MTG- Budget Deck Tech: Simic

[@johnsparky6029]

Forget what these guys said. This is a wonderful deck props to you. Eveyone needs to remember that this is a budget deck so essentially there aren't going to be too many op cards in here. And if I remeber correctly he told everyone that you all can change it however you like to. So add all the bioshifts and forced adaptations you want to it but this guy knows what he is doing. Evolve is a very tricky thing to work with. I still cant really wrap my head around how to .ake the premise work smoothlybut let me tell you this guy has made something that comes very close to what I would like to call a very smooth efficient evolve deck. Hats off to you absolute mtg

[@JeffWatchesYoutube]

I really enjoy seeing budget deck tech stuff. When working with cheaper cards it makes you have to be more creative with card choices. I would really like to see more budget deck techs in the future!

[@MrSarni]

Suggestion for your videos: The more expensive/ more effective cards you mention while going through the deck you should list in the description. Besides that though awesome job!

[@MrNinfofan]

LOVE this budget deck techs, it would be cool if you could post the upgrades on the decklist of the description! keep up the awesome work

[@Sifd]

I've got the hole deck ready expect the predator oozes (they are a little bit expensive for me at this time). I do realize tha the ooze is a main card in the deck but is there any other (cheaper) card that I could use instead of predator ooze?

[@ComputerizedCannibal]

Yes to both. If you assign a blocker, then the attacking creature is now considered blocked, thus meaning no damage will go through UNLESS the creature has trample in which case all damage will go through as your blocking creature is no longer there. Responding to Searing Spear will work too. Keep in mind FILO. Searing spear on the stack, you respond by putting RH on the stack. RH resolves first, thus making Searing Spear fizzle out.

[@soulfringe]

very nice deck! I'm currently working on a not so budget simic deck. ( but far from being expensive) just because I had a couple master biomancers laying around and I picked up a kalonian hydra. This deck still helped me learn of a couple cards I was not aware of, like Spell Rupture! Such great value, because it counters early game nicely to a lack of mana, and mid game, you got some nice, hopefully somewhat beefy evolvers!! Also, ashamed to say, I didn't think of zameck and undying combo...

[@yoshoverse]

i really appreciate these budget guides. i just started playing mtg and have almost no dual lands. every time i play around with an online deck builder i end up with 3 colors, since it's such a waste to not use them. so until i got these lands, the u/b/w control deck that i want can't be done.

[@Flowarttoronto]

Awesome video. thanks for doing a budget build. please do more. Again, super informative and helpful for those with little money/ im trying to build naya blits right now.but I got a pretty good list that im working off of. thanks again.

[@kweinhold22]

just built this deck on amazon and it came out to $46 (i did not include basic land card prices but did include the guildgate). I didnt spend too much time making it and i wasnt hunting for the best price; im sure if you spent time searching, you could knock off a few dollars. i was hoping this would be a little cheaper but a deck is a deck. Thanks Cinnajob for making these nice budget decks :)

[@Lovecraftian_duck]

I run this deck too :) thanks for the deck tech!! However my difference is my spell base, im running Hunger of the Howlpack, Give/Take, Prey Upon, and a switch with naturalize. It helped make the deck strong in even longer games as well since this is more of an aggro deck.

[@alronthunderdrummer]

fun thing about predator ooze is that it says "when predator ooze attacks", not "when this card attacks", so if you attack with 4 predator ooze, each ooze get 4 +1/+1 counters. really darn powerful

[@AbsoluteMTG]

If you run any more Islands, you run into the situaltion where you don't get enough green sources, that's why I said in the video that dual lands help. Mathematically speaking, if you start adding more Islands to the deck, it gets worse.

[@NathanDinosaur]

One thing I really like about bant delver is that you can play around the Quirion Dryad and hands of binding which cripples aggro. Tapping down all their blockers and ciphering onto the giant dryad or flying delver really destroys my aggro decks, I know someone playing bant delver, it's pretty good.

[@AbsoluteMTG]

I got it at a game day event. You can buy them online pretty easily as well.

[@andrewparadis3704]

I love this deck idea dude!

[@pedrobraz2977]

same here

[@Fejocan1710]

This looks like a really fun deck to play with. I have most of the cards and some others that would improve it a bit. I'll definitely be running this at my next FNM when I'm back in Belgium. thanks for another great budget deck tech ^_^

[@highdark4]

You impressed me with Spell Rupture. Good budget tech.

[@SkrillexBB]

I definitely agree that Prey Upon needs to be in here. I found that a lot of the time I'd want to attack with Predator Ooze to buff him but wanted to leave him behind to block if my opponent had more creatures than me.

