Under the sea, please don't kill me!

Commander / EDH GU (Simic) Ramp

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Land (34)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 9x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 12x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Ramp (12)

• 1x Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Explore
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero
• 1x Three Visits

Counterplay (5)

• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Voidslime
• 1x Voracious Greatshark

Sea-Creatures (15)

• 1x Breaching Leviathan
• 1x Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
• 1x Colossal Whale
• 1x Elder Deep-Fiend
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Koma, Cosmos Serpent
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Mesmerizing Benthid
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Serpent of Yawning Depths
• 1x Shipbreaker Kraken
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Trench Behemoth
• 1x Tromokratis

Utility (8)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Silent Gravestone
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea

Removal (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Decisive Denial
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Song of the Dryads

Commander (1)

Card-Advantage (13)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Opt
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Thassa's Intervention
• 1x Unexpected Results

Boardwipes (5)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
• 1x Wave of Vitriol
• 1x Whelming Wave

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{G}{U}

"Have you ever gazed into the depths of the ocean, imagining what monsters could be lurking just beneath the waves?"

{G}{U} Introducing Arixmethes {G}{U}

When i saw that they were going to print Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle as a card, with an ability in perfect flavour with his/her (its?) lore, I knew I had to create a Commander deck around it.

So what's better than one giant monster of the deep?

...How about a whole boat-load of them!
I've collected some of the most disgusting, slippery and horrifying creatures of the deep in this tribal sea-monsters deck.

{G}{U} General Strategy {G}{U}

The plan is to ramp a lot (Growth Spiral, Farseek, Rampant Growth, Explore), get your commander on the field and just dump these giant fish and sea-monsters on the board to overwhelm your opponents.

Add in board wipes/returns (Whelming Wave, Cyclonic Rift) to counter those pesky aggressive decks.

Throw in some merfolk utility (Prime Speaker Zegana, Kiora's Follower, Tatyova, Benthic Druid,Thrasios, Triton Hero) as well as some other nice-to-have cards, (Voidslime, Plasm Capture, Blue Sun's Zenith, Mana Drain) to foil your opponents plans and expedite their demise.

Finally, use one of the many finishers (Overwhelming Stampede, Deepchannel Mentor, Finale of Devastation) to swim in for the win!

{G}{U} Combos and Interactions {G}{U}

• Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle + Prime Speaker Zegana Or Rishkar's Expertise = Play either of these cards when you only have one slumber counter on your commander, stack the trigger so that Arixmethes becomes a creature before the spells resolves, and you get a ton of cards!

• Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle + Whelming Wave Or Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep = Removes most if not all of your opponents creatures and lets your commander go ham!

• Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle + Kiora's Follower Or Garruk Wildspeaker = Multiple untaps of your living land for loads of extra mana!

Any suggestions and/or general feedback is greatly appreciated!

Top Ranked	Achieved #20 position overall 6 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GU (Simic) 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Ramp 5 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Illusion 0/2 U, Koma's Coil 3/3 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Octopus 8/8 U
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