Simic to the Algorithm by Zwill57

Format: Commander

Commander: Tatyova, Benthic Druid

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic Landfall Midrange strategy piloted by Tatyova, Benthic Druid. The primary game plan focuses on deploying early ramp pieces to accelerate Tatyova, Benthic Druid onto the battlefield by Turn 4, immediately generating card advantage and life buffer with every subsequent land drop. Once the engine is operational, the deck transitions into exponential token generation and massive combat threats using cards such as Scute Swarm, Bonny Pall, Clearcutter, Kodama of the East Tree, and Pathbreaker Ibex. A robust suite of free and efficient counterspells—including Fierce Guardianship, Force of Negation, and Mana Drain—protects the deck's development while disrupting fast opposing wins. Board clears such as overloaded Cyclonic Rift and Raise the Palisade break open stalemates to close out games through overwhelming combat damage around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Applied Biomancy
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Back to Nature
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Broken Wings
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force Spike
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Ixidron
  • 1 Joint Exploration
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Master Biomancer
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Oversimplify
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Pond Prophet
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Quandrix Command
  • 1 Quandrix, the Proof
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Shattered Wings
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Titanbones, Towering Heart
  • 1 Trygon Predator
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Urban Evolution
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy