Prismari Artistry Commander Deck Upgrade Guide

Harmonic Prodigy is a 1/3 prowess creature for {1}{R} that doubles triggered abilities of Shamans and other Wizards you control. Rootha is not one of them, and it is played in about one Rootha deck in four.

Resonating Lute costs {2}{U}{R}: your lands gain "{T}: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast instant and sorcery spells," and {T} draws a card if you have seven or more cards in hand. It doubles your mana for exactly the cards Rootha cares about, and it is the highest-scoring card the precon is missing.

Mirrorwing Dragon is a 4/5 flier for {3}{R}{R} that copies a spell for each other creature when it is the only target. It is played in about one Rootha deck in seven.

Abstract Paintmage is a 2/2 for {U}{U/R}{R}. At the beginning of your first main phase you add {U}{R} that can only be spent on instants and sorceries. A three-drop that pays for a spell every turn.

Throes of Chaos is a four-mana sorcery with cascade and retrace, and it is played in about one Rootha deck in five.

Ashling, Rekindled costs {1}{R}. When it enters or transforms it lets you discard a card to draw a card, and for {U} at the start of your first main phase it transforms into Ashling, Rimebound, which adds two mana of any one color for spells with mana value 4 or greater. A two-drop that loots and then ramps you into the big spells.

Rootha, Mercurial Artist is a 1/4 for {1}{U}{R} that returns to your hand for {2} to copy an instant or sorcery. It is played in about one Rootha deck in five.

Ashling's Command costs {3}{U}{R} at instant speed. Choose two: copy an Elemental you control, draw two cards, deal 2 damage to each creature a player controls, or create two Treasures. Copy the Elemental Rootha made this turn and draw two.

Brazen Borrower is a 3/1 flash flier with a bounce spell, and it is played in about one Rootha deck in five. It is a good card that does not feed Rootha.

Tablet of Discovery costs {2}{R}. When it enters, you mill a card and may play it this turn. It is a cheap artifact that gives you a free card.

Solemn Simulacrum is a four-mana artifact creature that fetches a basic land and draws a card when it dies. It is played in about one Rootha deck in five, and the deck has 38 lands already.

Molten-Core Maestro is a 2/2 menace creature for {1}{R}. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery it gets a +1/+1 counter, and if five or more mana was spent on it you add {R} equal to its power. A two-drop that grows with every spell and pays for the next one.

Plargg and Nassari is a 5/4 for {3}{R}{R} that casts free spells from each player's library at your upkeep. It is played in about one Rootha deck in four.

Full Throttle is a six-mana sorcery that gives you two additional combat phases this turn and untaps all creatures that attacked at the start of each combat. It is a mana value 6 sorcery, so it also makes a 6/6 Elemental with Rootha, and it is the highest-scoring card the precon leaves out.

Galazeth Prismari is a 3/4 flying Elder Dragon for {2}{U}{R} that makes a Treasure and lets artifacts pay for instants and sorceries. It is played in about one Rootha deck in four.

Improvisation Capstone is a seven-mana sorcery that exiles cards from the top of your library until their mana value totals 4 or more, then lets you cast any of them free. It has paradigm, so it can be cast again from exile each turn. At mana value 7 it makes a 7/7 Elemental with Rootha.