Something Smells Fishy

Duel Commander GWU (Bant)

superhuman21

Creature (30)

• 1x Combine Guildmage
• 1x Coral Trickster
• 1x Dakra Mystic
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Fallowsage
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Galepowder Mage
• 1x Gilder Bairn
• 1x Ink Dissolver
• 1x Judge of Currents
• 1x Kiora's Dambreaker
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
• 1x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Merrow Harbinger
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Sigil Tracer
• 1x Simic Fluxmage
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Stonybrook Schoolmaster
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Waterspout Weavers
• 1x Whirlpool Rider
• 1x Wistful Selkie
• 1x World Shaper
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Blessings of Nature
• 1x Planewide Celebration
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Summon the School
• 1x Wanderer's Strike

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ajani Unyielding
• 1x Ajani, the Greathearted

Land (36)

• 1x Coral Atoll
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flood Plain
• 5x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 6x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 3x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Wanderwine Hub
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Artifact (6)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Backfire
• 1x Ghostly Touch
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Rhystic Study

Commanders (2)

Instant (14)

• 1x Bioshift
• 1x Burst of Energy
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dream's Grip
• 1x Emerald Charm
• 1x Graceful Reprieve
• 1x Negate
• 1x Silence
• 1x Stream of Consciousness
• 1x Tale's End
• 1x Toils of Night and Day
• 1x Turnabout

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Cosi's Trickster
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Flux Channeler
• 1x Frostwind Invoker
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Purity
• 1x Wanderwine Prophets
• 1x Windrider Patrol

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ajani, Strength of the Pride
• 1x Vivien Reid

Land (1)

• 1x Magosi, the Waterveil

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Battle Mastery

Artifact (2)

• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Instant (1)

• 1x Fuel for the Cause

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Bioessence Hydra
• 1x Coralhelm Commander
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Hedron Crab

Artifact (2)

• 1x Arena of the Ancients
• 1x Contagion Engine

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Tome Scour

Land (3)

• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Flooded Grove

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Overview:

This deck is meant to be a more tribal Merfolk Wizard/Wizard deck.
The idea is abusive manipulation of /, and proliferate | 1+/1+ | counters.

I have several decks that are fairly complex in the number of possible combo(s) and interactions that can take place.
As I have some ppl I'm playing with that are new to MTG and only have 1-2 decks, I'm making this as an attempt at mid-complexity.
That way they can still learn about multi-card interactions, but without slowly down game too much figuring out their next move.

Land and Ramp:

The initial land count will be only 36. It might actually get dropped 3-4 due to the number of avenues we have to untap permanents.
My meta isn't hypercompetitive and the goal of this deck is to be a 6-7. Thus we're not going to be running Khans fetch.
3/4 of the lands (and over 1/2 the pricey ones) I already have.

Land Breakdown

• FETCH: Evolving Wilds and Myriad Landscape . Flood Plain and Krosan Verge are great and both can get us a Plains which will help ensure we can as it is our least used color.


• Tri-Color Fix: Seaside Citadel and Vivid Creek can both get us any color, and while the latter can be limited, with our ability to add counters we can hopefully add more in a pinch.


• Cycle Lands: Lonely Sandbar and Tranquil Thicket
• Hideaway: Mosswort Bridge and Windbrisk Heights
• Scry Lands: Temple of Mystery
• Unlimited Hand: Reliquary Tower

Protection:

We're running Merfolk. Water creatures are usually straightforward without many evergreen abilities.
We have added some blink/flying/unblockable and shroud/hexproof to aid our creatures.

Protection Breakdown:

• Instant: Cloudshift , Graceful Reprieve , Tale's End , and Turnabout
• Sorcery: Blessings of Nature to buff, and Wanderer's Strike .
• Encantment: Backfire and Ghostly Touch . (*I may consider Ghostly Prison and Propaganda )
• Artifacts: Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots
• Abilities: Coral Trickster (face up removal spell), Galepowder Mage (temporary O-ring), Kopala, Warden of Waves (Ghostly Prison style tax to target Merfolk), Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca (1st ability = unblockable), Stonybrook Banneret (Islandwalk), Waterspout Weavers (give all Merfolk Flying for turn)

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Duel Commander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 2 Mythic Rares 25 - 8 Rares 36 - 3 Uncommons 21 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Ajani's Pridemate, Citizen 2/2 WUBRG, Emblem Vivien Reid, Merfolk Wizard 1/1 U, Morph 2/2 C