Arixmethes: Slumbering Combo

Commander / EDH* GU (Simic)

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Enchantment (29)

• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Khalni Heart Expedition
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x New Horizons
• 1x Omen of the Hunt
• 1x Omen of the Sea
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Seal of Primordium
• 1x Shapers' Sanctuary
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns

Creature (19)

• 1x Argothian Elder
• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Eutropia the Twice-Favored
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Gyre Engineer
• 1x Herald of the Pantheon
• 1x Ice-Fang Coatl
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Ley Weaver
• 1x Lore Weaver
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Verduran Enchantress
• 1x Voyaging Satyr

Instant (6)

• 1x Berserk
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Once Upon a Time
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Thirst for Meaning

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Explore
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 16x Snow-Covered Forest
• 8x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (2)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Bow of Nylea

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I was building this for fun but then I realized it has a dirty secret. It's a combo deck.

On the surface, the deck is jank but aggro. Cast Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle, cast 5 one and two drop creatures to turn it into a 12/12 2-hit commander, and use some of the evasion like Caller of Gales or Elvish Herder or for a one-shot, a flipped Winged Temple of Orazca. Kind of a ghetto Voltron strategy.

If we get put off of that line, we cast a ton of low-drop creatures and try to pull off a huge Overwhelming Stampede or Triumph of the Hordes, augmented by a small +1/+1 counter suite featuring Ezuri, Claw of Progress and Master Biomancer. This is our mid-game. It is not optimal but it can be effective.

The alternate plan, the strategy hidden behind the wall of jank, is infinite mana.

Combos:

Freed from the Real / Pemmin's Aura + Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Freed from the Real / Pemmin's Aura + Argothian Elder + 2 Lands

Freed from the Real / Pemmin's Aura + Wirewood Channeler + any other elf

Freed from the Real / Pemmin's Aura + Kiora's Follower + Simic Growth Chamber

Argothian Elder + Maze of Ith + any other land

What to do with infinite mana:

Genesis Wave, which will get you a bunch of little creatures, Concordant Crossroads to give them haste, and Nylea, God of the Hunt to make them arbitrarily large and trampley.

Nylea, God of the Hunt + one creature for each opponent.

Thrasios, Triton Hero, Shapers of Nature, or Zameck Guildmage to draw as many cards as you want.

Shapers of Nature or Zameck Guildmage to put a million and a half counters on your creatures and use those counters to beat face or take infinite turns with Sage of Hours.

Capsize to bounce your opponent's board. Orochi Leafcaller and Nomadic Elf there to filter green mana to blue if needed for certain abilities and spells.

Helix Pinnacle.

Ambassador Laquatus to mill everyone out.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.46
Tokens	Elk 3/3 G, Food
Folders	Future Decks?, cool commander, Expensive decks with cool cards/themes