Arixmethes Grows in His Sleep by user7151726

Format: Commander

Commander: Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Simic deck combines Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle with Earthbend land-animation mechanics and +1/+1 counter scaling. In the early game, the deck hits land drops and casts Arixmethes on Turn 4 to jump straight to 6 or 7 mana on Turn 5. From there, it deploys powerful counter multipliers and Earthbend engines such as Solid Ground, Innkeeper's Talent, and Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender. Casting spells steadily removes slumber counters from Arixmethes while turning lands into massive, hasty land creatures. By Turn 6, the deck presents lethal attacks through a 12/12 or double-digit commander alongside animated lands, supported by evasion from Herald of Secret Streams and Rogue's Passage. Card draw scales dramatically off the highest power among your creatures, refueling your hand through Return of the Wildspeaker and Thickest in the Thicket. A dense suite of instant-speed hexproof and indestructible spells protects your massive threats, closing out the game across sequential combat steps by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
  • 1 Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi
  • 1 Badgermole
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cracked Earth Technique
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Earth Rumble
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthbending Lesson
  • 1 Earthbending Student
  • 1 Flopsie, Bumi's Buddy
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Murkfiend Liege
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Primal Empathy
  • 1 Psychic Paper
  • 1 Quandrix Command
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rockalanche
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruinous Intrusion
  • 1 Season of Gathering
  • 1 Serpent of Yawning Depths
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solid Ground
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stocking the Pantry
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Tanazir Quandrix
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 The Boulder, Ready to Rumble
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thickest in the Thicket
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Warg Tactics
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast