Mutate to Defend

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) BGW (Abzan, Junk) Dredge Mill

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Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Mill (22)

• 1x Benefaction of Rhonas
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Corpse Churn
• 1x Darkblast
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Gather the Pack
• 1x Glowspore Shaman
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Gorging Vulture
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Mulch
• 1x Ransack the Lab
• 1x Relentless Pursuit
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Scout the Borders
• 1x Skull Prophet
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier

Creatures (11)

• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
• 1x Indomitable Ancients
• 1x Kor Skyfisher
• 1x Shambling Shell
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Tree of Perdition *f-pre*
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Blood
• 1x Whitemane Lion

Removal (4)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Retribution of the Meek

Commander (1)

Mana Rock (13)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Wincon (8)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Belligerent Brontodon
• 1x Doran, the Siege Tower
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Huatli, the Sun's Heart
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Rolling Stones
• 1x Wakestone Gargoyle

Utility (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Boneyard Lurker
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Eternal Witness

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Sideboard

Other (4)

• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Priest of the Blood Rite
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk

Mill (3)

• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Once Upon a Time
• 1x Sudden Reclamation

Removal (4)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wrath of God

Mana Rock (1)

• 1x Arcane Signet

Utility (4)

• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Hunting Grounds
• 1x Morality Shift
• 1x Necropanther

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My take on some GY abuse

The goal is to dump as many creatures into your GY as you can and then mutate them all out

Since there are mostly defense and high toughness cards in the deck you should be able to pull out of the GY and win in one turn.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 2 Mythic Rares 40 - 6 Rares 17 - 6 Uncommons 19 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.50
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Beast 3/3 G, Demon 5/5 B, Elephant 3/3 G, Zombie 2/2 B