Hello happy MTG fans, I hope your day is going super mega well! I know that you don't love those Mana Rocks enough, not even when you aren't in Green with land ramp. Many decks out there will either drop some two-drop Signets or one three-drop Commander's Sphere and then move on, but we have tons of great mana rocks out there! Some of these are obvious and strong, but there are tons of great mana rocks you aren't running! Shoot two of these are great in mono-Green decks too! Here they are:
Honorable Mention #1 - Hedron Archive
This four-cost mana maker taps for two colorless. It also taps to sac and then draw you two once your mana is set or if you are digging for an answer! It's trying to be a nice mix of Dreamstone Hedron and Mind Stone. Love it loads!
Honorable Mention #2 - Timeless Lotus
This five-drop ETB tapped will tap for all five colors! It's ideal for five color Commanders where you can drop it and get them guaranteed since this is colorless. It's pretty strong in all of the five color places!
Honorable Mention #3 - Pyromancer's Goggles
This five-drop will tap for Red mana and then if you cast a Red instant or sorcery you'll get a free copy! Nasty, love it with Lightning Bolt and Chaos Warp to Boros Charm and Threaten effects.
#5. Stonespeaker Crystal
This four-mana rock drops, also taps for two colorless and then can be sacrificed to draw a card and then also exile all opposing graveyards. This is great since you can do it instantly in response to someone casting a recursion spell like Rise of the Dark Realms to win or even Reanimate. Then you can also remove delirium, threshold and all options from everyone else! This is the Bojuka Bog of mana rocks.
#4. Gilded Lotus
This five-mana rock will tap for three of any color of mana! Strong stuff, but just that one color, you cannot mix and match the colors. It's great for making deeper color stuff like the triple Blue on a Cryptic Command.
#3. Nyx Lotus
This fun thing will ETB tapped, sure, but then it'll tap for any color of mana of devotion, just like beloved Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx. And there's no cost to tap it for the Shrine. If you are running it, why not grab the Lotus too? Note that unlike some mana dorks or Gaea's Cradle that tap for critter count, this is strong for non-dorks permanents too. This is even great in mono-Green too!
#2. Throne of Eldraine
This five mana is made for mono-colored brews will choose a color on arrival and then you'll tap for four of it, but then just to cast those mono-color cards. Then you can tap with that color of mana to draw two cards too. This is great, even in your mono-Green decks too.
#1. Thran Dynamo
This four-drop uncommon first printed from Urza's Block taps for three colorless on a four-cost investment and then doesn't enter tapped. That's a great mana investment for your mana! Love it, you probably do too!
There we go! What are your top 4 and 5 cost Mana Rocks? What did I get wrong or leave off?