I don't if it is the meta or just me, but I could not build a decent simic deck no matter what I tried. Only achieved 25 to 30% chance of winning at most.

It may be good, but certainly not enough to achieve a competitive status at the current meta where tokens and aggro is the the key to victory.

I used his list and many others without any good result.

Okay, so I've got the deck that I'm going to start toying with once I have all the cards unlocked:

4 x Simic Guildgate
12 x Forest
9 x Island

4 x Young Wolf

4 x Elvish Visionary
3 x Quickling

4 x Pestermite
4 x Cultivate

3 x Nylea's Disciple
1 x Mold Shambler
1 x Vengevine
1 x Bident of Thassa

3 x Species Gorger
3 x Garruk's Packleader

1 x Soul of Zendikar
1 x Soul of Ravnica

2 x Genesis Hydra


I tried to fill the deck with spells that are good enough on their own and simply get better with a Species Gorger in play. With that in mind, here are my thoughts on the choices:

Young Wolf - comes down early and gets in for some chip damage, then goes into chump-block mode. Bouncing and recasting him is very cheap and it resets undying so he can Fog a non-evasive threat turn after turn.

Elvish Visionary - Great on T2 to keep you hitting land drops and a great bounce option in the lategame.

Quickling - The flash lets you save a key dude from removal and a 2/2 flier for is great. Not a bad bounce target in a pinch, either, though I'd rather leave my evasive critters on the board.

Pestermite - Flash, flying, plus an EtB should be an all-star in this deck.

Cultivate - This deck is a bit top-heavy and plans on recasting its dudes, so this fuels the mana requirements nicely while thinning the deck.

Nylea's Disciple - This guy gains us a bit of life to help in the battle against aggro and is a great bounce target. Add in the fact the he triggers Garruk's Packleader and you have a winner.

Mold Shambler - A silver bullet against non-creature permanents, and a solid bounce target. Bonus points for triggering the Packleader here, as well.

Vengevine - This card is very powerful on its own and has some nice synergy in this deck. You can bounce it if you have to and still attack with it, and it's not too difficult to imagine triggering his graveyard clause because we can bounce and recast Quicklings and Visionaries.

Bident of Thassa - I have some fliers to trigger this on offense and forcing attacks is very powerful. You can use it as conditional removal or to enable an alpha-strike once you untap.

Species Gorger - An undercosted fatty and the engine that makes the deck tick.

Garruk's Packleader - This guy has a solid body and since we plan on recasting dudes, we can eventually overwhelm the opponent with card advantage.

Soul of Ravnica - 6/6 flier for with upside. Too powerful to exclude in this deck.

Soul of Zendikar - 6/6 reacher for with upside. Too powerful to exclude in this deck.

Genesis Hydra - We can feel a bit safer casting this guy at lower mana costs in this deck because we can replay him later. This is probably the best EtB in the deck to abuse and the fact that he gets bigger when you recast him is just gravy.

It's certainly a theoretical deck, but I think that just playing the creature strategy at first and tweaking the list to adapt to the metagame as you go is the best solution. That's why I've eschewed cards like Prey Upon for now; I won't know if I need them until I see how the meta actually shapes up.

Thoughts?

I'd max the Shorestalkers and I'd include at least one Bident of Thassa. Your creature base looks pretty weak to support Hunt the Weak, so you could definitely cut there. I also think 22 land is too low, especially with five mana cards. I know you're running Military Intelligence, but you still need to hit your drops; I'd run 23.

I also don't like Niblis of the Breath here, you want your creatures to be attacking. Chasm Skulker also has a home here.

I've been meaning to fiddle with this archetype, I'll test a brew later today and see what I come up with.

Just wanted to say that the above deck is more resilient than I first thought. I have won a game attacking with a flying 5/9 kraken hatching thanks to paragon and titanic growth. But my best win was winning through my opponent casting pelakka wurm 4 times. The first 3 times I bounced it using snag and voyages end, whilst digging through my deck with military intelligence. I found beastmaster ascension and had 7 creatures in play, played it and used titanic growth to finish him off.