The Scientific Method

Commander / EDH Combo Counters GU (Simic)

Wagjaffer

Creature (34)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Argothian Elder
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Elvish Aberration
• 1x Experiment One
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Gilder Bairn
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Horseshoe Crab
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Knacksaw Clique
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Leech Bonder
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Mistfolk
• 1x Morphling
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Pili-Pala
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Quicksilver Elemental
• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Simic Ragworm
• 1x Thornling
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Land (36)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 5x Forest
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 9x Island
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Rhystic Study

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kodama's Reach

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Orochi Leafcaller
• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero
• 1x Tidewater Minion
• 1x Walking Ballista

Instant (3)

• 1x Bioshift
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Redirect

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Sylvan Library

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Creeping Corrosion

Artifact (3)

• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Umbral Mantle

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Goals

Create a resilient combo deck that can handle plenty of removal and disruption due to the sheer number of combo pieces and interactions happening in the deck. Ramp into your pieces and go off on a massive turn with help of creatures and artifacts that give Kraj haste to begin immediately using abilities. Pieces in this deck can also double as a toolbox with Kraj for grindy games, and Kalonian Hydra and Altered Ego (although this may be cut) act as non-combo win conditions by themselves.

I will be playtesting this deck and seeing if adding cantrips, card draw, and maybe Thrasios, Triton Hero would be useful for digging for pieces, but since so many cards can win us the game out of nowhere, running this list more or less as is should be fine.

Combos

Protecting Kraj is of the utmost importance. While Quicksilver Elemental can be used to combo off in the event that Kraj is compromised, it requires using blue mana to get it online that could have been used to play your pieces.

Note that these lists of combos are not complete. I add more combos to the list when I have time.

Infinite Mana

Argothian Elder + Pili-Pala or Horsehoe Crab or any untap effect: Tap Kraj to untap lands, untap Kraj.

Illusionist's Bracers + Kiora's Follower + Pili-Pala : Tap Kraj to untap two lands, pay 2 mana to untap Kraj.

And by extension:

Horseshoe Crab + Illusionist's Bracers + Kiora's Follower or any untap effect: Tap Kraj for lands, tap the lands, pay 1 to untap Kraj. Note that if Kiora's Follower targets Simic Growth Chamber Illusionist's Bracers are unnecessary.

Infinite +1/+1 counters + Devoted Druid

Infinite +1/+1 Counters

Experiment Kraj + Phyrexian Devourer : Counter on Devourer, dump your library to beef up Kraj and swing.

Elvish Aberration + Gilder Bairn or Krosan Restorer with Threshold: Tap for mana, untap for counters.

Devoted Druid + Hardened Scales or Illusionist's Bracers: Put two counters on Kraj, remove a counter to untap.

Win the Game

Infinite +1/+1s + Triskelion: Shotgun the table.

Bloom Tender + Knacksaw Clique : Tap Kraj for , untap Kraj to mill the table.

Infinite Mana + Blue Sun's Zenith to deck people. TODO: make this combo kill the table.

Infinite +1/+1s + Sage of Hours: Infinite turns.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Elvish Aberration + Gilder Bairn Bloom Tender + Knacksaw Clique Illusionist's Bracers + Kiora's Follower + Pili-Pala Horseshoe Crab + Illusionist's Bracers + Kiora's Follower Experiment Kraj + Phyrexian Devourer Argothian Elder + Pili-Pala Devoted Druid + Hardened Scales
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Frog Lizard 3/3 G
Folders	EDH, Simic edh ideas, Evolve Decks
Based on	A Guide To Experiment Kraj (TCC) Sim_Will_CMcantfindmehopefully EDH