2. Simic - Power Banned by PodGames

Format: Commander

Commander: Nadu, Winged Wisdom

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 73

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed competitive Simic combo-storm engine led by Nadu, Winged Wisdom. The primary game plan revolves around pairing Nadu with zero-mana targeting equipment such as Shuko and Lightning Greaves, or multi-target spells like Sea Kings' Blessing. Because Nadu grants every creature two triggers per turn whenever targeted, equipping Shuko puts lands directly onto the battlefield untapped and draws all nonland cards. Token generators like Springheart Nantuko and Scute Swarm create fresh creatures with every land drop, allowing the chain to continue through the entire library. The turn reliably culminates in casting Thassa's Oracle for an immediate win on Turn 3. The list supports this proactive plan with dense one-mana acceleration, extensive artifact and creature tutors, and format-defining free countermagic to protect the combo. While highly reliant on Nadu to generate card velocity, the deck provides blistering speed, compact execution, and resilient stack defense.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aphetto Alchemist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Earthcraft
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hidden Strings
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nadu, Winged Wisdom
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Paradise Mantle
  • 1 Pendelhaven
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Roaring Earth
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sea Kings' Blessing
  • 1 Seeker of Skybreak
  • 1 Shuko
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sway of Illusion
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Paradise
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya Hollow