Simic Hydra commander

Commander / EDH Counters GU (Simic) Tribal

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Creature (31)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
• 1x Phyrexian Hydra
• 1x Seedborn MuseGC
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient

Land (36)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 17x Forest
• 6x Island
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Uncage the Menagerie
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise

Artifact (4)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x The Great Henge

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Instant (7)

• 1x Icy Blast
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Inspiring Call

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Sideboard

Creature (9)

• 1x Feral Hydra
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Maraleaf Pixie
• 1x Frilled Mystic
• 1x Lumberknot
• 1x Clockwork Hydra
• 1x Galloping Lizrog
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Garruk's Horde

Instant (4)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Negate
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Incubation / Incongruity

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Nissa's Revelation

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker
• 1x Bioessence Hydra
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra

Land (3)

• 1x Hollow Trees
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Rushwood Grove

Artifact (2)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Contagion Engine

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1x Vivien, Arkbow Ranger
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter

Instant (3)

• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Plasm Capture

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Hurricane
• 1x Broken Bond
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Biogenic Upgrade

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Greater Good

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Trying to build a blue/green commander deck themed around Hydras!

• I have several potential commanders in the deck that I've been swapping around. At the moment my favourite is Vorel of the Hull Clade, he makes insanely big hydras and we have ways to untap him and use him multiple times each turn. Very big synergy with the current build.
• Prime Speaker Zegana is also really fun, especially with unlimited hand sizes. Those hydras make for some insane draws, where you actuallly don't mind your commander dying to recast her.
• Momir Vig, Simic Visionary is really fun and lets you pull out cards like Gargos, Vicious Watcher, but I feel like he's expensive to cast for a 2/2 that becomes an instant target for removal. Just too good in the deck to pull the right creatures out, and I haven't put in enough ways to protect him. -Kruphix, God of Horizons just makes the deck work a lot better!!!!

New to building commander, so suggestions more than welcome! Thank you very much to those who have commented with your recommendations already!

Notes

This was built in a time before Zaxara, the Exemplary, I honestly think building around Zaxara makes for a much better hydra deck at the moment! I've played around with other people's Zaxara decks, but I'm yet to build my own!

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Counters 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GU (Simic) 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Tribal 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 1 Mythic Rares 37 - 5 Rares 16 - 7 Uncommons 11 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Hydra X/X G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G
Folders	Tabletop-EDH, My Decks