Somebody said that is was 'lazy design'.
When you're filling holes, sometimes 'simple' is best? I'm not going to try to compare it to something like Jeleva or Prossh, whose designs are obviously much more interesting, but it's very arguable that DELEVI is the laziest Design in the set. Currently, Exile and the Command Zone (with enough Taxes tacked to the mana cost) are supposed to be two of the hardest zones to get a card out of.
Delevi has BOTH Pull from Eternity AND Misthollow Griffin to use...honestly I think people should build 1 Bant Deck, and then really more of a 25-card Sideboard to shift Commanders from Delevi to Roon- that's how similar they are to me in themes.
Somebody also called out the Art. I like it. It looks like a cartoon, kind of yes. But it also looks like a nicely animated one, like Dragon Tales or Adventures in Odyssey.
I sort of imagine his subspace to exist ... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(10/31/2013 7:36:47 AM)
Powerful card, but very lazy design.
Posted By:
Cyberium
(10/30/2013 1:47:18 PM)
Use with Mystic Snake. Now there's a control deck...
Posted By:
avimkv
(12/26/2013 8:21:35 AM)
Here I come to be the only nay-sayer. The art is freaking AWFUL. Not only does Roon look very silly, he also doesn't look particularly legendary. I'll not argue that this is a great, powerful card, but seriously now.
Posted By:
Goatllama
(10/30/2013 11:43:37 AM)
5/5 for being from Bant!
Posted By:
1337vanguard
(10/30/2013 12:47:22 PM)
bantetbgoodstuff.dec
Posted By:
Trygon_Predator
(10/30/2013 3:26:30 PM)
It amuses me that the first beings to master space and time are Rhinoceros. 5/5
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(11/4/2013 2:51:46 PM)
Roon's design is simple, but he was developed impeccably.
Posted By:
Salient
(3/7/2014 9:18:14 PM)
Sylvan Primordial, Luminate Primordial, and Diluvian Primordial are particularly effective flicker targets. Then add Palladium Myr and Intruder Alarm...Prime Speaker Zegana is also good, especially with any creature that has Evolve. Trostani, Voice of the Conclave and Trostani's Summoner will provide you with a lot of creatures and lifegain. Lavinia of the Tenth will continuously detain all permanents with cmc 4 or less your opponents control.
Roon and Derevi also have what may possibly be the best synergy of any two legends designed for a Commander product. Derevi can untap Roon whenever her ability triggers and Roon can flicker Derevi, thereby tapping or untapping Roon or another permanent.
Posted By:
Manite
(10/31/2013 2:31:26 AM)
I really wish this could flicker any permanent, as it would be a really good contender for my Rafiq of the Many enchantment-themed deck, but that would likely have been too much. It's still a fairly good contender, as others have pointed out, given the 4/4 and its first two abilities. I agree with other people that this fills a hole I had forgotten even existed; as did Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge for Grixis aikido decks and Nekusar, the Mindrazer for Grixis Owling Mine decks. Basically WotC did great with the new legends.
Posted By:
sarroth
(11/6/2013 4:52:02 AM)