Death Mutation or Putrefy?
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on Nov. 6, 2019, 9:43 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
I have a copy of Death Mutation in every EDH of mine that contains black and green, mainly for its ability to generate tokens, but I now am considering replacing it with Putrefy , because that card is an instant, it can destroy a much great variety of permanents, and rarely ever will the mutation produce a number of tokens sufficient to justify its high casting cost.
What does everyone else say about this? Should I replace Death Mutation with Putrefy ?
bushido_man96 says... #4
It's really not much of a contest. Death Mutation has a CMC that is too high and is sorcery speed. Putrefy , although more limited than other removal spells, is much better. If you want to go a little better, consider Beast Within over even Putrefy , or along side it if you're looking for more removal.
I run Death Mutation in one deck, and it's a Saproling tribal jank deck, and I run it for the Saproling theme. That's it.
November 6, 2019 10:18 p.m.
PickleNutz says... #5
Putrefy is a great card, and typically I would say it is far greater if you have just those choices. However, you may want to consider Assassin's Trophy if you have the chance to get one over either of those.
Running Putrefy , Assassin's Trophy , and a Damnation is what I do in most golgari decks. My current golgari EDH deck is a nightmare too.
November 6, 2019 10:31 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #6
bushido_man96, I actually had Putrefy in those decks when I first built them, but replaced it with Assassin's Trophy when that card was released, but I should have replaced Death Mutation with that card, instead.
Also, on this subject, why is death mutation so expensive compared to the other mutations? The others are far less expensive, so it makes no sense for only one of them to have such a high cost.
November 6, 2019 10:32 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #7
PickleNutz, I actually do have Assassin's Trophy in all of those decks, because I believe that it is too good of a card to not put in any deck that contains black and green.
November 6, 2019 10:34 p.m.
griffstick says... #8
I feel that Death Mutation is way to highly costed for what it does. I feel from a design standpoint it should have been 5 total cmc. What a terrible card at 8 cmc
November 6, 2019 10:47 p.m.
bushido_man96 says... #9
I agree. Desert Twister is better. It can hit a 'Walker, at least.
November 6, 2019 10:51 p.m.
griffstick says... #10
Look at Aura Mutation and Artifact Mutation . These are perfect.
November 6, 2019 11:41 p.m.
PhyrexianWombat says... #11
Bit late here, but Status / Statue needs a defender too!
November 7, 2019 11:27 p.m.
bushido_man96 says... #12
griffstick, the only thing I can think of is it has more to do with how they viewed card design at that time.
bushido_man96 says... #2
No question. Switch them.
November 6, 2019 10:03 p.m.