We've returned to the land of the Simic and WoTC has been merciful and actually given us good cards. Chief among these is
Prime Speaker Vannifar
, which translates to "
Birthing Pod
that dies to removal". This card has many uses (most of which involve cheating value into existence) but the one I've noticed for standard involves
Impervious Greatwurm
. This fatty ends games in a flash, but also suffers from costs-obscene-amounts-of-mana syndrome. We look at that for three seconds, then turn it to our advantage by just podding for it off of a
Molderhulk
. Yeah, that's the deck. Everything else is just a silver lining.
A matter of importance to any pod deck that isn't going for the combo-kill is having a creature curve so that you can slowly turn your
Stitcher's Supplier
into something a little better. The full curve is as follows and is also probably terrible, so all suggestions are welcome. Here we go:
1: Stitcher's Suppliers and
Llanowar Elves
2:
Incubation Druid
and
Lazav, the Multifarious
3:
Jadelight Ranger
4:
Riverwise Augur
,
Ravenous Chupacabra
and
Golgari Findbroker
.
Prime Speaker Vannifar
is technically also here, but she can't eat herself so meh
5:
Doom Whisperer
6:
Carnage Tyrant
There are no 7 and 8 drops, though I'm considering one
End-Raze Forerunners
for the memes and there was a
Pelakka Wurm
at 7 early in the design process (before it occurred to me that I'd rather have the
Carnage Tyrant
)
9:
Molderhulk
, though in reality you should never be playing him for anywhere near nine mana, but the CMC matters
10:
Impervious Greatwurm
As a final note, I have a really bad feeling I should run a fourth Prime Speaker. That's all.
