Volo, Volatility Value Volleyball

Commander / EDH Clone GU (Simic) Primer Tokens Value Engine Zoo

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Land (34)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gaea's Cradle HP
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rimewood Falls
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 6x Snow-Covered Forest
• 4x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Zoo (9)

• 1x Haywire Mite
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Sludge Monster
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Thorn Mammoth
• 1x Turntimber Symbiosis  ^Flip
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth

Ramp (17)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Prosperous Innkeeper
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Wolfwillow Haven
• 1x Cemetery Prowler

Answer (10)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Resculpt
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Force of Will

Tutor (3)

• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Intuition

Recursion (2)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Colossal Skyturtle

Wrath (2)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Perplexing Test

Commander (1)

Copytribal (11)

• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Augmenter Pugilist  ^Flip
• 1x Selesnya Eulogist
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Roaming Throne
• 1x See Double
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Pirated Copy

Draw (10)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Ice-Fang Coatl
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Risen Reef
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Treasure Cruise

WinCon (1)

• 1x Biovisionary

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Zoo (15)

• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Dragon Turtle
• 1x Feline Sovereign
• 1x Green Slime
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Thought-Knot Seer
• 1x God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1x Qasali Slingers
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Great Whale
• 1x End-Raze Forerunners

Land (3)

• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Vineglimmer Snarl
• 1x Winding Canyons

WinCon (1)

• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Copytribal (12)

• 1x Double Major
• 1x Mystic Reflection
• 1x Aboleth Spawn
• 1x Twinning Staff
• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Esika's Chariot
• 1x Mirrorhall Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Sakashima's Will
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Undercover Operative
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces
• 1x Storm of Saruman

Draw (3)

• 1x Fblthp, the Lost
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Thought Sponge

Tutor (3)

• 1x Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra

Answer (10)

• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Tale's End
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Leadership Vacuum
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Horned Loch-Whale

Ramp (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Overgrowth
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Recursion (1)

• 1x Coati Scavenger

Wrath (1)

• 1x Evacuation

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"Ach! Volo, Run!".

Here is my easy guide to building a 7/10 level Volo deck.

Game Style

There are three main game styles of Magic: Aggro, Combo, and Control.

Simic is a color combination seen to be good at ramping, card draws, and some control magic.

And we're doing aggro-control midrange by following Volo's guidance, trying to keep up.

Clone's Potential

If you look clearly, you'll find out Volo rewards you while casting different creature-type spells. A perfect commander for a zoo theme even clones tribal as well. Because they were once shapeshifter type on the stack, but changed it after resolve. Even better, you could choose to copy different permanents on board to make some benefit.

That's been said, but you don't need to jam every single clone card in the 99. Some of them are obviously Clever Impersonator than others, better check that out before building the deck.

Time to Pick Your Animals

Now we're building a zoo, so how do we pick?

1. No Humans, Wizards, and Amoeboid Changeling aren't wellcomed, leave my zoo.

2. Don't use the same creature types twice, except for Clone.

3. Fblthp, the Lost were fine as long as they looked fabulous.

4. Mirrorhall Mimic   in different creature types or can remove itself from your graveyard is excellent.

5. Doubling Season, Parallel Lives won't work here, if you saw anyone using them with Volo you've got bamboozled.

6. Triggered abilities like Cascade, "Whenever you cast a spell", and "When you cast this spell" won't be triggered from their copies, you don't want them.

7. Alternative casting mechanics like Mutate works well, and all your creatures are not "Homo Sapiens". Escape, Evoke, Madness, Bestow, etc. also works.

8. Tokens will disappear while leaving the battlefield, so Vorapede and Woodfall Primus are half that good, try to avoid them.

9. You have some duplicate creature-type needs to clean up, to help you cast another Body Double. Why don't just leave this job for Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath?

Wincon

How about wincon? You need extra effort to win a game without some combo. Worry not my friends, life will find its way out.

• Craterhoof Behemoth classic stomper, double the +X/+X always make you giggle.

• Diluvian Primordial is excellent against combo or spellslinger decks, sometimes winning a game right away.

• Finale of Devastation, and Body Double make sure your hands can reach these finishers, even if they die young.

Card Draws

There are millions of ways you could draw cards in Simic, but what's the "Voloest" way?

Coastal Piracy? Nope. Beast Whisperer? Nah. Garruk's Uprising? Yesn't!

In Highlander format, "There Can Be Only One" rules limit some cards' power. For example, Risen Reef could only be found in an elemental tribe or blink theme deck. Fortunately, we have wild card, lots of them. They go nuts instantly by popping each other's triggered abilities.

I might be a few people who use Generous Patron in the Volo deck.

Drawn 6 cards for only {2}{G}... Another Stunt Double, Selesnya Eulogist, Roaming Throne, the numbers after this will drive people crazy.

Best Ramp

Simic is good at ramping, but how do we maximize the benefits also flavor as well, from Volothamp?

Creatures, of course, my friends. Cards can be selected from the following conditions.

• Mana dork Birds of Paradise, Sylvan Caryatid, etc.

• ETB triggered Prosperous Innkeeper, Cemetery Prowler, Solemn Simulacrum, etc.

• Activated abilities Sakura-Tribe Elder, Burnished Hart, etc.

• Static abilities Wayward Swordtooth

According to your budget and META, choose the most suitable cards for you. And leave some slots for other kinds of ramping, don't put all your eggs in one basket.

More Seasoning

You thought extra value is fun? How about EXTRA SALTINESS? Yeah! Let's Go!!!!

Extra Collector Ouphe, Man-o'-War, Feline Sovereign, and extra Akroan Horse we loved.

Two opponents' hands Thought-Knot Seer and give 2 draws to the one who hasn't.

When you paid Thieving Skydiver, the copied spell also kicked. Steal two Sol Ring for {2}{U}.

Save Your Budget

We built a heavy creature base deck, which means clunky and lacks instant speed. On a fringe power-level table use Vedalken Orrery with lots of creatures ETB effects are unreliable. We already spent most of our mana to cast creature spells, so low mana value or mana-free interactions must be included.

If you don't wanna or are not allowed to use Proxies, then here are some suggested cards to give you a hand.

• Ramp for {U}{G} Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy, Gemhide Sliver, Manaweft Sliver, Maraleaf Pixie, Sanctum Weaver, Ornithopter of Paradise, Utopia Tree, Naga Vitalist, Voyaging Satyr, Kiora's Follower, Ilysian Caryatid

• Ramp for {G} Wall of Roots, Overgrown Battlement, Ulvenwald Captive  , Copper Myr, Golden Hind

• Ramp for {U} Silver Myr,

• Ramp for {C} Manakin

• Couterspell Abjure, Stubborn Denial, Arcane Denial, Tale's End, Misdirection

• Removal Submerge, Pongify, Rapid Hybridization, Reality Shift

• Wrath Wash Out, Perplexing Test, Aether Gale, Aetherspouts

• Tutor Summoner's Pact, Muddle the Mixture, Drift of Phantasms, Birthing Pod copies do have mana value, Fauna Shaman not recommended because it share elf type with Generous Patron.

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  Budget version for this deck. Built From Scratch Budget

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• {B}{U}{G}Act On Petition

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• {R}Where are the Dragons?

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"I've traveled the length and breadth of Faerûn, and there's always something new."—Volothamp Geddarm

Feel free to ask about how to operate this deck or any suggestions. And consider giving an Upvote +1 ?

Top Ranked	Achieved #101 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #87 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Clone 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GU (Simic) 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elemental 4/4 UR, Elk 3/3 G, Food, Treasure, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	Planeswalkers Assemble, decks, EDH