Kruphix Lands Matter *Primer*

Commander / EDH LeonSpires

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Swapped a few cards. —May 29, 2022

Scute Swarm, and Tireless Provisioner have both proven their worth in testing and are here to stay. I still defend Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, and Temple of the False God as having a home in this list. Look back at my last update made on June 28th, 2021 for my rational. Three major card swaps were just made today and are as follows:

Cuts

1. Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath: I have felt for a while that this card has always under-performed for me. I'm never excited to draw it and rarely have the cards in graveyard to pay the escape cost. By the time I have the graveyard to pay the escape cost there are more impactful plays I would rather be making.

2. Sunder: This is a good card and has won me games. The problem is it normally sits in my hand and does nothing. Sometimes when I draw Sunder I am not set up enough to benefit significantly from casting it. Other times it would benefit me however I am not able to win in one to two turns. I don't cast it because I don't want to be a jerk to the other players. Therefore I am cutting it to add a card I will actually use.

3. Krosan Grip: The times that Split Second matters is outweighed by the fact there is much more efficient CMC artifact / enchantment removal.

Additions

1. Drift of Phantasms: Sometimes a 0/5 blocker with flying is relevant however most of the time this card is used as a tutor by paying the Transmute cost. Most of the important cards in this deck are 3 CMC the most important being one of the deck's wincons Genesis Wave. Simic can have a hard time tutoring enchantments and artifacts. Drift of Phantasms can fetch Retreat to Coralhelm and Cloudstone Curio parts of the back up infinite combo. Additionally it can also tutor card draw, counterspells, removal, recursion, and a creature that wins games.

2. Pull from Tomorrow: I know there are other similar cards like Blue Sun's Zenith and Stroke of Genius however I only want to run the one pay X mana draw X cards. These type of cards can be game ending however if too many game ending spells are run it takes away deck slots that help set up the cards to be game ending. I chose Pull from Tomorrow for two reasons (1) it is Instant speed and can be cast on the opponent's end phase before starting turn (2) it is two CMC and thus can be tutored with Spellseeker.

3. Nature's Claim: Simple swap in as it is CMC less than Krosan Grip. I don't think I have every won a game with this deck that I would have lost if an opponent had just 4 more life.