Momir Vig, Simic Combonary
Commander / EDH*
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Dec. 6, 2015
Removed: Argothian Elder
Added: Primal Growth
Notes: Argothian Elder was never a card I was happy to see in the opening hand. Paying four mana for what was most of the time a +two-mana dork was totally off curve, and not worth it most of the time. He did have some nice synergies with some cards (Nykthos/Cradle, infinite instant speed mana with Maze of Ith + another land) and fit right into the curve of Poding into Prophet of Kruphix, but overall he just felt like a sore thumb in the deck, not quite fitting in.
Primal Growth I am testing because of its ever so valuable clause of lands coming into play untapped. This effectively makes it a 2 mana card, and sometimes even 1. I also recently realized how it is absolutely necessary for me to have a minimum of FOUR blue land sources in order to go infinite with Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron , and FIVE if I want to do it with Palinchron alone (which is easier to pull off). Having more ability to fetch out two Islands, in addition to Harrow (already in the deck) and having them come in untapped (early turn counter magic shields up) makes it a very convincing card to test. In all my sample hands I've gotten lucky with draws (Turn 1/2 Caustic Caterpillar into this is sweet) but so far I've been decently impressed.
Also, I'm pleased to say that this change has dropped my deck's average CMC to just 3.00! I'm very glad with this, because the lower the CMC, the faster the deck.