💧🌳 IS SIMIC TIER 1?🔵🟢 Blue/Green Ramp | Mythic Standard 2022 MTG Arena

[@covertgoblue]

306 Tokens have been ordered in TWO DAYS, today we can make sure that #420 exists: www.coolstuffinc.com/cgb If you live somewhere coolstuffinc doesn’t ship to, check out the token tier on my patreon page.

[@jsidak]

I got you CGB just pre-ordered, any chance I can get the 420 one if we get there lol

[@hellproof2379]

the look on your face when the summoner resolved at end ..realizing they were wizards was worth watching til end lol

[@arimoser9116]

Ok. I know you are changing things up and I might be the only one that feels this but I really miss the old theme music. Since I watch this at the end of my day having that calming music set the mood for my day winding down it was perfection. I will always miss that tune. Edit: Everything else can stay the same IMO but the music. That music was so the highlight of my day

[@samsepoil2111]

Life changes, we move on

[@jakobmerzel3941]

same

[@aryabiss9445]

Me as well

[@realfeli6343]

It was a perfect parte of my bowel movements routine, honestly it was like the signal for my belly. Coffee and CGB. I miss it already.

[@mekexplore]

I tried similar deck the other day and the greatest weakness of this deck is you have a high chance of ramping into nothing: either you don't draw payoff cards or your big things just get killed immediately after you cast them. Another thing is it doesn't have any 'kill' removals and you kinda need them in this format.

[@pooter420]

I found this to be a huge flaw in the scute mutate deck. The deck has plenty of ways to ramp, but very little ways to answer counter spells to the ramp.

[@WereWade]

That's what I was seeing too. I love using the inscription of Abundance, but I feel like I need a better range of creature stats to utilize it early and late game. Don't rely upon low stat creatures to try and 5 mana buff and fight, but have cheap mv high stat creatures to fight early on 2 mana, then later buff up... at least that's what I'm imagining.

[@tvermergerd7080]

That’s why tribal is 👌

[@duty-bounddead6788]

From my experience, the combination of quandrix apprentice and Druid class is so good that I’d consider both of them to be staple cards in simic ramp. Quandrix apprentice fills your hand with lands, while the Druid class lets you play multiple lands and gains you life so you can survive to the late game. Quandrix apprentice is a wizard so it won’t get bounced by cyclone summoner and the Druid class land creature won’t get bounced either. Cyclone summoner can bounce the Druid class itself, then you can recast it and level it up to make another big creature.

[@pablonunez8334]

The Ashaya, Cyclone Summoner combo, is a sweet one, I was playing brawl with Ashaya on the battlefield, my opponent decided to play Cyclone summoner, sad blue mage resigned after carefully reading ALL my cards and checking out they where indeed Lands.

[@LukasPlasil]

You can combo Ashaya with Ondu´s revelation. Which is much sweeter.

[@pascalcrouzet761]

@@LukasPlasil, I think you meant Ondu Inversion (destroy all nonland permanents) ?

[@henrygandelman]

Devastation mastery as well, if you are going for expensive white boardclear

[@ralphdavis4266]

Love seeing these podcast convos bleed over into the video. So nice seeing some followup to that and looking forward to his thoughts on the vid next ArenaCraft!

[@jessepeck6036]

I've had great success with a very similar list. I have fewer campuses for snarls, and I also cut some of the filler for a Terrasque or two. Got me mythic this month, and I think the final climb in diamond was something like 13-2.

[@SuperCD93]

I love playing Simic ramp, looking forward to your version of this deck.

[@orkun.dincer]

What is the finest thing in the whole universe? 'The Shuffler'

[@unusuallycloudy]

I feel like the Temur ramp version of this deck is far superior

[@spesterwecial]

Thanks as always for the content CGB. Please, pass along feedback for your editor to normalize volume on the intro/outro. Your old one was always a little loud, now it’s downright painful. 🙏🏼

[@rubeshere]

It's off by one good card, IMO. That good card could take the slot of the exactly 4 questionable cards you highlighted in your video.

[@NStripleseven]

What would it be though

[@rubeshere]

@@NStripleseven don't think it exists yet. Something to look out for in the upcoming releases...

[@bear_6875]

The people are ready for an Arjuna guest appearance + deck tech. The dojo needs more beard!

[@dac985]

New logo and intro is super sick. Props to your logo artist.

[@gerard2383]

Cant wait for the next Podcast when you show off the results XD

[@lorransl]

Gretchen is so mutch better than Eurika moment, or even Zimone ('One of' for draw two) and more Gretchens to stay alive and refilling with all this mana.

