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Kenessos /// $70 Simic Sea Creatures Deck
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Commander

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Kenessos, Priest of Thassa

If you would scry a number of cards, scry that many cards plus one instead. {3}{G/U}: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent creature card, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, you may put it on the bottom of your library.

Creature
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (j22) 13

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (who) 239
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Arixmethes enters tapped with five slumber counters on it. As long as Arixmethes has a slumber counter on it, it's a land. (It's not a creature.) Whenever you cast a spell, you may remove a slumber counter from Arixmethes. {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Creature
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle (dsc) 211
Biomancer's Familiar

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana. {T}: The next time target creature adapts this turn, it adapts as though it had no +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Biomancer's Familiar (rna) 158
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (blc) 212
Explore

You may play an additional land this turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Explore (lcc) 241
Growth Spiral

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Instant
Growth Spiral (lcc) 270
In Search of Greatness

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may cast a permanent spell from your hand with mana value equal to 1 plus the highest mana value among other permanents you control without paying its mana cost. If you don't, scry 1.

Enchantment
In Search of Greatness (khm) 177
Joint Exploration

Kicker {G} (You may pay an additional {G} as you cast this spell.) Scry 2, then draw a card. If this spell was kicked, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Instant
Joint Exploration (dmu) 56
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (c17) 154
Monstrosity of the Lake

When Monstrosity of the Lake enters, you may pay {5}. If you do, tap all creatures your opponents control, then put a stun counter on each of those creatures. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature
Monstrosity of the Lake (ltc) 22
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (clb) 244
Nissa, Steward of Elements

+2: Scry 2. 0: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, you may put that card onto the battlefield. −6: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.

Planeswalker
Nissa, Steward of Elements (m3c) 270
Omen Hawker

{T}: Add {C}{U}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.

Creature
Omen Hawker (mom) 70
Quest for Ula's Temple

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you may reveal it and put a quest counter on this enchantment. At the beginning of each end step, if there are three or more quest counters on this enchantment, you may put a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchantment
Quest for Ula's Temple (wwk) 35
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (blc) 234
Simic Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Artifact
Simic Signet (lcc) 312
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (c16) 272
Training Grounds

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Enchantment
Training Grounds (mat) 155
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood

Whenever Xolatoyac enters or attacks, put a flood counter on target land. That land is an Island in addition to its other types for as long as it has a flood counter on it. At the beginning of your end step, untap each permanent you control with a counter on it.

Creature
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood (lcc) 8

Ramp

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Draw

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Biblioplex Kraken

When this creature enters, scry 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.) Whenever this creature attacks, you may return another creature you control to its owner's hand. If you do, this creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Biblioplex Kraken (j22) 10
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (c15) 90
Brainsurge

Draw four cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainsurge (mh3) 53
Deliberate

Scry 2, then draw a card.

Instant
Deliberate (znr) 56
Fisher's Talent

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal it if it's a land card. Create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token if you revealed it this way. Then draw a card. {G}{U}: Level 2 If you would create a Fish token, create a 3/3 blue Shark creature token instead. {2}{G}{U}: Level 3 If you would create a Shark token, create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token instead.

Enchantment
Fisher's Talent (blc) 36
Garruk's Uprising

When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card. Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (fdn) 220
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep

Vigilance, ward {3} Whenever you cast a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent spell from your hand, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that spell's mana value. You may cast a spell with mana value less than X from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep (mat) 35
Lifecrafter's Bestiary

At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may pay {G}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Lifecrafter's Bestiary (lcc) 307
Mystic Speculation

Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Scry 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Mystic Speculation (plst) FUT-41
Octoprophet

When this creature enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Creature
Octoprophet (m20) 70
Opt

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (fdn) 512
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (c21) 125
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (who) 218
Reason

Sorcery
Reason // Believe (hou) 154
Retreat to Coralhelm

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one — • You may tap or untap target creature. • Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Enchantment
Retreat to Coralhelm (dsc) 126
Serum Visions

Draw a card. Scry 2.

Sorcery
Serum Visions (afc) 94
Sigiled Starfish

{T}: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature
Sigiled Starfish (ori) 73
Stormsurge Kraken

Hexproof Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may draw two cards."

Creature
Stormsurge Kraken (cmm) 122
The Temporal Anchor

At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 2. Whenever you choose to put one or more cards on the bottom of your library while scrying, exile that many cards from the bottom of your library. During your turn, you may play cards exiled with The Temporal Anchor.

