The Eternal Reign of Rashmi (Budget)

Commander / EDH* Budget Casual Control Counters GU (Simic)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Crowned Ceratok
• 1x Cultivator of Blades
• 1x Descendant of Soramaro
• 1x Elusive Krasis
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Garruk's Horde
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Maulfist Revolutionary
• 1x Nulltread Gargantuan
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Ridgescale Tusker
• 1x Sigiled Starfish
• 1x Simic Sky Swallower
• 1x Skyship Plunderer
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Land (40)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 17x Forest
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 17x Island
• 1x Moonring Island
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Thornwood Falls

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Forced Adaptation
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Into the Wilds
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Artifact (5)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Ring of Evos Isle
• 1x Seal of the Guildpact

Instant (13)

• 1x Biomass Mutation
• 1x Epiphany at the Drownyard
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Gridlock
• 1x Invert the Skies
• 1x Mystic Genesis
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Scattering Stroke
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Spring Cleaning
• 1x Steady Progress

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Blessings of Nature
• 1x Nissa's Judgment
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Unexpected Results
• 1x Urban Evolution

Commander (1)

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Creature (3)

• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Sapphire Drake
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Eyes of the Watcher

Artifact (1)

• 1x Simic Signet

Instant (1)

• 1x Reclaim

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Contingency Plan

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Simic has been one of my top guilds ever since Gatecrash pre-release. The ramp and the combos make my little Johnny heart sing. However, I wasn't able to find a Simic commander that enabled the kind of combo shenanigans I wanted until Kaladesh (they were all too linear). Luckily, Rashmi, Eternities Crafter is a one-card engine, literally enabling any strategy and dialing up the synergy. I've built most of this deck in paper, and it is brutal, dismantling everything from Karador to Scion of the Ur-Dragon to Bruna Voltron...and that's without Future Sight. Let me break down how the deck works:

The Deck Breaks Rashmi

Topdeck manipulation is key to making Rashmi effective. Future Sight, Hua Tuo, Honored Physician, Descendant of Soramaro, Garruk's Horde, Moonring Island, Nulltread Gargantuan, Crystal Ball, Sigiled Starfish, Into the Wilds and others ensure that our topdeck is what we want. The topdeck manipulation is gold for three reasons: 1) we can be more likely to get free casts, 2) we have knowledge of what cost we need from our hand to trigger Rashmi's free cast, and 3) topdeck quality improves.

Then, lots of flash and instants let us trigger Rashmi multiple times per round. Clashing (oddly) works great with all of our topdeck manipulation, while X-costed spells count as their full cost on the stack (letting us cast pretty much anything). Yeva, Nature's Herald and Alchemist's Refuge are our favorite cards in this regard.

I know you might be thinking that I've got way too many basic lands. However, Rashmi is super easy to cast with just two colored mana symbols, and once she's triggered a couple times, you'll never miss another land drop.

Rashmi Breaks the Deck

We use all of Rashmi's pure value to support a +1/+1 counter theme.

Skyship Plunderer, Master Biomancer, Gyre Sage, Ridgescale Tusker, proliferate, Fathom Mage...everybody loves a good +1/+1 counter, or a zillion of them.

In the meantime, control is used to protect our combos. UG is one of the best combos for granting hexproof to key combo pieces, countering board wipes, and drawing plenty of fuel. This deck reaches a critical mass around T7-9 where you're drawing enough countermagic and control to stop anything your opponent throws at you.

Win conditions currently are Champion of Lambholt, Crowned Ceratok, Cultivator of Blades, Biomass Mutation, Invert the Skies, Gridlock, and pure value.

Thanks for checking out the deck! All suggestions and feedback are welcome! Cheers!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Ooze X/X G, Servo 1/1 C
Folders	Casual/Budget EDH, UG(W), Things to make