Art by Bram Sels
Commander deckGRW
Rocco, Street Chef
Force players to cast cards from exile using 'Group Hug' effects to trigger Rocco's ability, buffing your board and generating Food tokens while punishing opponents for taking the bait.
Asked for“A Rocco street chef deck based around group hug/group slug, food tokens, exile, and counters. Please include expedited inheritance, Jolene the plunder queen, and focus the deck on tempting other players to take actions that benefit me, for example, reward other players for attacking my opponents, and give them cards to play from exile that will activate Rocco street chefs ability”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 59 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Rocco, Street Chef
RGWLegendary Creature — Elf Druid
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
14
Jolene, the Plunder Queen
2RGLegendary Creature — Human Warrior
Reward players for attacking opponents while doubling your treasures
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
2GLegendary Creature — Human Elf Druid
Turns Food and Treasure tokens into Mox Emeralds
Inspiring Statuary
3Artifact
Allows using Food tokens to pay for spells via Improvise
Prosperous Innkeeper
1GCreature — Halfling Citizen
Early mana and life gain via tokens
Card Draw
8
Professional Face-Breaker
2RCreature — Human Warrior
Turns treasures into impulse draw
Expedited Inheritance
RREnchantment
Incentivizes players to damage each other for cards from exile
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
3GLegendary Creature — Squirrel
Incentivizes aggressive board states
Mangara, the Diplomat
3WLegendary Creature — Human Cleric
Punishes opponents for casting multiple spells or attacking you
Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
3WLegendary Creature — Elf Druid
Easy draw from token generation
Removal
12
Aura Shards
1GWEnchantment
Turns food/creature generation into repeatable removal
Divergent Transformations
6RInstant
Exiles creatures to trigger Rocco while removing threats
Threats/Wincons
12
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival
RWLegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Generates flying tokens whenever you play from exile
Wild-Magic Sorcerer
3RCreature — Orc Shaman Sorcerer
Gives the first spell from exile Cascade
Laelia, the Blade Reforged
2RLegendary Creature — Spirit Warrior
Grows rapidly as things are exiled
The Red Terror
3RLegendary Creature — Tyranid
Grows from red damage sources, including Rocco's triggers
Passionate Archaeologist
1RLegendary Enchantment — Background
Turns exile spells into direct damage
Nykthos Paragon
4WWEnchantment Creature — Human Soldier
Massive counter distribution from life gain (Food)
Walking Ballista
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
Win condition using counters from Rocco
Etali, Primal Storm
4RRLegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Extreme volume of spells played from exile
Utility
13
Academy Manufactor
3Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
Triples token generation into Food, Clues, and Treasures
Peregrin Took
2GLegendary Creature — Halfling Citizen
Extra food generation and card draw
Samwise Gamgee
GWLegendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
Food generation and recursion
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
3WLegendary Creature — Angel
Protects your board and provides a mana sink
Knowledge Pool
6Artifact
Pure chaos that forces every spell to be cast from exile
Evolution Sage
2GCreature — Elf Druid
Proliferates counters every time land enters
Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
3RRLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Hates on opponent draw while providing impulse draw