[@Joeofiowa]

Love the new intro, though don't love the music. Doesn't have quite the same cool, liquid vibes as the first one. Keep up the good work man!

[@chernoalpha3445]

Cool self awareness there in the outro, sometimes it's draws or bad matchups, but I think you said it well in the podcast the other day Arjuna remembers the pog games more often, and you remember the fail states

[@MrXerios]

When the mana curve is inverted, you know you’re in for a great video.

[@Basoosh]

Arjuna really needs Teachings in the learnboard. This deck can actually cast it for value reliably with all the bounce and ramp emptying the hand. I also super favor the blue Inscription over Eureka Moment. The flexibility combined with being another haymaker is incredible. I started with Eureka Moment here too, but a few games with Inscription in and it was pretty clear to me.

[@austinanthony4016]

every quote ive read about this deck has said: "competitive but swept by mono white."

[@Turbulance16]

I feel almost every deck has to have a mid range theme to it or a counter play to mid range. This current format is so mid range heavy IMO I could be wrong.

[@reinardviloria3433]

Historically you're definitely wrong. The usual way you beat mid range is either go under by being cheap and aggro or controlling the board and going over the top or just ramping to a top end that just overpowers everything. It's why midrange is so bad in a meta that has a wide selection of cards

[@wernerbeinhart2320]

@@reinardviloria3433 But mid range decks are the most fun :(

[@zfranke3dome]

@@reinardviloria3433 True but the current standard 2022 meta is different. The natural enemy of midrange is control. However control isn't so good right now. They lack good counter spells and game finishing cards. So Midrange is a good position imo.

[@x1PMac1x]

Better than the meta being mono-red.

[@Turbulance16]

@@reinardviloria3433 you didn't read what I typed did you? I said every deck has to have a mid range theme to it or a mid range counter to it during this meta. AKA 2022. I said nothing about how to counter mid range we know how to deal with mid range. That was not the discussion or even the point of what I was talking about. There is no HISTORIC to anything about my statement unless you want to refer to every time wizards of the coast made standard rotation mid range meta.

[@prlostinshadows]

After the podcast with you and your buddy I crafted this deck...can confirm as per this video it is sub par currently. Much happier playing with the black treasure shell and much higher win rates with Mono White, Mono Green etc its a tier 2 deck

[@cluckoftheduck]

Anyone else getting Tron vibes from the new intro??? AND TOTALLY DIGGIN IT!? 👍👍👍

[@SanFranGiants25]

I’ve been running a version of this deck for a while now (with some other more focused cards instead of the Komas, mimic, planeswalker, and eureka moments), I always try to keep at least two copies of Avalanche Caller in it. They don’t get wiped by the Summoner and after the Summoner is played you just hit them with a whole bunch of hexproof hasty 4/4s and they usually have to chunk those after they rebuild the board.

[@SirCorn]

I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but I've been a fan of the channel for at least a year and this is the first time I've heard of the podcast! I'll definitely be checking it out

[@jnobile22]

100% with you at the end there, and i hope you stick with it and try a different brew since iv been loving it aswell. As you said teachings is a must in the sideboard, and in my brew i have no koma's, chariots, eurika moments, dryads, or morkeneinen. Iv been loving the blue 4 cmc inscription, if you can get around to casting it for 8 mana its great value, but its certainly saved my bacon by just casting it for the 4 to bounce 2 creatures. As you said in the podcast its almost impossible to comeback once you start chaining those turn after turn. I replaced the dryad with the 2 mana fetch a basic land and put it on the battlefield as a creature spell, it being a land gets around some removal, and works very with cyclone summoner since it doesnt bounce lands, also isnt too shaby for defence/attacking by being a 2/2 or 3/3 most of the time. My last 2 inclusions are sea gate restoration and field trip. Honestly i feel like field trip is just a better eurika moment, and sea gate is usually just a land drop but it shines in mirrors/control match ups.

[@ethanfoery9399]

I made a summoner deck back when Kaldheim first came out and had pretty good success, but mainly because I think you need other giants on the field to have an explosive turn when you bounce their board. Also with more giants you can run cards like glimps the cosmos to get to what you need faster, and even power up haven to play it from the grave.

[@ethanfoery9399]

Actually that card that makes your creatures all creature types is an interesting idea. That’s probably not 2022 though.

[@troysweere2417]

I tried so hard to make this deck work with many different variations but CGB is right, it's tier 3 and suffers from some clunky draws. Personally I played with 4 Cyclones, I glasspool, 1 Aysha, 1 Koma, and one or two more counter spells. Still was barely above a 50 50 for me.

