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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: June 29, 2022, 12:20:29 am »

Alright folks! update time!

as MTG:A does not provide actual stats I'm using guesstimations, so apply salt liberally to what I'm telling you.

I seem to be winning about 3/4 battles I have with Kinnan on average. Biggest issues I have run into are blink/bounce decks and a special little shit known as Golos, Tireless pilgrim. I lose a lot of battles to it specifically.

overall, I am unable to really utilize Kinnan's passive ability. I need to bump that up somehow with either more mana dorks or artifacts. The issue then is the deck may not swing as big when it steps up to the plate.

Overall, a good time can easilly be had with this commander and I will more than likely be building a deck around her IRL.

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Deck Comments / Re: Jund Dragons! - Comments

« on: May 26, 2022, 01:19:10 am »

Revision 4

Added/removed cards:
-1 Assassin's Trophy
-1 Deathbringer Regent
-1 Goldspan Dragon
-1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
-1 Status // Statue

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Deck Comments / Re: Jund Dragons! - Comments

« on: May 25, 2022, 09:43:27 pm »

Revision 3

Added/removed cards:
-1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
-1 Binding the Old Gods
-1 Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
-1 Darigaaz Reincarnated
-1 Fires of Yavimaya
-1 Golgari Rot Farm
-1 Gruul Turf
-1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
-1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
-1 Kura, the Boundless Sky
-1 Phyrexian Arena
-1 Rakdos Carnarium
+1 Garruk's Uprising
+1 Gruul Guildgate
+1 Obelisk of Jund
+1 Ziatora, the Incinerator

Changed amounts:
+9 Forest
+9 Mountain
+9 Swamp

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: May 21, 2022, 08:59:12 pm »

River's Rebuke is a great way to push an opponent back and needed saving from the original deck.

Revision 12

Added/removed cards:
+1 (SB) River's Rebuke

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: May 21, 2022, 08:40:02 pm »

remembered llanowar visionary is just a better Llanowar elves.

Revision 11

Added/removed cards:
-1 Llanowar Elves
+1 Llanowar Visionary

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: May 21, 2022, 08:28:35 pm »

Bonethousand I am so sorry, I didn't see you had categorized things. I started editing today and completely missed it. So sorry. I will try to recategorize them now.

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: May 21, 2022, 08:26:43 pm »

Sheesh that was a lot of changes. But heres the premise I came up with:

1. Use early artifacts to help ramp up mana
2. Using Kinnan, cheat out creatures as fast as you can.
3. Late game: Create treasure tokens to just cast anything you want, or you can use Omniscience to just cast things willy nilly.

Win via swing. Best thing I've seen for Kinnan so far. Thoughts?

Revision 10

Added/removed cards:
-1 Angler Turtle
-1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
-1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
-1 Beast Whisperer
-1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
-1 Circuitous Route
-1 Drawn from Dreams
-1 Firemind Vessel
-1 Flood of Tears
-1 Garruk's Uprising
-1 God-Eternal Kefnet
-1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
-1 Hornswoggle
-1 Into the Story
-1 Kefnet's Monument
-1 Kiora Bests the Sea God
-2 Leyline of Anticipation
-1 Migration Path
-1 Mind Stone
-1 Mirror Shield
-1 Negate
-1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed
-1 Omen of the Hunt
-1 Pelakka Wurm
-1 Prosperous Thief
-1 Replicating Ring
-2 Return of the Wildspeaker
-1 Rhonas's Monument
-1 Roiling Regrowth
-1 Simic Ascendancy
-1 The Immortal Sun
-1 The Magic Mirror
-1 Thunderous Snapper
-1 Treeshaker Chimera
-1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
-1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
+1 District Guide
+1 Loaming Shaman
+1 Quandrix Cultivator
+1 Ulvenwald Hydra
+1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy

Changed amounts:
-1 Cultivate
-1 Elder Gargaroth
-1 (Main) +1 (SB) Finale of Devastation
-1 (Main) +1 (SB) Grow from the Ashes
-1 Gyre Engineer
-1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
-1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
-1 (Main) +1 (SB) Letter of Acceptance
-1 (Main) +1 (SB) Maraleaf Pixie
-1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
-1 Nyx Lotus
-1 Nyxbloom Ancient
-1 Simic Locket
-1 Skyclave Relic
-1 (Main) +1 (SB) Spark Double
-1 The Great Henge
-1 (Main) +1 (SB) Thryx, the Sudden Storm
-1 Wilderness Reclamation

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: May 21, 2022, 07:07:28 pm »

Editing deck today. Be prepped to see a LOT of changes for both old and new deck to create a better deck.

Why did I get rid of Hydroid Krasis? because when it's the only creature cheated out with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy (the commander) it's a 0/0 and dies. Otherwise great card.

