Simic Water Torture

Commander / EDH

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Creature (20)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Clone
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x Erithizon
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Giant Oyster
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Roil Elemental
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Uyo, Silent Prophet
• 1x Vesuvan Doppelganger
• 1x Vesuvan Shapeshifter
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade

Artifact (7)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Kefnet's Monument
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mishra's Helix
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Exhaustion
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Piracy
• 1x Theft of Dreams

Instant (18)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Decree of Savagery
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Disrupting Shoal
• 1x Foil
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Short
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Power Sink
• 1x Put Away
• 1x Rethink
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Spell Blast
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Thwart

Land (32)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 12x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Ice Floe
• 12x Island
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Vesuva

Commander (1)

Enchantment (17)

• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Dismiss into Dream
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Dual Nature
• 1x Errant Minion
• 1x Heightened Awareness
• 1x Ley Line
• 1x Opposition
• 1x Power Taint
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Soul Barrier
• 1x Temporal Distortion
• 1x Unnatural Selection
• 1x Well of Ideas

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going to be counter and tap out your opponent. So, about this deck. Many (many, many, many, many) moons ago I was still getting InQuest Gamer MAGAZINE around the turn of the millennium (there I'm showing my age a bit) as Halloween was in season. One of their Halloween themed articles was named "The deadly decks (and how to beat them)" or something like that (Issue #69, go ahead and laugh). One of the decks was "Chinese Water torture #1" and of course it was the counter spell deck. Several decks later was "Chinese Water Torture #2" I can't remember this as much but I am sure it was either bouncing or tapping out the opponent. I personally can't think of anything more torturous than having the resources out on the field, but being unable to use them at all. In the old school casual days I used Horseshoe Crab and Opposition to tap out my opponents. This deck combines both water tortures into a deck that is almost the complete opposite of my normal play style. I teamed blue with green and really twisted the Simic theme. So here is how the deck works; Temporal Distortion slows the game down, but I should have Seedborn Muse out as well to keep the game from slowing me down to much. From there I use Kruphix, God of Horizons to tap out at the end of turns to get a colorless mana ocean (instead of a pool, get it) and the muse untaps everything right away. I concentrate on tapping permanents to make it so my opponents do as close to nothing has possible and horde counter spells. The usual pillow fort cards are in here Propaganda and Collective Restraint but some unorthodox mana wasters as well like Soul Barrier, Errant Minion, and Rhystic Study join them as well. To win this deck uses the normally sh!tty Erithizon and pairs it with Cytoplast Manipulator and Forgotten Ancient to steal creatures along with some other creature theft and the cloning cards to borrow from the field.

P.S. I have found that when paired with Kruphix, God of Horizons and Temporal Distortion; Power Sink goes from a pain in the ass card to down right evil.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.85
Tokens	Copy Clone, Fish 3/3 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Morph 2/2 C, Whale 6/6 U