[@stilltraceable6753]

At least you've been able to log on today

[@agentofashcroft]

This is probably from yesterday, let's hope he makes it for tomorrow.

[@MKLXXL]

"Arjuna, what were you smoking?" I hope he will answer that in the next podcast

[@roscopico]

Yeah he said he was 65% with it. I need to see proof

[@christianolsson2898]

Tight new intro. CGB goes corporate! It's funny to the Cyclone this late in the game; I started with him as soon as the xp dropped in giant tribal decks and then control/alrund decks like this one. It's a cool card but should have something like "cannot be countered". I find it's better to run with changelings like the Vandal; you get a good 1/3 blocker, you get the "giant" race and you get some utility with the enchantment removal.

[@Chunti]

I have climbed all the way to diamond so far with the previous version of this deck you have uploaded some time ago (just tweaked 3 cards). It just gets the job done. Strong and consistent.

[@andrewallstar2719]

Wait what’s the previous version

[@andrewallstar2719]

Like the one he played a month ago?

[@Chunti]

Yeah, had "hit them like a cyclone" writer in the thumbnail

[@mcnedelsky]

I’ve had the same experience. It’s great when it works but is incredibly inconsistent and can run over easily. Tier 2.5

[@r0m988]

I ran a 31-9 streak using a simic ramp BO1 brew from Sonio last weekend that took me from Diamond 4 to Mythic 93%. It can definitely be T1, but you have to play it right. Keeping slow hands, or hands with nothing to ramp into for an early T5 bang, can be a death sentence.

[@krimhorn]

I've played with this basic shell and it's big weakness (aside from Party, creature types matter) is that it doesn't actually deal with a board. Sure, you'll occasionally get to block something with the catillac or trade for something small but with mono-white and green's super, and relatively respectively, cheap go-wide strategy you're not really tempoing them that much with your 7/7 for 7. On top of that they get you low quickly enough that they don't need to refill their board to the point they were at in order to kill you. So you end up hoping for Summoner into Summoner into taking turns to win and the deck's ability to consistently do that is much worse than dragon's ability to do so. It doesn't help that you actually have things you want to be doing on every turn before 7 so if you have time to be Foretelling Epiphany you're probably on a bad line for the deck in the first place.

[@agentofashcroft]

Hope your streak isn't in danger with the downtime for this update taking all day...

[@lawrenceshields8791]

I get so wrecked when i play this deck. I would deff like to see you tweak it a little and make another video on it

[@OrbGoblin]

Decklist link is pointing the wrong deck (goes to UW ctrl, not simic)

[@TheGaryDaniel]

That’s the right deck to play. This deck is tier 3

[@jonathanjohnson9201]

the amount of times i played this deck this week is insane , still went smash on them too

[@kiss6917]

Yeah the deck's super dependent on ramping into cyclone summoner and how much value it gives you when you play it

[@everwake2689]

I've been trying a snow version with Kraken and Sleep over the summoner, as a lot of decks don't seem to care that you're bouncing their stuff, but they hate having their trash not untap!

[@matthewwinegar9200]

Love your new theme music for videos. Has a whole 80s retro / Stranger Things feel.

[@NamathCB]

I'm sad the 80s movie music is gone. Not feeling like a CGB vid. Hopeful you'll still pull it out now and then for the nostalgia. Love your content man

[@taylorrkenneth]

The new intro tune is so much cooler than the old one. I do kinda miss the old one though...

[@KevShaw808]

AliEldrazi did a pretty nice Simic Ramp video. Was able to ramp up to a turn four Koma. This was still fun to watch though. Keep up the great work!

[@MisterManuva]

Maybe a black splash for Binding the Old Gods? As someone else said, it really looks like the deck would benefit from some hard removap

[@Strongforce88]

I started out playing 2022 with a version of this deck I loved. But some days I have the experience you just did and some days I can't be beat. It's just an inconsistent deck. But I do love it when it works

[@jamiemalkin6235]

Lol "why is that guy touching my birds every round?? There just birds!" :)

[@stilltraceable6753]

My rakdos treasure walked me through diamond last night. I only used the cards I picked up through the season, so there was only a one Goldspan dragon, but I put in the two Galazeth Prismari because of the treasure theme

[@Rashomon00]

I've been playing this deck for a week now. I'm at like a 60% win rate. I love it!

[@draynged7869]

Love the intro! Great deck too! What a BOSS!

[@mcheezy]

That opening music is wicked.

