Experience matters, Ezuri

Commander / EDH Combo Counters GU (Simic) Infinite Combo

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Creature (34)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Bramblewood Paragon
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Cultivator of Blades
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1x Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Nadu, Winged Wisdom
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Skatewing Spy
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Spike Feeder
• 1x Tanazir Quandrix
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 9x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 9x Island
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Thought Vessel

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Oko, the Trickster

Commander (1)

Instant (11)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Flare of Denial
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Three Visits

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There are versions of Ezuri that focus on the infect damage, and others that try to abuse infinite combos. This particular build is all about those experience counters. Power out Ezuri as soon as possible then spam the low power creatures to create experience counters. Now that being said, I did keep an infect subtheme and there is 1 loop. Fair warning...the loop is flimsy with very little protection, and no way to get it back.

Starting hand

Your opening hand needs to be good. I know, great advice, right? Well ok, here is what I mean. Forest Island Breeding Pool Sol Ring Fathom Mage Sage of Hours Awakening Zone An almost perfect opening hand because of the early Ezuri and the loop combo with Sage to lock the game out.

Playing the hand

The opening hand from above enables Ezuri, Claw of Progress on turn 2. Awakening Zone turn 3. Turn 4 eldrazi spawn token for Ezuri trigger. Play Fathom Mage, trigger Ezuri. Enter combat, target Fathom Mage, draw 2 cards. Turn 5 eldrazi spawn token for Ezuri trigger. Play Sage of Hours, trigger Ezuri. Then play another creature that you hopefully drew in the past 7 cards for the 5th Ezuri trigger. Enter combat, target Sage of Hours to add 5 counters. Then remove them to get an extra turn. Rinse and repeat this until you have a board state to win.

Notes

Like an aggro deck, you will run low on cards without a card draw engine. There are a couple cards in here to help with that, plus a couple tutor/tutor engines to help find the missing pieces. Originally the deck held lots of tutor engines and less creatures, but this felt clunky instead of efficient. Keeping back a couple creatures in hand is invaluable because of how susceptible the deck is to board wipe. Don't underestimate the power of being able to add 10 counters to a Birds of Paradise and watch the table gulp because of a lack of flyers.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Experience Token, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Servo 1/1 C, Squid 1/1 U, Thopter 1/1 C
Based on	How Bernie Sanders Plays Magic PurePazaak EDH