Muscle Plasm

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Combo Competitive Reanimator

NarejED

Land (31)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (6)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (22)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Narcomoeba
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Postmortem Lunge
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

Instant (18)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Shallow Grave
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Creature (6)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Riftsweeper

Instant (2)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Spell Pierce

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Defense of the Heart

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

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This top-tier, fully optimized list is designed to win quickly, consistently, and efficiently through numerous avenues.

1. Hermit Druid on the field, 1UG open. The deck runs zero basic lands, so a single activation of Druid pitches the entire library. From there, Dread Return targeting Laboratory Maniac, then recurring Deep Analysis wins the game.

2. Walking Ballista and Phyrexian Devourer in the yard, Necrotic Ooze on the field. This combo is only viable if a significant portion of the deck is still intact. It allows you to exile (x) cards from the top of your library to deal upwards up 100 damage.

Mimeoplasm's primary role in the deck is as a readily accessible reanimate effect, aiding combos and recurring bombs and value creatures when needed. Void Winnower and Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur serve as the primary reanimation targets, though both HD and Nooze end up being large targets as well.

The deck has plenty of extra pieces to help make sure one of the aforementioned combos is always viable. Multiple recursion options, various utility, and a whole slew of tutors keep things running smoothly even in the face of adversity. The real all-stars are Buried Alive, Intuition, and Survival of the Fittest though. They're the best enablers in the deck. Recently, Yisan, the Wanderer Bard has proven relatively effective. Tutoring Hermit Druid on the endstep, then tutoring Lab Man and activating HD on your upkeep step allows you to win on your draw step without any additional support. Effective if Deep Analysis is unavailable.

The deck's only true weakness is graveyard hate from multiple sources at once. It has a few counter spells and access to removal in the form of Beast Within and Abrupt Decay. However, if a Rest in Peace resolves mid-combo, the deck's main avenues for winning are shut off. It instead has to rely on out-valuing opponents with powerful creatures. Luckily, the deck often wins turn two, three, or four, so opponents' windows for resolving graveyard hate is very narrow.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 58 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.16
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Official Commander Decks, Fun stuff, Clever EDH Concepts, EDH, EDH ideas