[@jackpabich763]

I loved your first simic ramp deck. Then your temur deck is what I went to. The red splash to actually KILL creatures is a big deal. However, having big creatures rather than big spells does get around Reidane. Overall, I think Simic is T2 w/ Temur T1.

[@codenameeli166]

CGB- It’s fine, the eureka moment will fix it Me- You can lie to yourself and everyone else, but you can’t lie to me!

[@ReptarKingoftheBrozone]

Nailing the concerted defense pronunciations lately! Haha hope it didn’t come across as an insult or anything.

[@thrillhouse4151]

Kinnan, Oko, and River Hoopoe smile upon this deck from their heavenly Simic kingdom. Imagine if the HYDROID was in this bad boy!

[@crypticmindz9858]

Cant wait to log back into the game.... Been having issues with "authentication for "username"...

[@valentinloew]

me too it sucks

[@cousindonkeystudios872]

The game is updating right now 🤦‍♀️

[@crypticmindz9858]

@@cousindonkeystudios872 Ive been living under a rock for the past few weeks, whats the update for?

[@kylesteinhauser2535]

@@crypticmindz9858 season just ended, I think this happens every reset?

[@crypticmindz9858]

@@kylesteinhauser2535 No new set or anything?

[@KodasGarden]

Love the new intro but it's so feckin loud Also I'm pretty proud of myself for figuring out ramp is the name of the game in this new rotation, especially because I only hopped in toward the end of Strixhaven! Of course, it could've just been a lucky guess and I was trying to ramp up to things like The Tarrasque.... But still there's something to be proud of in there somewhere, right?

[@sillysimic79]

Probably wouldn't have mattered, but in game 1 you actually could have cast that Alrund's Epiphany. You had 8ana up, so you could have foretold it, then cast it for 4UU

[@dwilburn]

Ashaya is such a fun card. I love playing with it.

[@cutthroatcommander752]

I came to back to Magic a month ago after a decade long break and got to Rank 21 Mythic. A UG Simic deck definitely carried me

[@pascalcrouzet761]

GG! What was your decklist?

[@fedond1133]

I'm sure you've hear it before but.... Your room lookin super sick... As for the deck I've done slightly better but I agree with everything you said. As always much love and thanks.

[@GothamsFinestNZ]

Can't wait for the next Arenacraft episode. It will be spicy.

[@pawel2709]

tried that one, was very optimistic, had great couple of first games, but then loss after loss, alot of times felt helpless.

[@MyBesso]

Should be sultsi so you can run some spot removal / shadows verdict for the aggro decks imo, but maybe the mana base just isn't god enough since you can really only reliably fetch blue or green

[@zadusto6515]

I fully believe Ali Antrazi’s version of this deck is the better version after playing both in against the meta, Its so much more consistent to ramp to summoner or koma by turn 4.

[@goblinrat6119]

This is in all likelihood really not optimal, but I've had some fun playing Old Gnawbone in this type of deck. Nothing says "Ramp" like slamming the opponent for 10+ damage in a turn and then having bullshit that can actually capitalize on all of that Treasure on the spot (Like Gretchen Titchwillow, or hell, throw an Ochre Jelly in there). Although by the point you're slamming them for 10+, it's likely already over, but still fun.

[@Mortonbmx]

Played a similar deck and honestly if you don't draw cyclone summoner you usually fail. For me the best deck in 2022 is b/w angels closely followed by mono green

[@SleepEatWorkRepeat]

I used Sonio’s modified deck of this and it rannnn through platinum easy. Hitting diamond 2 it stalled and could not win again. The only thing that crushed it was mono white aggro.

[@ainwolfson9582]

I posted it in the podcast comments and I repeat myself here: I don't see this build be tier 3. I find it even hard to mantain 50% winratio :-( THX to cgb for "confirming" :-)

[@helmholtzthemulewatson4763]

There had to of been a moment where CBG considered the possibility that Arjuna was pranking him.

[@russellpaterek9338]

The ramp game is real. Was getting smashed this season until I went GBW ramp/wipe. It'll at least get me to mythic.

[@yoursecondbestfrienddave4572]

Good thing I watched before crafting!

[@stilltraceable6753]

Neverwinter dryad with red mana usually means temur

[@davidpurcell9497]

Ramp has always suffered from draws with all ramp cards and no payoff. 3rd Koma feels like a must.

