Simic Hydroid Ramp

Standard Arena GU (Simic)

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Instant (16)

• 2x Blink of an Eye
• 3x Chemister's Insight
• 4x Growth Spiral
• 4x Quench
• 3x Sinister Sabotage

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Wilderness Reclamation

Creature (19)

• 4x Growth-Chamber Guardian
• 3x Hydroid Krasis
• 4x Incubation Druid
• 4x Kraul Harpooner
• 4x Pteramander

Land (22)

• 2x Breeding Pool
• 7x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 8x Island
• 4x Woodland Stream

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 2x Essence Capture

Creature (1)

• 1x Frilled Mystic

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I love hydras, it is even in my MTGA name. So what better to make than a Simic Hydroid Ramp deck! Currently only my lands are still wack and have no sideboard. I do only mostly play single match games on MTGA. Oh and small bonus, all cards are from the Ravnica block.

However, I need help. I find this deck to be to slow against aggro decks and not effective against control decks. Please leave some tips and tricks for me, thank you.

Main Idea and Strategy

• Play big Hydroid Krasis ! So to help I went for both more card DRAW ( Chemister's Insight ) and RAMP ( Incubation Druid & Growth Spiral ). Furthermore, Hydroid Krasis , a kicked Blink of an Eye and Growth-Chamber Guardian sort of help in the area of "DRAW".
• To help defend/disrupt my opponent I use many counter spells; such as Quench , Sinister Sabotage and Blink of an Eye . This is were Wilderness Reclamation comes in handy.
• Finally, an alternative win condition is to simply overrun the opponent with adapted creatures Pteramander , Growth-Chamber Guardian and/or Incubation Druid . This is were Wilderness Reclamation also comes in handy. Adapt or counter on opponents turns.
• Note: Kraul Harpooner help against drakes, angels, ect...

Pitfalls

• The deck just seems to slow in MTG Arena single game match-ups. I cannot seem to either get the big Hydroid Krasis or Pteramander on the board.
• I frequently seem to need to top-deck / card draw problems.
• Against Control my counters have no real effect and when I want to be aggressive here I get out-counter or removed spelled.
• I have no board removal spells to get rid of creature or plainswalkers that get past my counter spells.

Top Ranked	Achieved #8 position in Standard 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	UG
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 11 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.29