Mutation: it is the key to our evolution.

Commander / EDH Counters Mutate Theme/Gimmick Value Engine

Eareph

Creature (43)

• 1x Animar, Soul of Elements *f-etch*
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Boneyard Lurker
• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Cavern Whisperer
• 1x Chittering Harvester
• 1x Cubwarden
• 1x Dirge Bat
• 1x Dreamtail Heron
• 1x Essence Symbiote
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Glowstone Recluse
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Huntmaster Liger
• 1x Insatiable Hemophage
• 1x Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
• 1x Joiner Adept
• 1x Lore Drakkis
• 1x Majestic Auricorn
• 1x Muldrotha, the Gravetide
• 1x Mysterious Egg
• 1x Necropanther
• 1x Nethroi, Apex of Death
• 1x Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Pollywog Symbiote
• 1x Porcuparrot
• 1x Pouncing Shoreshark
• 1x Rootcoil Creeper
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Scute Swarm
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt
• 1x Souvenir Snatcher
• 1x Spawnwrithe
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1x Troll Ascetic
• 1x Trumpeting Gnarr
• 1x Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
• 1x Vulpikeet
• 1x Zagoth Mamba

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Jetmir's Garden
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Raffine's Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1x Zagoth Triome
• 1x Ziatora's Proving Ground

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

Instant (1)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Ozolith

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Conflux
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal *f-etch*
• 1x Mythos of Brokkos
• 1x Mythos of Illuna
• 1x Primal Command

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Secrets of the Dead
• 1x Sultai Ascendancy

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So, I finally learned how Mutate works. It. Is. Awesome. It's so awesome that I shoved every card that had that keyword (minus 2 or 3 that weren't worth the CMC) into a single super deck. This is pretty straight forward, I think... I have Ramos, Dragon Engine as the commander, not only for its 5 color identity (though mostly that), but also for its amazing ability to generate mana and turn itself into a beater. Combine that with mutate... Yup, it's gonna get wacky.

One of the most important cards is Muldrotha, the Gravetide, which is one of the reasons I included so many tutors. We need to get that card on the field so we can get some value out of mutate from the grave. Another key card is Animar, Soul of Elements as this will significanly reduce our creature cost, making the commander free and dropping the mutate to only colored cost. I tossed Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief in once I learned that mutate will trigger her ability, therefore doubling the value of nearly all our monsters. There're other fun interactions like constantly casting our 3 CMC or less cards (tutors) for free via Vadrok, Apex of Thunder or recurring our instant/sorcery spells with Lore Drakkis and then just adding more mutate to our hands.

There's a lot of things we can do and it's a really fun deck.

Oh, by the way, I feel like I should mention that when you mutate over Ramos, Dragon Engine it's considered a new card for the purposes of the mana ability. So, if you have enough counters and can continuously generate said counters, you can develop a pseudo-infinite mana situation. This works especially well once you have one of your 3 or less CMC tutors in the grave and have mutated with Vadrok, Apex of Thunder. You can get a free cast of the tutor, get some counters, activate the mana ability, then mutate with whatever you search, get more counters, get another free search + counters, get more mana, etc.

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I've made a "budget" version of this deck! It can be found here: *BUDGET* Mutation: it is the key to our evolution.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Beast 3/3 G, Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Copy Clone, Insect 1/1 G, Spirit 1/1 C