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Commander
Nethroi, Apex of Death
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever this creature mutates, return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever this creature mutates, return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Creature - Beast Cat Nightmare
Commander
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Artifact
The Ozolith
Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.
Legendary Artifact
Artifact
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Creature
Auspicious Starrix
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Whenever this creature mutates, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile X permanent cards, where X is the number of times this creature has mutated. Put those permanent cards onto the battlefield.
Whenever this creature mutates, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile X permanent cards, where X is the number of times this creature has mutated. Put those permanent cards onto the battlefield.
Creature - Beast Elk
Boneyard Lurker
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Whenever this creature mutates, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever this creature mutates, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Beast Nightmare
Chittering Harvester
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Whenever this creature mutates, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Whenever this creature mutates, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Creature - Nightmare
Dirge Bat
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Flash
Flying
Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls.
Flash
Flying
Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls.
Creature - Bat
Gemrazer
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Reach, trample
Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.
Reach, trample
Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.
Creature - Beast
God-Eternal Oketra
Double strike
Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 4/4 black Zombie Warrior creature token with vigilance.
When God-Eternal Oketra dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 4/4 black Zombie Warrior creature token with vigilance.
When God-Eternal Oketra dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.
Legendary Creature - Zombie God
Insatiable Hemophage
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature mutates, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of times this creature has mutated.
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature mutates, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of times this creature has mutated.
Creature - Nightmare
Karmic Guide
Flying, protection from black
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Angel Spirit
Migratory Greathorn
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Whenever this creature mutates, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Whenever this creature mutates, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Beast
Sawtusk Demolisher
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Trample
Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target noncreature permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Trample
Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target noncreature permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Creature - Beast
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Creature
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Drain
Drain
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Draw
Draw
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Enchantment
Enchantment
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Instant
Instant
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Land
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Land
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Mill
Golgari Grave-Troll
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature card in your graveyard.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature.
Dredge 6 (If you would draw a card, you may mill six cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature.
Dredge 6 (If you would draw a card, you may mill six cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
Creature - Skeleton Troll
Mill
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Planeswalker
Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast creature spells from the top of your library.
+1: Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. Put your choice of a reach counter, a vigilance counter, or a trample counter on it.
−2: When you next cast a creature spell this turn, search your library for a creature card with lesser mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
You may cast creature spells from the top of your library.
+1: Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. Put your choice of a reach counter, a vigilance counter, or a trample counter on it.
−2: When you next cast a creature spell this turn, search your library for a creature card with lesser mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Legendary Planeswalker - Vivien
Planeswalker
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Recursion
Necropanther
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Whenever this creature mutates, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Whenever this creature mutates, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Cat Nightmare
Recursion
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Removal
Grist, the Hunger Tide
As long as Grist isn't on the battlefield, it's a 1/1 Insect creature in addition to its other types.
+1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process.
−2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
+1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process.
−2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Legendary Planeswalker - Grist
Removal
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Sac Outlet
Sac Outlet
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Sorcery
Sorcery
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Tokens
Cubwarden
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Lifelink
Whenever this creature mutates, create two 1/1 white Cat creature tokens with lifelink.
Lifelink
Whenever this creature mutates, create two 1/1 white Cat creature tokens with lifelink.
Creature - Cat
Tokens
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Tutor
Tutor
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Maybeboard
Cavern Whisperer
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever this creature mutates, each opponent discards a card.
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever this creature mutates, each opponent discards a card.
Creature - Nightmare
Maybeboard
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Dementia"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Viscera Seer"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" completes the infinite loop."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Dredge self-mill package: "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Golgari Grave-Troll"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Stinkweed Imp"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Life from the Loam"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Ripples of Undeath"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" fill the graveyard while "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Fauna Shaman"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Satyr Wayfinder"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" find missing pieces, making Nethroi's reanimation trigger consistently powerful."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•"},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Skullclamp"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" sacrifice loop: equip "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Skullclamp"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" to any 1/1 token (Eldrazi Spawn from "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Awakening Zone"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", Insect from Grist, Servo from "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Angel of Invention"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":"), sacrifice via "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Viscera Seer"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Phyrexian Tower"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", draw two cards — generates massive card advantage mid-game."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Mutate stack value: stacking "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Boneyard Lurker"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" over a mana dork returns a creature from the graveyard on mutation; "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Necropanther"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" similarly; "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Chittering Harvester"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" strips opponent hands; layering these on a single non-human creature compounds triggers each time Nethroi mutates."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"How to pilot this deck"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"MULLIGAN PRIORITIES"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Keep any hand with 3 lands plus one green ramp piece ("},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Fyndhorn Elves"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Cultivate"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Nature's Lore"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Farseek"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":") — you need to hit 5 mana for Nethroi's mutate cost reliably by turn 4."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Prioritize hands that contain "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Buried Alive"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Fauna Shaman"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" alongside ramp — these are the fastest paths to assembling the combo pieces in the graveyard without needing Nethroi to attack."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Reject hands with more than 2 high-MV creatures and no ramp; the curve peaks at MV5-6 and a slow start means opponents stabilize before you can mutate."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"EARLY GAME PLAN"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"T1: land plus "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Sol Ring"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Fyndhorn Elves"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":". T2: cast "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Sylvan Library"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" or a two-mana ramp spell ("},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Farseek"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Nature's Lore"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":") to fix colors and accelerate. T3: cast "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Buried Alive"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" to load "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Karmic Guide"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Reveillark"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", and a drain piece into the graveyard, or deploy "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Fauna Shaman"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" to begin tutoring. T4: mutate Nethroi onto any non-human creature you control (even a token) to trigger the reanimation and assemble the combo."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"KEY SEQUENCING"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•You can mutate Nethroi onto an Eldrazi Spawn token from "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Awakening Zone"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" — the token is non-human and expendable, so losing it to the mutate stack is irrelevant, and you preserve your mana dorks for future turns."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Cast "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Dread Return"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" via flashback (sacrifice three creatures) after a "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Living Death"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" resolves to immediately reanimate "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Karmic Guide"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" targeting "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Reveillark"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", setting up the infinite loop without needing Nethroi on the battlefield at all — this is a resilient backup line when Nethroi is exiled."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Hold "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Heroic Intervention"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" until after opponents declare blockers or in response to a board wipe — using it proactively wastes the protection window and leaves you vulnerable to the next removal spell."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"var(--color-red-400)"},"insert":"WATCH OUT FOR"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Graveyard hate (Rest in Peace, Leyline of the Void, Tormod's Crypt) shuts down the primary and backup win conditions simultaneously; the deck has no enchantment removal that can hit a resolved Rest in Peace at instant speed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Stax pieces that tax creature spells or sacrifice outlets (Torpor Orb, Cursed Totem) prevent ETB triggers and activated sacrifice abilities, disabling "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Karmic Guide"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Blood Artist"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","color":"inherit"},"insert":"Viscera Seer"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":"inherit"},"insert":" in one card."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#171717","color":""},"insert":"•Because Nethroi requires a non-human creature to mutate onto, a board wipe that removes all your creatures before you mutate leaves you needing to recast a creature before the combo can fire, costing at least one additional turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}