Aesi Precon Upgraded

Commander / EDH GU (Simic) Landfall Lands

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Creature (31)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Elder Deep-Fiend
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Koma, Cosmos Serpent
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Meloku the Clouded Mirror
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Shipbreaker Kraken
• 1x Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Trench Behemoth
• 1x Wickerbough Elder
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (39)

• 1x Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Brokers Hideout
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 11x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 9x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vineglimmer Snarl
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explore
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Urban Evolution
• 1x Whelming Wave

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Entish Restoration
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Simic Charm

Artifact (5)

• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Case of the Locked Hothouse
• 1x On the Trail
• 1x Undergrowth Recon

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The Aesi precon is incredibly strong just off the back of Aesi alone. If you were lucky to pick it up before it skyrocketed in price, the money you saved can easily be tossed at some cheap upgrades.

We'll start with cutting some of the bad creatures or least impactful creatures: Molimo, Maro-Sorcerer, Sharktocrab, Simic Sky Swallower, Sphinx of Uthuun, Sporemound, Stumpsquall Hydra, Tromokratis, Verdant Sun's Avatar. These are the most over costed or low impact creatures. Other possible cuts are: Fathom Mage, Meteor Golem, Mulldrifter, Murkfiend Liege. The latter all do something impactful or have decent synergy compared to the former.

Some obvious upgrades are: Tatyova, Benthic Druid, Courser of Kruphix, Hullbreaker Horror, Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar, Lotus Cobra, Azusa, Lost but Seeking, Birds of Paradise, Koma, Cosmos Serpent. Consider Collector Ouphe if you want to be targeted and Oracle of Mul Daya if you can afford it.

This precon runs a lot of lands, and for good reason. The issue is ending up with a 20-card hand and more than half of them being lands is all too common. First, we'll cut the bad lands: Memorial to Genius, Vivid Creek, Vivid Grove, Coral Atoll, Jungle Basin, and replace them with bad fetch lands (can fix mana when needed, has graveyard synergy): Brokers Hideout, Myriad Landscape, Fabled Passage. Next, some basics and the ETBT lands get removed in favor of faster lands that won't break the bank: Yavimaya Coast, Barkchannel Pathway  , Vineglimmer Snarl, Rejuvenating Springs, Hinterland Harbor, Dreamroot Cascade, Waterlogged Grove, Flooded Grove, Reflecting Pool, and a Temple of Mystery. This is obviously one of the more important areas to upgrade for any precon, especially an Aesi precon. Basically anything that's faster than ETBT and has synergy with Aesi or graveyard land recursion is going to work well though.

The instant speed package in this precon is actually pretty strong already, but we can do better. Fact or Fiction is one of my favorite cards of all time, and has synergy here, but at 4CMC its a bit slow for what we really want to do, which is dig deep and draw. I'm going with Brainstorm instead. Into the Roil and Peel from Reality aren't terrible cards, and they allow for our big creatures to cut through, but Whelming Wave is already enough and I'd rather have Pongify and Rapid Hybridization. We'll also add Entish Restoration, Heroic Intervention, and Krosan Grip just cause they're strong.

Sorceries, same thing. Strong package and not much to change. Harmonize is a great card, but I prefer Compulsive Research in this deck. Drawing cards is NOT a problem for Aesi, so both aren't necessary. Search for Tomorrow isn't a bad card, but I'd prefer Crop Rotation and Nature's Lore. Last we'll cut Spitting Image and add Explosive Vegetation. Aesi doesn't care about mirror/clone effects. Retrace has synergy, but it's a bit clunky and slow.

Lastly, artifacts and enchantments are where we can make bigger improvements. We'll cut Seer's Sundial as it's just Aesi but bad. Swiftfoot Boots can be replaced by Lightning Greaves, but isn't necessary. We'll add Conduit of Worlds because it's bonkers. Next, the mana rocks are lacking. Decanter of Endless Water and Thought Vessel are perfect here to deal with our massive hand size. Ior Ruin Expedition, Khalni Heart Expedition, and Retreat to Kazandu are all okay cards that have obvious synergy. We can do better though and it won't break the bank. Case of the Locked Hothouse, On the Trail, and Undergrowth Recon are all much stronger.

Still testing. Feel free to make suggestions.

Date added	2 months
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.85
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Elephant 3-3 G, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Flying, Koma's Coil 3/3 U, Plant 0/1 G