Slow and steady simic by rinhz

Format: Commander

Creator: rinhz

Commander: Prime Speaker Zegana

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a green-blue stompy deck commanded by Prime Speaker Zegana. The deck's primary game plan revolves around playing cost-efficient, high-power beaters such as Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle, Jumbo Cactuar, and Ghalta, Primal Hunger, then casting Zegana to draw a massive burst of cards equal to the greatest power among your creatures. This hand refill provides the velocity needed to locate overwhelming combat overrun effects like Overwhelming Stampede and Unnatural Growth. While the list features minimal tutoring and relies on traditional combat phases to eliminate opponents across turns 6 to 8, its sheer raw card draw and resilient creature density allow it to rebuild quickly after disruption. Interaction is balanced across stack interaction, creature removal, and flexible charms, ensuring the deck can clear opposing obstacles and protect its oversized threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 A Realm Reborn
  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Aspect of Hydra
  • 1 Belt of Giant Strength
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conscience
  • 1 Deceptive Frostkite
  • 1 Den Protector
  • 1 Dragon Sniper
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elusive Otter // Grove's Bounty
  • 1 Embiggen
  • 1 Emergent Woodwurm
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fade from History
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Formation Breaker
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Groundswell
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Hardy Outlander
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hunter's Talent
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Invigorate
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jumbo Cactuar
  • 1 Loyal Drake
  • 1 Might of Old Krosa
  • 1 Miming Slime
  • 1 Murkfiend Liege
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nantuko Mentor
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Oversimplify
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Perplexing Chimera
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Prime Speaker Zegana
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Questing Beast
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Seal of Strength
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shriekwood Devourer
  • 1 Sigardian Zealot
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Smirking Spelljacker
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Stormsurge Kraken
  • 1 Sudden Substitution
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Tumbleweed Rising
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Unruly Krasis
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Wandering Wolf
  • 1 Whirlwind Denial
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth