Deck # 9: Kylie's Herbal Remedy Kit (EDH / Commander) [Revisión 115]

Dr. Kylie Moriarty and her deity, Pharika, did not quite succeed at defeating the Phyrenxians using a modified form of infect against the Phyrexians. But they now fully understand the infection and how to deal with it. Essence of clones of Melira is helpful, but it's not a cure. Pharika's old leeches, modified and stripped of darkness, prove an effective treatment.

Outside of players, infect is only -1/-1 counters for blocking creatures. And the secret therapeutic weapon is Quillspike, which can convert infection (-1/-1 counters) into power for itself. If any card should be brought into standard right now, it should be Quillspike.

This deck also draws in a lesser form on the old idea of lifegain and resurrection.

With white, green, and black unable to come to peace between each other, blue was added to impose discipline. Kylie and Pharika create a Simic Ascendancy, knowing that one can fight -1/-1 counters with +1/+1 counters. The Helix Pinnacle still awaits. If properly charged, it will provide enough power to revoke all infection everywhere, using microbe forms of Quillspike as an antivirus.

The unwilling Dragonlord Dromoka and Kozilek have moved on, and much of the chaotic composition of the endlessly reformed deck has been lost in favor of a small number of counterspells. But the core elements of lifegain, resurrection, cloning and populate, and most importantly, treating infect and poison counters, remain.

Eldrazi Displacer and Loaming Shaman survived the changes, as did the essential Quillspike and its partner, Hag Hedge-Mage.

Nightmare Shepherd, Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage, Trostani, and newcomer Song of the Worldsoul stand as the populate team for Nightmare Shepherd. Newcomer Zimone and Dina replace the sacrifice element and assist in card draw and land playing. Gretchen Titchwillow and Walking Atlas are in the deck now, helping land come out. Walking Atlas is easily copied.

Beledros Witherbloom, Angelic Accord, and Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage can provide tokens, but Skycat Sovereign and Cubwarden take over. Jolrael had to be lost, but perhaps I can find a way to restore her and her cat tokens. In any case, the new commander is Reaper King. All that's required for the cat tokens to really bloom is an Artificial Evolution, which permanently changes Reaper King from reacting to scarecrows to reacting to cats.

Sphinx of the Final Word steps in to replace Dragonlord Dromoka by making my counterspells impossible to counter.

Shalai is still here, with Slippery Bogbonder still at her side. The Helm of the Host is also still here and Eldrazi Displacer will still happily step in to bounce the Bogbonder to shield Shalai upon his return.

Beledros Witherbloom's pest tokens appearing on each turn bolster the power of Death's Presence, which suits Simic Ascendancy just fine. And Beledros is more than happy to untap for Kylie. This is especially useful if the Helix Pinnacle is around. Winning with Helix Pinnacle is no longer so extraordinary if you've got 30 or more lands, and Beledros' ability to untap once on every turn makes victory easy.

But he is no longer the only way to do it. Helix Pinnacle and Simic Ascendancy are both subject to proliferate. So a new conspiracy was formed. Kylie has long known of Pestilence Demon and Rite of Passage; use his power one point at a time, and her creatures get more powerful point by point, but it still does the job of weakening enemy creatures. But the conspiracy now has a third member: Urban Daggertooth. Use this tactic when Urban Daggertooth is around, and suddenly not only can you proliferate the counters on it and the rest of the creature team, but it works just as well to bolster Helix Pinnacle and Simic Ascendancy. It's a great way to win when no one expects it.

Since this deck runs so much resurrection and populate, why not turn things to my advantage? Geier Reach Sanitarium increases my draw and aids my ability to either get to the Sun Titan or throw away lands. Why? Because a cloned Sun Titan can return discarded lands to the battlefield; constantly. Meaning that if I use my Mirrorpool, I get a land back onto the battlefield even if I've played a land this turn. And if I populate that cloned Sun Titan, each new populated S. Titan only brings back more land, or more permanents of 3 cost or less. Normally, this would be useless. But with Beledros' help, Geier Reach Sanitarium's draw and discard can tear through my deck, and my opponents', in no time.

Vilis, Broker of Blood is now flanked in his drawing power. Not by Erebos, God of the Dead, who up and walked out, but by Gretchen, Zimone and Dina, Baleful Force, and Harvester of Souls