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Symbiotic Swarm

Commander precon · Commander 2020 · 2020 · led by Kathril, Aspect Warper

Main theme: +1/+1 counters · Synergy 2.7/5 (developing) · Bracket 1–2 · Kathril, Aspect Warper works with 10 of its cards

Upgrades at bracket 1–2

No Game Changers and no infinite combos: the level of an unchanged precon. Game Changers are cards on WotC's official list of cards that make a deck much stronger.

11 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 1–2.

Its cards work together more: synergy 2.7 → 3.8 of 5, from developing to connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.1 → 4.5 of 5, still on target; no longer short on ramp, 6 short on card advantage, was 9. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Blossoming Sands: Blossoming Sands makes only white or green. Put in Indatha Triome: Indatha Triome enters tapped and makes white, black or green.
  2. Take out Selesnya Sanctuary: Selesnya Sanctuary enters tapped. Put in Bountiful Promenade: Bountiful Promenade never enters tapped and makes white or green.
  3. Take out Orzhov Basilica: Orzhov Basilica enters tapped. Put in Desolate Mire: Desolate Mire never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  4. Take out Scoured Barrens: Scoured Barrens enters tapped. Put in Fetid Heath: Fetid Heath never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  5. Take out Golgari Rot Farm: Golgari Rot Farm enters tapped. Put in Bayou: Bayou never enters tapped and makes black or green.
  6. Take out Jungle Hollow: Jungle Hollow enters tapped. Put in Overgrown Tomb: Overgrown Tomb never enters tapped and makes black or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Predatory Impetus: Predatory Impetus is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Greenhouse Propagator: Ramp: you were 2 short; Greenhouse Propagator counts as ramp. While you control Greenhouse Propagator, Slippery Bogbonder counts it and.
  2. Take out Netherborn Altar: Netherborn Altar is next on the report's cut list. Its only links come from cards that make others cheaper, or easier to find or bring back. Put in Fellwar Stone: Ramp: you were 2 short; Fellwar Stone counts as ramp.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Obscuring Haze: Obscuring Haze is next on the report's cut list. It works with other cards only once, when it is played: with Karametra, God of Harvests. Put in Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order: Card advantage: you were 9 short; Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Together Forever: Together Forever is next on the report's cut list. Works with 1 other card: with 1 again and again. Put in Hollowmurk Siege: Card advantage: you were 9 short; Hollowmurk Siege counts as card advantage.
  3. Take out Akroma, Angel of Wrath: Akroma, Angel of Wrath is next on the report's cut list. Works with 6 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Generous Patron: Card advantage: you were 9 short; Generous Patron counts as card advantage. While you control Generous Patron, Slippery Bogbonder counts it and.

Upgrades at bracket 3

Up to three Game Changers, and no two-card infinite combo that costs 6 or less.

13 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3.

Its cards work together more: synergy 2.7 → 3.8 of 5, from developing to connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.1 → 4.5 of 5, still on target; no longer short on ramp, 6 short on card advantage, was 9. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Blossoming Sands: Blossoming Sands makes only white or green. Put in Indatha Triome: Indatha Triome enters tapped and makes white, black or green.
  2. Take out Selesnya Sanctuary: Selesnya Sanctuary enters tapped. Put in Bountiful Promenade: Bountiful Promenade never enters tapped and makes white or green.
  3. Take out Orzhov Basilica: Orzhov Basilica enters tapped. Put in Desolate Mire: Desolate Mire never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  4. Take out Scoured Barrens: Scoured Barrens enters tapped. Put in Fetid Heath: Fetid Heath never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  5. Take out Golgari Rot Farm: Golgari Rot Farm enters tapped. Put in Bayou: Bayou never enters tapped and makes black or green.
  6. Take out Jungle Hollow: Jungle Hollow enters tapped. Put in Overgrown Tomb: Overgrown Tomb never enters tapped and makes black or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Predatory Impetus: Predatory Impetus is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Greenhouse Propagator: Ramp: you were 2 short; Greenhouse Propagator counts as ramp. While you control Greenhouse Propagator, Slippery Bogbonder counts it and.
  2. Take out Netherborn Altar: Netherborn Altar is next on the report's cut list. Its only links come from cards that make others cheaper, or easier to find or bring back. Put in Fellwar Stone: Ramp: you were 2 short; Fellwar Stone counts as ramp.
  3. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet is weaker ramp than Smothering Tithe. Put in Smothering Tithe: Smothering Tithe is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Obscuring Haze: Obscuring Haze is next on the report's cut list. It works with other cards only once, when it is played: with Karametra, God of Harvests. Put in Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order: Card advantage: you were 9 short; Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Together Forever: Together Forever is next on the report's cut list. Works with 1 other card: with 1 again and again. Put in Hollowmurk Siege: Card advantage: you were 9 short; Hollowmurk Siege counts as card advantage.
  3. Take out Akroma, Angel of Wrath: Akroma, Angel of Wrath is next on the report's cut list. Works with 6 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Generous Patron: Card advantage: you were 9 short; Generous Patron counts as card advantage. While you control Generous Patron, Slippery Bogbonder counts it and.
  4. Take out Harmonize: Harmonize is weaker card draw than The One Ring. Put in The One Ring: The One Ring is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

13 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3. These are the same swaps as at bracket 3: none of the stronger cards bracket 4–5 allows does any of these jobs strictly better, so aiming higher changes nothing for this deck.

