Mimeoplasm, the Deck Eater

Commander / EDH lemmingllama

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Removed More Mill —April 6, 2015

I've slowly been moving away from the mill theme. Anyways, removed Vulturous Zombie for Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord (one beater for another), and Lazav, Dimir Mastermind for Memory Plunder. Hopefully this shores up my games a little.

Also resetting discussion, comments can now be found in the update.

dalt132 says... #1

I recommend removing Mind Sculpt as it is a single target mill for a relatively small amount. Instead, I recommend Bloodchief Ascension , as it triggers off of mill and Chancellor of the Spires , as it not only can mill, but also has powerful ETB effect

July 25, 2014 12:27 a.m.

lemmingllama says... #2

dalt132 I plan on adding in Bloodchief Ascension , I just haven't been able to find a copy to trade.

Chancellor of the Spires is a card that I have playtested with, but it never turned up the results I wanted. Its in hand effect gave me a lot of early game hate, and its ETB effect never really pulled anything valuable. It wasn't even useful as a Mimeoplasm target since there was always something better or bigger. It's still a good card, but I don't intend to run it.

As for Mind Sculpt , I don't intend to keep it there forever. It will eventually be replaced by Glimpse the Unthinkable , and it is in my deck solely as an early source of mill to give me more answers or disrupt scrying.

July 25, 2014 6:56 a.m.

Have you considered Grindclock or Sands of Delirium ? They are not cards that you would look at and be like "OH! That's amazing!" , but Sands is a good outlet for extra mana during the turns that you don't tap everything out, and if you take a couple turns to put 3-5 counters on the clock it is a repeatable free mill every turn. Both of them are relatively cheap to put on the board as well.

July 26, 2014 12:58 p.m.

Vampire9oh7 says... #4

I would suggest Mindcrank for the combo with Duskmantle Guildmage whenever someone is about to take any amount of damage you activate his first ability and it's an infinite mill.

August 3, 2014 7:04 p.m.

lemmingllama says... #5

Vampire9oh7 This would be a good idea, but I typically will not tutor just to get a combo, and also Mindcrank does basically nothing for my deck otherwise. When I do damage the other player, normally I win. Thanks for the suggestion though

August 3, 2014 10:45 p.m.

savarkumar says... #6

another creature that can eat graveyards: Scavenging Ooze

August 3, 2014 11:01 p.m.

asaxgod says... #7

Painter's Servant and Grindstone lol its a legitimate legacy combo so u know it's good :)

August 27, 2014 7:46 a.m.

asaxgod says... #8

Also Jace, the Living Guildpact seems good here

August 27, 2014 7:47 a.m.

lemmingllama says... #9

asaxgod Thanks for your suggestions. Just so you are aware, Painter's Servant is banned in EDH, so it wouldn't do me any good.

Also could you explain your reasoning behind Jace, the Living Guildpact ? His first and second abilities are somewhat relevant, but his ultimate is completely useless for my deck.

August 27, 2014 7:52 a.m.

asaxgod says... #10

Oh I didn't know about that ban lol. I think jace would be good simply for his +1. All edh needs draw power and this one also wants its yard as big as it can be, and jace helps you pick and choose what goes where. Seems good to me

August 27, 2014 8:33 a.m.

lemmingllama says... #11

If Jace did allow me to draw cards, then I probably would consider him. Sadly, he only drops one card per turn into the graveyard, and with all the self mill, the filtering he does would be negated. It is an interesting suggestion, but I'd have to playtest him before adding him in.

August 27, 2014 8:38 a.m.

Love this.. Additional +1, consider Creakwood Liege . Looks like a good fit

August 28, 2014 11:01 p.m.

Spisepinden says... #13

I happen to have a Mimeoplasm deck of my own, but I focused on self-milling rather than milling my opponents and then stuffing my deck with as many creatures as possible to take advantage of cards like Mortivore :)

Maybe you could find some inspiration from my list? The Mimeospasm

September 2, 2014 6:31 p.m.

lemmingllama says... #14

I do enjoy self milling as well, but typically I find enough answers as it is that it is unnecessary to mill myself. If I do, then normally it's best to mill myself along with my opponents. Anyways, thanks for posting your deck list. There were some creatures that look interesting I might have to consider.

