La Nina: Zegana Commander

Commander / EDH* Casual Counters GU (Simic)

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Creature (38)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Brutalizer Exarch
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x End-Raze Forerunners
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Loyal Guardian
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Mowu, Loyal Companion
• 1x Myojin of Life's Web
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Realm Seekers
• 1x Ridgescale Tusker
• 1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Tishana, Voice of Thunder
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker

Land (36)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 11x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 8x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Durable Handicraft
• 1x Favor of the Overbeing
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

Artifact (3)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Curiosity

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Neoform
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Repudiate / Replicate
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Unexpected Results
• 1x Urban Evolution

Instant (5)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evolution Charm
• 1x Inner Calm, Outer Strength
• 1x Rapid Hybridization

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
• 1x Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave

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Maybeboard

Creature (24)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Frilled Mystic
• 1x Gyre Engineer
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Lorescale Coatl
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Primeval Protector
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Renegade Krasis
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Simic Guildmage
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Simic Sky Swallower
• 1x Soramaro, First to Dream
• 1x Vigean Hydropon

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Bioshift
• 1x Incubation / Incongruity
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Wild Onslaught

Land (5)

• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Memorial to Unity
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thornwood Falls

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Strength of the Pack

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+1/+1 counters for days

Overfishing from the top of the food-chain

Never have I so dreaded drawing Doubling Season

Version 3.0 of one of my oldest decks. Counter synergies abound! Like the Simic, the deck can adapt to its environment and thrive in its game. The deck exists to mess around with counters, draw a ton of cards, play big fun creatures, and interact with the rest of the board without being oppressive. A couple of different paths to victory emerge:

• Zegana can get huge; send her over the top with Favor of the Overbeing or through the depths with Herald of Secret Streams and knock an opponent out with commander damage.
• If you're making big creatures (and you will), End-Raze Forerunners and Zegana, Utopian Speaker let you overrun whatever stands in your way.
• Your big guys got blocked by 1/1 tokens but they forgot to block your lowly Plaxcaster Frogling or other unassuming utility critter? Inner Calm, Outer Strength is a gem of a card for decks like this that average 20+ cards in hand, possibly one-shotting.
• Psychosis Crawler gets gross.
• Simic Ascendancy is the style win.
• For everything else, there's Lab Man.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.08
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Kraken 9/9 U, Squid 1/1 U