I personally prefer Flood of Tears over Devastation Tide as well as Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip over Maze of Ith, but those are just preferences and you don't need to add them. Also Jwari Disruption  ^Flip and Khalni Ambush  ^Flip could be replaced with more efficient removal like Pongify and Rapid Hybridization.

@gingerthewritingdog:

Thank you for your suggestions. On the original list there are mostly cards which i already own.

Nevertheless i agree to Pongify > Jwari Disruption  ^Flip and Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip > Maze of Ith. What i like about the compass is that you can tutor for lands and gain the same effect as Ith AND tap for mana if your need to. The latter is definitely a worthy swap.

Don‘t you think Flood of Tears would be a more efficient swap for crush of tentacles?

With mostly high power creatures i thought Khalni Ambush  ^Flip would be a versatile removal or a land drop if you need one.

Housegheist I do think Flood of Tears is probably better than Crush of Tentacles, but I didn't suggest cutting Crush of Tentacles because it fits with the theme, but if you are okay sacrificing a bit of flavour and synergy, then flood of tears is probably better than crush of tentacles. Also I do agree that it is nice to have some versatility in Khalni Ambush  ^Flip, especially with the landfall subtheme, so it isn't really a necessary cut.

@gingerthewritingdogClaire I do not think that Flood of Tears would be a cut in theme. The name and th artwork fits :) I added it to my wantlist :)

What do you think to swap Gush for Guardian Project?

I think Gush is a powerful card, but guardian project will probably provide a lot more card draw over the course of the game, while gush is a one-time thing which does have a bit of synergy with landfall, but still doesn't do much in this deck I feel like. If you want to be playing big monsters every turn, gush is usually a tempo loss, and is worse at bouncing lands to your hand than meloku or other repeatable effects. In short, I think gush doesn't provide as much card draw as guardian project, but if you really like the landfall synergy it provides, then keep it. I think it just depends on how much land bounce you want in this deck.

gingerthewritingdog. I think about cutting Risen Reef for Parcelbeast.

Both creatures aren't Sea-Cretures even though Risen Reef has a fitting name and artwork. But i noticed a lack of synergy because it only goes of with Zendikar's Roil as i counted only 3 other elementals. Parcelbeast could provide more value (Carddraw/Landfalltrigger). In the best case i can mutate it turn 2 onto Lotus Cobra or another smaller creature later. What do you think?

Parcelbeast is definitely faster and repeatable, which makes it arguably more powerful, but I have found that the Risen Reef + Zendikar's roil is pretty explosive and can get crazy with Ancient Greenwarden, so I really don't know on this one. It probably will just come down to which one you like more.

gingerthewritingdog.

I'll give it a try as it is... Maybe i find a way to swap Parcelbeast in without cutting Risen Reef - would synergize just perfectly... Maybe i need to make a simic Elementals/Landfall theme...

Have you considered Ancient Animus or Pounce over Khalini Ambush? Or is Khalini Ambush there because it can be a land in a pinch? Also, if you can find a place for it, Eldritch Evolution would be pretty great card in this deck. It would go quite well with Chasm Skulker and Reef Worm.

I like cards with some kind of versatility... doesn‘s matter if it‘s adventure, „choose“-spells or the new MDFCs - therefore and to support the landfall theme i chose Khalni Ambush  ^Flip as i have some effects to bumb the land back to hand and cast it as removal if needed. I‘m aware of the fact that they are all 1 mana cheaper, therefore (and the little bonus effect in case of legendarys with no additional cost) i will list Ancient Animus to the maybeboard. Eldritch Evolution is a 1 mana morr one-time pod effect... with the upside of jumping 2cmc higher from your sacrificed target. Definitely worth to consider -> Maybeboard

why do you prefer pearl lake ancient over nezahal primal tide?

I cutted Nezahal, Primal Tide for Return of the Wildspeaker. Although the artwork and name fit the theme, in the end it‘s a dinosaur and too expensive to cast/to protect - in addition not castable with Quest for Ula's Temple. Return of the Wildspeaker can draw tons of cards because of your big creatures or help to push the final damage through.

I might run Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep , even though you have a lot of non-sea creatures in the deck. You only have to kick it when you want to, and even if you bounce a lot of your own stuff, you will probably be able to cast it again soon with all that simic mana. It is basically a cyclonic rift with an 8/8 attached.

ImaginitiveRascal

Which card would you swap for Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep ?

Damn this looks wicked fun! How's it play for you? My playground tends to run fair amounts of removal and interaction, though nothing outrageous.

Jealous that you get to play with Prophet of Kruphix! The deck looks really great, if you like using Biomancer's Familiar I'd also recommend Training Grounds to reduce the cost of Kenessos's activated ability.

How have Elvish Piper and Quicksilver Amulet worked out?

I have a similar deck Kenessos N Kiddos: The King of Killer Krakens if you'd like to check it out, any upvotes are always appreciated!

sean360 Thank you for commenting.

As described, the deck funktions pretty darn well without Prophet of Kruphix, since it’s only value is to untap and activate the abilities (Kenessos or the cheat-effects). I don’t remember hardcasting any of the fattiest yet with her ability yet. Would be an easy swap :D

Elvish Piper and Quicksilver Amulet are just for redundancy. Since it cannot be avoided to draw one of these, i must have an opportunity to cheat them in. Piper is not that mana-intense, but slow… Amulett can be activated, when it hits, which is only good, when i have said untappes (Prophet/Seedborn).

As it turned out, Season of Growth, Aqueous Form and Monster Manual have turned out to be MVPs in the deck. The provide so much value, it’s absurd.

Training Grounds is on my extended want list, but not in my budget currently :D

I would appreciate an up, if you like it. I will check yours, maybe get some inspiration.

Added pieces from MOM-Aftermatch (Training Grounds, Vesuvan Drifter) and LotR Rivendell, Elrond, Lord of Rivendell).

Some card suggestions in case you don't have any of the put creature into play cheat cards, you could use cards that put cards from your hand onto the top of your library and use your commander's ability:

• Brainstorm
• Brainsurge
• Scroll Rack
• Sensei's Divining Top

You could also maybe slip some miracle cards in there too since you are constantly manipulating the top of the library:

• Devastation Tide
• Vanishment
• Revenge of the Hunted

zemen Thank you for your suggestions. These are actually pretty solid. Since Scroll Rack and Sensei's Divining Top are not in my budget, i will definatly consider the over 5. Which cards would you swap for them? Greetings