{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Deck Overview:"},{"insert":"\n\nThe purpose of this deck is to assemble a jank aura-generating engine around [[ivy, gleeful spellthief]], [[augmenter pugilist]] and [[simic guildmage]]\n\nI have always loved Momir Vig but wanted to build him in a way that didn’t feel like a normal Simic wincon. When I think of Simic, I typically think of +1/+1 counters, broken combos, or just weenies and Craterhoof win.\n\nSome of my inspiration for the deck came from my love of enchantment removal in Magic. I think [[imprisoned in the moon]], [[kenrith’s transformation]], [[amphibian downpour]], and [[song of the dryads]] are some of the best removal in the game.\n\nWhen thinking about him and the different cards I like to include in the deck, I looked at [[simic guildmage]] and his ability to move counters and enchantments. I think this is such a unique and cool ability; I knew I wanted to build around it. \n\nI then stumbled upon [[ivy, gleeful spellthief]] and realized I might have the bones to make this kind of deck work.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The plan: "},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1) Play evasive creatures like [[blighted agent]], [[cold-eyed selkie]], [[invisible stalker]] or [[timber paladin]], ramp, and get out Momir"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2) Cast a creature and, with Momir's ability, get a [[plaxcaster frogling]]/[[tam, mindful first-year]]"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3) Cast one of the creatures above; get Ivy"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"* At this point, we typically have 5 or so creatures, but you want to typically have a wide board"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"4) we tutor up a [[simic guildmage]] and an [[augmenter pugilist]]"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"5) Cast another creature, and with Momir’s trigger we like to get some bestow or mutate cards like [[boon satyr]] or [[nxyborn hydra]], or [[gemrazer]] or [[migratory greathorn]]"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"6) We turn our entire board into Ivy with the back side of [[augmenter pugilist]] [[echoing equation]] and start smashing down some bestow and mutate cards. Watch the jank farm engine begin"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ivy’s ability reads:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Whenever a player casts a spell that targets only a single creature other than Ivy, you may copy that spell. The copy targets Ivy. (A copy of an Aura spell becomes a token.)"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"7) With our entire board as Ivy, if we begin to cast spells like [[Nyxborn Hydra]] or mutate cards like [[Migratory Greathorn]] it will copy that bestow enchantment/mutate for each creature on our board that is now temporarily Ivy. "},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"7) Have fun with moving enchantments around with [[Simic Guildmage]]."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"8) At the end of the turn, all your creatures return to what they originally were. But keep the mutate and enchantments on them"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The deck is pretty resilient because we can easily grab [[nantuko tracer]], [[riftsweeper]], or [[loaming shaman]] and regrab the pieces we need."},{"insert":"\n \n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Board wipes? If someone decides to board wipe, we still keep all the bestow creatures as they “fall off” the creature they were enchanting"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"9) repeat using things like [[temur sabertooth]] or [[clement, the worrywort]]to bounce creatures back to your hand and repeat"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bestow & Mutate:"},{"insert":"\nMomir’s ability reads as follows:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Whenever you cast a green creature spell, you may search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top."},{"insert":"\n "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Whenever you cast a blue creature spell, reveal the top card of your library."},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"If it's a creature card, put that card into your hand."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bestow and mutate are mechanics that are found on creatures. "},{"insert":"\n\nThis means they are tutorable using Momir’s ability and can give us consistent access to enchantments and single-target spells. Bestow creatures have the bestow keyword ability that allows the creature to be alternatively cast as an enchantment aura and typically gives some form of benefit:\n[[Nyxborn hydra]] and [[boon satyr]] are probably the best examples of this. When a creature with bestow becomes unattached from a creature, it becomes a creature again.\nMutate is a keyword ability that allows a creature to be alternatively cast and more or less “mutates” the cards together into a single creature.\nBoth of these mechanics can be grabbed with Momir and will trigger Ivy\n\nSpecific Card notes:\n\n[[shardless agent]] is a free [[ivy, gleeful spellthief]].\nYou cast Shardless Agent and end up with 3 triggers:\n\n1) Cascade\n\n2) Whenever you cast a green creature spell, you may search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.\n\n 3) Whenever you cast a blue creature spell, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put that card into your hand.\n\nYou can restack the triggers to this:\n\n1) Whenever you cast a green creature spell, you may search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.\n\n2) Cascade\n\n3) Whenever you cast a blue creature spell, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put that card into your hand.\n\nThis lets us grab Ivy, cast her with Cascade, then we will get the following, and you can continue your chain however you want:\n\n1) Whenever you cast a green creature spell, you may search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.\n\n 2) Whenever you cast a blue creature spell, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put that card into your hand.\n\n3) Whenever you cast a blue creature spell, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put that card into your hand.\n\nNote: if you have out any future sight card like [[Oracle of mul daya]], you could move the extra blue ability to the top after Ivy has resolved and grab an extra creature.\n\n\n[[Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty]] can get us any important two-mana artifact from deck to hand\n\nWe can cast Imoti and stack a [[Tribute Mage]] to the top and cascade into it with the same trick we do with [[Shardless Agent]]\n\n[[Wizard’s staff]]\nMomir is an Elf Wizard, and the staff allows you to grab 2 creatures from your deck to your hand for each BG creature you cast\nThe staff can also double Ivy Triggers\n\n[[Slippery Bogle]]\nIf Momir is out, this is at least a [[demonic tutor]] for a creature, on a creature, with built-in protection, for half the mana; if we have a [[wizard’s staff]], it is two demonic tutors\n\n[[Kennrith's transformation]] and [[trickster elk]]\nAre enchantment based remove. We can grab the elk as it is a creature and we can bestow it on our opponents creature. \n\nIf that opponent plays a new problem we can move the elk from one creature to another using [[simic guildmage]]\n\nMore to come \n"}]}