Modern Evolving Shenanigans

Modern BUG (Sultai) Combo Counters GU (Simic) Midrange Ramp

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Creature (28)

• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 2x Corpsejack Menace
• 2x Cytoplast Root-Kin
• 4x Kalonian Hydra
• 4x Kiora's Follower
• 4x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 2x Renegade Krasis
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid
• 2x Vorel of the Hull Clade

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator
• 2x Kiora, Master of the Depths

Land (22)

• 2x Breeding Pool
• 10x Forest
• 2x Golgari Rot Farm
• 4x Hinterland Harbor
• 2x Opulent Palace
• 2x Simic Growth Chamber

Artifact (1)

• 1x Bow of Nylea

Instant (6)

• 2x Cyclonic Rift
• 4x Simic Charm

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 2x Kavu Predator
• 2x Reclamation Sage

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Asceticism
• 2x Choke

Artifact (4)

• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 2x Pithing Needle

Instant (2)

• 2x Fracturing Gust

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Maelstrom Pulse

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Maybeboard

Creature (12)

• 1x Experiment Kraj
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Obstinate Baloth
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 2x Renegade Krasis
• 1x Sagu Mauler
• 1x Sylvan Primordial
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave

Enchantment (6)

• 4x Canopy Cover
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Utopia Sprawl

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (3)

• 2x Golgari Charm
• 1x Setessan Tactics

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I loved the combos in Evolving Strength and WTF Shananigans (so many combos), and I saw a way to combine the two with some synergetic older cards in Modern to produce this deck.

The key to this deck is synergy, combos, ramping and +1/+1 counters. Almost everything in this deck helps multiple other cards, which is the way a good combo deck should be. The key interactions here are between the Evolve and Graft mechanics, with tons of exponential counter growth and lots of protection for our creatures.

Key Combos

• Cytoplast Root-Kin + Plaxcaster Frogling + Renegade Krasis - These are +1/+1 counter generation core of the deck. There is a lot of interaction between the three of these when they enter the battlefield (ETB). For example, if you have a 3/2 RK in play and cast PF, the PF will trigger Evolve for the RK (making it a 4/3) and will put a counter on the PF, making it a 4/4. Let's say you then cast a CRK, and graft one counter from the PF to the CRK, reducing it to a 3/3. So the CRK ETB with 5 counters, which trigger's the RK's Evolve, making it a 5/4. The RK then gives the PF & CRK one counter each. Then you can resolve the CRK's ETB ability to give the RK & PF one counter each, so now you have a 6/5 RK, a 4/4 PF, and a 6/6 CRK. Not bad eh?

• Bow of Nylea and Gavony Township also give +1/+1 counters to your creatures.

• Corpsejack Menace + Kalonian Hydra + Vorel of the Hull Clade + Solidarity of Heroes - Exponential counter growth engines. KH and CM are the best here, CM being a cheaper Doubling Season as well as a creature, and one of the best reasons to splash black, while KH is a clock the opponent cannot ignore. Vorel and SoH are good for blowout wins due to their instant effects. Don't forget, these abilities stack, so if you cast SoH while CM is in play, you get 4x counters, and if you cast another SoH at the same time, you get 8x counters. I've won a game once with a 32/33 Birds of Paradise, and another time with a 104/104 Kavu Predator; all hail math!

• Kruphix, God of Horizons + Prophet of Kruphix will generate a ton of mana to use for a game-ending Genesis Wave or Cyclonic Rift

Support

Mana Base:

• Hinterland Harbor recognises Breeding Pool as a Forest/Island, so it will come into play untapped

• I splashed a bit of black mana generation to cast Corpsejack Menace and Sultai Charm in the form of Opulent Palace

• The Birds of Paradise and Sylvan Caryatid for any colour mana

• Gavony Township for moar +1/+1 counters

• Prophet of Kruphix will untap all your lands during your opponents turn and enable you to flash creatures in

Removal:

• Simic Charm to bounce annoying creatures

• Sultai Charm to destroy mono-coloured creatures, artifact or enchantments

• Cyclonic Rift to clear the opponent's board for a win

• Polukranos, World Eater is basically a 5/5 board wipe (assuming you have the mana, preferably from Kruphix, God of Horizons)

• Bow of Nylea to shoot pesky birds and give all your attacking creatures deathtouch

• Maelstrom Pulse in the sideboard to deal with pesky tribals

Protection:

Since this is a creature-heavy and -dependent deck, we need to protect them from threats.

• Simic Charm to hexproof your permanents till end of turn

• Canopy Cover to hexproof your creatures AND make them unblockable (except to flying/reach)

• Plaxcaster Frogling's activated ability shrouds your creatures for only 2 colourless mana

• Asceticism will hexproof all your creatures and give you the ability to regenerate them

Other Notable Cards

• Nylea, God of the Hunt will give your creatures trample and can also buff them with its activated abilities.

Suggestions and/or constructive feedback are welcome!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Kruphix, God of Horizons + Prophet of Kruphix Cytoplast Root-Kin + Plaxcaster Frogling + Renegade Krasis Corpsejack Menace + Kalonian Hydra + Vorel of the Hull Clade
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 1 Mythic Rares 23 - 8 Rares 20 - 6 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Octopus 8/8 U