Vorel of the Thallids

Commander / EDH GU (Simic) Tokens

Kerrus

Instant (9)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Echoing Courage
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Jace's Ingenuity
• 1x Oxidize
• 1x Predator's Rapport
• 1x Wipe Away
• 1x Wrap in Vigor

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Counsel of the Soratami
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Divination
• 1x Fertile Imagination
• 1x Fungal Sprouting
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Give / Take
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Saproling Symbiosis
• 1x Spontaneous Generation
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Fists of Ironwood
• 1x Followed Footsteps
• 1x Fungal Bloom
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x One with Nature
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Verdant Embrace

Artifact (4)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 1x Venser's Journal

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace Beleren

Creature (26)

• 1x Augury Owl
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Dreampod Druid
• 1x Elvish Farmer
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Lighthouse Chronologist
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Mold Shambler
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Psychotrope Thallid
• 1x Savage Thallid
• 1x Spore Flower
• 1x Sporemound
• 1x Sporesower Thallid
• 1x Sporoloth Ancient
• 1x Thallid
• 1x Thallid Germinator
• 1x Thallid Shell-Dweller
• 1x Thelonite Hermit
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Utopia Mycon
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Vitaspore Thallid

Land (28)

• 1x Command Tower
• 11x Forest
• 10x Island
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove

Commander (1)

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Vorel of the Thallids utilizes the oft forgotten Thallid fungus tribal type, which are typically built to the following design: Add a spore counter at the begining of your upkeep, remove three spore counters to put a 1/1 saproling into play, sacrifice a saproling to do something.

I've tried many commanders for this deck type, but Vorel is the most efficient one that I've found both because it is capable of rapidly increasing the ability to generate saprolings, and thus create a large army or have a good source for the secondary effects of the thallids, but can also syngerize with other sources of counters.

This deck uses green options to support the fungal tribe, which are mostly either thallids or creatures built like thallids that are not actually called that (elvish farmer, utopia mycon). From blue it mainly gains card draw to maintain tempo, as well as various creature duplicating spells (rite of replication, followed footsteps).

While a bit slow to start out, this deck can ramp up quickly using Vorel, particularly if it manages to get out a copy of doubling season.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Morph 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G