The Mimeoplasm: Survival of the Fattest

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Mill Reanimator

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Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 3x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 3x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Tutor (5)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

Reanimate (2)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One

Removal (12)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Barrier Breach
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Negate
• 1x Spell Crumple

Ramp (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Three Visits

Card Advantage (6)

• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Into the Story
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Tainted Indulgence

Mill Cruelty (4)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Bruvac the Grandiloquent
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Mindcrank

Commander (1)

Mill (11)

• 1x Archive Trap
• 1x Breach the Multiverse
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Glimpse the Unthinkable
• 1x Maddening Cacophony
• 1x Mind Funeral
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Nemesis of Reason
• 1x Phenax, God of Deception
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Tunnel Vision

Mimeoplasm Targets (10)

• 1x Death's Shadow
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Impervious Greatwurm
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Putrefax
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Tyrranax Rex
• 1x Yargle and Multani

Utility (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea

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Please note that I've decided to retire this deck - I'm going to keep the deck here for posterity but won't be updating this list.

Like everyone, I was excited when the first 5 official Commander decks were released. I checked out the decklists often and there was one in particular that kept piquing my interest; Devour for Power. I've always been a fan of graveyard shenanigans + reanimate style of play and The Mimeoplasm just seemed like it would be a blast to throw down. And it is.

My deck started out like it's supposed to - Mill myself or get my own creatures in the graveyard in order to Mimeo up a formidable beast. And with cards like Buried Alive, Entomb & Survival of the Fittest + whatever happens to be in my own graveyard for Mimeo snacks, that's still a factor. But you know what's more fun than reanimating your own creatures to kill your opponents with? Reanimating theirs & killing them with their own cards. Mimeo'ing up someone's Avacyn, Angel of Hope is a thing of beauty.

And lo, milling and douchebaggery spread throughout the land. I've added a substantial mill theme and have had some success with it. It's rare that I actually mill someone out, but that's not really the point - it's all about fodder for Mimeo.

As for the usual Mimeoplasm tricks, I've won plenty of games Mimeo'ing up Putrefax/Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon + another giant for an instant death swing. Likewise, Tyrranax Rex + Death's Shadow / Emrakul, the Promised End / Impervious Greatwurm / Lord of Extinction is another insta-win Mimeo fan favourite. If that plan doesn't work, I've packed in a few additional cheeky, rage scoop inducing alternate win conditions:

Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Traumatize/Maddening Cacophony for the mill grand slam

Duskmantle Guildmage and/or Bloodchief Ascension + any big mill spell often spells death. Mindcrank will make sure that happens too

Spell Crumple / Hinder + Tunnel Vision (warning - people really hate this)

Sacrificing Lord of Extinction to Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord is usually lights out for the rest of the table

I've enjoyed tinkering with this deck over the years (arguably my most tinkered with deck) and I'm definitely not sick of playing it yet.

Suggestions and comments welcome.

Survival of the Fattest

Top Ranked	Achieved #32 position overall 6 years ago Achieved #29 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mill 5 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.42
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G
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