[@lucykluegel]

Could you do a non budget build of Simic? I know it's not as competitive as some of the other guilds and 3 color combos; However I truly love this color combination. Thanks and keep up the good work!!!!

[@AbsoluteMTG]

I don't use any external recording devices for recording audio, I just use the audio off of my camera.

[@dkreegz515]

love these budget decks... i get sick of trying to figure out what i should replace hellriders and thragtusks and now boros reckoners with...

[@jakecashin]

You should make a budget Splinterfright kind of deck. It's really fun and extremely inexpensive. I'd also like to see your build of the deck.

[@CrocodileDendi]

I would love to see a updated non-budget version of Simics!

[@kylebrennan92]

One of the more expensive cards you could look at is Prime Speaker, Zegana. Very powerful draw engine. Thragtusk is also quite expensive but could be a very good card for you.

[@stevenfinley1899]

I would think that having a few heavy creatures (Worldspine Wurm, Nimbus Swimmer, and the Maze Runner [Not big but great to bump]) and maybe Gyre Sage. None of them are really expensive and makes the deck better. I had a budget simic deck that managed 3-1 in a FNM because of all the ramp and fat creatures I had.

[@AbsoluteMTG]

Thanks! I didn't notice it haha. It was supposed to be Naturalize.

[@bloodyjester4284]

I like this deck a lot. Works really well on a budget, and I've won a FNM with this deck, though i had 2 Master Biomancers. this is my style of deck, though i usually play RDW.

[@stuckinastairwell]

Bioshift is a pretty neat combat trick since its instant speed and doesn't need a set up to reload an undying creature while making an experiment one or cloudfin raptor bigger, so I'm in favor of playing that card

[@yoshoverse]

unfortunately i'm still missing invisible stalkers and trepadation blades so i hope i get them before 3/1. i live in germany and us shipping usually takes around 2-3 weeks so i hope my shop has some for sale when i get there tomorrow.

[@Cole00007]

thanks so much would love to see even more budget decks (LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!)

[@Theguitarmansam]

did really well in standard with this deck (considering the following things): went 2-0 against a U/W control deck worth roughly $500 (shock lands,Verdicts, Revelation, Snapcaster, Tamiyo, etc). Went 2-1 against a Golgari beats worth roughly $300 (Scavenging Ooze, Liliana, shock lands, $ Black rares, etc). My losses came ONLY when I ran fewer blue mana and counter spells. So my tips to improve: Swap two Simic Charms for two Rancor, 2x Negate over 2 Cloudfin and 11 Forest & 7 Islands.

[@soulfringe]

I also play kitchen table every week with some guys, one of whom plays a reanimator deck. Glad to find some other new cards to deal with that. (there are a lot of cards I dont really know. Just really got into the game earlier this year)

[@MartinThorning]

Interesting deck. I liked this alot. What's your thought on using Sundering Growth instead of Naturalize in the sideboard. Since you might have tokens on the table you might as well wanna populate. And GG instead of 1G wouldn't be a problem in this deck I think ...

[@joshuaingo]

Thank you for your budget builds they help alot

[@marceloquejinho]

"Oh, well, I'm indestructible, bro!" LOL

[@flamesintheheat]

Sweet. This is the exact video I was looking for.

[@Lovecraftian_duck]

And of course im still running Simic Charm. That card is so amazing.

[@thechrisgrice]

I'd really like to see what options are available for Budget Dimir.

[@xXTOdoubleDXx]

Would you consider doing a budget dimir deck build? I've made one on my own, but I'd be interested in seeing your take on it.

[@AbsoluteMTG]

Yes, that is a pretty good substitute for them.

[@leofigueiredo7667]

Back with the budget series.

[@MarcoMorelos]

not sure about the blocking question but you may RH your your creature to waste their searing spear. I have had that done to me except with devour flesh. It hurts to know that your card was wasted.

[@frankyphanthum]

I would like to thank you for this deck tech I went all out with biomancers zegana and shocks ooze flux is fun to manipulate evolve

[@dmitrikrosikio2684]

I run a simic and my staple card is vorel, great card for simic because of the heavy evolve usage

[@colinurban9112]

Dmitri Krosikio I like to use Vorel as well, but with Primordial Hydra, doubling the growth of the hydra.

[@AbsoluteMTG]

I like bant delver. It's not the best deck out there now, but it's definitely fun and pretty good.

[@JoshuaCJones]

Finally excited about simic now!

