Muldrotha, Primal Surgeon

Commander / EDH* BUG (Sultai) Casual Combo Reanimator

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Creature (34)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Barrin, Master Wizard
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Timestream Navigator
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Voidmage Prodigy
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x World Breaker
• 1x World Shaper
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (36)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 6x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Havenwood Battleground
• 4x Island
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Artifact (11)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Commander (1)

Enchantment (17)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Seal of Primordium
• 1x The Eldest Reborn
• 1x Vanishing
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Primal Surge

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Underrealm Lich

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Sinister Concoction

Artifact (2)

• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mirage Mirror

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Ancestral Knowledge
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Elephant Grass
• 1x Ground Seal
• 1x Mist of Stagnation
• 1x Null Profusion
• 1x Recycle

Creature (7)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Mirror-Mad Phantasm
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Viscera Seer

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave

Land (2)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Blighted Woodland

Artifact (1)

• 1x Silent Gravestone

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Pulled a Muldrotha, the Gravetide at pre-release and now the deck is built. I'll be testing various things the more I play. What I've played so far has show how powerful this commander can be. Reusing something like The Eldest Reborn multiple times gets ridiculous.

How to Win

The main win condition is Primal Surge. It's the only non-permanent in the deck so it puts everything onto the battlefield. This should be an instant win with Laboratory Maniac and Baleful Strix (or any other card draw). Dosan the Falling Leaf ensures there are no interruptions. Everything else in the deck is used to stall out the game and potentially win by attrition and regular combat. Muldrotha is mostly there to keep Laboratory Maniac in play if needed, and to reuse permanents for their abilities.

If Laboratory Maniac has been exiled at some point through the game. Timestream Navigator along with Concordant Crossroads can be used for infinite turns once the entire library has been dumped onto the field. Just make sure to only draw one card a turn. That should end the game with the amount of repeatable removal available along with the big creatures in the deck for attacking.

Craterhoof Behemoth can easily win the game without Primal Surge. He can be cast multiple times throughout the game to wrap things up. Or you can Primal Surge him out and win that way since we have Concordant Crossroads to give things haste.

Free Spells

Aluren, As Foretold, and Dream Halls are all helpful for playing as many spells as possible each turn. They can be used to cast cards from the graveyard with Muldrotha's ability. Dream Halls is probably the best of the three in this deck since it's cost for casting a spell fuels the graveyard even more. It also doesn't have any restrictions for CMC or uses per turn.

Removal

All of the removal in this deck is reusable since it can be recast from the graveyard. There are a lot of options and I tried to have some for any situation.

• Acidic Slime
• Aether Spellbomb
• Barrin, Master Wizard
• Field of Ruin
• Fleshbag Marauder, Merciless Executioner and Plaguecrafter
• Nihil Spellbomb
• Nevinyrral's Disk
• Noxious Gearhulk
• Pernicious Deed
• Seal of Primordium
• The Eldest Reborn
• Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• Vindictive Lich
• Voidmage Prodigy - There are actually 9 wizards in the deck that can be sacrificed for it's ability.
• World Breaker

Filling the Graveyard

Filling the graveyard is like drawing cards for this deck. Some of the card in this list actually also act as card draw or tutoring.

• Altar of Dementia
• Birthing Pod
• Cephalid Coliseum
• Mindslicer
• Satyr Wayfinder
• Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
• Taigam, Sidisi's Hand - Can also be used for removal in a pinch.
• World Shaper

Utility

• Animate Dead and Necromancy - Good for stealing opponent's dead creatures, or getting out a cheap Ulamog.
• Apprentice Necromancer - Extra value when used on Kokusho, the Evening Star
• Bear Umbra - Helps cast more spells per turn, and gives a creature an extra life.
• Command Beacon - Reusable tax evasion.
• Defense of the Heart - This card is filthy in this deck. Grab Noxious Gearhulk for destruction. Or really anything that can help you win.
• Nim Deathmantle - Combined with Ashnod's Altar it can infinitely recur River Kelpie
• Eternal Witness - Allows us to grab a milled or countered Primal Surge from the graveyard.
• Glacial Chasm - The sacrificed land can be replayed. It's best to pay 2 life then let the Chasm go to the graveyard and replay from there. Costs two life for two turns of protection.
• Journey to Eternity   - Gives an extra life to a creature, then can be used for reanimation.
• Lake of the Dead - Extreme mana ramp for casting an early bomb. Like Primal Surge perhaps.
• Spore Frog - Reusable Fog.
• Sylvan Safekeeper - Multi-creature protection.

Mana Ramp

No deck would be complete without mana ramp. This deck is unique in that it want's to ramp through permanents only.

• Ash Barrens, Evolving Wilds, and Terramorphic Expanse - Kind of like mana ramp since they can be played from the graveyard.
• Burnished Hart
• Expedition Map - Not really ramp since it the land doesn't go onto the battlefield, but still helpful since it can be any land.
• Exploration
• Myriad Landscape
• Sakura-Tribe Elder
• Sol Ring and Thran Dynamo - The token mana rocks.
• Wayfarer's Bauble
• Yavimaya Elder

Cards to Test

These are some of the cards that I want to test eventually to see if I want them in deck. If you have suggestions on what to remove for any of these, let me know.

• Ancestral Knowledge
• Memory Jar

Hope you like the deck. Any suggestions for alternate win conditions or new synergies would be appreciated.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 1 Mythic Rares 34 - 6 Rares 20 - 3 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.52
Tokens	City's Blessing, Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
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