Monster Mash

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Mutate Reanimator

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Creature (38)

• 1x Ancient Ooze
• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Archipelagore
• 1x Auspicious Starrix
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cavern Whisperer
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Dreamtail Heron
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Frost Titan
• 1x Ghastly Death Tyrant
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Gyruda, Doom of Depths
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Insatiable Hemophage
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Migratory Greathorn
• 1x Moldgraf Monstrosity
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Runo Stromkirk  ^Flip
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Viridian Emissary

Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 3x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Instant (2)

• 1x Dark Bargain
• 1x Moonlight Bargain

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vivien on the Hunt

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Atrocious Experiment
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Unearth

Artifact (7)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Neurok Stealthsuit
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Curiosity
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Secrets of the Dead
• 1x Strands of Night

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Once upon a time, this was a mill deck. It was a fine deck, with Phenax, God of Deception turning all my creatures into mill effects, Muldrotha, the Gravetide allowing me to play combo pieces from my graveyard, and Consuming Aberration feasting on my opponent's libraries. Then one day, I decided to take out the mill and combo pieces, and I added in cards from my Teneb, the Harvester deck. I now had a pure reanimator deck, but I believed something was missing. That's when I remembered mutate was a thing. And thus was born into the world- the Monster Mash!

1: We Do The Monster Mash

The deck is loaded with non-humans to mutate cards like Auspicious Starrix onto, and many of them are large threatening creatures in their own right. Mutating the same creature a bunch of times gives me extra value in cases like the Starrix, but it can also be good to just give something like Frost Titan or Ancient Ooze flying by mutating it with Dreamtail Heron. Or combine the Heron with Sea-Dasher Octopus to draw some cards off attacking.

2: It's A Graveyard Smash

The deck also follows Muldrotha's lead and has lots of Recursion/Reanimator staples like Eternal Witness, Spore Frog, Birthing Pod, Mulldrifter, Sakura-Tribe Elder etc. I can fill the graveyard with cards like Hermit Druid and get cards like Stormtide Leviathan into play with Animate Dead. I can also mutate from the graveyard, so that's an option.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.12
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Marit Lage, Rhino Warrior 4/4 G