Semi-Competitive Prime Speaker

Commander / EDH GU (Simic) Infinite Combo Ramp

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Creature (30)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Brutalizer Exarch
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Scourge
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lorescale Coatl
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Misthollow Griffin
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Walking Ballista

Land (36)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 12x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 13x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explore
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Manipulate Fate
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Venser's Journal

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Void Shatter
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Food Chain
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mirri's Guile

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"Time is fluid as a dance, and truth as fleeting."

I love Prime Speaker Zegana. She's a giant draw spell sitting in the command zone, waiting to be abused. This deck is semi-competitive, because there are cards that could, and probably should be cut to reduce average CMC and replaced with mana-dorks. Some of these cards which need to be added I simply do not have access to. Some of the cards which would need to be cut, my inner Timmy won't allow me to remove. This is a fine compromise.

The Gameplan: Ramp into as much early-game mana as possible. Depending on the condition of the table and what decks you're facing, tutor for Seedborn Muse as quickly as possible for added resilience. Typical win looks like this: End step of turn prior to yours, Mystical Tutor for Tooth and Nail, putting it on top of your library. Entwine Tooth and Nail, fetching Deadeye Navigator and Palinchron, putting them directly into play. Flicker Palinchron, producing an arbitrarily large amount of mana. Cast Prime Speaker from the command zone; soulbond her with Deadeye Navigator. Flicker Prime Speaker to draw cards until you hit Laboratory Maniac. Cast Lab Man and finish drawing the rest of the deck.

An alternate route to victory involves using Food Chain to exile Eternal Scourge / Misthollow Griffon and re-cast from exile an arbitrarily large number of times, producing a concomitant arbitrarily large amount of mana for casting creatures. Use this mana to cast a suitably huge Walking Ballista and ping the table to death.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Plant 0/1 G, Squid 1/1 U