Its cards work together more: synergy 2.7 → 3.8 of 5, from developing to connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.1 → 4.5 of 5, still on target; no longer short on ramp, 6 short on card advantage, was 9. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Blossoming Sands: Blossoming Sands makes only white or green. Put in Indatha Triome: Indatha Triome enters tapped and makes white, black or green.
  2. Take out Selesnya Sanctuary: Selesnya Sanctuary enters tapped. Put in Bountiful Promenade: Bountiful Promenade never enters tapped and makes white or green.
  3. Take out Orzhov Basilica: Orzhov Basilica enters tapped. Put in Desolate Mire: Desolate Mire never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  4. Take out Scoured Barrens: Scoured Barrens enters tapped. Put in Fetid Heath: Fetid Heath never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  5. Take out Golgari Rot Farm: Golgari Rot Farm enters tapped. Put in Bayou: Bayou never enters tapped and makes black or green.
  6. Take out Jungle Hollow: Jungle Hollow enters tapped. Put in Overgrown Tomb: Overgrown Tomb never enters tapped and makes black or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Predatory Impetus: Predatory Impetus is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Greenhouse Propagator: Ramp: you were 2 short; Greenhouse Propagator counts as ramp. While you control Greenhouse Propagator, Slippery Bogbonder counts it and.
  2. Take out Netherborn Altar: Netherborn Altar is next on the report's cut list. Its only links come from cards that make others cheaper, or easier to find or bring back. Put in Fellwar Stone: Ramp: you were 2 short; Fellwar Stone counts as ramp.
  3. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet is weaker ramp than Smothering Tithe. Put in Smothering Tithe: Smothering Tithe is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Obscuring Haze: Obscuring Haze is next on the report's cut list. It works with other cards only once, when it is played: with Karametra, God of Harvests. Put in Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order: Card advantage: you were 9 short; Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Together Forever: Together Forever is next on the report's cut list. Works with 1 other card: with 1 again and again. Put in Hollowmurk Siege: Card advantage: you were 9 short; Hollowmurk Siege counts as card advantage.
  3. Take out Akroma, Angel of Wrath: Akroma, Angel of Wrath is next on the report's cut list. Works with 6 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Generous Patron: Card advantage: you were 9 short; Generous Patron counts as card advantage. While you control Generous Patron, Slippery Bogbonder counts it and.
  4. Take out Harmonize: Harmonize is weaker card draw than The One Ring. Put in The One Ring: The One Ring is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Opens a route: Agent of the Fates. 1 of its cards reach Mimic Vat through it.

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: card advantage 5 of 14, ramp 11 of 13.

The decklist

Creatures

Acidic Slime · Aerial Responder · Akroma, Angel of Wrath · Angel of Finality · Archon of Valor's Reach · Avenging Huntbonder · Cairn Wanderer · Cartographer's Hawk · Cataclysmic Gearhulk · Daring Fiendbonder · Hornet Queen · Kalemne's Captain · Karametra, God of Harvests · Majestic Myriarch · Nikara, Lair Scavenger · Nyx Weaver · Odric, Lunarch Marshal · Reveillark · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Satyr Wayfinder · Skullwinder · Slippery Bogbonder · Solemn Recruit · Soul of Innistrad · Soulflayer · Splinterfright · Sunblast Angel · Tayam, Luminous Enigma · Titanoth Rex · Vampire Nighthawk · Vitality Hunter · Void Beckoner · Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel · Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Planeswalkers

Ajani Unyielding

Instants and sorceries

Abzan Charm · Blood Curdle · Cultivate · Deathsprout · Despark · Duneblast · Ever After · Grisly Salvage · Harmonize · Obscuring Haze · Selective Adaptation · Unbreakable Bond · Unburial Rites

Artifacts and enchantments

Abzan Ascendancy · Arcane Signet · Bonder's Ornament · Commander's Sphere · Deadbridge Chant · Martial Impetus · Mimic Vat · Netherborn Altar · Parasitic Impetus · Predatory Impetus · Sol Ring · Swiftfoot Boots · Together Forever

Lands

Blighted Woodland · Blossoming Sands · Canopy Vista · Caves of Koilos · Command Tower · Evolving Wilds · Exotic Orchard · 4 Forest · Gavony Township · Golgari Rot Farm · Grim Backwoods · Jungle Hollow · Krosan Verge · Memorial to Folly · Myriad Landscape · Nesting Grounds · Orzhov Basilica · 7 Plains · Sandsteppe Citadel · Scoured Barrens · Selesnya Sanctuary · Sungrass Prairie · 7 Swamp

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