Otrimi's Toolbox

Commander / EDH Battlecruiser BUG (Sultai) Mutate

Guth

Lands (34)

• 7x Forest
• 2x Island
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Card Draw (7)

• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Dreamtail Heron
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Season of Growth
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker

Protection (4)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Heroic Intervention

Removal (15)

• 1x Dirge Bat
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher
• 1x Souvenir Snatcher
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Polukranos, Unchained
• 1x Damnation

Ramp / Rocks (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Migratory Greathorn
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore

Misc. Value (5)

• 1x Auspicious Starrix
• 1x Pollywog Symbiote
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

Voltron (2)

• 1x Glowstone Recluse
• 1x Blackblade Reforged

Commander (1)

Good Mutate Targets (13)

• 1x Darksteel Myr
• 1x Blight Mamba
• 1x Cephalid Constable
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Elusive Tormentor  ^Flip
• 1x Gladecover Scout
• 1x Needle Specter
• 1x Phyrexian Crusader
• 1x Predator Ooze
• 1x Silhana Ledgewalker
• 1x Slippery Bogle
• 1x Troll Ascetic
• 1x Will-o'-the-Wisp

Graveyard Recursion / Tutors (8)

• 1x Boneyard Lurker
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Find / Finality
• 1x Jarad's Orders

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Note: All foils are mutate creatures.

General Playstyle

Get value mutate targets out by turn 3 and start whacking with Otrimi turn 4.

Wincons

• Commander Damage with difficult to remove mutate bases such as Elusive Tormentor   and Predator Ooze and Voltron buffs like Blackblade Reforged and Hydra's Growth
• Infect with Phyrexian Crusader and Blight Mamba as mutate targets
• A turn 3 Cephalid Constable and turn 4 Otrimi mutate will likely end the game if it resolves

Discussion (WIP)

This deck contains a big mix of good mutate targets for Otrimi. In an effort to keep the deck fun, I didn't want to go too hard on one type of mutate target. Currently, there are two infect creatures that each have some form of defense, a few hexproof creatures, and a few indestructible creatures. The best general mutate target is Elusive Tormentor  ; it is incredibly difficult to remove and also puts your opponents on a four turn voltron clock. You can also mutate onto an indestructible Predator Ooze or Stuffy Doll and then play Slippery Bogbonder to grant it permanent hexproof. In addition to defensive mutates, there are value-generating and removal-type mutate targets such as Cephalid Constable, Needle Specter, and Cold-Eyed Selkie. Note that a turn 4 mutate onto Cephalid or Needle Specter will likely cause a scoop if the opponents have no answers. I don't recommend mutating Otrimi onto these creatures once the opponents have established a board state. If you pull these guys later, they are better mutate targets for Brokkos, Apex of Forever and other big-body evasive mutate creatures.

This deck runs a secondary graveyard recursion theme since Otrimi's ability allows you to get mutate creatures back from the graveyard. To supplement this ability, I have included Buried Alive, Jarad's Orders. I'm looking to get my hands on Entomb as well. These cards allow you to tutor and bury creatures that you need for the given board state. Generally good targets for burying are Brokkos, Apex of Forever, Polukranos, Unchained, and any mutate creatures you want to get in hand through Otrimi's triggered ability. If you need removal you can buryDirge Bat, Gemrazer, Pouncing Shoreshark, Sawtusk Demolisher, Souvenir Snatcher. If you need ramp you can bury Migratory Greathorn. If you have a hexproof/indestructible Otrimi stack, then Glowstone Recluse is a powerful pull. I'm toying with the idea of adding Wonder or Filth to the deck as a bury target as well. Note that Sawtusk Demolisher is a 6/6 trample that's cheaper to cast than Brokkos and has an additional mutate trigger. I would typically choose this over Brokkos unless Otrimi has been killed a couple times.

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Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.07
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G
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