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Casual GU (Simic) Legendary Matters Snake

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Creature (27)

• 1x Bamboo Grove Archer
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 2x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Hexdrinker
• 1x Honored Hydra
• 2x Hunted Phantasm
• 3x Kashi-Tribe Elite
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mire Boa
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Ohran Viper
• 4x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x River Boa
• 2x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Wasteland Viper
• 2x Winged Coatl

Land (23)

• 4x Breeding Pool
• 2x Forbidden Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 4x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 1x Karakas
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Leyline of Singularity
• 4x Survival of the Fittest

Artifact (2)

• 2x Konda's Banner

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 3x Mold Adder
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Ambush Viper
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
• 1x Seshiro the Anointed
• 1x Shigeki, Jukai Visionary

Land (1)

• 1x Adventurers' Guildhouse

Artifact (1)

• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku

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Welcome to Kamigawa block. Everything is legendary. Your cards aren't particularly good. Also there are snakes with arms.

The idea here is trying to build around Leyline of Singularity. The payoff is Kashi-Tribe Elite, since he makes all of your legendary snakes have shroud. So if all of your creatures are snakes, and the Leyline makes them all legendary, then he gives all your creatures shroud. Nice!

The thing about having everyone be legendary is that you never want to see two of the same critter at once, however. We can get around this by running only one- or two-ofs for all your creatures. Thankfully the snake tribe is surprisingly versatile, so there are lots of worthwhile options. This comes with another problem, however: if you only have one or two copies of every creature, how can you ever hope to draw what you need when you need it? Survival of the Fittest takes care of that problem, allowing you to swap out for whatever creature you need at a moment's notice.

Mire Boa and River Boa are color hosers and persistent blockers. Winged Coatl is removal for attackers and Mystic Snake is a living counterspell. Chameleon Colossus is every bit a snake and can bulldoze your foe, particularly if they're running black. Honored Hydra can be discarded to Survival and still embalmed for a cheap 6/6 Trampler afterwards.

Thanks to the unique environment created by the Leyline, we have a few non-snakes joining the ranks to help out. Thanks to the legend rule, Phantasmal Image can kill off any creature for just {1}{U}, even getting around indestructibility, hexproof and protection. Hunted Phantasm, meanwhile, is the sleeper win condition. Since all the goblin tokens it gives your opponent are legendary, they'll all immediately drop dead if they're legendary. An unblockable 4/6 for three mana with no drawback should straighten your foe out!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 2 Rares 5 - 4 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.57
Tokens	Goblin 1/1 R, Honored Hydra 6/6 W, Spirit 1/1 C