Revision 9

Added/removed cards:
-1 Brainstorm
-1 Counterspell
-1 Elvish Mystic
-2 Hydroid Krasis
+1 Kiora, the Tide's Fury

Changed amounts:
-1 Incubation Druid
-1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: May 19, 2022, 10:07:27 pm »

Alright. I've spent WAY too much time on this right now and need to take a break. Here is the new deck (listed in Main Deck) that I have so far. Will update tomorrow as I will have more time then.

Revision 8

Added/removed cards:
+1 Arcane Signet
+1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
+1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
+1 Brainstorm
+1 Circle of Dreams Druid
+1 Counterspell
+1 Deadeye Quartermaster
+1 Devious Cover-Up
+1 Elvish Mystic
+1 Finale of Devastation
+1 Glittermonger
+1 Goldvein Pick
+1 Growth Spiral
+1 Hedron Archive
+1 Hornswoggle
+1 Ilysian Caryatid
+1 Kenrith's Transformation
+1 Llanowar Elves
+1 Llanowar Tribe
+1 Lurking Predators
+1 Maraleaf Pixie
+1 Midnight Clock
+1 Mind Stone
+1 Mirrormade
+1 Negate
+1 Old Gnawbone
+1 Pirate's Prize
+1 Portal of Sanctuary
+1 Prosperous Pirates
+1 Prosperous Thief
+1 Prying Blade
+1 Ravenform
+1 Simic Ascendancy
+1 Solve the Equation
+1 Soul of the Harvest
+1 Spark Double
+1 Spell Swindle
+1 Tireless Provisioner
+1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
+1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

Changed amounts:
+1 Cultivate
+1 Elder Gargaroth
+1 Gyre Engineer
+1 Hydroid Krasis
+1 Incubation Druid
+1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
+1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
+1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
+1 Leyline of Anticipation
+1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
+1 Nyx Lotus
+1 Nyxbloom Ancient
+1 Return of the Wildspeaker
+1 Simic Locket
+1 Skyclave Relic
+1 The Great Henge
+1 Wilderness Reclamation

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: May 19, 2022, 06:02:49 pm »

Thank you so much for the ideas! I'm working on the updated deck now and will be updating this listing to show that soon.

Yes, the limitation of MTG:A is challenging, with high synergy cards often not even being an option unfortunately. However, I had an appifany while looking at adding Old Gnawbone. What if I start building a side piece of this deck being creating treasure tokens? They would be simple enough, adding 2 mana per artifact thanks to Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy. However, if there was to be a card like flood of tears played, I would be screwed out of a LOT of mana potentially. Would this be something worth looking into?

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: May 18, 2022, 09:58:35 pm »

Alright, after about 20 games my current thesis is:

Needs more mana.

There are several issues I have been running into. 1, things being bounced back to my hand SUCK. Especially if I'm trying to make things work quickly. 2, taking control over another player's creatures sucks when they target your Nyxbloom Ancient. 3, most of the time I was losing games because I was making bad calls due to inexperience with this deck.

SO, this brings me to my next question for all you fine folk, What in the world would you change? Let me know in the comments and I will play test it for you.

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: April 21, 2022, 09:43:30 pm »

Finished deck for now. Will adjust as needed.

Revision 7

Added/removed cards:
-1 Sublime Epiphany

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: April 21, 2022, 09:26:02 pm »

Ran out of tokens to create cards as I needed. So subbed things in from maybeboard that will tide me over for now.

Revision 5

Added/removed cards:
-1 Circle of Dreams Druid
-1 Cultivator Colossus
-1 Forceful Cultivator
-1 Old Gnawbone
-1 The Tarrasque
+1 Challenger Troll
+1 Drawn from Dreams
+1 Elder Gargaroth
+1 God-Eternal Kefnet
+1 Hydroid Krasis
+1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: April 21, 2022, 08:44:22 pm »

forgot I needed to add shared summons and clear the mind for some tons of fun. Added a ton of creatures to the side board for consideration as well.

Revision 4

Added/removed cards:
-1 Arcane Signet
-1 Colossal Skyturtle
-1 Double Major
-1 Explore
-1 Greater Tanuki
-2 Growth Spiral
-1 Harrow
-1 Incubation // Incongruity
-1 Llanowar Elves
-1 Maraleaf Pixie
-1 Mirrorshell Crab
-1 Soulstealer Axe
+1 Angler Turtle
+1 Beast Whisperer
+1 Clear the Mind
+1 Forceful Cultivator
+1 Incubation Druid
+1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed
+1 Shared Summons

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Simic Chonkers - Arena Historic Brawl

« on: April 21, 2022, 07:37:29 pm »

Sorted cards into sections based off type. Removed a card that was accidentally added.

As of now I am 6 cards over limit, so I will go through and move cards to the sideboard that are either not of great use to me or that I cannot create in game right now.

Revision 3

Added/removed cards:
-1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
-1 Kodama of the West Tree
-1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
-1 Probe
-1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
+1 Wilderness Reclamation