Gift"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Banquet Guests"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Light Up the Stage"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Peregrin Took"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Merry, Warden of Isengard"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rosie Cotton of South Lane"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Samwise Gamgee"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wedding Ring"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Great Henge"}},{"insert":" // The Party Tree (formerly main deck)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMain deck influence:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Delighted Halfling"}},{"insert":" \n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"*The Hobby Enthusiast*"},{"insert":" (Foretell, Top deck)\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Everyone has to have hobbies, right? Well, did you know that with Quintorius' guidance Rocco trained to become an amateur archeologist and a self-made fortune teller? Nowadays Rocco is always excited to share their predictions based on latest archeological findings with anyone who is willing to listen."},{"insert":"\n\n1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Passionate Archaeologist"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Battle Mammoth"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cosmic Intervention"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crush the Weak"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dance with Calamity"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Doomskar"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glorious Protector"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Green Slime"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mystic Forge"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sensei's Divining Top"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"*The Wandering Adventurer*"},{"insert":" (Adventure):\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"One day, Rocco discovers an Omenpath that leads them to a world full of wonders and adventure. As per usual, Rocco begins to feed the beasts, druids, and fellow elves of this mysterious plane, only to end up in the middle of a plane-wide food fight. To this day Rocco has haunting nightmares about all the sweets that were wasted. However, the trip was not a total waste since they return with a shining new pot to brew stew on."},{"insert":"\n\n1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Feral Encounter"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Return Triumphant"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Primal Vigor"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tlincalli Hunter // Retrieve Prey"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blessed Hippogriff // Tyr's Blessing"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grabby Giant // That's Mine"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Picnic Ruiner // Stolen Goodies"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Questing Druid // Seek the Beast"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Woodland Acolyte // Mend the Wilds"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Agatha's Soul Cauldron"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMain deck influence:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Night of the Sweets' Revenge"}},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"*BFF Treasure Hunt*"},{"insert":" (Discover, Dinosaurs):\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Rocco's fascination towards all things dinosaur is well known throughout the multiverse and amongst his associates. One day his beloved friend Quintorius, proposes that Rocco would join their crew of misfits on Ixalan. Rocco is intrigued by the opportunity to explore the dinosaur infested plane and joins the patty. Rocco and the others form an instant bond. After spending a long evening of feasting together, they decide to go on an extempore treasure hunt and head down to the plane's hollow core. There they find the biggest load of treasure anyone has ever seen on Ixalan. Before claiming it to themselves, the misfits are ambushed by fearsome dinosaurs. A gruesome battle ensues, which Rocco and the rest of the crew barely escape with their lives. In the end, the treasure was lost, but everlasting friendships were formed."},{"insert":"\n\n1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inti, Seneschal of the Sun"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Intrepid Paleontologist"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quintorius Kand"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pantlaza, Sun-Favored"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bonehoard Dracosaur"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Huatli, Poet of Unity // Roar of the Fifth People"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Contest of Claws"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hit the Mother Lode"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"*SUS*"},{"insert":" (Utility):\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Everybody is a suspect in this amateur detective's eyes! Upon traveling to Ravnica, Rocco discovers that hardly anyone has time to eat as they are too busy playing detectives. Rocco joins a Boros detective agency and is assigned to their longest running open case; will they be the ones to solve the seemingly unsolvable case? And how many suspects will be falsely accused by Rocco's new associates before they case is solved? At the end of the investigation, one thing is for certain, Rocco will have nightmares of their encounter with the main culprit, the Mole-God, for years to come."},{"insert":"\n\n1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Case of the Locked Hothouse"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Agrus Kos, Spirit of Justice"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Delney, Streetwise Lookout"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Demand Answers"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Call a Surprise Witness"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Analyze the Pollen"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Headliner Scarlett"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Apothecary White"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1x "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Warleader's Call"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMain deck influence:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Anzrag's Rampage"}},{"insert":" \n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"*Just another night out*"},{"insert":" (Plot, Power 4+)\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"It was supposed to be just a regular business meeting with a supplier of cactus juice. Rocco should have known better than to take up the cactus farmers offer to a handle the negotiations at a local tavern on Thunder Junction. Things got out of hand after a few cactus juice drinks: A saloon skill shooting competition ... Ox riding ... More juice ... A meteorite show ... The farmer sat on a cactusfolk ... More juice ... A group of Mercenaries rode through the town ... A huge structure fell of off the clouds ... More juice ... Fighting, shouting, explosions ... Blazing stagecoaches ... An angry cowgirl joined them for more juice ... A hoard of Dinosaurs running wild ... Wh"},{"attributes":{"color":"var(--color)","background":"var(--light-background)","italic":true},"insert":"en Rocco finally came to they were shouting at a lightning storm all alone in the desert. Oh well, at least the deal got made...or did it?"