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Commander / EDH Budget Counters GU (Simic)

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Creature (32)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydroid Krasis MP
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Lighthouse Chronologist
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Neverwinter Hydra MP
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Steelbane Hydra HP
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Vastwood Hydra

Instant (2)

• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Naturalize

Land (34)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge MP
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hickory Woodlot
• 5x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Saprazzan Skerry
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Woodland Stream
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Levitation
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Darksteel Reactor
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Magistrate's Scepter
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Replicating Ring
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Fungal Sprouting
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Wash Out

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths

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Creature (17)

• 1x Avatar of the Resolute HP
• 5x Duskshell Crawler
• 1x Fungal Behemoth MP
• 1x Gilder Bairn
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Pridemalkin
• 1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
• 1x Sapphire Drake
• 1x Sharktocrab
• 1x Vigor

Enchantment (21)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Colossal Majesty
• 1x Court of Bounty
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x New Horizons
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 10x Paradox Zone
• 1x Primal Empathy
• 1x Quest for Renewal

Artifact (10)

• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 5x Fractal Harness
• 1x Simic Keyrune
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sorcery (6)

• 5x Body of Research
• 1x Skyshroud Claim

Land (1)

• 1x Llanowar Reborn

Instant (1)

• 1x Decree of Savagery

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Water is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.

So as it stands it's about Vorel doing his counter thing. Got some enchantments and artifacts in here to double up on his ability. Things can jump off in really big ways if Vorell stays protected and can get some untaps in. There's a perverse satisfaction in equipping a Whispersilk Cloak to a 49/49 Scute Mob or tapping Gyre Sage/Astral Cornucopia for 128 mana and then casting a hydra. And of course on the really dirty days there's the disappointment on your buddies' faces when Magistrate's Scepter locks in an infinite combo or Darksteel Reactor exists uncontested for longer than a round or two.

I wanted to really work the hydra angle (gotta stay hydrated, you know?).

There's always room for refining and sharpening the card choices. Doubling Season springs to mind, but it's a big monetary commitment.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Hydra X/X G, Morph 2/2 C, Octopus 8/8 U, Replicated Ring, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Squid 1/1 U
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