September 2, 2014 6:50 p.m.

Slipthrough says... #15

Have you thought of throwing in a Telemin Performance or Thought Dissector for some mill/steal?

October 9, 2014 9:05 p.m.

lemmingllama says... #16

@Slipthrough I've never seen Telemin Performance before, but it looks pretty awesome. I will have to add it in. Thought Dissector probably would just snag me a Sol Ring or signet, so I think I will pass for it. Thanks for the suggestions!

October 9, 2014 9:10 p.m.

jorjo10 says... #17

I think that in Mimeoplasm, one never has enough Dredge cards. It is a very nice way how to mill yourself. For example Life from the Loam or Stinkweed Imp . Frantic Search is super cool with dredge cards in your hand plus it lets you discard your threats which you may animate the same turn. Nice little combo on T3.

If you like combos, then definitely add Phyrexian Devourer , Triskelion and Necrotic Ooze . This is a 2 card combo. It requires to have Buried Alive + any animate spell, including your commander. You animate the Ooze, then you use the ability of Phyrexian Devourer to put +1/+1 counters on the Ooze (you may do that as many times as you want, till you have cards in your library), then you start removing them to the ability of Triskelion - you now have hundreds of targeted damage and you will most likely be able to kill anything and anybody in the play.

October 20, 2014 3:45 p.m.

lemmingllama says... #18

@jorjo10 Thanks for your suggestions. Frantic Search is one that I have enjoyed in other decks, and I will likely try it out in here. However, Dredge cards probably won't be added in. I'm trying to make it a Milleoplasm deck that mills my opponents rather than myself, so dredge isn't really a big help.

Also, the combo that you mentioned is quite fun, however the cards aren't very useful by themselves. Phyrexian Devourer just kills itself or is very small, Necrotic Ooze doesn't have enough targets to be worthwhile, and Triskelion is bad unless it is reanimated with the Mimeoplasm. I'd like cards to be powerful by themselves, other than the one or two enablers like Phyrexian Dreadnought

October 20, 2014 4:05 p.m.

jorjo10 says... #19

@lemmingllama: I dare to say that I play in a very competitive meta (games usually take no longer than 6 turns if one of the deck is not a control deck) and we have a Plasm here. This deck constantly kill about T4 and one way it kills is this combo I mentioned (it's strength is that if an opponent doesn't counter the reanimation spell, then he is dead because there is absolutely no way how to stop the combo (when not counting the Split second spells)). But I understand that if this deck is meant to be causal then this combo is probably not that good in here.

October 20, 2014 4:46 p.m.

lemmingllama says... #20

@jorjo10 That could be why. This deck is my original deck that I started when they first put out the preconstructed commander decks, and I've just been changing it up since then. I'm planning on not adding in any infinite combos unless the cards can entirely stand by themselves.

I do have some T5 kills in here, but those are more so stop our combo players who do have their combo pieces or to finish a game that has gone on for long enough. I prefer to have more social games than just stuffing a deck full of counterspells, removal, and infinite combos.

October 20, 2014 5:38 p.m.

nighthawk101 says... #21

So I finally got around to doing this...

First, dealing with Eldrazi. Yixlid Jailer will stop their graveyard-shuffle ability when they're milled, and Brittle Effigy can take care of them on the battlefield. Sadistic Sacrament , while mana-intensive, can stop Eldrazi before they show up. Scavenging Ooze can at least make sure they don't come back, even if their graveyard gets shuffled.

Second, dealing with graveyard hate. Most can be taken care of with Sultai Charm (which is also a good toolbox card), and Krosan Grip can take care of artifacts with sacrifice abilities.

