Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle (Copy) by BigStinkyRat

Format: Commander

Commander: Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle is a midrange elemental/kraken deck that aims to ramp into its commander, strip the five slumber counters with cheap spells, and then use the resulting 12/12 plus a supporting cast of large Krakens and Elementals to win through repeated combat. It has no infinite combos or premium tutors; instead it leverages explore effects, card draw, and land acceleration to keep casting spells, which also feeds Arixmethes's awakening. A slow Simic Ascendancy or Kiora emblem provides an alternative long-game finish, while the commander itself serves as both a mana source and the primary beater.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Harvest
  • 1 Adventurous Impulse
  • 1 Ageless Entity
  • 1 Arboretum Elemental
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Biblioplex Kraken
  • 1 Blanchwood Prowler
  • 1 Blighted Cataract
  • 1 Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloudkin Seer
  • 1 Cloudpost
  • 1 Commune with Beavers
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Cyclone Sire
  • 1 Deep-Sea Kraken
  • 1 Diamond Weapon
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dryad's Revival
  • 1 Embodiment of Spring
  • 1 Enter the Unknown
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Explosive Vegetation
  • 1 Floodhound
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Gift of the Viper
  • 1 Glade Watcher
  • 1 Glimmerpost
  • 1 Grappling Kraken
  • 1 Healer of the Glade
  • 1 Hidden Cataract
  • 1 Honest Work
  • 1 Hydro-Man, Fluid Felon
  • 1 Icebreaker Kraken
  • 1 Interdisciplinary Mascot
  • 1 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Ivy Elemental
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
  • 1 Kraken Hatchling
  • 1 Leafkin Druid
  • 1 Leaves from the Vine
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Meditation Pools
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Nature's Way
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Prey Upon
  • 1 Rabid Bite
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Reservoir Kraken
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Rocky Rebuke
  • 1 Shipbreaker Kraken
  • 1 Shoal Kraken
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 3 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 3 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of Eärendil
  • 1 Song of Freyalise
  • 1 Soul's Majesty
  • 1 Spectral Flight
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Stormsurge Kraken
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Tolarian Kraken
  • 1 Trenchpost
  • 1 Tromokratis
  • 1 Urban Evolution
  • 1 Watery Grasp
  • 1 Zanarkand, Ancient Metropolis // Lasting Fayth
  • 1 Zephyr Winder