Creatures 26
Instants 4
Artifacts 4
Enchantments 4
Lands 22
Strategy notes
Roots is a Golgari (black-green) graveyard/midrange synergy deck in Standard. Its core plan is to use cheap creatures, mana acceleration, and self-fueling value pieces to stock graveyards and turn that into board presence and incremental advantage.
The key engine is Insidious Roots, which rewards cards leaving your graveyard by creating value and helping build a wide board. Cards like Scavenging Ooze and Agatha’s Soul Cauldron synergize especially well here by exiling creatures from graveyards for value, while also turning the graveyard into a resource. Llanowar Elves and Molt Tender help ramp into stronger midgame threats like Harvester of Misery and Overlord of the Balemurk.
Overall, the deck plays like a graveyard-based Golgari midrange deck that wins by snowballing recursive graveyard synergies, generating creatures and counters over time, and eventually overpowering the opponent with efficient threats and accumulated value.
Written by the Kraken's AI from this decklist.