Arixmethes by StrikeTeam123

Format: Commander

Commander: Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a classic Simic "sea monster" ramp deck helmed by Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle, who doubles as a 12/12 finisher and a {G}{U} mana engine once awakened. The plan is straightforward battlecruiser: ramp aggressively through land-tutors and dorks, deploy oversized Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents, then clear the path with one-sided bounce effects like Whelming Wave, Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep, and Kederekt Leviathan before swinging for lethal. Card advantage comes from landfall triggers (Tatyova, Benthic Druid), combat draw (Bident of Thassa, Cold-Eyed Selkie), and evolve (Fathom Mage). There are no infinite combos - the deck wins through raw combat inevitability, commander damage from Arixmethes, and the Stormtide Leviathan + islandwalk lock. It is a slow, resilient-in-theory but fragile-in-practice midrange deck that wants long games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aethersquall Ancient
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Balamb Garden, SeeD Academy // Balamb Garden, Airborne
  • 1 Bant Panorama
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastcaller Savant
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Elder Deep-Fiend
  • 1 Elusive Krasis
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Engulf the Shore
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Frilled Sea Serpent
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Iceridge Serpent
  • 1 Inkwell Leviathan
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Kederekt Leviathan
  • 1 Kozilek's Unsealing
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lorthos, the Tidemaker
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Map the Frontier
  • 1 Moss Diamond
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Paradox Gardens
  • 1 Pearl Lake Ancient
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Rabid Bite
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Relm's Sketching
  • 1 Revolutionary Rebuff
  • 1 Rush of Knowledge
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Scrapdiver Serpent
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Shipbreaker Kraken
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Simic Sky Swallower
  • 1 Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Stormsurge Kraken
  • 1 Stormtide Leviathan
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Summon: Fenrir
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Trench Behemoth
  • 1 Tromokratis
  • 1 Urban Evolution
  • 1 Whelming Wave
  • 1 Whisperer of the Wilds
  • 1 Woodland Stream
  • 1 Wormhole Serpent