Kumena, the Communist Queen

Commander / EDH Budget GU (Simic) Merfolk Tribal

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Creature (49)

• 1x Augur of Bolas
• 1x Benthic Biomancer
• 1x Brineborn Cutthroat
• 1x Coral Merfolk
• 1x Coral Trickster
• 1x Dakra Mystic
• 1x Deeproot Warrior
• 1x Deepwater Hypnotist
• 1x Enclave Elite
• 1x Fallowsage
• 1x Forerunner of the Heralds
• 1x Giltgrove Stalker
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Jade Bearer
• 1x Jade Guardian
• 1x Jungle Delver
• 1x Jungleborn Pioneer
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Kumena's Speaker
• 1x Maritime Guard
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 1x Merfolk Mesmerist
• 1x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 1x Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Secretkeeper
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Mistcaller
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x River Darter
• 1x River Sneak
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Shaper Apprentice
• 1x Shapers of Nature
• 1x Silvergill Adept
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Swift Warden
• 1x Sworn Guardian
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Tishana, Voice of Thunder
• 1x Tishana's Wayfinder
• 1x Triton Shorethief
• 1x Umara Entangler
• 1x Vineshaper Mystic
• 1x Vodalian Arcanist
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker

Land (34)

• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 10x Forest
• 18x Island
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Woodland Stream
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Instant (7)

• 1x Cancel
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Opt
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Vitalize

Artifact (2)

• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter

Commander (1)

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Curse of Bounty
• 1x Deeproot Waters
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Season of Growth
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

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Merfolk Commander.

Play many merfolk creatures with low CMC so you can get out a lot of creatures quickly. The main goal is to have enough creatures to easily activate Kumena's third ability in particular to ramp all of your creatures, until you have a lot of powerful creatures. If you end up drawing many creatures that can ramp a target creature, or you aren't cheap enough creatures to use Kumena's abilities and still have blockers, or some other unlikely situation like that, you can try to take advantage of Kumena's first ability by ramping her, making her unblockable, and then killing your opponent with commander damage. Sticking with the first strategy is a better bet though.

Another important strategy in this deck is getting out cards that let you untap your creatures at additional times besides your untap step. These cards include Merrow Commerce, Quest for Renewal, and others. I also included Vitalize and Dramatic Reversal as instants to untap everything.

This deck plays slowly, at least at first, but having many creatures should prevent faster decks from winning because they are good blockers. After a few turns of giving all of your creatures +1/+1 counters (using Kumena's third ability), your creatures (all merfolks) should get pretty powerful.

Suggestions are always welcome! Upvote if you like the deck!

Top Ranked	Achieved #41 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #25 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Budget 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GU (Simic) 3 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 32 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.38
Tokens	Merfolk 1/1 U w/ Hexproof, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Paper Decks, Commander, Decks to consider buying, Merfolk EDH