Mutants in the Shadows

Commander / EDH Budget BUG (Sultai) Mutate Regenerate Shadow Theme/Gimmick

bushido_man96

Land (37)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Endless Sands
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 11x Forest
• 4x Island
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Salt Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Witherbloom Campus

Ramp (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Manascape Refractor
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Migratory Greathorn
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Pollywog Symbiote
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Yavimaya Dryad
• 1x Zagoth Crystal

Regenerate (6)

• 1x Lim-Dul's High Guard
• 1x Metathran Zombie
• 1x Mischievous Poltergeist
• 1x River Boa
• 1x Unworthy Dead
• 1x Urborg Skeleton

Mutate (19)

• 1x Archipelagore
• 1x Auspicious Starrix
• 1x Boneyard Lurker
• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Cavern Whisperer
• 1x Chittering Harvester
• 1x Dirge Bat
• 1x Dreamtail Heron
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Glowstone Recluse
• 1x Insatiable Hemophage
• 1x Migratory Greathorn
• 1x Mindleecher
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Pouncing Shoreshark
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Souvenir Snatcher
• 1x Trumpeting Gnarr

Draw (12)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Dreamtail Heron
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Pollywog Symbiote
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Thalakos Seer

Recursion (4)

• 1x Boneyard Lurker
• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Find / Finality
• 1x No Rest for the Wicked

Boardwipes (2)

• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Find / Finality

Commander (1)

Shadow (14)

• 1x Dauthi Cutthroat
• 1x Dauthi Ghoul
• 1x Dauthi Horror
• 1x Dauthi Jackal
• 1x Dauthi Marauder
• 1x Dauthi Mercenary
• 1x Dauthi Mindripper
• 1x Dauthi Slayer
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Thalakos Mistfolk
• 1x Thalakos Scout
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Thalakos Sentry
• 1x Ukkima, Stalking Shadow  ^Flip

Removal (11)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cavern Whisperer
• 1x Chittering Harvester
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Dirge Bat
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Pouncing Shoreshark
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher
• 1x Trygon Predator

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Other (1)

• 1x Grim Hireling

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This is my upgrade of the Enhanced Evolution precon. As with most of my upgrades, I tend to have to sit with them a while before figuring out a direction to go. I noticed the trend with mutate piles has been to target creatures with hexproof or indestructible to help protect the pile. I didn't have a lot of those running around in my collection, so I opted for some different options: shadow, and to a lesser extent, regenerate creatures.

I leaned mostly into the shadow mechanic, digging up some Dauthi and Thalakos creatures that have been sitting in my collection for years. Mutating Otrimi, the Ever-Playful onto cards like Thalakos Seer is a great way to get his damage trigger, along with Commander damage. The creatures with regenerate can give some recourse in protecting the piles.

The goal is to generate value over time with multiple mutations, and possibly get a Commander damage win along the way. Dauthi Mercenary can even buff up the power on Otrimi to speed up the Commander damage clock. The evasiveness of the shadow creatures also helps with various triggers in the deck, like those of Otrimi, Coastal Piracy and Sea-Dasher Octopus.

The only thing I think I could probably use some more of are sac outlets, in order to keep the piles from getting exiled. Some free sac outlets would be in order, but I think some cards like Village Rites or Plumb the Forbidden might prove useful, as well.

I'm still focusing and tweaking the deck, and am looking to fill it out with the rest of the mutate cards in Sultai to get closer to critical mass on the mechanic.

Top Ranked	Achieved #14 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #11 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) 3 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.48
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G
Folders	Sultai EDH Decks I Have, Other people's decks, EDH