Bottle Grotto (Círdan EDH)

Commander / EDH Eldrazi Group Hug GU (Simic) Join forces Primer

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Creature (29)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Borderland Explorer
• 1x Braids, Conjurer Adept
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Colossal Skyturtle
• 1x Dakra Mystic
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Drowner of Truth  ^Flip
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Hope-Ender Coatl
• 1x Hunted Troll
• 1x Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
• 1x Kibo, Uktabi Prince
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Magus of the Vineyard
• 1x Maraleaf Pixie
• 1x Nullmage Advocate
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Poison Dart Frog
• 1x Pursued Whale
• 1x Sailmonger
• 1x Scrapshooter
• 1x Shizuko, Caller of Autumn
• 1x Territory Culler
• 1x Tidal Barracuda
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 1x Veteran Explorer

Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Eye of Ugin
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 12x Forest
• 8x Island
• 1x Quandrix Campus
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Vineglimmer Snarl

Instant (10)

• 1x Blessed Respite
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Mizzium Skin
• 1x Peerless Recycling
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Setessan Tactics
• 1x Smuggler's Surprise
• 1x Three Steps Ahead

Artifact (3)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Ever-Watching Threshold
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Heartbeat of Spring
• 1x Kitnap
• 1x Path of Annihilation
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Starlit Mantle
• 1x Stratus Walk
• 1x Traveler's Cloak
• 1x Upwelling
• 1x Wolfcaller's Howl

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Dubious Challenge
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x New Frontiers
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Step Between Worlds

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• Archetype: Group hug
• Subthemes: Enchantments, Politics, Eldrazi
• Planar Flavor: Eldraine, Bloomburrow, Zendikar
• Basic Land Art: Lush, glowing, sultry

Group Hug Meets Bear Hug

In classic group hug style, many of our cards help players by letting them do things they love, drawing cards and ramping (these also happen to be effects Simic rules the roost at).

The key to success in the midgame is to avoid offending anyone. To that end, even the wheels are optional. We all know the kinds of plays that elicit salt in a commander game, use that knowledge to your advantage.

Círdan rules, btw. The minigame works like this: everyone votes for either A) the player who least benefits from drawing a card but also shows the greatest danger of plopping down a scary permanent, or B) themselves to draw an extra card. My recommendation, don't have a protracted conversation about it or you end up recreating the prisoner's dilemma. So sometimes three people all vote for one person to keep them from Show and Telling a big threat, and end up Ancestral Recalling them instead. It's fun as heck.

Eventually, the time comes to drop some 'drazi and go to town.

Neat Moves

Dubious Challenge is terrible, doubly so when you could be spending 4 mana to hand your opponent an Eldrazi (remember that they get first choice). However, that dynamic is exactly what makes it such a fun political tool.

Rule Zero Corner

This deck does utilize a card that breaks color identity rules: Kibo, Uktabi Prince. I couldn't resist including him for the banana group hug, and in this Simic deck the red pip may as well be colorless to me.

If the table objects, I can swap Kibo out for a land or something. No one has ever objected.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Exclude colors	WBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Banana, Cat 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Faerie 1/1 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Human 2/2 G, Pirate 1/1 R, Plot, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	EDH current decks