From the Depths of the Sea

Commander / EDH iSacs1987

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Bunch of new Cards —Feb. 22, 2021

As promised I have an update o this Deck, considering several suggestions from the community.

multimedia says... #1

Hey, well done on a budget and nice package of Sea Monsters :)

Court of Bounty is a budget repeatable way to cheat big Sea Monsters onto the battlefield as well as repeatable ramp and draw. Fierce Empath and Shared Summons are tutors to put Sea Monsters into your hand. Empath is nice with mass bounce effects such as Whelming and Crush since then he can be a repeatable tutor.

Mosswort Bridge's hideaway can be triggered with just Arixmethes. Garruk's Uprising can be repeatable draw as well as give Arixmethes and all Sea Monsters trample.

Kiora's Follower and Vizier of Tumbling Sands can untap any permanent including Arixmethes or Piper, etc. they're upgrades for mana dorks. Beast Within is an upgrade for a removal spell. Talisman of Curiosity is an upgrade for a mana rock. Path of Ancestry is a land upgrade.


Some upgrades to consider:

  • Court of Bounty --> Oko, the Trickster
  • Fierce Empath --> Field Research
  • Garruk's Uprising --> Mulldrifter
  • Kiora's Follower --> Maraleaf Pixie
  • Vizier of Tumbling Sands --> Lullmage's Familiar
  • Shared Summons --> Harmonize
  • Mossmort Bridge --> Woodland Stream
  • Talisman of Curiosity --> Ur-Golem's Eye
  • Beast Within --> Eye of Nowhere
  • Path of Ancestry --> Rupture Spire

Good luck with your deck.

January 24, 2021 6 a.m. Edited.

SuckassBolas says... #2

Hey! I really like what you did there, especially considering I love simic monsters. There are two creatures i would consider: the new Koma, Cosmos Serpent and the annoying Hydroid Krasis

Good job and good luck!!

February 18, 2021 2:33 a.m.

kurban1213 says... #3

I like this deck! I have a version of Arixmethes as well. One of the ways I think you can add some evasion (as it's one of your pointed out weaknesses of the deck) is Archetype of Imagination to give all your creatures flying and take it away from your opponents. Then (hear me out!) I have what seems to be an "anti-synergy" card in my version, Stormtide Leviathan , but this along with either the previously mentioned Archetype or along with Sandals of Abdallah and Phantasmal Terrain (among others if opponent doesn't have an island in play) can give some pretty awesome evasion (also for the other islandwalk creatures in the deck). One other addition I would suggest is Thespian's Stage to not only be able to copy Arixmethes, but, something I will be adding to my deck, if you play Dark Depths and Thespian's Stage is out with it, you can copy Dark Depths, sac the one with counters on it, and the new one you can sac and put the 20/20 black avatar out.

Overall I like this version!!!!

February 19, 2021 7:29 a.m.

iSacs1987 says... #4

@multimedia: Thanks for the Tips. I will include some of your suggestions in the Future, especially Fierce Empath , Garruk's Uprising , Path of Ancestry and Shared Summons . I won't include Kiora's Follower or Vizier of Tumbling Sands because I'm not a Fan of Untapper.

@SuckassBolas: Koma, Cosmos Serpent and Hydroid Krasis are both at the Top of my Wants list for this Deck and Koma is already on its way, so that I can include it in the near Future.

@kurban1213: Thanks for your Suggestions. The whole thing around islandwalk was something I played in the first version of this Deck as it resolved around Tromokratis , but it wasn't very useful. Considering Evasion I'm currently trying to use Garruk's Uprising . Dark Depths is not bad, but I think it won't fit in this Deck. Thespian's Stage is something I consider including.

I'm sure I will be able to give an update on this Deck in one or two weeks time.

February 19, 2021 8:20 a.m.