Don't Bounce SOME Stuff...Just Bounce EVERYTHING!!! MTG Arena Standard BO1 Mythic

Here's the latest iteration of the Simic Bounce deck I've been playing that was heavily inspired by Laa11 in the ‪@FaithlessMTG‬ Discord when this article was posted:

https://whatifbrews.substack.com/p/st...

At a high level, these were the takeaways when it comes to the Standard metagame:
1. Your deck cannot run out of gas, so you need a solid value engine.
2. Low resource grinding does not make sense. Focus instead of going over the top of your opponent.
3. (P)rioritize closing out the game.
4. One for One removal is bad

...and what inspired this deck:
“don’t worry about removal, just rely on blocking until you can go over the top.”

I was already digging the Rebuke/Weaving loops in my previous deck, so I wanted to take elements of Laa11's deck and apply it to my Simic Bounce deck...most importantly, bringing in Arid Archway for ramp which allowed me to bypass Virtue of Knowledge/Fabled Passage for ramp.

I tried my token version that used Awaken the Woods/Overrun as the wincon, but I kept getting sweeper spammed so I adopted Laa11's creature package (read their article) which drew a good number of cards and reloaded easily after sweepers. That deck went 12-2 (86%), but I wanted something more explosive...which pointed me to Simulacrum Synthesizer. This one went 12-5 (71%) and feels more like me.

Anyway, try it out and let me know if you like it.

Deck
4 Glimpse the Core (LCI) 186
3 Arid Archway (OTJ) 252
4 Llanowar Elves (FDN) 227
4 Forest (MOM) 290
4 Insidious Fungus (DSK) 186
3 Mazemind Tome (M21) 232
3 Thran Spider (BRO) 254
2 Heaped Harvest (BLB) 175
4 Island (MOM) 284
2 Conduit Pylons (OTJ) 254
4 Botanical Sanctum (OTJ) 267
3 Yavimaya Coast (DMU) 261
4 Invasion of Arcavios (MOM) 61
3 Season of Weaving (BLB) 68
3 River's Rebuke (XLN) 71
4 Simulacrum Synthesizer (BIG) 6
2 Doppelgang (MKM) 198
2 Fomori Vault (BIG) 29
2 The Mycosynth Gardens (ONE) 256

Sideboard
1 Season of Weaving (BLB) 68
1 Overrun (FDN) 230
1 This Town Ain't Big Enough (OTJ) 74
1 Titania's Command (BRO) 194
1 Awaken the Woods (BRO) 170
1 Three Steps Ahead (OTJ) 75
1 Aetherize (FDN) 151

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Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Game One
02:56 Game Two
08:03 Game Three
11:59 Game Four
23:07 Game Five
26:04 Game Six

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