Budget cEDH Deck Tech: Roxanne, Starfall Savant

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This Roxanne leans on three main mechanics: ramp, interactions, and combos, which all great Commander decks have. Let's explore each of them.

Ramp

In this deck, accelerating your mana curve is essential: this way, you'll play Roxanne and other powerful cards, like your tutors, earlier than usual.

This list includes a lot of ramp, like Arbor Elf, Llanowar Elves, Rampant Growth, and Utopia Sprawl, besides Roxanne's ability itself. These cards will give you enough mana to use Roxanne's effects and cast your threats incredibly fast.

Interaction

We have many removals and a lot of interaction to deal with enemy threats. Cards like Beast Within, Chaos Warp, Lightning Bolt, and Vandalblast let you destroy problematic permanents or remove threats immediately. Furthermore, we have Manglehorn and Ulvenwald Tracker, which deal with artifacts and creatures in particular.

Combos

This deck includes many combos that can win games fast and efficiently. The most notable one involves Food Chain and Squee, the Immortal. If you play it correctly, you'll be able to create an infinite mana and cast Roxanne multiple times, dealing damage to your opponents' life points directly until they're dead. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Hyrax Tower Scout are also alternative win conditions.

Food Chain/Squee, the Immortal Combo

This is the main combo, as well as one of the most efficient ways to win. It creates infinite mana for creatures and uses Roxanne's ETB to kill your opponents.

Pre-requisites:

Food Chain and Roxanne, Starfall Savant need to be on your board, and Squee, the Immortal needs to be either on your board or your hand.

Steps:

1. Cast Squee and exile it with Food Chain to create 4 red mana.

2. Cast Squee again for 3 mana, and repeat this process to create infinite mana.

3. Use that mana to cast Roxanne again and again and deal damage to your opponents directly with her ability.

Kiki-Jiki/Hyrax Tower Scout Combo

This combo creates infinite tokens that are copies of Hyrax with haste.

Pre-requisites:

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Hyrax Tower Scout need to be on your board.

Steps:

1. Use Kiki-Jiki to create a copy of Hyrax Tower Scout.

2. When this copy enters play, use it to untap Kiki-Jiki.

3. Repeat this process to create infinite Hyrax Tower Scout tokens.

4. Attack with all the tokens to win.

1. Prioritize ramp: in the first few turns, focus on accelerating your mana curve so you can play Roxanne and your threats as early as possible.

2. Protect your combos: use cards like Autumn's Veil and Vexing Shusher to protect your strategies from counterspells.

3. Interact with your opponents: don't think twice before using your removals to deal with urgent threats, particularly if you're facing a fast deck.

4. Adapt to the table: depending on what your opponents are playing, you can play more proactively or more defensively.

Upgrades

This list is already quite refined for budget cEDH, but here are a few suggestions if you want to make it even better:

Upgrades:

- Add Grim Monolith or Mana Vault to accelerate your mana curve even more.

- Add Deflecting Swat to protect Roxanne or redirect threats.

Here is a list with a few upgrades that goes over our US$150 budget.

Roxanne, Starfall Savant is a powerful, versatile commander that can win matches fast and efficiently in a format as accessible as budget cEDH. Her strategy, which focuses on ramp, interaction, and creative combos, is a dynamic, fun experience for anyone who enjoys casting spells with high CMCs.

If you like playing proactively, exploring combos, and dominating the table with style, Roxanne is perfect for you. So, get ready to cast your spells and win with Roxanne, Starfall Savant!

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