Third, some general suggestions: Avatar of Woe is a beater than can be Plasm'd and acts as removal, Survival of the Fittest is a great tutor (but it's EXPENSIVE), Chancellor of the Spires can be useful at the beginning of the game but gets better late game, and Duskmantle, House of Shadow and Nephalia Drownyard are good mill lands.

Now, stuff to take out... This is the part that I always have trouble with on my own decks, but here goes. Doubling Season is only really useful with 4-5 cards and the Plasm, as well as making Persist creatures worse. How useful has Kiora, the Crashing Wave been? She seems like she would get killed off quick, as she only shuts down one creature and you have 2-4 opponents. Late game, Cultivate is a dead draw (I've seen a lot of people run it though, so I'm probably wrong).

October 26, 2014 7:17 p.m.

lemmingllama says... #22

@williamgp99 Thanks for all the suggestions, they are quite helpful. I'll try to talk about each card.

Yixlid Jailer is awesome, I didn't even know about it's existence. I will pick one up ASAP

Brittle Effigy is kind of expensive for what it does, so I probably won't include it.

Sadistic Sacrament is one I've been meaning to pick up and never got around to it, I will have to put it in.

Scavenging Ooze wasn't as nice as I wanted it to be, took up too much green to be useful.

Sultai Charm is one I've been meaning to add as well, thanks for the reminder.

Krosan Grip is good, but I haven't really needed the hate enough to justify running it. More so meta dependent than anything else

Avatar of Woe was in a previous iteration of this deck, but I cut it since it it never actually managed to be useful.

Survival of the Fittest is a card I've been trying to trade for, but haven't been able to find a copy. So sad...

Chancellor of the Spires /Duskmantle, House of Shadow /Nephalia Drownyard are too expensive for what they do. I'd probably run Diluvian Primordial and just skip the mill lands if I wanted those abilities.

As for the stuff you suggested to cut.

Doubling Season was just a spur of the moment decision for testing. It will likely be cut for something else.

Kiora, the Crashing Wave has actually been quite good to me. If I get her early game, I can often reap the rewards of her -1 without issue, and most people won't focus on her since there are other threats on board. I will likely keep her.

Cultivate is a dead draw late game, but it also really helps with fixing early game. Landing a Cultivate on T3 means I am guaranteed to get out my general and follow my curve up. Once I am at 5 mana, I can cast 90% of my deck.

Thanks for your suggestions! Hopefully this improves my game a little and I can finally beat those nasty blue mages who just durdle around for 10 turns then drop Eldrazi out of the skies.

October 26, 2014 8:17 p.m.

MattDovah says... #23

I also have a Mimeoplasm deck and i love to use Sultai Ascendancy to fill my grave with the right choices or to set the right pick and the beginning of the turn

December 14, 2014 8:48 a.m.

lemmingllama says... #24

@MattDovah I tried to make Sultai Ascendancy work, but it was rare that it was worth the slot. I might add it in if I get a Crucible of Worlds, but without that it was normally lackluster. Thanks for the comment.

December 14, 2014 8:58 a.m.

Forkbeard says... #25

Fun deck, I run a similar Mimeo build myself (focus on opponent mill rather than self mill). Looks like you're well aware of most mill/Mimeo strats but one obscure weirdo I run that I don't see here is Guiltfeeder - Believe it or not, he's sneakily won me a few games. People usually dismiss it when he (I think it's a he? Shrug) hits the table, allowing you to mill + feed all kinds of guilt. He already has evasion but sneaking him in with Rogue's Passage or Thassa, God of the Sea seals the deal (I've also found Thassa excellent for unblockable Mimeo face smashing). Anyway, I thought he's different and he's on theme here I'd say.

A couple of other key mill cards I would suggest are Keening Stone & Archive Trap (this almost always gets played for free + you get to shout out your best Admiral Ackbar as you cast it).

Another allstar that should creep out of your maybeboard and into your deck is Life's Finale. A solid black wipe spell + cherry picking your Mimeo lunch is glorious.

December 27, 2014 1:14 a.m.