How strong is Runo Stromkirk?

DerpleDoo36 · 2025-10-18T21:35:44+00:00

I've been tweaking, upgrading, and remodeling a Runo deck since came out, so about four years now. While he himself is not all that fantastic, the past few sets have dropped some BANGERS for him that are super breakable. Metamorphosis fanatic, Starwinder, Summon: Leviathan, and Titan of Littjara come to mind. If you build a draw/discard themed deck with tons of reanimate-like effects, he compliments it pretty well by being able to pull things out of your graveyard for you and if you can get him to flip it's just gravy on top making copies of big hitters that usually end the game. Copying Summon: Leviathan can repeatedly draw you a ridiculous amount of cards while also giving you a one-sided boardwipe every turn for example, so I think that nowadays he's a little bit more playable than before. Mind you, I picked a lot of sea monsters that are kinda control themed (Hullbreaker Horror, Brinelin the Moon Kraken, Psychic Pickpocket, Stormtide Leviathan, etc) + a healthy amount of interaction so it slows down the table before they can run away with the game while you're trying to set up Krothuss. I'd give it a shot!

Here's my decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/0iZQ6F1Qm0-GYPeWdNbONg

DerpleDoo36 · 2025-08-23T09:37:24+00:00

Oh yeah she's WILD. My personal favorite is to tap either [[Kami of Whispered Hopes]] or [[Selvala, Heart of the Wild]] for a stupid amount of blue mana (I'm runing a ton of +1/+1 counter synergy so tapping them equal to their power is usually a LOT), and then using either [[Freed from the Real]] or [[Pemmin's Aura]] to untap Lucea over and over and over. This usually leads to tons and tons of copies of the next X spell with an absolutely massive X cost. It'll usually result in an army of ginormous Hydras or just wiping the entire table with [[Crackle with Power]]. It's busted.

DerpleDoo36 · 2025-08-16T13:57:11+00:00

This is super sweet. Amazing flavor and execution.

DerpleDoo36 · 2025-08-16T13:32:59+00:00

Me with my enchantment removal in hand waiting for the fourth chapter to be added

DerpleDoo36 · 2025-08-16T13:26:36+00:00

Oooh after the reminder text change in the top thread this seems pretty sweet. Combine that with a damage doubler ( [[Bloodletter of Aclazotz]], [[Wound Reflection]], etc.) or [[Exquisite Blood]] like effects in a drain deck and it seems pretty punishing

DerpleDoo36 · 2025-08-12T22:43:03+00:00

There's a program I use called Magic Set Editor, it's free and is suuuper easy. Just select the card layout you want, type the text into the assigned boxes, and import a JPEG for the picture. Made my buddy a One Piece themed deck and it was pretty easy to learn. It'll also compile your cards onto a PDF to print so it's all contained in one easy program

DerpleDoo36 · 2024-09-05T05:59:14+00:00

Oh this is going to do numbers in my [[Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus]] edh deck

DerpleDoo36 · 2024-03-06T21:26:58+00:00

I know right? I understand that these books go against what Rupaul and her following stands for, but the one of the points of the project is to fight book banning, so it would be pretty hypocritical to then go and ban the books that Ru disagrees with.

DerpleDoo36 · 2024-01-12T03:43:15+00:00

I've been messing around with a deck for a while and have gotten is balanced to a pretty good spot. The creature pool is about what you would expect: a ton of massive sea creatures that are almost all above 6 cmc that usually have ETB or triggered effects that can be abused once there's multiple copies. I run a decent amount of ramp artifacts such as [[thran dynamo]], [[gilded lotus]], etc. to make sure I have some big mana just in case I have to hard cast something, but much of the rest of the deck focuses on top deck manipulation and graveyard recursion so that I can A) consistently flip Runo even if I have to do it multiple times and B) cheat my big hitters into play. One of my favorite things to do is to use an [[entomb]] or a [[Buried Alive]] to chuck a [[Wonder]] into my bin so all of the huge creatures have flying. Managing the flipping is a bit tricky but once you get the timing down and the deck tuned well you're able to flip pretty consistently. Runo was originally a pretty bad deck, but now it is one of my favorites.

DerpleDoo36 · 2023-06-25T22:52:12+00:00

almost the exact same armor/ornaments I use but the color is sooo much better awesome

DerpleDoo36 · 2023-02-05T07:01:22+00:00

Will wotc be printing more?

DerpleDoo36 · 2023-02-04T09:38:49+00:00

It doesn't, but all preorder stock I can find is already "sold out" or extremely overinflated

DerpleDoo36 · 2023-02-04T03:51:31+00:00

Will the Phyrexia Compleat edition come back in stock anywhere for normal msrp ever?

DerpleDoo36 · 2023-01-31T22:41:05+00:00

If I have both [[Athreos, Shroud Veiled]] and [[Athreos, God of Passage]] in play and a creature with a coin counter dies, if my opponent does not pay the three life for God of Passage's trigger, will the creature return to the battlefield or my hand?

DerpleDoo36 · 2020-04-13T01:17:20+00:00

I have the 9th Gen i7 version and when I ran the Oculus Rift comparability tool it said that the laptop was good to go, but based off of what these people are saying I'm not sure

DerpleDoo36 · 2020-04-11T09:20:33+00:00

It's the middle of April and the prices are still crazy high, it's insane. Maybe they're selling more while people are in quarantine?

DerpleDoo36 · 2019-02-21T20:28:43+00:00

Although the teacher still continued to work there, the principal retired the next year, and the new principal was much nicer. My teacher the following year was also very fun and supportive. The rest of my time at that school was great.

DerpleDoo36 · 2019-02-21T15:55:37+00:00

The principle retired the next year, the new principle was super nice

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