Draw-Go Simic Control

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Posted on Dec. 6, 2017, 4:17 a.m. by hjaycee

Hey folks! Dropping by to see if any of you can give me some key card suggestions to help me concoct an old school ste Simic Draw-Go Control deck. A fun, enjoyable modern deck idea that not many see these days.

antacidbrn says... #2

Lol, I just finished Simic Flu Slap , the best simic infect deck I can think of. I think it is the opposite of Draw-Go Control. I will give this a lot of thought.

December 6, 2017 4:21 a.m.

Polupus says... #3

There is the Eternal Witness / Cryptic Command combo

December 6, 2017 4:49 a.m.

MollyMab says... #4

Polupus You also need AEther Vial then.

December 6, 2017 4:54 a.m.

Xica says... #5

And simic also has Voidslime to go alongside Disallow. And Seasons Past.

I a m not saying that "simic control" is necessarily a good idea, but its so out there that anything seems plausible.

December 6, 2017 7:17 a.m.

xyr0s says... #6

Why the green element in a draw-go-control deck? I can only see reasons to use other colors, like black (discard and removal, which are the stuff good control decks are made of), or white (removal, sweepers, a super-useful leyline)... and then green.

But you could always try Mystic Snake (in my opinion too expensive for modern, but for UG draw-go, it might just be the thing), putting cards back on library with Primal Command, repeat through creative use of Snapcaster Mage or Aether Vial/Eternal Witness.

And Lumbering Falls is great for having a creature, after you've played a sweeper (which you'll probably end up having to splash a color for).

December 6, 2017 8:27 a.m.

Crownless_Lord says... #7

The more I read these comments, the more I find reason to hate this site. You guys aren't even helping him with his idea at all, babbling about how "Simic Control" is notba good idea. So what? Modern is a diverse format, so anything is possible. hjaycee,I think you have something here. All you need to add two to three wincons, and then just add counters and bounces.

December 6, 2017 10:45 a.m.

goblinoid says... #8

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/simic-untap-toolbox/

Infinite combo!!I love simic :) hope this gives you some ideas

December 6, 2017 11:09 a.m.

hjaycee says... #9

Thanks. I think it was a good idea, but it seems that people say it's a bad color combination for Draw-Go, so I will go back to the drawing board.

December 6, 2017 11:13 a.m.

Boza says... #10

I won my last Modern FNM with 4 color Energy control with Bolas and Dynavolt Tower as top end, using 100% standard cards and beating the likes of affinity and delver variants. Anything is possible.

My advice is to go counterspell heavy and play instant speed almost exclusively. Cards that should be a part of this:

  1. Arbor Elf + Kiora's Follower + Utopia Sprawl - nice combo to generate mana and color fix, when you want to be playing cards like Cryptic Command.

  2. Cryptic Command - yeah.

  3. Mystic Snake + Eternal Witness + Snapcaster Mage + Familiar's Ruse - good luck resolving anything

  4. More creatures - Venser, Shaper Savant - either a remand witha body or a bounce n' block. Vendilion Clique is great as well to play a bit like Lantern control and maange their draws. Kruphix, God of Horizons is a legitimate win con. So is Torrential Gearhulk.

  5. More counterspells - 4 Remand are obligatory. Since you are going draw-go, Condescend and Deprive are not bad options.

  6. Some modicum of draw - there is a new instant card from amonkhet that is XUU, draw X, then discard one which is a perfect 2-of to refill your hand.

December 6, 2017 11:32 a.m. Edited.

hjaycee says... #11

QAQ Thank chu, Boza! You have breathe new life in my idea!

December 6, 2017 11:52 a.m.

goblinoid says... #12

http://www.mtgcanada.com/modern/eternal-command-time-savage-knuckleblade-modern/

December 6, 2017 12:22 p.m.

xyr0s says... #13

@Crownless_Lord Guilty as charged. Not a single recommended deck, that really fits the UG draw-go description. But in a world of bad options... what to do. Ignore the post? It's a possibility. Tell OP that he's a moron for wanting to try out something impossible? No one did that. Cards were suggested, though. Third option - point out that it probably is a stretch to hope to find UG draw-go in modern (the card pool isn't infinitely deep, and not all colors can do everything). Or a fourth possibility: We just invent some cards to fill the gap. "Wrath of nature. Sorcery. 2GG. Destroy all creatures. Creatures can't regenerate". And how about "Elvish confidant, 1G. Creature 2/1. At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost." There, that helps. Now we can all play green/X control decks (at least after a little while with photoshop, and a visit to somewhere with a really good printer).

More seriously though: If you want to play monoblack ramp, you'll find that the cards simply aren't there in modern. UG draw-go is in the same situation - the color pie applies, and doesn't give green really good tools for this type of deck. Pointing this out is hardly the reason for hating anything, is it?

Also: I don't really like the Arbor Elf + Kiora's Follower + Utopia Sprawl in a control deck, for two reasons. First, it makes you vulnerable. You can't answer Ghost Quarter in any meaningful way, and it ruins this kind of ramp, and your gameplan, if you have many expensive cards. Second, later in the game, when you have enough lands in play and you'd like to draw answers to opponents threats, you will certainly not like drawing ramp. And draw-go (and other control decks) like long games, or they wouldn't be control decks.

Maybe you could make a turbofog deck, if you like decks that go for a long game, and where there's some room for brewing?

December 6, 2017 2:51 p.m.

Pieguy396 says... #14

You can always cut out Red from an Eternal Command deck like this one.

December 6, 2017 4:33 p.m.

hjaycee says... #15

Eternal Command it is. Thanks!

December 6, 2017 6:04 p.m.

APPLE01DOJ says... #16

I think the only green MB card you need is Tarmogoyf.

December 6, 2017 9:28 p.m.

hjaycee says... #17

December 6, 2017 10:14 p.m.

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