Flesh and the Power it holds

Modern Combo Competitive Counters GU (Simic) Hydra Midrange

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Creature (20)

• 4x Avatar of the Resolute
• 4x Cloudfin Raptor
• 3x Managorger Hydra
• 3x Scrounging Bandar
• 4x Servant of the Scale
• 2x Voracious Hydra

Enchantment (5)

• 4x Hardened Scales
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

Land (20)

• 4x Breeding Pool
• 5x Forest
• 4x Hinterland Harbor
• 2x Island
• 4x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Prismatic Vista

Instant (13)

• 2x Dizzy Spell
• 4x Experimental Augury
• 3x Pongify
• 4x Stubborn Denial

Artifact (2)

• 2x The Ozolith

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Pongify
• 3x Veil of Summer

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Carnivorous Canopy

Artifact (6)

• 2x Pithing Needle
• 4x Relic of Progenitus

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Simic Ascendancy

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Maybeboard

Instant (8)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Mizzium Skin
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Remand
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Wilt

Creature (5)

• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Pelt Collector
• 1x Pollenbright Druid
• 1x Primordial Hydra

Land (1)

• 1x Gemstone Mine

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x The Great Henge

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Contentious Plan
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit

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Modern Simic. This deck works best when Hardened Scales is in play, as almost every card here interacts with it

Creatures:

• Scrounging Bandar enters with at least 2 counters and can move them around
• Servant of the Scale has a role like Arcbound Worker's, while being superior in this deck
• Cloudfin Raptor doesn't take long to put that Flying to use
• Avatar of the Resolute has a strong body with the high chance of entering big
• Managorger Hydra gets larger and larger the more spells are played
• Voracious Hydra can act as emergency creature removal or enter double sized and double scaled

Non-creature Spells:

• Hardened Scales gives more counters to speed up my game plan. The deck's MVP card
• The Ozolith recycles counters lost to creature death or exilement. Also a very important card
• Simic Ascendancy introduces another win condition. It can also generate counters and benefits from Proliferate effects
• Experimental Augury gives even more counters and replaces itself
• Pongify is a great removal because it's cheap and a 3/3 vanilla Ape isn't much of a threat
• Stubborn Denial takes care of opposing non-creature spells
• Dizzy Spell can be a useful combat trick but more importantly it can tutor (without fear of being countered) for almost 60% of the deck, including Hardened Scales and The Ozolith. This guarantees it will never be a dead card in my hand

Sideboard:

• Pithing Needle shuts down many troublesome permanents including Planeswalkers
• Heroic Intervention provides good protection for all my creatures
• Relic of Progenitus tries to halt graveyard shenanigans
• Veil of Summer is used against Black and Blue stuff
• Carnivorous Canopy delivers useful Artifact/Enchantment removal

Key Combos:

• Simic Ascendancy + The Ozolith
• Simic Ascendancy + Scrounging Bandar
• Scrounging Bandar + Hardened Scales

Hope you like it!

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	29 - 5 Rares 7 - 8 Uncommons 17 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.50
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G
Folders	Inspiration