Combo Sushi

Commander / EDH* GU (Simic) Merfolk Tribal

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Creature (24)

• 1x Ambassador Laquatus
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Deeproot Elite
• 1x Fallowsage
• 1x Forerunner of the Heralds
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Jungleborn Pioneer
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Lord of Atlantis
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Merrow Harbinger
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Reef Shaman
• 1x Rootwater Hunter
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Seahunter
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Surgespanner
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Tidal Warrior
• 1x Tishana, Voice of Thunder

Artifact (9)

• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

Land (34)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 7x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 10x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Woodland Stream

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Deeproot Waters
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Quest for Renewal

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Benefactor's Draught
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Hidden Strings
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Regrowth

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Cosi's Trickster
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Murkfiend Liege

Sorcery (2)

• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Sylvan Scrying

Artifact (1)

• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Land (3)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Song of Freyalise

Instant (3)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Unity of Purpose

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Piloting this simic beauty is a true joy. There are three paths to victory in this deck, but depending upon your draws you will have access to different lines of play. This is an engine deck, storming off in merfolk until you can access the combo and using counter magic to protect your board. The tribe can survive a loss of one or two members but has little resilience to a board-wipe so as you commit to the table there is greater and greater risk.

Plan A involves a difficult infinite combo. The primary component is getting Dramatic Reversal imprinted onto Isochron Scepter (there is one tutor for each card in the deck). Then you need at least two non-land mana sources such as Cryptolith Rite , Earthcraft or any combination of mana rocks with at least 2 Merfolk and Kumena in play. For this reason, when using any of the merfolk tutors in the deck, I often look for Jungleborn Pioneer . This unlocks infinite mana and infinite draw. Use this to get access to Ambassador Laquatus and then use endless mana to mill everyone out. Alternatively, you can use Rootwater Hunter for endless damage to any target. If you have access to Kiora's Follower or anything that turns creatures into mana, then you can choose to imprint Benefactor's Draught instead of Dramatic Reversal and achieve the same result. Don't be afraid to lay down the scepter early imprinting something else. If you pull the scepter but dont have the reversal, it is usually not worth waiting around for. Be proactive and imprint a counterspell or even ramp, whatever will be impactful and go for aggressive lines of play. Later, you can always use one of the 4 merfolk tutors to find Surgespanner , bounce the scepter and imprint again for the combo finisher. If you can't find the scepter, the draw/untapp effect can still be enabled with Paradox Engine , Intruder Alarm , Quest for Renewal and Merrow Commerce in diminishing levels of power in that order. Paradox Engine can still allow for infinite combo in fact, it's just much harder because it takes longer to play, meaning your opponents are more likely to have removal for it. Intruder Alarm is like half of Paradox Engine but it's just as risky if you play it early and pass the turn giving your opponents access to its symmetrical effect. I used to run Murkfiend Liege but then I realized it's just too slow for an effect requires me to pass the turn on to get value from. Quest for Renewal and Merrow Commerce won't let you go infinite but they can still be very useful.

Plan B to end the game, swing for unblockable damage through one of several means. Using either Lord of Atlantis or Master of the Pearl Trident you can partner with Reef Shaman or Tidal Warrior also Herald of Secret Streams . I was running Triumph of the Hordes but removed it in favor of more focus on the primary win condition.

The plan C to win with mass drain through Throne of the God-Pharaoh . Don't forget that creatures like Surgespanner , Lullmage Mentor can help you lock up the game or at least slow things down enough that you can dig deep for that win.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	WBR
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.59
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Kraken 9/9 U, Manifest 2/2 C, Merfolk 1/1 U, Merfolk 1/1 U w/ Hexproof
Folders	Dylan’s Deck