Simic good stuff?

Standard GU (Simic) Merfolk Midrange Tempo

SharkyBigJaws

Creature (16)

• 3x Bristling Hydra
• 4x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 3x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 2x Ripjaw Raptor
• 4x Rogue Refiner

Planeswalker (5)

• 2x Jace, Cunning Castaway
• 3x Nissa, Steward of Elements

Land (23)

• 3x Aether Hub
• 4x Botanical Sanctum
• 6x Forest
• 2x Hashep Oasis
• 8x Island

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Shapers' Sanctuary

Instant (8)

• 2x Blossoming Defense
• 3x Opt
• 3x Spell Pierce

Artifact (5)

• 3x Heart of Kiran
• 2x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 2x Essence Scatter
• 2x Heroic Intervention
• 2x Negate
• 3x Unsummon

Creature (4)

• 2x Manglehorn
• 2x Prowling Serpopard

Artifact (2)

• 2x Aethersphere Harvester

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I am unimpressed with merfolk, I think it needs another lord and another playable merfolk, but simic seems like it can actually rock standard.

You should be drawing cards like crazy, it feels really good to play the flagship, free cast rogue refiner and draw off of it or opting on the opponents endstep and drawing twice with Rashmi, Eternities Crafter.

Update I played in fnm with a version of this deck that was more heavy on merfolk, running Kopala, Warden of Waves, Metallic Mimic, and Deeproot Champion. I won games when i curved out perfectly but it wasn't as consistent as I would have liked, so I decided to take them out for the rogue refiners, another heart, and fill out the top end with 3 Bristling Hydra and 2 Ripjaw Raptor which can just end games when you top deck them. I also decided Heroic Intervention will be banished to the sideboard unless I see more mainboard sweltering suns being played. Now with Opt, Rogue Refiner, and Jace, Cunning Castaway you can dig as much as you need for your bombs and of course your Rashmi, Eternities Crafter and once she is on the board you just get overwhelming value. PLaying Skysovereign, Consul Flagship revealing Rogue Refiner getting the free cast and drawing is just insanity.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	WBR
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 12 - 6 Rares 15 - 4 Uncommons 6 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.46
Tokens	Energy Reserve, Illusion 2/2 U w/ Phantasmal
Folders	Standard Ideas, Fun Decks