Unfortunately, there isn't much in the way of blue elves to make a Simic Elf deck to my specifications (just Frilled Mystic, Prime Speaker Vannifar, and Skyrider Patrol. And I'm not interested in Vannifar.), so I'm going to have to settle for goodstuff, at least for now. Main problem--deciding what to winnow out of my idea pool. At the very least, I know that Frilled Mystic (a worthy successor to Mystic Snake by my lights), Zegana, Utopian Speaker, and Skatewing Spy will be involved. Unfortunately, it seems that the deckbuilder isn't ready at the moment (no Incubation Druid in its database, for instance), so a TappedOut link will have to do for now. At least that will contain the maybeboard candidates as well.
I think there are a couple of value cards you could look at. Growth-Chamber Guardian just seems obvious -- if you happen to drop a Biomancer's Familiar turn 2, you could have a turn 3 4/4 growth guardian with another in your hand ready to play.
I like Sparring Construct here potentially too. It dies, and can give your incubation druid a +1/+1 counter so it can now taps for 3 mana for turn 3, no question (also achievable if you play Hadama's Climb). It also can trigger your Growth-Chamber Guardian turn 2, so you have a 3/3 body and another to cast. Also gives a counter for Shapers to use later.
I think it would be silly to not include Incubation // Incongruity. It gives you a tutor AND a potential exile removal, which is good with all the on death effects around this set.
I also like Verdant Rebirth here, as its a can trip which allows you to do another ETB effect by recasting a creature(such as Frilled Mystic or Hydroid Krassis).
The question for me is the balance, too. I feel like you're going to be wanting less spread of cards overall.
Unfortunately, there isn't much in the way of blue elves to make a Simic Elf deck to my specifications (just Frilled Mystic, Prime Speaker Vannifar, and Skyrider Patrol. And I'm not interested in Vannifar.), so I'm going to have to settle for goodstuff, at least for now. Main problem--deciding what to winnow out of my idea pool. At the very least, I know that Frilled Mystic (a worthy successor to Mystic Snake by my lights), Zegana, Utopian Speaker, and Skatewing Spy will be involved. Unfortunately, it seems that the deckbuilder isn't ready at the moment (no Incubation Druid in its database, for instance), so a TappedOut link will have to do for now. At least that will contain the maybeboard candidates as well.
https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/mystic-orders/
(I can hear the laughter from here...Well, it has been quite a few years since I played, and Arena's the only reason I can do so, so...)
I think there are a couple of value cards you could look at. Growth-Chamber Guardian just seems obvious -- if you happen to drop a Biomancer's Familiar turn 2, you could have a turn 3 4/4 growth guardian with another in your hand ready to play.
I like Sparring Construct here potentially too. It dies, and can give your incubation druid a +1/+1 counter so it can now taps for 3 mana for turn 3, no question (also achievable if you play Hadama's Climb). It also can trigger your Growth-Chamber Guardian turn 2, so you have a 3/3 body and another to cast. Also gives a counter for Shapers to use later.
I think it would be silly to not include Incubation // Incongruity. It gives you a tutor AND a potential exile removal, which is good with all the on death effects around this set.
I also like Verdant Rebirth here, as its a can trip which allows you to do another ETB effect by recasting a creature(such as Frilled Mystic or Hydroid Krassis).
The question for me is the balance, too. I feel like you're going to be wanting less spread of cards overall.
2x Biomancer's Familiar
1x End-Raze Forerunners
3x Frilled Mystic
3x Growth-Chamber Guardian
3x Hydroid Krasis
4x Incubation Druid
2x Skatewing Spy
3x Sparring Construct
1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker
# Enchantment
1x Hadana's Climb
2x Wilderness Reclamation
2x Growth Spiral
4x Incubation // Incongruity
2x Quench
2x Verdant Rebirth
# Lands
4x Breeding Pool
7x Forest
4x Hinterland Harbor
7x Island
1x Memorial to Unity
# Planeswalkers
2x Vivien Reid
2x Reclamation Sage
2x Carnage Tyrant