The Island by Celestron

Format: Commander

Commander: Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Simic Big Mana Stompy strategy commanded by Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle. It uses two-mana acceleration to deploy Arixmethes on Turn 3 as a resilient land ramp source tapping for two mana. By Turn 4, the deck commands six to seven mana, enabling heavy card-draw engines like Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner, Tatyova, Benthic Druid, and Prime Speaker Zegana. As spells are cast, slumber counters are removed, awakening Arixmethes on Turn 6 as a 12/12 creature. The deck leverages power-doubling and trample enablers such as The Skullspore Nexus, Colossification, and Overwhelming Stampede to turn giant sea monsters and dinosaurs into table-clearing combat damage. It protects its development through Bedrock Tortoise, Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, and Force of Will, while resetting aggressive boards with Aetherize and Ezuri's Predation.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherize
• 1 Ambling Stormshell
• 1 Angler Turtle
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
• 1 Barkweave Crusher
• 1 Bedrock Tortoise
• 1 Caged Sun
• 1 Coiling Oracle
• 1 Colossification
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cultivator Colossus
• 1 Curse of the Swine
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Deserted Temple
• 1 Devastation Tide
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 1 Dreamroot Cascade
• 1 Eaten by Piranhas
• 1 Echoing Deeps
• 1 Elder Deep-Fiend
• 1 Ensnare
• 1 Eureka Moment
• 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Ezuri's Predation
• 1 Flooded Grove
• 1 Force of Will
• 8 Forest
• 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1 Giant Ankheg
• 1 Gilded Lotus
• 1 Grappling Kraken
• 1 Growth Spiral
• 1 Guardian of Tazeem
• 1 Hall of Storm Giants
• 1 Hexbane Tortoise
• 1 Hydroid Krasis
• 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
• 8 Island
• 1 Kiora's Follower
• 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
• 1 Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Lair of the Hydra
• 1 Meandering Towershell
• 1 Mistford River Turtle
• 1 Mosswort Bridge
• 1 Myojin of Towering Might
• 1 Nulldrifter
• 1 Overflowing Basin
• 1 Overwhelming Stampede
• 1 Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Refute
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Sandwurm Convergence
• 1 Saprazzan Skerry
• 1 Shriekwood Devourer
• 1 Simic Growth Chamber
• 1 Snapping Voidcraw
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sphinx of Enlightenment
• 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1 Starwinder
• 1 Steelbane Hydra
• 1 Sunken Field
• 1 Sylvan Library
• 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Terastodon
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Millennium Calendar
• 1 The Skullspore Nexus
• 1 Thornwood Falls
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Thriving Isle
• 1 Thunderous Snapper
• 1 Time Stretch
• 1 Trygon Predator
• 1 Urban Evolution
• 1 Vanguard Suppressor
• 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
• 1 Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1 Wistfulness