Simic Toolbox - the right creature for the job

Commander / EDH* GU (Simic) Jank Kraken Ramp Theme/Gimmick Value Engine

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Lands (37)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 12x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 7x Island
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Removal and Control (10)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Foundation Breaker
• 1x Frilled Mystic
• 1x Green Slime
• 1x Halana, Kessig Ranger
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Trygon Predator

Artifacts (3)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Ramp Creatures (20)

• 1x Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
• 1x Augur of Autumn
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elder
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gyre Engineer
• 1x Ilysian Caryatid
• 1x Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lullmage's Familiar
• 1x Maraleaf Pixie
• 1x Rootcoil Creeper
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Utopia Tree
• 1x Weaver of Currents
• 1x Whisperer of the Wilds

Big Bad Boys (9)

• 1x Elderscale Wurm
• 1x Giant Adephage
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Serpent of Yawning Depths
• 1x Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
• 1x Spawning Kraken
• 1x Species Gorger
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar
• 1x Voracious Hydra

Enchantments (1)

• 1x Simic Ascendancy

Commander (1)

Protection and Other Creatures (14)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Epitaph Golem
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Tidal Barracuda
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Volo, Guide to Monsters

Instants and Sorceries (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Voidslime
• 1x Wrap in Vigor

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Other (14)

• 1x Giant Ankheg
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
• 1x Littjara Mirrorlake
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Siege Behemoth
• 1x Trench Gorger
• 1x Tromokratis
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

Possible Win Cons/Counter Win Cons (2)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Laboratory Maniac

Chopped (11)

• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
• 1x Memory's Journey
• 1x Quest for Ula's Temple
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Rabid Bite
• 1x Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Whelming Wave
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

Strong Creature Effects (5)

• 1x Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Breaching Leviathan
• 1x Brinelin, the Moon Kraken

Misc Cards (10)

• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Consign to Dust
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nimbus Swimmer
• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Repudiate / Replicate
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper

More Ramp Options (3)

• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Druid of the Cowl
• 1x Simic Signet

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Going for a semi-serious, somewhat budget thing with Momir Vig, Simic Visionary. Have a ramp base to start getting a value engine going, and then the name of the game is to pull out the tools you need to deal with your opponents.

How to use the toolbox

We have a tool for pretty much every occasion, but what should we do if left unchecked? Simple: ramp into Momir Vig, Simic Visionary and then some, build board protection, and spam Krakens. Favorites for this gameplan include:

• Ramp - Gyre Engineer, Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• Board State - Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, Vigor
• Win - Spawning Kraken, Serpent of Yawning Depths

If time and/or circumstances allow, some key tools can strengthen any stage of this three-step plan. Examples include:

• Ramp Assistance - Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• Board State - Species Gorger, Rashmi, Eternities Crafter, Seedborn Muse
• Win - Volo, Guide to Monsters, Hydroid Krasis

And naturally, over the course of the game you may need to deal with certain circumstances and there's always a creature tool for the job in this toolbox. Max hand size, graveyard recursion, hexproof, damage protection, board wipes, removal, the list goes on and on! Don't be afraid to mix it up and pull out the right tool for the situation at hand.

Important Notes

Naturally, some knowledge of the deck is required in order to use the toolbox efficiently. Here's some key interactions that are worth noting/fetching for:

• Momir Vig, Simic Visionary+Rashmi, Eternities Crafter for free casts every turn you play a green creature
• Species Gorger+Mystic Snake yields recurring counterspells with fetches each time.
• Species Gorger+Bane of Progress equals no more enchantments or artifacts unless they're indestructible.
• Species Gorger+Phantasmal Image lets you copy different pieces of the board as needed during a game.
• Seedborn Muse+Temur Sabertooth+Mystic Snake+Frilled Mystic is repeated counterspells if you have sufficient mana. Use the sabertooth's bounce ability on the stack of your counterspell creature (targeting the other counterspell creature already on the board) to completely lock down the board and lose your friends.
• Progenitor Mimic can copy powerful ETB's like Bane of Progress or Eternal Witness to repeat their effects every turn.
• Volo, Guide to Monsters+Spawning Kraken+Phantasmal Image quadruple your sea monsters every turn.
• Simic Ascendancy+Voracious Hydra if you have 12 mana for the hydra, you can instantly meet the wincon criteria.
• Gyre Engineer+Kiora's Follower+Lullmage's Familiar+Maraleaf Pixie+Rootcoil Creeper+Weaver of Currents+Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle are the Simic Ramp creatures which can be chain-fetched with sufficient mana, and is even better with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy.
• Tidal Barracuda or Alchemist's Refuge+Seedborn Muse is a powerful combination for building your board ASAP during your opponents' turns.

And if you're learning the ropes, here's a handy guide of good go-to tools for specific problems:

• Enchantments/Artifacts becoming an issue? Grab either Trygon Predator, Bane of Progress, Green Slime, or Foundation Breaker as the situation warrants.
• Overrun by non-commander creatures? Play an Elderscale Wurm to buy yourself some time.
• A particular commander giving you trouble? Steal it with Empress Galina and flip the script.
• Need spot removal for creatures? Recruit Halana, Kessig Ranger to start dinging things, especially with Kraken tokens.
• Too many problematic creatures on the board? Kick Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep while your sea monsters are out to quasi-wipe in your favor.
• Someone playing solitaire in the corner? Give them a hard time with the classic Species Gorger+Mystic Snake for counterspells every turn.
• Opponent's have lots of targeted board disruption? A combo of Kira, Great Glass-Spinner and Saryth, the Viper's Fang is tough to overcome.
• Good cards of yours in the graveyard? Epitaph Golem and Eternal Witness (especially with Species Gorger) have you covered.
• Somehow on the verge of top-decking? Play the Hydroid Krasis for a fresh start.
• Flooded with cards in hand or mana? Easy fix with Kruphix, God of Horizons.
• Close to stalling out on fetches? Keep the party going with Temur Sabertooth. Bounce cheap blue/Simic weenies back to your hand and cast them again for the fetch. With enough practice, you'll learn the tools in your box and learn which options fit best in the circumstances you're facing.

Budget Decisions?

This deck was largely put together using cards I own, but there's lots of room for budget decisions for the more expensive cards. I wouldn't recommend going too far off with in the Ramp or Big Bads categories here, but you could easily get this deck to under $200 by swapping out for budget lands and a couple of other non-critical cards. Just bear in mind that every card put in that isn't a creature is a potential fetch opportunity lost.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Kraken 9/9 U