Ezuri, Claw of Proliferate

Commander / EDH Counters GU (Simic)

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Creature (33)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Core Prowler
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Gilder Bairn
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Patagia Viper
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Plaxmanta
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x River Hoopoe
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thelonite Hermit
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Viridian Corrupter
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Wild Beastmaster

Land (36)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 7x Island
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Zoetic Cavern

Artifact (7)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Ezuri's Predation
• 1x Fungal Sprouting
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Verdant Confluence

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Hadana's Climb *f-pre*  ^Flip
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Myth Unbound
• 1x Primal Vigor

Instant (4)

• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Cobra Trap
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Steady Progress

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Creature (7)

• 1x Crowned Ceratok
• 1x Frontier Guide
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Mul Daya Channelers
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Biomantic Mastery
• 1x Natural OrderGC
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Instant (2)

• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Mirror Match

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

Land (1)

• 1x Misty Rainforest

Artifact (1)

• 1x Bow of Nylea

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Here is my new Ezuri, Claw of Progress Commander deck. I bought the MTG 2015 Commander Premade deck, and then went to work on tweaking it. Probably should have bought the individual cards instead, but I like where its heading.

I am focusing on making use of the +1/+1 counters by casting Ezuri as my first creature on the board, then protecting him as soon as I can with one of the 3 artifacts to give him indestructible / hexproof / shroud, and then bringing in as may creatures as I can, to boost the experience counters. Then, the Proliferate cards will boost all counters. I am aiming for 20 experience counters or more per game, and then dumping those on creatures each turn. After playing the deck 3 times now, I can see how it's totally doable to get past 20 experience counters, however, it can be challenging. I have been to 16, and when I get my hooded hydra all pumped up, someone exiles the creature, thus resulting in no tokens. If I had a reliable way of sacrificing a creature it may be easier to generate more tokens entering the battlefield and I would have more control over going crazy with generating experience counters. Maybe I need a few more creatures that produce tokens when it enters the battlefield.

I have played a few games with this build and so far, this deck is wicked fun to pilot. People don't see your 1/2 or 2/2 creatures as a threat, until they realize that you just dumped 8 +1/1 counters on Blighted Agent, or those 7 snake tokens you got from your hooded hydra dying last turn become leathal when you drop Beastmaster Ascention on your next pre-combat main phase, lol.

I am thoroughly enjoying this build and will add more commentary as I get better at playing the deck.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Elf Druid 1/1 G, Experience Token, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Beast 4/4 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 GU, Spider 1/2 G, Squid 1/1 U
Folders	Commander?