Arixmethes - Sea Monsters (looking for input)

Commander / EDH* GU (Simic)

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Creature (31)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Archipelagore
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Breaching Leviathan
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Grozoth
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Jokulmorder
• 1x Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Nadir Kraken
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Pearl Lake Ancient
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Shipbreaker Kraken
• 1x Simic Sky Swallower
• 1x Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Tidal Kraken
• 1x Tromokratis
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

Land (28)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 7x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 8x Island
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Quest for Ula's Temple
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

Instant (7)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Sheltering Word
• 1x Stroke of Genius

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Aminatou's Augury
• 1x Broken Bond
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hidden Strings
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Selvala's Stampede
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Whelming Wave
• 1x Wildest Dreams

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Garrison
• 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Vivien's Arkbow

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Maybeboard

Creature (21)

• 1x Aethersquall Ancient
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Braids, Conjurer Adept
• 1x Elder Deep-Fiend
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Isleback Spawn
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Kraken of the Straits
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Nimbus Swimmer
• 1x Nylea, Keen-Eyed
• 1x Prime Speaker Vannifar
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Scrapdiver Serpent
• 1x Shapers of Nature
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero
• 1x Tideforce Elemental
• 1x Trench Gorger

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Kamahl's Druidic Vow
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Prey Upon
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Rush of Knowledge
• 1x Sylvan Tutor
• 1x Walk the Aeons

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Sylvan Library

Instant (6)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Dizzy Spell
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Unwind

Artifact (6)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave

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The deck itself is designed primarily for the sea monsters: Leviathians, Krakens, and Octopuses in this case. That was my main focus when building this deck. Because of this, I made sure to include ramp, tutors, and ways to get expensive creatures on the board for free(ish).

This deck has a few different ways to win, each falls under two categories: combat damage and infinite mana.

Combat Damage

1. Basic combat damage from big creatures. On the surface this is made much easier by the fact that many of the big creatures are unblockable (or near unblockable) and some even make others unblockable.

2. Infect is one option I've thrown in through Triumph of the Hordes just because of how quickly I could do it (Grafted Exoskeleton is currently in the maybeboard as well). If I equipped it to Arthimexes, or I used Dragon Throne of Tarkir on another large creature, I can kill an opponent in one combat phase (again, made much easier by the fact that many are unblockable).

3. Voltron is also an option. It only takes 2 hits with Arithmexes to give enough commander damage to kill an opponent. I might even be able to manage it if I equip a large enough creature with Dragon Throne of Tarkir, or even tap that creature, untap it with something like Kiora's Follower, and then tap it again to give other creatures double its power and toughness.

Infinite Mana

Infinite mana is possible by using Arithmexes, Slumbering Isle and either Pemmin's Aura or Freed from the Real. On its own, this produces only infinite green mana (because I would be using the blue one Arixmethes produces in order to activate the enchantment), but if I have Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy out then I can produce infinite blue as well, though the color doesn't really matter.

But...what do I do with all this mana lying around? Two options:

1. Helix Pinnacle. If I have Vedalken Orrey out, I could even pull out at an opponents end step, loud it up with infinite mana, and just win out of nowhere.

2. Lab man route, using either Laboratory Maniac or Thassa's Oracle. Several cards can help with the getting rid of my library, like Stroke of Genius.

Both of these options are really only possible with Arixmethes in play and with the two enchantments.

If I didn't have all of the pieces for this but was still able to get the infinite mana, I could always just keep casting as many creatures in my hand and revert back to the combat route.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.92
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Kraken 8/8 U, Marit Lage, Octopus 8/8 U, Tentacle 1/1 U