Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
NCC · mythic · Released 2022-04-29
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
meaningful alone
wants support
scales up
one mode
broadly useful
easily answered
Commander Bracket
Archetypes
No active conflicts.
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Mechanics
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Structural
Rationale
Roalesk is a 4/5 flying trample threat that distributes two +1/+1 counters on ETB and double-proliferates on death, making it a powerful engine in +1/+1 counter and proliferate shells. It's especially potent in infect-toxic decks where the death trigger can exponentially grow poison counters. The double-proliferate on death incentivizes sacrifice strategies to exploit it repeatedly.
Learnings (3)
Roalesk's death trigger says 'proliferate, then proliferate again' — both proliferates are part of a single triggered ability, so they cannot be split by responding to the trigger; you get both or neither.
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In infect or toxic shells, Roalesk's double death-proliferate can close out games from very low poison counts (e.g., 5 poison becomes 10 in two proliferates with no other counters needed), making it a surprise alt-wincon even without dedicated infect creatures.
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Roalesk pairs exceptionally well with free or low-cost sacrifice outlets (Altar of Dementia, Viscera Seer) in Simic +1/+1 counter decks — recurring the ETB via flicker and then triggering the death proliferate on demand is a defining engine line.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #10,298