[@SkrillexBB]

Two questions about Rapid Hybridization. Can I block with a creature that would normally die then use Rapid Hybridization which kills it, then get a 3/3 frog lizard thus taking no damage and getting a new creature? Also if someone tries to searing spear my creature can i use it as interrupt to destroy my creature, wasting their spear, and get a frog lizard?

[@TheCTFProductions]

hey man, i love your videos...your budget deck techs are super amazing you inspired me to build that simic deck and i think it will be amazing....i ordered all the cards and have a lot of ideas to improve it...for example ooze flux to remove the counters(not in the format thou i guess) what format relevant alternatives do you think this deck has to improve it....duallands for sure but what else? Cheers

[@Listhebaroness]

It's price is fluctuating from place to place. Here in Brazil, a set is going for 30$, which isn't really budgety on Brazilian coin. Anyways, as you said, it isn't really a high price considering the of the deck.

[@antoniocepaj7544]

hey man, i love your videos...your budget deck techs and Gatecrash Analysis: Orzhov are super amazing, but since I play orzov standard, and I don't have bunch of cash to spend, it would be a great help if you could post a Budget Deck Tech for orzov deck that dosen't include bunch of tokens, that rely more on the orzov mechanic(extort). I also have a problem playing against Sphinx's Revelation and Naya decks.

[@RiderOfMooses]

Love these deck techs!

[@philippesimpson]

Sweet. I'd like to see a budget Orzhov deck.

[@homefrontftw2]

So i shoved a play set of Vorapede's in there. And i won my first FNM. Thanks for the get deck!

[@baker0829]

I don't know how useful this is, but I really like to slap a bunch of ciphers on invisible stalkers. Using Infinite Reflection, I can ensure that I have a lot of them.

[@evyboomama]

love the deck are you going to do a nonbudget simic deck and if so are you splashing black for corpsejack menace and removel?

[@idiocracy9020]

"I'm indestructible bro, but you still get your 3/3" -predator ooze

[@jesseberry90]

you should make budget deck videos like this a common occurrence.

[@gotrek860]

You sure sold me this deck!

[@Hectorn125]

boros reckoner is a special card. but if ur playing naya or boros. and looking 4 a 3 drop 3/3 u can go loxodon smiter if ur playing naya. truefire paladin isnt al bad either. and rubblebelt raiders could work 2 :)

[@joshnoodles]

Could you perhaps do a non budget simic deck tech ive never seen a good non budget simic deck.

[@zihyer]

Pardon the noob question but at 08:29 you mentioned destroying your own creatures then using the undying ability. Doesn't the "can't be regenerated" verbiage make using the undying ability illegal?

[@erasphira]

hey mister ajemancinnajob, you think that a deck revolving around the boros reckoner with some life link and indistructuble cards would work? i was thinking on a some what win condition with boros reckoner and gift of orzhova and also a second win condition with the reckoner and odric the master tactitian? its still an idea but you think it could pan out well?

[@ussfrhni8085]

But how do you side? I mean, in what scenario would you want 2x Yeva, Nature's Herald? And what creature should you swap it for?

[@Cozzwald]

How about mutants prey? Looks really good in this deck and works well with predator ooze :)

[@kudohlol9379]

Man, i am a new magic player.. I spent a bit on making a 'Bant aura deck' but it loses to a lot of builds my friends play, and thats fine with me i really liked the play style.. How ever i checked your budget decks, i actaully REALLY liked how much synergy had.. this one is definitely my favorite, i just wanted 2 know, if i wanted 2 invest a bit more money then what this one would cost ( even though it seems really awesome in general ) what other simic cards could i be looking for?

[@Theshwab127]

I run an aggro Simic Deck its quite ridiculous and i can win turn 5 or even turn 4 if im lucky. It usually goes turn 1 Cloudfin Raptor, Turn 2 Slitherhead which adds a counter to Cloud, then kill slither using Rapid Hybridization, which gives you another creature which evolves the raptor again, then exile slither from the graveyard for a 3/4 flying creature and a 3/3 ground creature turn 2. Then i usually play Strangleroot + another Rapid next turn or play a Dreg Mangler and swing. Its Ridic

[@byronstump3480]

Hey, you should make a golgari/simic deck. It's such a good deck especially with corpse jack menaces

[@Pro3tag]

Rapid Hybridization + Zameck Guildmage makes the deck playable. Opponent wants to get rid of the guildmage? spend 2 mana for zameck's ability to put +1/+1 counters, spend 1 for rapid hybridization on zameck, get a 4/4 to evolve your guys.

