Cantrippers

Modern* Casual Combo Counters GU (Simic) Theme/Gimmick

ALX

Creature (18)

• 2x Chasm Skulker
• 4x Coiling Oracle
• 2x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 4x Servant of the Scale
• 4x Strangleroot Geist
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Land (24)

• 4x Breeding Pool
• 8x Forest
• 8x Island
• 4x Misty Rainforest

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Hardened Scales

Instant (15)

• 3x Bioshift
• 4x Mana Leak
• 4x Remand
• 1x Turn Aside
• 3x Vines of Vastwood

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Creature (10)

• 1x Avatar of the Resolute
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 2x Cloudfin Raptor
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lorescale Coatl
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Simic Guildmage

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Ordeal of Thassa

Instant (2)

• 1x Collected Company
• 1x Delay

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Give / Take
• 1x Serum Visions

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I started this deck wanting to explore the following interaction:

Use Sage of Fables/Zameck Guildmage's second ability to - Remove a +1/+1 counter from Chasm Skulker /Lorescale Coatl: Draw a card, replace the counter. A nice repeatable draw engine. Then add in Hardened Scales and now each draw cycle is netting you an extra +1/+1 counter.

With this starting point it seemed logical to add in some Evolve creatures, make use of Bioshift and, since I'm going to be moving counters around, add a set of Strangleroot Geist (removing counters from it when necessary so it never dies)

I figure I can use a Kalonian Hydra or Prime Speaker Zegana as a finisher or just beatdown with steadily growing creatures like Cloudfin Raptor or Managorger Hydra but its hard to decide what direction to go in. I feel like it could go aggro, midrange or control or any kind of skewed hybrid.

I hardly expect this deck to be very competitive but I'd love some advice to make it as strong as possible.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 7 - 0 Rares 9 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.83
Tokens	Squid 1/1 U
Folders	Active Modern