Flesh and the Power it holds

Modern Aggro Combo Competitive Control Counters GU (Simic) Midrange Proliferate Tempo Trample

Valengeta

Creature (22)

• 4x Avatar of the Resolute
• 2x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 4x Cloudfin Raptor
• 3x Managorger Hydra
• 3x Mossborn Hydra
• 2x Scrounging Bandar
• 4x Servant of the Scale

Land (20)

• 4x Breeding Pool
• 6x Forest
• 2x Island
• 4x Misty Rainforest
• 4x Prismatic Vista

Artifact (3)

• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 2x The Ozolith

Instant (12)

• 4x Experimental Augury
• 3x Pongify
• 2x Serum Snare
• 3x Stubborn Denial

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Hardened Scales

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Sideboard

Artifact (7)

• 2x Pithing Needle
• 3x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Witchbane Orb

Instant (5)

• 2x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Serum Snare
• 1x Stubborn Denial

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Simic Ascendancy

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Carnivorous Canopy

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Maybeboard

Instant (10)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Bioshift
• 1x Decisive Denial
• 1x Dizzy Spell
• 1x Mizzium Skin
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Wilt

Creature (6)

• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Pelt Collector
• 1x Pollenbright Druid
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Bred for the Hunt

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit

Land (3)

• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Karn's Bastion

Artifact (3)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x The Great Henge

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Modern Simic. This deck works best when Hardened Scales is in play, as almost every card here interacts with it

Creatures:

• Scrounging Bandar enters with at least 2 counters and can move them around
• Servant of the Scale has a role like Arcbound Worker's, while being superior in this deck
• Cloudfin Raptor grows sneakily to put that Flying to use
• Avatar of the Resolute has a strong body with the high chance of entering bigger
• Managorger Hydra gets larger and larger the more spells are played
• Mossborn Hydra takes advantage of entering lands (we have 8 Fetch Lands) to quickly grow to monstrous size
• Bristly Bill, Spine Sower also uses Lands to generate counters, and can double them on all creatures later on

Non-creature Spells:

• Hardened Scales gives more counters to speed up my game plan. The deck's MVP card
• The Ozolith recycles counters lost to creature death or exilement. Also a very important card
• Ozolith, the Shattered Spire adds another layer of Scales and can place counters on creatures to speed up their growth
• Experimental Augury gives even more counters while digging through the library
• Pongify is a great removal because it's cheap and a 3/3 vanilla Ape isn't much of a threat against ever growing monsters
• Stubborn Denial takes care of opposing non-creature spells
• Serum Snare delays a threat and contributes to more counters. It can also be used defensively to save one of my creatures from removal, and if The Ozolith is in play, also save its counters

Sideboard:

• Heroic Intervention provides good protection for all my creatures
• Simic Ascendancy introduces another win condition. It can also generate counters and benefits from Proliferate effects
• Shadowspear grants extra strength, Trample and Lifelink, offsetting damage taken and making my attackers more fearsome. It can also negate protection from my spot removal
• Pithing Needle shuts down many troublesome permanents
• Relic of Progenitus tries to halt graveyard shenanigans
• Carnivorous Canopy delivers useful Artifact/Enchantment/Flying removal and more counters
• Witchbane Orb protects against Burn, Mill and Discard

Hope you like it!

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 7 Rares 8 - 6 Uncommons 14 - 2 Commons
Cards	61
Avg. CMC	1.66
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G