Commander Mondays (9/16/13): Prime Speaker Zegana

So with this deck, the ultimate goal is to pull heavily from the Evolve mechanic as well as include a pretty good amount of green pump spells and blue counter spells. There will probably be some overlap with the Golgari Commander deck from two weeks ago, because ther were some pretty good green spells included that I plan to use in this deck.

So without further ado, let's check out Prime Speaker Zegana.

Legendary Creatures x1 Prime Speaker Zegana (Commander) x1 Vorel of the Hull Clade Creatures x1 Adaptive Snapjaw x1 Archaeomancer x1 Battering Krasis x1 Beetleform Mage x1 Bond Beetle x1 Champion of Lambholt x1 Chronomaton x1 Clinging Anemones x1 Cloudfin Raptor x1 Craterhoof Behemoth x1 Crocanura x1 Crowned Ceratok x1 Drakewing Krasis x1 Elgaud Shieldmate x1 Elusive Krasis x1 Experiment One x1 Fathom Mage x1 Fog Bank x1 Frilled Oculus x1 Geist Trappers x1 Gyre Sage x1 Ivy Lane Denizen x1 Kalonian Hydra x1 Lumberknot x1 Master Biomancer x1 Nimbus Swimmer x1 Predator Ooze x1 Primordial Hydra x1 Progenitor Mimic x1 Renegade Krasis x1 Scavenging Ooze x1 Shambleshark x1 Simic Fluxmage x1 Vastwood Hydra x1 Zameck Guildmage

Instants x1 Biomass Mutation x1 Bioshift x1 Burst of Strength x1 Giant Growth x1 Hindervines x1 Hunger of the Howlpack x1 Hydroform x1 Mystic Genesis x1 Predator's Rapport x1 Simic Charm x1 Titanic Growth Sorceries x1 Amass the Components x1 Blessings of Nature x1 Enlarge x1 Give // Take x1 Increasing Savagery x1 Phytoburst x1 Predatory Rampage x1 Revenge of the Hunted x1 Urban Evolution Enchantments x1 Bred for the Hunt x1 Forced Adaptation x1 Ooze Flux x1 Primeval Bounty x1 Rancor

Artifacts x1 Ring of Evos Isle x1 Ring of Kalonia x1 Ring of Three Wishes x1 Simic Cluestone x1 Simic Keyrune x1 Table of the Guilds Lands x1 Breeding Pool x1 Hinterland Harbor x1 Rogue's Passage x1 Shimmering Grotto x1 Simic Guildgate x1 Transguild Promenade x13 Island x13 Forest

With this deck, I actually had trouble narrowing down what I wanted to drop into the deck. I wound up sacrificing having Alchemist's Refuge (which I didn't find much I felt would be better played during your opponents' turns) and a small tokens theme I was trying to drop in. Instead, we have a lot of the hybrid/multicolored spells and cards with Simic watermarks.

Firstly, we have a small Ooze theme.

  

The Oozes get counters which can then be removed to add Ooze tokens. We can also use Chronomaton to give counters to use for Ooze Flux.

Then we have a Hydra theme for even more counters.

  

Kalonian Hydra is especially important in this deck. I mean, it doubles the number of counters on your creatures each time it attacks. That is very important for Simic's keyword Evolve (which adds counters to creatures). So this Hydra theme is kind of important as it can help boost the other cards or be a huge creature to throw at your opponents.

Most of this deck revolves around pumping creatures and adding counters. I feel this definitely embodies what Simic is all about.