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Commander / EDH Budget GU (Simic) Unblockable Voltron

freddiefrick

Pump (16)

• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Forced Adaptation
• 1x Predatory Hunger
• 1x Aspect of Wolf
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Blanchwood Armor
• 1x Boar Umbra
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Nettlecyst
• 1x Petrified Plating
• 1x Auramancer's Guise
• 1x Crystal Carapace
• 1x Indomitable Might
• 1x Mantle of the Wolf
• 1x Colossification

Draw (13)

• 1x Combat Research
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Curious Inquiry
• 1x Curious Obsession
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Sixth Sense
• 1x Security Bypass
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Ophidian Eye
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Verduran Enchantress
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker

Protection (8)

• 1x Royal Treatment
• 1x Slip Out the Back
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Tyvar's Stand
• 1x Vanishing
• 1x Druid's Call
• 1x Serpent Skin
• 1x Treefolk Umbra

Enablers (15)

• 1x One with Nature
• 1x Animal Friend
• 1x Arcanum Wings
• 1x Ferocity
• 1x Fists of Ironwood
• 1x Mark of Sakiko
• 1x Ordeal of Nylea
• 1x Ordeal of Thassa
• 1x Careful Cultivation
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Octopus Umbra
• 1x Verdant Embrace
• 1x The Pride of Hull Clade

Land (35)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 13x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 11x Island
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Quandrix Campus
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rimewood Falls
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Vineglimmer Snarl
• 1x Waterlogged Grove

Commanders (2)

Interaction (11)

• 1x Dispel
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Vines of Vastwood
• 1x Bite Down
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Ent's Fury
• 1x Negate
• 1x Ram Through
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Beast Within

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Maybeboard

Other (13)

• 1x Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant
• 1x Giant Growth
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Gavel of the Righteous
• 1x Infectious Bite
• 1x Surestrike Trident
• 1x Mask of the Schemer
• 1x Rootwater Shaman
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Illusionary Armor
• 1x Become Immense
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Treasure Cruise

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Budget simic voltron! Gameplan is to cast Wilson on turn 2 and immediately begin pumping him, then win by commander damage. Ward 2 means he probably won’t get killed immediately, although we run plenty of counters and token generation to protect against sweeper and sacrifice effects. Totem armor offers more great protection against sweepers. By the time our opponents can cast spells like that, we want Wilson to be big and strong and unblockable. The Sword Coast Sailor background can help us politic our way out of losing Wilson, as we can promise to only kill the healthiest player.

I’d love feedback on this deck! I’m especially looking for the following:

• tuning the curve so I avoid awkward turn 3’s. Turn 2 will always be Wilson, but given how many strong 2 mana auras there are, we have a bit of an awkward mana situation for turn 3 given how many strong 2 mana auras there are (and that our Background is 2 mana as well). I’ve tried to remedy this by adding as many strong 1 mana auras as possible (so we can double spell) and adding as many 1 mana protection spells as possible, but I’m not sure if that’s the best way. The 3 mana slot for simic auras is not the best, but I could be persuaded to use that strategy if better ones are found.

• more generically good voltron cards like Fireshrieker that can help close the game faster. This is my first voltron deck, so I’m not as familiar with these. Simic also isn’t usually voltron colors, but I’m choosing to sacrifice that support in exchange for reliable unblockability.

• wondering if I should lean into an enchantress subtheme because of all the auras…

• utility lands…hard because this needs lots of pips early

• there should probably be at least one other 3 mana artifact so that Trophy Mage isn’t just a tutor for Fireshrieker (although I do think it’s worth including solely to tutor Fireshrieker)

• protection for Sword Coast Sailor? Good players will quickly realize that Sword Coast Sailor is the real key to the gameplan — without it, Wilson is usually just a pretty good 7/7. I should probably expand the counter/protection suite to make sure I can defend it from removal as well as I can defend Wilson.

• add Nadu, Winged Wisdom from MH3

• add Bogles? This deck is basically a Bogle build anyway, Slippery Bogle and the unblockable variants could be excellent Wilson alternatives if need be

• more synergistic interaction options

Date added	3 weeks
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 28 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.49
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Clue, Copy Clone, Human Monk 1/1 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Plant 0/1 G, Royal, Saproling 1/1 G, Squirrel 1/1 G, Wolf 2/2 G