Verazol, the Split Current by user9968007

Format: Commander

Commander: Verazol, the Split Current

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Simic deck focuses on maximizing the kicker mechanic through Verazol, the Split Current. In the early game, it accelerates its mana using efficient land ramp and specialized kicker dorks like Elfhame Druid and Troyan, Gutsy Explorer. On turn 4, it casts Verazol with several +1/+1 counters to begin copying kicked spells. The midgame leverages duplicated card draw, bounce spells, and token generators such as Roost of Drakes and Wolfbriar Elemental to build massive card and board advantage. Asymmetric sweepers like Whelming Wave and Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep reset opposing defenses while leaving Verazol on the battlefield. The deck closes the game around turns 6 to 8 by attacking with large, modified creatures granted trample via Gnarlid Colony or unblockability through Rogue's Passage. While lacking compact infinite combos and direct tutors, the deck excels at generating overwhelming mid-game value.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Blink of an Eye
  • 1 Citanul Woodreaders
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Tide
  • 1 Coralhelm Chronicler
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Elfhame Druid
  • 1 Errant, Street Artist
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Field Research
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Gnarlid Colony
  • 1 Grow from the Ashes
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Hunter's Prowess
  • 1 Increasing Savagery
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Inscription of Insight
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Into the Roil
  • 1 Invigorating Surge
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Joint Exploration
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lullmage's Familiar
  • 1 Lumbering Falls
  • 1 Mold Shambler
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Murasa Sproutling
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Once and Future
  • 1 Ordeal of Nylea
  • 1 Ordeal of Thassa
  • 1 Oversimplify
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plaxcaster Frogling
  • 1 Primal Growth
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclaim the Wastes
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Roost of Drakes
  • 1 Ruinous Intrusion
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Sea Gate Stormcaller
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Skyclave Relic
  • 1 Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of Lost Truths
  • 1 Strength of the Tajuru
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Tazeem Roilmage
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Territorial Allosaurus
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Throne of Makindi
  • 1 Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
  • 1 Vastwood Surge
  • 1 Verazol, the Split Current
  • 1 Vine Gecko
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vines of Vastwood
  • 1 Vineshaper Prodigy
  • 1 Visions of Dominance
  • 1 Vorel of the Hull Clade
  • 1 Whelming Wave
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wolfbriar Elemental