Deeproot Army

Standard GU (Simic)

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Creature (28)

• 3x Deeproot Elite
• 2x Herald of Secret Streams
• 2x Jade Bearer
• 3x Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
• 4x Kumena's Speaker
• 3x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 2x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 4x River Sneak
• 3x Silvergill Adept
• 2x Verdurous Gearhulk

Land (22)

• 4x Botanical Sanctum
• 6x Forest
• 3x Hashep Oasis
• 5x Island
• 4x Unclaimed Territory

Instant (7)

• 4x Blossoming Defense
• 3x Unsummon

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Deeproot Waters

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

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

Creature (3)

• 3x Tempest Caller

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Nissa, Steward of Elements

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Swift Warden
• 1x Vineshaper Mystic

Instant (2)

• 1x Dive Down
• 1x River Heralds' Boon

Artifact (1)

• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary

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This is a variation of the first deck I built. That was a variation from one of Dev's deck from SBMTG https://youtu.be/3w52SYBhlTY Since a-lot of our Merfolks are going to be targets out of the gate it makes sense to make as many Hexproof tokens as possible. Yes this does slow us down for a turn, however this will start paying off once Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca comes into play. Chances are Deeproot Elite will get countered but if you are able to keep him in the game he will help us out. River Sneak is a great way to get some damage in. The card plays very well with Deeproot Waters. Ultimately we want to put as many counters on our merfolks to so we can make Herald payoff. Jade Bearer is just a really good 1 drop. It gives another one of our Merfolks a counter and if we have both Deeproot Elite and Waters out in play then the payoff is even better. for 1 G we get 3 counters and 2 creatures on the field. There are a some cards we have to look out for. Magma Spray Lightning strike Shock Harnest lightning Abrade Sweltering Suns Blazing Volley Golden Demise Slaughter the strong moment of craving fumigate and im sure there are others. Most of these can be countered easily by simply pumping up our creatures out of range. Having Blossoming defense will help us, it will also help us get in for some extra damage if we need it. I will be taking this deck to FNM and will be updating this list as I see fit. Any suggestions will help greatly as this is a work in progress and I am looking forward to making Merfolks competitive.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 3 Mythic Rares 9 - 3 Rares 26 - 3 Uncommons 9 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.08
Tokens	Merfolk 1/1 U w/ Hexproof