Counters and Cantrips: A Squid's Tale

Standard Counters GU (Simic)

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Creature (16)

• 4x Chasm Skulker
• 3x Courser of Kruphix
• 4x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 2x Genesis Hydra
• 3x Prophet of Kruphix

Land (24)

• 8x Forest
• 8x Island
• 4x Temple of Mystery
• 4x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (12)

• 3x Aqueous Form
• 3x Font of Fortunes
• 3x Nylea's Presence
• 3x Ordeal of Thassa

Instant (5)

• 2x Chord of Calling
• 3x Dissolve

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Life's Legacy

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Sideboard

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Pin to the Earth

Instant (10)

• 3x Annul
• 3x Gainsay
• 4x Retraction Helix

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Curse of the Swine

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CREATURES

• Chasm Skulker is the main player in this deck with almost everything else having good synergy with it.


• Prophet of Kruphix allows me to get the Skulker out at the end of their turn, so that he can safely untap and get a counter. Not to mention she gives me mana for counter spells and extra blockers.


• Eidolon of Blossoms draws cards. simple.


• Genesis Hydra helps to find a skulker, but can also place just about anything onto the field, while acting as an alliterative beat-stick, or blocker, or food for Life's Legacy.


• Courser of Kruphix is in here to help gain life, but also just to give me overall card advantage, and to make my draws less land-filled.

ENCHANTMENTS

• Ordeal of Thassa gives counters to my Skulker and draws me cards to put more counters on the Skulker. this card can single-handedly make my skulker huge.


• Nylea's Presence gives the Squid tokens from the Skulker evasion, by guaranteeing that my opponents always control an island. and it draws me a card for more counters.


• Aqueous Form lets me go tall with my skulker, if i don't end up going wide with the squids.


• Font of Fortunes triggers the Eidolon making it three cards for four mana. It can also be played before I have a skulker, then can be sacrificed once I have one.

INSTANTS AND SORCERIES

• Dissolve, The scry is useful for digging up my skulker.


• Chord of Calling searches for my skulker. Not hard to cast with Prophet of Kruphix.


• Life's Legacy allows me to do a couple things. It can kill my skulker to give me a bunch of tokens, while refilling my hand. It can be used to sacrifice repeat creatures to pump my skulker. It can also do both, killing a repeat skulker to give me squid tokens, while refilling my hand and pumping the other skulker. I really just wish it were an instant.

SIDEBOARD

The side board can deal with most things: enchantments, artifacts, creatures, counterspells, planeswalkers, etc.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	29 - 2 Rares 3 - 3 Uncommons 12 - 10 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.72
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Squid 1/1 U
Folders	Awesome Decks, Profile Decks, Standard, DICKS, Alec's Mishaps