Since I can't find any helpful discussion on the identity of simic decks and this is a problem my cube has, I figured I would start a thread to get some ideas.
Every other guild in my cube has pretty solidified archetypes and has been drafted several times:
RG big red, real estate, wildfire
RW tokens, weenies, blasphemous act
RU counterburn, I can't believe its not storm
RB suicide aggro, sacrifice shenanigans
GW hatebears, creatures, ramp / Piper, enchantments
GU something tempoish was supposed to be here.. eh?
GB attrition midrange, death cloud, reanimator
WU tempo/control, "Geist" decks, durdle
WB Pikula, Tap out control, Smokestack, Lifegain
UB grindy control, hard resource denial, Artifacts
There has already been a thread that discussed the multicolor simic cards in particular, and that's already been beaten to death, so I am only interested in discussing relevant monocolor cards at this point, esp since that's the bulk of relevant cards.
Right now I'm thinking that the hypothetical simic tempo deck is too narrow or too weak and I need to try a completely different direction. These are the archetypes I've thought about:
I could try running stuff like Heartbeat of Spring , Time Spiral, Upheaval to make a UG combo-ramp deck. I don't run any cards with Storm or things like Palinchron but there's already a good amount of Prowess and cantrips so going balls deep into the most parasitic archetype ever is an option, but I would rather find a way to make this not parasitic. (There was a somewhat relevant Supporting Storm thread, but parasitism was never even brought up in that thread and Heartbeat itself wasn't really discussed)
There is the potential to use cards like Deathmist Raptor and Unblinking Bleb to do UG morph if that's any good at all. I already run every 2cmc megamorph, Sagu Mauler, Whisperwood Elemental, a few of the old blue morphs. I think this needs another morph block and seriously pushed payoff cards to properly support this as a major archetype and not just a small subtheme but maybe there's a way?
Vintage Masters had a really sweet UG Madness theme and I already have enough green discard outlets and blue looters, but with only four options this isn't a thing unless there's a huge pile of cards I don't know about that would support this in different ways. Maybe stuff like Hooting Mandrills could help. I would probably replace cards like Scavenging Ooze with support for this to encourage it.
Thoughts? Any simic decks you've drafted and enjoyed?
Every other guild in my cube has pretty solidified archetypes and has been drafted several times:
RG big red, real estate, wildfire
RW tokens, weenies, blasphemous act
RU counterburn, I can't believe its not storm
RB suicide aggro, sacrifice shenanigans
GW hatebears, creatures, ramp / Piper, enchantments
GU something tempoish was supposed to be here.. eh?
GB attrition midrange, death cloud, reanimator
WU tempo/control, "Geist" decks, durdle
WB Pikula, Tap out control, Smokestack, Lifegain
UB grindy control, hard resource denial, Artifacts
There has already been a thread that discussed the multicolor simic cards in particular, and that's already been beaten to death, so I am only interested in discussing relevant monocolor cards at this point, esp since that's the bulk of relevant cards.
Right now I'm thinking that the hypothetical simic tempo deck is too narrow or too weak and I need to try a completely different direction. These are the archetypes I've thought about:
I could try running stuff like Heartbeat of Spring , Time Spiral, Upheaval to make a UG combo-ramp deck. I don't run any cards with Storm or things like Palinchron but there's already a good amount of Prowess and cantrips so going balls deep into the most parasitic archetype ever is an option, but I would rather find a way to make this not parasitic. (There was a somewhat relevant Supporting Storm thread, but parasitism was never even brought up in that thread and Heartbeat itself wasn't really discussed)
There is the potential to use cards like Deathmist Raptor and Unblinking Bleb to do UG morph if that's any good at all. I already run every 2cmc megamorph, Sagu Mauler, Whisperwood Elemental, a few of the old blue morphs. I think this needs another morph block and seriously pushed payoff cards to properly support this as a major archetype and not just a small subtheme but maybe there's a way?
Vintage Masters had a really sweet UG Madness theme and I already have enough green discard outlets and blue looters, but with only four options this isn't a thing unless there's a huge pile of cards I don't know about that would support this in different ways. Maybe stuff like Hooting Mandrills could help. I would probably replace cards like Scavenging Ooze with support for this to encourage it.
Thoughts? Any simic decks you've drafted and enjoyed?