[@lokiloke4071]

We didn’t have these problems with Uro 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@D.Verick]

Gonna try this, but instead of playing it as controly, maybe going Aggro Ramp is the better way to pilot the deck - or not and I will derank like crazy, but thats okay, for science

[@TupahTupah1]

I've been playing the version of this deck that you've made I'm having fun with it but I'm no mythic player

[@Knives4540]

I'm with CGB on not feeling it with this deck. It was probably better during early 2022 Standard because people didn't really know what worked, but now there are just too many decks that give absolutely no shits about the pseudo-wipe. People running White or the Black "treasure pack" can replay their hand without any trouble, Green barely ever lets you get to the point of summoning a giant, Party survives the "wipe", Giants has better threats and also ignores the "wipe". The best matchup I can think of is Rakdos/Mardu because it takes out the Avatar token, but even then, it's not as if they'd have any trouble re-establishing a board of creatures they don't mind dying.

[@danielquest8644]

CGB I have played quite a bit of B/G in the 2022 format…. My list is so much different! I found Divide by Zero to be too slow, I have 3 unsummon. So in my list you slam the cultivator, AND unsummon the play. Slamming that cultivator is VERY important to play the deck right…. You just need to play Koma ASAP in most matches. Also, this list really runs out of gas! Cards like god of the voyage can help…. But ultimately the deck is really about slamming a bomb early, making them have answers to that bomb and then slamming another bomb when recourses are depleted. Chariot, cultivator, ranger class and other cards like that put pressure down fast and cause them to have answers…. I even play the 5/5 dragon. Giving you the opening for the bomb. It should be aggressively played…. Because this color combination doesn’t have any real answers! Divide by zero is not an answer…. It’s a delaying tactic….. same thing for into the roil. So you need to be doing something active every turn to build pressure and ramp AND delay them…. Then bomb, concede

[@sjgalliejr]

Personally your first game you didn’t force enough damage with your land creatures. After that board wipe.

[@sebastiang.5032]

Love this pile!

[@alexgossett4349]

Been trying this deck in platinum, wow it loses to mono w so bad! Ended up putting in 3 depart the realm to help. If there was 1 more card in standard 2022 to help against aggro I think this deck might be a lot better off.

[@gee3161]

Definitely Deck of Many Things as the 61st card. Then move that baby upto S++ tier god rank. Also you're cool

[@jakobmerzel3941]

loving your video (as always)

[@evans4140]

Yes! A new intro

[@bokkazas]

I like this deck but maybe it lack some copies of Cosima god of voyage for a more solid early as a boat and more draws on late as a god

[@michaedove3562]

First game with the deck at 9:19 if you divide by zero his Redaine, get Mascot Exhibition and cast it, and attack him for 2 then I'm pretty sure from that board state you cannot lose against mono white. So maybe consider its the way you're playing the deck that makes it play poorly?

[@michaedove3562]

(you have double man-lands to Abyss him and the 3 creatures from the Exhibition make his attacks basically impossible)

[@SuperstarBR]

Gonna make for a fun Convo for the podcast

[@TheVinnymacdaddy]

Wrong deck link. Great deck nonetheless. Ran into it a lot yesterday. It crushes B/W, but I managed to get off a few wins as people kept tapping out to drop Koma right into my Blood on the Snow.

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

I agree with you partially. The deck is certainly strong but it isn't consistent. Eureka Moment is just a bad card in pretty much every format. But you piloted it pretty well given what you had.

[@maxcoto9061]

Maybe blasphemy, but I've found Epiphany underwhelming in this deck unless I get lucky to chain them. The average draw in this deck is pretty bad because it's a ramp deck and it doesn't do a good job of sticking a threat pre-epiphany. Cutting them made my lists so much better. I also think Druid Class is highly underrated in this strategy. Druid Class makes the game against mono white so much easier with the lifegain and the land threat is a very real game ender that doesn't get bounced by Giant. Reclaim the Wastes is the glue that makes Druid Class a much more consistent ramp piece.

[@manuelb3525]

I've played this exact list with a record of 55% in mythic. I also share your view at the beginning of the video, since this deck is tier 2 for me at the moment

[@achilles5199]

As a noob trying to learn I couldn't follow this👍

[@kadenkoepnick434]

The snow version Ali Aintrazi had on channel fireball seems more viable

[@joshfawcett6909]

my ramp deck is close to this but I use teachings and two copies lymrith

[@davidds445]

I used a similar version but with 4 Saw it coming and 2 jwari instead of eureka moment and something else (not sure atm) I went 5-1 or something in diamond but I do think the Temur ramp version should work better cause it has better big spells so the ramp is better used

[@kindullz9841]

I know it's net decking but I wanted a simic template and I went to the decklist and it's showing the birthday boi deck. Anyone else having that issue or am I just deerping?

[@vendettarules1]

Your decklist link is to you blue-white control deck