Experiment Kraj EDH: Counters & Counters

Commander / EDH Combo GU (Simic) Multiplayer

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Lands (36)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Faerie Conclave
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 4x Forest
• 1x Hickory Woodlot
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Saprazzan Skerry
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Treetop Village
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Comboner (4)

• 1x Gilder Bairn
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Leech Bonder
• 1x Vigean Graftmage

Big Boys (2)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Phantom Nantuko

ProliferRamp (14)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Realm Seekers
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Seedborn MuseGC
• 1x The Great Henge

+1 To Saving Throws (6)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Sporeback Troll
• 1x Swarm Shambler
• 1x Vigor

Failure To Experiment (Removal) (6)

• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Sharktocrab
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Counters (Another Way) (5)

• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Frilled Mystic
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Voidslime

Countrol (3)

• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Spike Feeder
• 1x Spike Weaver

Commander (1)

Drawing It All (8)

• 1x Armorcraft Judge
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Novijen Sages
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Anthem of the Counter Culture (6)

• 1x Cytoplast Root-Kin
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Loyal Guardian
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal

Proliferation, No Breathing (6)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Thrummingbird

Double Counted (3)

• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade

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Maybeboard

More Aggro (5)

• 1x Lorescale Coatl
• 1x Predator Ooze
• 1x Renegade Krasis
• 1x Undergrowth Champion
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker

More Control (5)

• 1x Gladehart Cavalry
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Mystic Genesis
• 1x Simic Keyrune
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi

More Combo (1)

• 1x Morphling

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Archetype: +1/+1 Counters / Proliferation

Sub-Themes: Control

Synergy Score: 96(A+) Power Level: 6

When building Kraj, I have always flip-flopped between different counters based commanders; most of this is because of all the similar effects across the abilities and what the composition of most simic counters type decks generally look like. I settled on Kraj because it neatly ties into a combo finish if need be, but can also just serve as a counter engine in more fair and fun games. Leaned more into protecting my stuff rather than a recursion package because I wanted to play towards unique games and not hedge on landing the same threats that need to be in play to win. With all my years playing the deck I feel I have settled on a great mid tier list with appropriate maybeboard cards to change the playstyle when needed.

Cards are sorted in the primary role they function in. [My mission is to eventually have the full prismatic with each archetype in the format represented at least once.] The MaybeBoard consists of cards that I swap in occasionally to change the deck's playstyle and experiment.

Formula for Synergy: 100[(2#of backup general) + (#of cards tied to main theme/s) + (.5*#of cards tied to sub th. ONLY)] / (99-#of non utility lands - basics)

Date added	9 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.58
Tokens	Clue, Insect 1/1 G, Squid 1/1 U
Folders	Brent's Main EDH Decks