[@bravo8wing]

Q: i like this deck a lot, i want to know if it is possible to include a renegade krasis from dragon maze, 2nd question i want to ask is, what cards can be taken out from this list for the renegade krasis to work with :) thanks in advance

[@omegaxtrigun]

What's your thoughts on Bioshift? Seeing as you don't have any in the deck and it kind of seems like it would be a good card for it.

[@MtgAddiction]

would you do a B/U/G Mill deck tech or a B/U/G Zombie mill deck tech :D ??

[@FernNZjakerZ]

Wolfir Avenger! Flash is good for evolve, has regen for boardwipe durability.

[@rickman1945]

Could you make about transforming core set decks into decent themed decks?

[@MrTheScholar]

This deck looks awesome to play for a Simic player like me

[@Tuft641]

Ajeman, what are you going to be running at Gameday, if anything?

[@legoking5499]

can you do videos of these exact decks with upgrades so not budgets

[@matthewmccreight9854]

is there a standard deck tech for simic since theros released? the prophet of kruphix is insane id like to see your take on it

[@rawsew]

Could you possibly do a budget Orzhov deck?

[@bgray8791]

what about Sapphire Drake? It gives all my creatures with +1/+1 counters flying making all my critters high evasive...and they are only uncommon...thus keeping your deck cost down.

[@Vladware727]

Could you make a Bant Aggro not using kessig. Now that Gatecrash is out I feel this could be fun plus Bant isn't seeing much play :(

[@Advocatorable]

So if a creature with undying were to come back with a +1/+1 counter on it and you use the guild mage to remove the +1/+1 counter on it, you would be able to use the undying ability again?

[@Ghaleon15]

Hey, Where May I get that "keep calm and tap your lands...". Sorry I don't know how to say that in english ;s Thanks !

[@limnigel789]

Where is elusive kraits? It's a really good card in limited and budget decks

[@vixdragon0000]

I'd love to see a Budget Orzhov Deck Tech :D

[@Hybridtribe]

Would love to see a GB or mono G elf deck

[@GreenRanger886]

im running a similar deck but couldnt find the young wolves with undyeing..... but im running shamblesharck and prime speaker zegana...... what do you think of prime speaker @AjemanCinnajob

[@yoshifa202]

not worthy of a competive? just curious if you think its got a chance in the competive side like thrags and the merfolk zegana or something... please lemme know :) right now im runnin pretty simlar to the tom's aristocrat build but more close to rakdos wins splashed white; but i really want a solid midrange with some counter.. please lemme know :)

[@19ykcub]

undying isn't regeneration. In order for undying to trigger, the undying creature needs to hit the graveyard, Hope this is clear. i'm bad at explanations.

[@thechocolateninja]

Could you do a Dimir Mill Deck Teck? Or and Esper Control-Mill :D

[@zagboyar]

Just played at an FNM with this deck and went 4-1 only match I lost against was Naya aggro with all the boros reckoners.

[@TheYendisb]

hey Ajeman Cinnajob i love my elusive krasis's too much to let them slide in a simic deck what would you suggest i switch with them i was thinking maybe the cloudfin raptors but i would love to have your feedback

[@MCStevenVo]

If we wanted to tweak the creature base amount and put in lock up spells would that effect the decks playability? Also if it does not affect the playability and ability to pwn opponents then what would you recommend to take out? Thank you for reading this even though the video is relatively old.

[@Astromess]

i think the young wolves are really unnecessary because i did run this deck but if you want more control than take out those other than that it is not bad, or just side board in like dissolves or something

[@GreenRanger886]

oh and a diluvian primordial..... just want to know what do you think

[@makeris32]

i really dont like the ooze and the raptor maybe -ooze and +wolfir avenger? and also +1 young wolf and -raptors for a 2 or 3 drop card

[@Ninja8914]

could you make a bant mid-range deck post-gatecrash? I'm just making one at the moment and need some help!!!!!!!!!!!

[@yoshoverse]

my fnm will host a weekly standard tournament in march, in which i want to participate. dimir's my fav guild but i can't get a real mill going with what i have, so i have shifted to some weird unblockable aggro with mill deck. i predict that i'll fare horrible, since i never did anything but draft.

[@MrMontyharr]

any idea for a replacement ooze? I can't currently afford the ooze i'm THAT skint and wondered if anythingis runnable instead?

[@chillkyle]

If I wanted to improve this deck for FNM, how would you suggest improving this. I'm a huge Simic fan.

[@PkSuperProd]

The cheapest way you could get all of these cards online in near mint condition included the sideboard (before shipping) is $30.10 USD. Please thumbs up so everyone can see :)