RONA PRIMER-- Semi-budget Competitive Rona EDH

Commander / EDH Budget Combo Competitive Infinite Combo UB (Dimir)

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Land (33)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 9x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River

Instant (15)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Scatter to the Winds
• 1x Stroke of Genius

Artifact (19)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mangara's Tome
• 1x Mindlock Orb
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway
• 1x Time Sieve

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Rhystic Tutor
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Whelming Wave

Commander (1)

Creature (17)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Pili-Pala
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence

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RONA COMPETETIVE EDH

Why Rona?

My buddy and I were sufficiently disappointed when we happened to pull Rona, Disciple of Gix in our prize pack. Jokingly, he talked of creating an EDH deck around the card. Then, we both realized the potential. With an infinte mana combo and the ability to untap her, Rona, Disciple of Gix would become an unstoppable combo. At that moment, we knew we needed to create the deck.

So, although we had a high budget on this deck, we did still have a budget, so here is it as it stands, abeit with possible, known upgrades.

1. Step one: Setting up the combo

So, the most beautiful part about the infinte combos in this deck, is that not all infinite mana combos need to be explicitly mana related. With that, here are some combos to set up before you can go off, but with so many possiblities, plus the ablity to tutor, you should be able to set one up. Grand Architect + Pili-Pala Gauntlet of Power + Palinchron Caged Sun + Peregrine Drake Thopter Assembly + Time Sieve Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter Ashnod's Atlar + Nim Deathmantle + Wurmcoil Engine Ashnod's Altar + Cystalline Crawler

2. Step two: Getting to go off

The piece you need to go off is Paradox Engine. To get there we have Blue Sun's Zenith Stroke of Genius Diabolic Tutor Diabolic Intent Demonic Tutor Mangara's Tome

3. Step Three: Going off

Now, you can cast your entire library so long as you don't draw into a land as your ability with your commander, however, by using draw cards, you should be able to draw into a game ender. Triskellion + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista Aetherflux Reservoir Laboratory Maniac

4. Optional: The Ronalock

This is a synergy I cannot say that I came up with, but it works quite well. If you have your commander, plus Mindlock Orb and Maralen of the Mornsong, you can shutdown your opponents, while being the only person able to play things. This works with or without infinite mana

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Grand Architect + Pili-Pala Thopter Assembly + Time Sieve Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter Gauntlet of Power + Palinchron Caged Sun + Peregrine Drake
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink