<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Mimeoplasm" href="#" target="_blank">The Mimeoplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/velinov" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Svetlin Velinov</a></em></p>
<p>Welcome to the beginning of a new series, <em>Precon Remastered</em>! Here, we take precons and "remaster" them so they better fit in today's world.</p>
<p>Frequent readers of EDHREC will recall Andy Zupke's <em>Precon Redux </em>articles (Here's <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/mirror-mastery-riku-precon-upgrade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of them</a>, for example), but he remade those precons. Here, we're doing things a little differently.</p>
<p>Without further ado, allow me to set the rules, laying the groundwork for future articles in this series (And yes, I'll re-post these each time, so new viewers won't get lost).</p>
<h2>Laying the Foundations for <em>Precon Remastered</em></h2>
<p>I'll retain a good portion of the rules laid out in Andy's articles, but I'll bring a few tweaks of my own. The groundwork is as follows:</p>
<p>1. The value of the deck cannot exceed $120. This will apply to the reprints only, which gets to my first personal quirk.</p>
<p>2. Every card unique to the precon stays in the deck. All those new cards that get released with precons remain in the list.</p>
<p>3. The land package should closely reflect what we get in precons these days (and, in my humble opinion, they're actually pretty good).</p>
<p>4. For at least until 2020, we're not tied to a particular set, so we're free to choose whatever we want. You can be assured I have ideas for 2020 and beyond, though.</p>
<p>5. <em>Universes Beyond</em> cards are not added. No exceptions, unless they have a in-universe variant.</p>
<p>With the rules established, we can at last dive into the meat of today's article.</p>
<h2><em>Devour for Power</em></h2>
<p><a href="https://edhrec.com/precon/devour-for-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The <em>Devour for Power</em> precon</a> has a game plan: Dump big creatures in the yard, then reanimate them or take advantage of them being there. Where on earth have I heard this strategy before? <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/reanimator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It's probably nothing.</a></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Mimeoplasm"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Damia, Sage of Stone"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Vorosh, the Hunter"></div></div>
<p>In that regard, it's <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Mimeoplasm" href="#" target="_blank">The Mimeoplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> that best fits the precon, so we'll upgrade the deck with that in mind. Both <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Damia, Sage of Stone" href="#" target="_blank">Damia, Sage of Stone</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vorosh, the Hunter" href="#" target="_blank">Vorosh, the Hunter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will remain in the 99.</p>
<h2><em>Devour for Power</em> Original Precon Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Devour for Power - Commander 2011" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 The Mimeoplasm
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Acidic Slime
*1 Artisan of Kozilek
*1 Avatar of Woe
*1 Brawn
*1 Butcher of Malakir
*1 Damia, Sage of Stone
*1 Dark Hatchling
*1 Desecrator Hag
*1 Dreamborn Muse
*1 Eternal Witness
*1 Extractor Demon
*1 Fleshbag Marauder
*1 Gravedigger
*1 Lhurgoyf
*1 Mortivore
*1 Mulldrifter
*1 Nezumi Graverobber // Nighteyes the Desecrator
*1 Patron of the Nezumi
*1 Riddlekeeper
*1 Scythe Specter
*1 Sewer Nemesis
*1 Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
*1 Slipstream Eel
*1 Solemn Simulacrum
*1 Szadek, Lord of Secrets
*1 Triskelavus
*1 Troll Ascetic
*1 Vorosh, the Hunter
*1 Vulturous Zombie
*1 Wonder
*1 Wrexial, the Risen Deep
*1 Yavimaya Elder
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Fact or Fiction
*1 Relic Crush
*1 Spell Crumple
*1 Tribute to the Wild
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Buried Alive
*1 Cultivate
*1 Living Death
*1 Minds Aglow
*1 Rise from the Grave
*1 Shared Trauma
*1 Sign in Blood
*1 Stitch Together
*1 Syphon Flesh
*1 Syphon Mind
*1 Unnerve
*1 Windfall
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts]
*1 Dimir Signet
*1 Golgari Signet
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Oblivion Stone
*1 Simic Signet
*1 Sol Ring
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Grave Pact
*1 Memory Erosion
*1 Vow of Flight
*1 Vow of Malice
*1 Vow of Wildness
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Barren Moor
*1 Command Tower
*1 Dimir Aqueduct
*1 Dreadship Reef
*8 Forest
*1 Golgari Rot Farm
*8 Island
*1 Jwar Isle Refuge
*1 Lonely Sandbar
*1 Rupture Spire
*1 Simic Growth Chamber
*1 Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
*11 Swamp
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Tranquil Thicket
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>Initial Digging</h2>
<p>Outside of the mana base, it's easy to see that the list needs some good reworking.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Desecrator Hag"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Buried Alive"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dark Hatchling"></div></div>
<p>Firstly, there are cards here that won't hold a candle to today's power-crept world. Paying six mana to eliminate a specific kind of creature with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dark Hatchling" href="#" target="_blank">Dark Hatchling</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is not going to fly, for instance. In addition, while we do have some big creatures here, we could do with more of them. Remember that the Mimeoplasm becomes a clone of a creature we exile, so we need to improve the creature quality as well.</p>
