Big Booty Hippo Storm

Commander / EDH* Casual GU (Simic)

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Creature (32)

• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Graceful Adept
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Mirror Image
• 1x Naru Meha, Master Wizard
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Risen Reef
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Wood Elves

Land (33)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 10x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 10x Island
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study

Artifact (7)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Curiosity

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Dispel
• 1x Displace
• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Incubation / Incongruity
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Reclaim
• 1x Siren's Ruse
• 1x Swan Song

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Repudiate / Replicate
• 1x Windfall

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful

Instant (2)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Negate

Land (2)

• 1x Forest
• 1x Island

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Frilled Mystic
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Void Grafter

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Rampant Growth

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Cream of the Crop

Instant (1)

• 1x Dramatic Reversal

Artifact (1)

• 1x Emerald Medallion

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Introduction

Aluren Storm is a creature heavy, high-power casual deck, which starts with ramping and grinding and wins by using one of the combos described below using a Laboratory Maniac like effect most of the time.

Gameplan

Combos

Aluren

This is the name giving main combo of the deck. The basic idea is as follows: Use Aluren to play as many creatures as possible for free and then use Keruga, the Macrosage's etb trigger to draw a ton of cards and continue to clone/flicker Keruga, the Macrosage. Therefore we want as many cards in the deck fitting this combo. This results in us playing as many cmc=3 creatures as possible because they are free to play with Aluren and also grant us a bigger draw from the next etb of Keruga, the Macrosage.
Earthcraft is one of the most powerfull cards supporting this combo. It allows us to gain mana from the creatures we cast for free. With the mana we generate we are able to play more flicker spells or clones not covered by Aluren. Muddle the Mixture is included for tutoring Earthcraft.

Naru Meha

Requirements:
-Keruga, the Macrosage in play
-some permanents with cmc>=3 in play
-7 mana(preferebly more for your counterspells)
-Ghostly Flicker in hand(can be replaced with Displace if only Keruga, the Macrosage and no lands need to be flickered
-Naru Meha, Master Wizard in hand
-no effect that prevents etb triggers of creatures is active

How to:
Start by casting Ghostly Flicker targeting 2 lands. Hold priority to cast Naru Meha, Master Wizard on top of Ghostly Flicker. Let Naru Meha, Master Wizard resolve and copy Ghostly Flicker with its etb trigger. Choose a land and Naru Meha, Master Wizard. Tap the land to float the mana before the copied Ghostly Flicker resolves. Repeat until enough mana of all colors. Then if possible flicker Keruga, the Macrosage the same way you flickered the land. Draw as much cards as possible from your deck without loosing the game.

If you don't control Keruga, the Macrosage before starting the loop:
You have multiple choices:
1. Play Keruga, the Macrosage before the loop and maybe wait another turn(best option)
2. Risk it: If you have 10+ permanents with cmc>=3 on the battlefield and your hand or the possibility to flicker Keruga, the Macrosage(if he would be in play) one or more times with infinite mana, you can use the loop to create infinite mana, then play out all permanents with cmc>=3 from your hand and end with casting Keruga, the Macrosage hopefully drawing into:
-clones/flicker spells to keep drawing by flickering/cloning Keruga, the Macrosage
-cards to restart the Naru Meha, Master Wizard loop
-Displace to replace Ghostly Flicker
-a card for another combo

Winning

After drawing your entire library the usual way to win is by playing Laboratory Maniac or Jace, Wielder of Mysteries and then attempting to draw another card from the (nearly)empty library using one of the various possibilites.

Backup

After drawing your deck try to assemble a Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Ghostly Flicker combo(for detailed description see above) to create infinite mana and loop Reality Shift using Eternal Witness to exile all enemies libraries.

Top Ranked	Achieved #63 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #54 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GU (Simic) 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 30 - 1 Rares 23 - 1 Uncommons 23 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.63
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C