Follow the Frog Kid

Modern Combo Counters GU (Simic) Ramp

maethor03

Land (21)

• 3x Flooded Grove
• 5x Forest
• 4x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 4x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress

Instant (6)

• 2x Beast Within
• 4x Simic Charm

Creature (17)

• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 4x Gilder Bairn
• 3x Gyre Sage
• 2x Kiora's Follower
• 4x Primordial Hydra

Artifact (4)

• 4x Paradise Mantle

Enchantment (12)

• 2x Cryptolith Rite
• 2x Forced Adaptation
• 4x Hydra's Growth
• 4x Training Grounds

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Beast Within
• 4x Counterspell

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Regrowth

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Alpha Authority

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Maybeboard

Instant (5)

• 2x Icy Blast
• 3x Vines of Vastwood

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Serum Visions

Artifact (5)

• 1x Coalition Relic
• 4x Swiftfoot Boots

Creature (5)

• 4x Biomancer's Familiar
• 1x Sage of Hours

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This deck is built around the counter doubling ability of Gilder Bairn, using Paradise Mantle and Cryptolith Rite to bounce it back and forth. The ability from Training Grounds can turn this into an infinite combo (costing only the mana it produces from tapping to activate the untap ability).

The deck is fairly quick already but with the ramp it goes even faster. A Gyre Sage with a Hydra's Growth or Forced Adaptation attached can get you more mana than you'll know what to do with, and with a Kiora's Follower you can tap it (or a Birds of Paradise) twice for double the mana.

Primordial Hydra is the ideal target for doubling counters--make it big fast and then swing. The ramp lets you bring it in big or you can attach a Hydra's Growth or Forced Adaptation to it to grow it even faster. A couple of beefed-up utility creatures can swing for game in a pinch as well.

The sideboard is all for countering decks that will take out the key creatures. Biomancer's Familiar is on the maybeboard as a budget alternative to Training Grounds.

Looking for any feedback/suggestions!

(Updated version of: Follow the Frog Kid (v1))

Top Ranked	Achieved #37 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #32 position in Modern 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Modern GU (Simic) 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 4 Rares 21 - 10 Uncommons 2 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.79
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G
Folders	Modern Decks