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Highway Robbery"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Roxanne, Starfall Savant"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"var(--light-background)","color":"var(--color)"},"insert":{"card-link":"Collector's Cage"}},{"attributes":{"background":"var(--light-background)","color":"var(--color)"},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bristlebud Farmer"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Smoldering Stagecoach"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Annie Flash, the Veteran"}},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Outcaster Trailblazer"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bruse Tarl, Roving Rancher"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Annie Joins Up"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vaultborn Tyrant"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMain deck influence:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Escape to the Wilds"}},{"insert":" \n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"*New heights*"},{"insert":" (Impulse draw, Token acceleration)\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"After recovering from the short-lived stint on Thunder Junction, Rocco was delighted to have discovered a set of new Omenpaths. They were different from the rest though, they faced one another and crackled with static lightning. Rocco was not one to back away from any challenge and to be quite frank they were more intrigued by the potential upside than worried about any negative consequences when it came to the Omenpaths. They had brought Rocco nothing but great fortune thus far and Rocco had begun believing that their fates were intertwined. They walked through one of the portals only to arrive to a hectic scene."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Critters of all kinds running past them and screams of fear all around whilst jolts of lightning crackled above. And amidst the lightning Rocco caught a glimpse of the obvious reason for the commotion. An enormous four-winged hawk with lightning bursting from its peak like fire. 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Therefore, Rocco landed on the lightning hawks back as it flew through the enlarged Omenpath and onto the other one."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prosperous Bandit"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"For the Common Good"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Evercoat Ursine"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Peerless Recycling"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Season of the Bold"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hugs, Grisly Guardian"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Baylen, the Haymaker"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scrapshooter"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Muerra, Trash Tactician"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Whiskervale Forerunner"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMain deck influence:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest"}},{"insert":" \n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"*A site to behold*"},{"insert":" (Dragons, Power 4+, Token Doubling)\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"At the heart of the storm, everything became calm and distinctively obscure. After leaving the critter-plane on a dragon's back, Rocco had settled in on the giant creature's massive body and attuned to its ever-moving surface. The creature had a natural gravitational pull and a magical allure to it that had enveloped Rocco and prevented them from sliding off its back. Besides, it was a tireless flyer navigating through numerous Omenpaths into planes previously unfamiliar to Rocco. Wherever they travelled, more dragons were spawning seemingly out of nowhere and forming large bellowing storms and vortexes of scaled collective bodies in motion. One simply does not behold such a tremendous force and become unaffected. "},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"After a while, Rocco began sensing the emergence of nearby storms and the desire to live them that was emanating from their companion dragon. Together they were chasing these sensations, omens - as Rocco called them to no-one in particular. The first few times they flew straight into the massive maelstrom body of dragons had been terrifying, but once inside them - serenity and abundance of everything. At the heart of them, Rocco was becoming-rider, -dragon, and -storm ever-more. "},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"A disturbance. A new distorted desire at the event horizon. A larger than life red dragon rose to the skies, beckoning others to join its cause. A corruption in the pure desire of the pure becoming, a life which sweet nectar was still dripping fresh off of Rocco's thirsty lips. They were now called to submit by this chance encounter and had begun hurdling towards it. Then, a strange sight, something that from a far looked like a lighting bug was clearly bothering the beast and striking itself against the dragon's massive scales here and there. By the time Rocco could distinguish its feathery wings, others had joined the battle. Suddenly, they were caught in a fiery war that raged on in-between dragons, their riders, and various other creatures reaching from high up in the skies to the grounds below. Amidst the chaos, amidst bodies violently hitting against other bodies, theirs came undone and Rocco fell ..."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"... at the edges of the remnants of their awareness, arms like pure light caught them mid-fall lifting upwards and carrying them away to the eternities."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Herd Heirloom"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stormscale Scion"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Breaching Dragonstorm"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elspeth, Storm Slayer"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Transforming Flourish"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thundermane Dragon"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goldlust Triad"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Parapet Thrasher"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zenith Festival"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMain deck influence:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cori Mountain Monastery"}},{"insert":" \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"**Customer RNG**"},{"insert":"\n\nCurrent list of creatures removed from the main deck, that could eventually be brought back via customer randomization:\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Engineer"}},{"insert":" \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nalfeshnee"}},{"insert":" \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sarinth Steelseeker"}},{"insert":" \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragon's Rage Channeler"}},{"insert":" \n\nI wholeheartedly recommend building a multiplicit deck with rotating expansions for evolving/varying gameplay experience in a parallel fashion - I hope that by engaging and approaching the game of commander this way, you will come to love brewing and playing from a thematic and process-oriented storytelling frame of reference.\n"}]}