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Creature (28)

• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Wren's Run Hydra
• 1x Benevolent Hydra
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Neverwinter Hydra
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Gadwick, the Wizened
• 1x Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Runadi, Behemoth Caller
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Rampant Rejuvenator
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Ironscale Hydra
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Multiple Choice
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Open the Way
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Silver Scrutiny
• 1x Spinning Wheel Kick
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Diabolic Revelation

Instant (12)

• 1x Clash of Wills
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Death Wind
• 1x Icy Blast
• 1x Silkguard
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Tyvar's Stand
• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Thassa's Intervention
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Sultai Charm

Artifact (5)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Combine Chrysalis
• 1x Elementalist's Palette

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 10x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 7x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Lair of the Hydra
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

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Creature (11)

• 1x Capricopian
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Kurbis, Harvest Celebrant
• 1x Nexos
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Polukranos, Unchained
• 1x Thunderous Snapper
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Briar Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Apex Devastator

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Green Sun's Twilight
• 1x Exponential Growth
• 1x Extract Brain
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Distorting Wake
• 1x Villainous Wealth
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede

Artifact (1)

• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire

Instant (6)

• 1x Black Sun's Twilight
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Logic Knot
• 1x Diviner's Portent
• 1x Invigorating Surge
• 1x Stroke of Genius

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Mana Bloom
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Leyline Immersion
• 1x Death's Presence

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X of course.

A collection of 'X' spells featuring Zaxara, the Exemplary as the commander. I wanted a hydra tribal deck, but also liked the idea of X-spell tribal, so I mashed the two together. Naturally skewed more to the green side for the creatures, but the extra splash of blue and black help with board control and card draw so we can get our big boys out more safely.

So the basic idea is to get the commander out turn 4 so you can start dropping x-spell bombs and making beefy tokens (or weeny tokens! you decide!). Swing when you can, as you'll almost always have a blocker thanks to Zaxara, the Exemplary's tokens. Many of the spells add to - or double up on - the number of +1/+1 counters too. I tried to stay away from the really expensive cards like Doubling Season because at heart I'm a budget player. That said, I did sneak in a The Ozolith because I've always wanted an excuse to use it.

Some win cons are:

• Zaxara, the Exemplary + Freed from the Real + Exsanguinate
• Zaxara, the Exemplary + Freed from the Real + Torment of Hailfire
• Simic Ascendancy + any big hydra + Hydra's Growth
• Simic Ascendancy + any big hydra + Unbound Flourishing
• Simic Ascendancy + any big hydra + Vorel of the Hull Clade
• Simic Ascendancy + The Ozolith with counters + Vorel of the Hull Clade
• Simic Ascendancy + some hydras + Deepglow Skate

Top Ranked	Achieved #17 position overall 8 months ago Achieved #13 position in Commander / EDH 8 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Budget 8 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Counters 8 months ago
Date added	9 months
Last updated	9 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.47
Tokens	Beast 4/4 G, Boar 2/2 G, Elemental 4/4 UR, Hydra 0/0 G, Hydra */* BG, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G
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