Arixmethes - 🦕 (G/U) - Br2 - “Up From The Depths” by Sartoris

Format: Commander

Commander: Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic Sea Monster tribal and big-mana stompy strategy commanded by Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost ramp spells on turns 1 and 2 to cast Arixmethes on turn 3, unlocking 6 to 7 mana by turn 4. From there, the deck casts massive Leviathans, Krakens, Octopuses, and Serpents such as Koma, Cosmos Serpent, Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep, and Spawning Kraken. It breaks parity using powerful asymmetric board wipes like Whelming Wave, Engulf the Shore, and Scourge of Fleets that clear opposing boards while leaving its own sea creatures untouched. Card advantage is fueled by power-matters engines like Garruk's Uprising, Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner, and Rishkar's Expertise. The deck closes the game through overwhelming combat damage augmented by trample and overrun effects like Overwhelming Stampede and Dragon Throne of Tarkir.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Charix, the Raging Isle
  • 1 Colossal Majesty
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Displacement Wave
  • 1 Dragon Throne of Tarkir
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Engulf the Shore
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inkwell Leviathan
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Kiora Bests the Sea God
  • 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
  • 1 Kiora, Master of the Depths
  • 1 Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
  • 1 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lorthos, the Tidemaker
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Nimbus Swimmer
  • 1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Primal Empathy
  • 1 Prime Speaker Zegana
  • 1 Quest for Ula's Temple
  • 1 Rabid Bite
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Serpent of Yawning Depths
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Simic Sky Swallower
  • 1 Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawning Kraken
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titanoth Rex
  • 1 Tromokratis
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Whelming Wave
  • 1 Wilt
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast