EDH Optimizer
Rosheen Meanderer
Legendary Creature — Giant Shaman · 3RG
Color identity: Green · Red · Gruul
Rosheen Meanderer is Gruul (green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}{C}. Spend this mana only on costs that contain {X}.
Reference price of the card: €0.13
Average lands in decks for Rosheen Meanderer: 34
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Build your Rosheen Meanderer deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Rosheen Meanderer 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Rosheen Meanderer deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B (72/100)
- Consistency65
- Speed67
- Interaction49
- Resilience75
- Closing97
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 34 lands (22 nonbasic, 3 Mountain, 9 Forest)
Sol Ring · Apocalypse Hydra · Savageborn Hydra · Unbound Flourishing · Lifeblood Hydra · Garruk's Uprising · Voracious Hydra · Hungering Hydra · Primordial Hydra · Cultivate · Stonecoil Serpent · Mistcutter Hydra · Shivan Devastator · Elementalist's Palette · Nexos · Animist's Awakening · Genesis Hydra · Rampant Growth · Steelbane Hydra · Comet Storm · Goldvein Hydra · Arcane Signet · Clan Defiance · Hooded Hydra · Gargos, Vicious Watcher · Rhythm of the Wild · Kodama's Reach · Vastwood Hydra · Neverwinter Hydra · Rosheen, Roaring Prophet · Hydra Broodmaster · Jaya's Immolating Inferno · Protean Hydra · Banefire · Crackle with Power · Beast Within · Goblin Anarchomancer · Kalonian Hydra · Llanowar Elves · Mana Reflection · Nyxborn Hydra · Branching Evolution · Inspiring Call · Nature's Lore · Reap the Past · Electrodominance · Return of the Wildspeaker · Fanatic of Rhonas · Lightning Greaves · Farseek · Heroic Intervention · Astral Cornucopia · Brass Infiniscope · The Ozolith · Nyxbloom Ancient · Sporocyst · Up the Beanstalk · Awaken the Woods · Kinetic Ooze · Selvala, Heart of the Wilds · Swiftfoot Boots · Gruul Signet · Starstorm · Colossal Majesty · Elvish Mystic · Command Tower · Cinder Glade · Rootbound Crag · Kessig Wolf Run · Stomping Ground · Gruul Turf · Rockfall Vale · Lair of the Hydra · Game Trail · Rogue's Passage · Spire Garden · Temple of Abandon · Temple of the False God · Karplusan Forest · Mossfire Valley · Skarrg, the Rage Pits · Fire-Lit Thicket · Wooded Foothills · Reliquary Tower · Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway · Evolving Wilds · Thornspire Verge
🃏 Recommended cards for Rosheen Meanderer
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Rosheen Meanderer, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Apocalypse Hydra | 75% | +74% |
| Unbound Flourishing | 73% | +72% |
| Savageborn Hydra | 73% | +72% |
| Lifeblood Hydra | 68% | +67% |
| Voracious Hydra | 63% | +62% |
| Hungering Hydra | 62% | +61% |
| Primordial Hydra | 62% | +61% |
| Stonecoil Serpent | 58% | +57% |
| Mistcutter Hydra | 57% | +57% |
| Shivan Devastator | 56% | +55% |
| Elementalist's Palette | 55% | +54% |
| Nexos | 55% | +54% |
| Animist's Awakening | 54% | +53% |
| Steelbane Hydra | 53% | +52% |
| Genesis Hydra | 54% | +52% |
| Hooded Hydra | 50% | +48% |
| Goldvein Hydra | 52% | +48% |
| Gargos, Vicious Watcher | 49% | +48% |
| Clan Defiance | 50% | +48% |
| Comet Storm | 52% | +47% |
| Vastwood Hydra | 46% | +45% |
| Rosheen, Roaring Prophet | 45% | +45% |
| Neverwinter Hydra | 45% | +44% |
| Protean Hydra | 43% | +43% |
💰 The best cards for your Rosheen Meanderer deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Apocalypse Hydra
- Savageborn Hydra
- Lifeblood Hydra
- Voracious Hydra
- Hungering Hydra
- Primordial Hydra
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Unbound Flourishing
- Nexos
- Goldvein Hydra
- Neverwinter Hydra
- Crackle with Power
- Kalonian Hydra
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Sporocyst
- Nyxbloom Ancient
- Awaken the Woods
- The Ozolith
- Rampaging Yao Guai
- Doubling Cube
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Rosheen Meanderer
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Blasphemous Act + Repercussion → Near-infinite damage to all players
- Staff of Domination + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds → Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite untap of creatures you control
- Glacial Chasm + Icetill Explorer → Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
- Toralf, God of Fury + Blasphemous Act → Near-infinite damage
- Umbral Mantle + Marwyn, the Nurturer → Infinite green mana, Infinitely large creature until end of turn, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is Rosheen Meanderer's color identity?
Rosheen Meanderer is Gruul (green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Rosheen Meanderer come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Rosheen Meanderer deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 34 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.5 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 6 % of the time and floods 12 %. Deck health: B (72/100).
How many lands should a Rosheen Meanderer deck run?
Real Rosheen Meanderer decks run 34 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Rosheen Meanderer?
The three highest-synergy cards are Apocalypse Hydra, Unbound Flourishing, Savageborn Hydra. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Rosheen Meanderer decks.
What combos does Rosheen Meanderer have?
Rosheen Meanderer has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Rosheen Meanderer deck cost?
You can start cheap: Apocalypse Hydra, Savageborn Hydra, Lifeblood Hydra are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.