Swell the Host +$200 Deck-building Challenge

Commander / EDH* GU (Simic)

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Counter (14)

• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Mindless Automaton
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Viridian Joiner
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Ramp (8)

• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Viridian Joiner

Protection (4)

• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Plaxmanta
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Placeholder (3)

• 1x Military Intelligence
• 1x Plaxmanta
• 1x Rampant Growth

Board Wipe (1)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift

Combat (12)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Bramblewood Paragon
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Cultivator of Blades
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Tuskguard Captain

Removal (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Triskelion

Dual Color (5)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Other (13)

• 7x Forest
• 6x Island

Token (1)

• 1x Chasm Skulker

Commander (1)

Draw (9)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Military Intelligence
• 1x Mindless Automaton
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Trample (6)

• 1x Bramblewood Paragon
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Tuskguard Captain

Utility Land (4)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber

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Sideboard

To Cut (35)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ezuri's Predation
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Noble Quarry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Simic Keyrune
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Thelonite Hermit
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Undergrowth Champion
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Weaver of Currents
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Utility Land (13)

• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove

Draw (5)

• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

Combat (3)

• 1x Simic Keyrune
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Dual Color (3)

• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Simic Keyrune
• 1x Temple of Mystery

Board Wipe (2)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Ezuri's Predation

Counter (8)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Simic Keyrune
• 1x Undergrowth Champion

Ramp (8)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Simic Keyrune
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Weaver of Currents

Token (5)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Thelonite Hermit

Placeholder (3)

• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Noble Quarry
• 1x Weaver of Currents

Protection (2)

• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Noble Quarry

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Maybeboard

New Cards (45)

• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Give / Take
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Incubation / Incongruity
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Maraleaf Pixie
• 1x Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
• 1x Nadir Kraken
• 1x Neoform
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Pridemalkin
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Shared Summons
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Talisman of Curiosity
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Viridian Corrupter
• 1x Voidslime
• 1x Wild Beastmaster
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Combo (3)

• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Turntimber Ranger
• 1x Xenograft

Utility Land (2)

• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Ramp (1)

• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip

Wishlist (3)

• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Walking Ballista

Protection (1)

• 1x That Which Was Taken

WinCon (1)

• 1x Canopy Crawler

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This is/was my first commander deck. I started with the Swell the Hosts preconstructed deck, then slowly upgraded it to what you currently see. I don't consider this deck finished by any means, which is why I would love any feedback. Of the decks I have on TappedOut, I feel this one is the most "compleate," with the exception of some of the items on the maybeboard.

Win Conditions:

• Swinging wide with lots of trample enabled, buffed weenies.
• Direct damage with Triskelion and/or Walking Ballista loaded with counters.
• Commander Damage via loading Ezuri, Claw of Progress up with counters from batteries like Forgotten Ancient and Death's Presence and making him unblockable.
• Infect (I'm personally not that interested but Triumph of the Hordes works with the swing wide theme so well).

At this point I just need some general feedback on the deck. I feel like this deck doesn't have many answers to common deck archetypes (tokens, combo, etc), and that the deck sometimes doesn't have enough gas in the early game. I've noticed that when I put anything more than a few counters on my creatures, even creatures like Gyre Sage, people aggressively use removal to clear my board.

As always, let me know if there are any cards I missed!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WBR
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 3 Mythic Rares 22 - 13 Rares 20 - 11 Uncommons 8 - 8 Commons
Cards	64
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Experience Token, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Beast 4/4 G, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Servo 1/1 C, Spider 1/2 G, Squid 1/1 U, Thopter 1/1 C