Aesi the Landserpent EDH Deck by MrZurkon

Format: Commander

Commander: Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Simic Landfall and Sea Monster battlecruiser strategy built around Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait. It leverages a heavy 44-land package alongside efficient ramp spells to accelerate mana production and consistently drop multiple lands each turn. Once Aesi hits the battlefield on Turn 5, every land drop replaces itself while fueling massive mana reserves. The deck transitions into its lethal phase on Turn 6 by casting overwhelming threats such as Avenger of Zendikar, Koma, Cosmos Serpent, and giant Sea Monsters. Asymmetric bounce spells like Whelming Wave and Cyclonic Rift clear the way for massive combat swings. High land counts ensure incredible resilience against board wipes, as the deck's mana base remains largely untouched.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Charix, the Raging Isle
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Compulsive Research
  • 1 Coral Atoll
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Elder Deep-Fiend
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 16 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Ior Ruin Expedition
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jungle Basin
  • 1 Khalni Heart Expedition
  • 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
  • 1 Kiora, Master of the Depths
  • 1 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Koma, World-Eater
  • 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
  • 1 Memorial to Genius
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
  • 1 Murkfiend Liege
  • 1 Plasm Capture
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Seer's Sundial
  • 1 Serpent of Yawning Depths
  • 1 Sharktocrab
  • 1 Shipbreaker Kraken
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Simic Sky Swallower
  • 1 Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Tromokratis
  • 1 Urban Evolution
  • 1 Vivid Creek
  • 1 Vivid Grove
  • 1 Whelming Wave
  • 1 Wickerbough Elder
  • 1 Woodland Stream
  • 1 Yavimaya Elder