<p>The instants and sorceries are not bad, but we can do better than a lot of these. Unfortunately, as most of the cards in the category are new, there isn't much we can do about the enchantments. Also, we're in green, so some of the artifact ramp may need to be ditched for some land ramp.</p>
<p>Further, while Mimeoplasm exiles the cards, we could add a few more reanimation spells to ensure that none of the creatures in the bin are simply waiting to be exiled.</p>
<h2>Churning Over Dirt</h2>
<p>Fixes for the nonland cards in this deck come in two categories: To bring the price down to our target of $120 (It was nearly $180 at time of writing), and to improve the card quality.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Grave Pact|cmd|85"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Triskelavus|cmd|263"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Patron of the Nezumi|cmd|93"></div></div>
<p>Unfortunately, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Grave Pact" href="#" target="_blank">Grave Pact</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> fell into the former category, carrying quite a price tag. That said, it really didn't do a heck of a lot in the deck. Even so, it'd be downright oppressive in the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ghave, Guru of Spores" href="#" target="_blank">Ghave, Guru of Spores</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> precon (Spoilers? Maybe?).</p>
<p>The latter category is easy to find. Time was not kind to the older precons, and this one's no different. Be aware that this is one dead horse I'll be beating for a while in this series. Like I said above, cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Slipstream Eel" href="#" target="_blank">Slipstream Eel</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Triskelavus" href="#" target="_blank">Triskelavus</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are not the best options for copying, let alone boost the creature we clone with Mimeoplasm.</p>
<p>If you ask me, the cuts are relatively straight forward. The mana base is even easier. Older precons didn't come with many good lands, if at all. In a way, that makes us very spoiled when it comes to choices.</p>
<h2><em>Devour for Power</em> Remastered Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Commander Remastered-Devour for Power" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 The Mimeoplasm
[/Commander]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Sol Ring
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Deadbridge Chant
*1 Glacierwood Siege
*1 Vow of Flight
*1 Vow of Malice
*1 Vow of Wildness
[/Enchantments]
[Creatures]
*1 Acidic Slime
*1 Body Double
*1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
*1 Consuming Aberration
*1 Cruel Somnophage // Can&#039;t Wake Up
*1 Damia, Sage of Stone
*1 Fleet Swallower
*1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
*1 Lhurgoyf
*1 Lord of Extinction
*1 Mortivore
*1 Nyx Weaver
*1 Old Stickfingers
*1 Oracle of Mul Daya
*1 Riddlekeeper
*1 Satyr Wayfinder
*1 Scythe Specter
*1 Sewer Nemesis
*1 Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
*1 Splinterfright
*1 Stitcher&#039;s Supplier
*1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
*1 Titanoth Rex
*1 Urborg Lhurgoyf
*1 Void Beckoner
*1 Vorosh, the Hunter
*1 Vulturous Zombie
*1 Yargle and Multani
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Beast Within
*1 Fact or Fiction
*1 Forbidden Alchemy
*1 Frantic Search
*1 Grapple with the Past
*1 Grisly Salvage
*1 Spell Crumple
*1 Thirst for Identity
*1 Tribute to the Wild
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Cultivate
*1 Diresight
*1 Extract from Darkness
*1 Far Wanderings
*1 Farseek
*1 Kodama&#039;s Reach
*1 Life from the Loam
*1 Living Death
*1 Minds Aglow
*1 Rampant Growth
*1 Shared Trauma
*1 Singularity Rupture
*1 Stitch Together
*1 Syphon Flesh
*1 Syphon Mind
*1 Terror Tide
*1 Urban Evolution
*1 Victimize
[/Sorceries]
[Lands]
*1 Command Tower
*1 Drowned Catacomb
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Festering Thicket
*1 Fetid Pools
*6 Forest
*1 Hinterland Harbor
*8 Island
*1 Llanowar Wastes
*1 Opulent Palace
*1 Rain-Slicked Copse
*1 Sodden Verdure
*1 Sunken Hollow
*6 Swamp
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Underground River
*1 Vernal Fen
*1 Woodland Cemetery
*1 Yavimaya Coast
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>A Fresh Graveyard</h2>
<p>With this newer take, it takes the feeling of the old precon, and gives it a more modern feel. Our big reprint is no longer Grave Pact, but <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Colossal Grave-Reaver" href="#" target="_blank">Colossal Grave-Reaver</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which is sure to give your opponents headaches.</p>
<p>Speaking of cards that reanimate, I didn't add as many reanimation cards as I thought I would, but the quality is much better. Unfortunately, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Reanimate" href="#" target="_blank">Reanimate</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> almost made it in, but it was more expensive than I realized.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lord of Extinction"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Colossal Grave-Reaver"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Singularity Rupture"></div></div>
<p>The deck does skimp on ramp and draw a bit, but I did what I could to ensure that there's enough options in there. The latter isn't as bad, since we're trying to get stuff into our graveyard.</p>
<p>Speaking of graveyards, we get much better Mimeoplasm targets, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lord of Extinction" href="#" target="_blank">Lord of Extinction</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which combos with another card in the deck, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord" href="#" target="_blank">Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>That said, a card that really shines in this deck is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Singularity Rupture" href="#" target="_blank">Singularity Rupture</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. It's a wipe, and cuts everyone's library in half. That means lots of targets for Mimeoplasm to go around.</p>
