Goose Mother Voltron

Commander / EDH Bird Counters GU (Simic) Hexproof Voltron

Mackie1728

Creature (30)

• 1x Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
• 1x Arwen, Weaver of Hope
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Elusive Otter
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Illithid Harvester
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Ingenious Prodigy
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Nexos
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Saiba Cryptomancer
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Tanazir Quandrix
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 13x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 13x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Experimental Augury
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Reject Imperfection
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Spring Cleaning
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Body of Research
• 1x Consuming Tide
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Uncage the Menagerie

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Witness Protection

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements

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Sideboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Cerulean Wisps
• 1x Decisive Denial
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Simic Charm

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Frogify

Creature (2)

• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Scute Mob

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Emergent Sequence

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Land (2)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

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Maybeboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Haunted Cloak

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The Goose is loose!

After i saw Goose Mother, i wanted to build a Voltron deck around her. After some testing, i decided to center it around her and +1/+1 - Counters and leave Food out of the equation; so she is simply a big, flying Simic Commander that lets me draw. I thought in a world where Yargle can be a commander, so can she.

Nearly every card serves one of five purposes: Protect the Goose, buff the Goose, supply Mana for Goose, Draw Cards and Disrupt opponents. I tried to include many cards, that tick more than one box (like Inspiring Call for Drawing AND Protecting, Repulse for disrupting AND draw or Guardian Augmenter for buff AND protect). Win condition is mostly getting her out for 5 Mana early as a 5/5 hitter and then buff her up and run enemies down, while protecting her and hindering enemies with blue disrupt. I added many bounce effects so i could get rid of Reach threats or bounce the goose up for even more power and Food.

Body of Research (especially with WHispersilk Mantle) and Simic Ascendancy are alternate win-conditions.

I am open to suggestions concerning improving in the above areas, allthough i d like to keep single card price at single-digit (so no Doubling Season...). I know that many cards are not optimal, but i'd like to know if the general direction i'm facing is ok or if i am under a misconception concerning parts of this deck. Especially concerning ramp and land spread. Or if there is a simpler/cheaper solution. The advantage of +1 counters versus the normal Voltron Artifacts is, that they are quite dave concerning mass destruction. Spring Cleaning and Scute Mob are kinda like my Signature cards so i put them in.

THX

Date added	5 months
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 4 Rares 17 - 5 Uncommons 13 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Food, Fractal 0/0 GU