The Ooze Brothers [Primer-ish]

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Combo Infect Mill Reanimator

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Creature (24)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dreamborn Muse
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Wood Elves

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sultai Ascendancy
• 1x Sylvan Library

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Tamiyo, Collector of Tales

Land (36)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 9x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Negate
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Sultai Charm

Artifact (5)

• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance

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Sorcery (3)

• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Stitch Together

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render

Creature (3)

• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Ballista

Instant (2)

• 1x Flash
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

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Mimeoplasm reanimator/combo deck. This deck is focused on being a psuedo-competitive combo deck, without the tutoring consistency and high end removal options of a CEDH list. In their place, this deck adds some splashier reanimation targets and grindy mid game card advantage engines.

Ways to Win

Putrefax or Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord + Lord of Extinction

Necrotic Ooze with Triskelion + Phyrexian Devourer in your yard

Triskelion + Lord of Extinction if he's big enough

Triskelion + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Crazy synergy - Underrealm Lich + Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur or Prime Speaker Zegana will let you see 28-30+ cards consistently, which makes it tempting to run lab man.

Why Mimeoplasm?

Strengths

• are often rightly considered to be the best colors in EDH. You have access to the best tutoring effects, ramp spells, and card draw.
• Doesn't rely on the commander sticking to the board to function, unlike all the other sultai commander options in Muldrotha, the Gravetide , Sidisi, Brood Tyrant , Tasigur, the Golden Fang , Damia, Sage of Stone and Yarok, the Desecrated . This deck can win without ever casting the commander so the opponents don't have a bottle neck they are able to focus on.
• Gets around many stax effects, including Torpor Orb
• Win conditions are flexible and widely varied depending on your desired power level and meta.
• Can run counter spells for interaction on the stack

Weaknesses

• There are a few dead draws
• Will sometimes struggle to get cards stuck in your hand into the graveyard
• Doesn't offer a huge board presence to hold off early creature aggression or mid range go-wide strategies
• Vulnerable to graveyard hate

Early Game

Mid Game

Winning the Game

After grinding through the mid-game or supplying your graveyard with the necessary tools, there a few concrete ways to close out a game.

Necrotic Ooze

The second partner of the ooze brothers. This is often the first win condition to aim for as it can be found off of a single Buried Alive resolution. This win works by reanimating a Necrotic Ooze while Phyrexian Devourer and Triskelion are in your graveyard. Exile your deck with Phyrexian Devourer 's ability then ping everyone for lethal damage with Triskelion 's ability. Also works with Walking Ballista .

Interestingly this combo counts the total CMC of your library to determine damage, so it is important to know how much CMC is left in your library to calculate if you have lethal. I would suggest knowing the total CMC of your deck, then learning to quickly count the "visible" CMC, ie. count up all the CMC that's not in your library and subtract the from the total. If you hit this combo early, it's never a problem.

This combo makes Buried Alive the best early tutor target in the deck.

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed paired with Triskelion creates an infinitely recurring pinger for lethal damage.

Worth note, The Mimeoplasm can reanimate Mikaeus, the Unhallowed but not Triskelion as it will be exiled and not able to be recurred.

If these two are in your graveyard, they can be picked up with a single Victimize .

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

After grinding though a game, where opponents graveyards have started to fill up as well as your own, this win condidiotn starts to become a viable and explosive way to end a game out of nowhere without the "feel bads" of an infinite combo. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord paired with a creature over 40 power, will nuke opponents life totals to zero or close to it. Prime targets for Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord in order of effectiveness are Lord of Extinction , Consuming Aberration , Splinterfright and Golgari Grave-Troll , the first two being the primary candidates.

Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

Reanimating a Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon with The Mimeoplasm and 8 available mana will almost always lead to a single dead opponent, and enough left over to regenerate in response to a board wipe or targeted removal. This win is weak in that it has to play out over 3 turns, but is able to be piloted reliably.

Commander Damage

Be prepared with the relevant rules.. but The Mimeoplasm does do commander damage. An evasive target with +1/+1 counters from a Lord of Extinction or Consuming Aberration will usually one shot opponents after the game has gone long enough.

Jace, Weilder of Mysteries

If all else fails, or you stick an early Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur , drawing your deck is possible and doesnt take too long to accomplish.

Noteworthy Exclusions

Individual Card Discussions and Notes

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.39
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G
Folders	Sleeping Decks