Momir Vig, Simic Combonary

Commander / EDH* GoldenCapitalist

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Dec. 13, 2016

Added: Cavern of Souls

Removed: Ancient Tomb

Notes: I deal with enough counter magic in my group that I'd like to be able to cast my commander (an elf-wizard) or my other wizards, shamans, elves, snakes, illusions, you name it, unmolested. While this isn't a tribal deck, a lot of the important pieces share creature types, so it's really something of a "name a type you need at that particular moment" thing. Plus, it's another valuable land that may eat my opponent's Strip Mine before I play the very important lands (Cradle/Nykthos/Alchemist's Refuge/Winding Canyons).

I dislike disrupting the balance of Forests and Islands I currently have in the deck, so I went with cutting Ancient Tomb. Not sold on the idea though, if I find that my game plan really calls for the +2 colorless on turn 2, then I'll take a Forest out instead. For now though, I'll take it as it is. But hey, this is a deck that I've considered cutting Command Tower in, if they print a good enough dual to replace it with (such as enemy colored Battle lands), so really anything is possible.

A small note on my methodology when it comes to lands: One of the reasons this deck is reliably faster than most others I play with is because I have a strict requirement that all my lands can come in untapped. The only exception I run is Tolaria West, because being able to tutor for important lands or Pact of Negation is too sweet not to run (also I don't count Hinterland Harbor, that's practically a guarantee to come in untapped with 14 basics and 2 duals in the deck). I don't really have this as a hard rule for most of my other decks, but when it comes to Vig, if my lands aren't able to be tapped the turn I play them, then I'm not accelerating my game plan quickly enough.