Artifact
The Temporal Anchor (bro) 82

Draw

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Removal

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Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (lcc) 233
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken

When Brinelin enters and whenever you cast a spell with mana value 6 or greater, you may return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken (cmr) 60
Hullbreaker Horror

Flash This spell can't be countered. Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one — • Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature
Hullbreaker Horror (inr) 68
Lorthos, the Tidemaker

Whenever Lorthos attacks, you may pay {8}. If you do, tap up to eight target permanents. Those permanents don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

Creature
Lorthos, the Tidemaker (cmm) 103
Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Reality Shift (dsc) 125
Resculpt

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.

Instant
Resculpt (stx) 51
Scourge of Fleets

When this creature enters, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Creature
Scourge of Fleets (cmr) 403
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep

Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) When Slinn Voda enters, if it was kicked, return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Merfolk, Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Creature
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep (dom) 66
Sword Coast Serpent

Creature
Sword Coast Serpent // Capsizing Wave (clb) 99
Whelming Wave

Return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Sorcery
Whelming Wave (ddo) 44

Removal

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Evasion

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Aqueous Form

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked. Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Enchantment
Aqueous Form (cmr) 56
Deep-Sea Kraken

This creature can't be blocked. Suspend 9—{2}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{U} and exile it with nine time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.) Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if this card is suspended, remove a time counter from it.

Creature
Deep-Sea Kraken (tsp) 56
Inkwell Leviathan

Trample Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature Artifact
Inkwell Leviathan (c18) 91
Simic Sky Swallower

Flying, trample Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature
Simic Sky Swallower (gk2) 124
Thassa, God of the Sea

Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.) At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. {1}{U}: Target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.

Creature Enchantment
Thassa, God of the Sea (lcc) 176
Tromokratis

Tromokratis has hexproof unless it's attacking or blocking. Tromokratis can't be blocked unless all creatures defending player controls block it. (If any creature that player controls doesn't block this creature, it can't be blocked.)

Creature
Tromokratis (cmm) 129

Evasion

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Land

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Castle Vantress

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Land
Castle Vantress (m3c) 327
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (who) 266
Crystal Grotto

When this land enters, scry 1. {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Crystal Grotto (woe) 254
Dreamroot Cascade

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Dreamroot Cascade (who) 273
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (who) 276
Flooded Grove

{T}: Add {C}. {G/U}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Flooded Grove (ltc) 309
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 291
Halimar Depths

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Halimar Depths (dsc) 282
Hinterland Harbor

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (lcc) 336
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
Overflowing Basin

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Land
Overflowing Basin (blc) 321
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (mkc) 282
Rivendell

Rivendell enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}: Scry 2. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.

Land
Rivendell (ltr) 259
Simic Growth Chamber

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Land
Simic Growth Chamber (lcc) 352
Temple of Mystery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Mystery (dsc) 311
Yavimaya Coast

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Yavimaya Coast (blc) 355

Land

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Protection

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 281
Hydroelectric Specimen

Creature
Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240
Koma, Cosmos Serpent

This spell can't be countered. At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 3/3 blue Serpent creature token named Koma's Coil. Sacrifice another Serpent: Choose one — • Tap target permanent. Its activated abilities can't be activated this turn. • Koma gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Koma, Cosmos Serpent (mkc) 213
Koma, World-Eater

This spell can't be countered. Trample, ward {4} Whenever Koma deals combat damage to a player, create four 3/3 blue Serpent creature tokens named Koma's Coil.

Creature
Koma, World-Eater (fdn) 480
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (c19) 217
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (m20) 69
Octavia, Living Thesis

This spell costs {8} less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard. Ward {8} Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

Creature
Octavia, Living Thesis (otc) 103
Stormtide Leviathan

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) All lands are Islands in addition to their other types. Creatures without flying or islandwalk can't attack.

Creature
Stormtide Leviathan (m15) 80
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258
Trench Behemoth

Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Untap this creature. It gains hexproof until end of turn. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, target creature an opponent controls attacks during its controller's next combat phase if able.

Creature
Trench Behemoth (cmr) 366

Protection

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{"ops":[{"insert":"Power Level: 3-4\n\nI guess investing better at topdeck control will bring more stability to this deck. More sea creatures can also help.\n"}]}
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