<h2>A Second Shot at Life</h2>
<p>What are your thoughts on the remastered list? The rules I established? The card choices I made? I aim to keep this within Bracket 2, but there's always a chance I can overshoot and make a given list more powerful than it should be.</p>
<p>I'll tackle another of the original precons soon, but do come back next week as we take a gander at another of the Top 200 commanders.</p>


Devour for Power Commander Precon Remastered - The Mimeoplasm

<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Mimeoplasm|sld|1773" href="#" target="_blank">The Mimeoplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/leossart" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leonardo Santanna</a></em></p>
<p>Hello, and welcome back to <em>Beyond the Multiverse</em>! We're heading back in time to another <em>Secret Lair</em> Drop. This time, however, is a first in our series: we're covering a reskinned commander. Moreover, it's a commander that's nostalgic to me, dating back to the original precons. It's <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Mimeoplasm" href="#" target="_blank">The Mimeoplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, reskinned as Slimer, Voracious Apparation.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Mimeoplasm|sld|1773"></div></div>
<p>With that said, let's get into it.</p>
<h2>A New Disturbance</h2>
<p>Lore-wise, there isn't much to Slimer. He's a gluttonous ghost that wreaks havoc in kitchens everywhere while the Ghostbusters try to capture him. He's encountered within each adventure, but typically doesn't end up being the big villain.</p>
<p>How does all this relate to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Mimeoplasm" href="#" target="_blank">The Mimeoplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>? My guess is that, since the dead it devoured advanced its form, something similar could be said about the food Slimer eats. Or, perhaps, they both have insatiable appetites.</p>
<p>Fortunately, like I said earlier, The Mimeoplasm's (henceforth known as Slimer until the end) been around for a long time. Crucially, the main strategy is to fill your graveyard (or everyone's), then exile them to create our own monstrosity.</p>
<p>I always like it when we can actually "create" our creatures because it lets our imaginations run wild. That said, this only applies to Slimer himself this time.</p>
<h2>A Ghastly Banquet</h2>
<p>There's a myriad of creatures we can use with Slimer and, for this section, we're covering cards we should exile for the +1/+1 counters.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lunar Hatchling"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Shard of the Nightbringer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Yargle and Multani|sld|872"></div></div>
<p>Firstly, the landcyclers, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lunar Hatchling" href="#" target="_blank">Lunar Hatchling</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are great targets. We can discard them to get a land, and they can be exiled later on for Slimer.</p>
<p>Secondly, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lumbering Megasloth" href="#" target="_blank">Lumbering Megasloth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> yields a hefty eight counters to be working with. Meanwhile, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Shard of the Nightbringer" href="#" target="_blank">Shard of the Nightbringer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Woodfall Primus" href="#" target="_blank">Woodfall Primus</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are heavy on colored mana, but not stats. On the other hand, we can reanimate the latter to blow up a troublesome permanent.</p>
<p>But what if we wanted to go bigger? In addition to what I said above, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hierophant Bio-Titan" href="#" target="_blank">Hierophant Bio-Titan</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> boasts big numbers, but is also a good choice with those keywords. Further, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Death&#039;s Shadow|sch|40" href="#" target="_blank">Death&#039;s Shadow</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a classic choice that's bigger than the Bio-Titan itself.</p>
<p>That said, the biggest of these is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Yargle and Multani|sld|872" href="#" target="_blank">Yargle and Multani</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. It's a vanilla creature with a whopping 18 power. On the right creature, you can instantly eliminate someone with commander damage (or infect, if you're a monster. A bit more on that later).</p>
<p>Another good choice is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Diamond Weapon" href="#" target="_blank">Diamond Weapon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. It's cheaper with a well-stocked graveyard, is immune to combat damage, and hits like a truck. Too bad it doesn't have trample.</p>
<p>Push comes to shove, some of the above mentioned options make for some good reanimation targets, which is something I'll get to momentarily. While some of these cards make good choices for Slimer to copy, there's always even better choices.</p>
<h2>Quality Food</h2>
<p>This next section covers the creatures that are worth copying with Slimer.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Warring Triad"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tifa Lockhart"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Shard of the Void Dragon"></div></div>
<p>Firstly, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Warring Triad" href="#" target="_blank">The Warring Triad</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> becomes a brutal beater under Slimer, especially when paired with a creature with colossal stats. Meanwhile, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hexmark Destroyer" href="#" target="_blank">Hexmark Destroyer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> makes it so that Slimer becomes very difficult to block unless our opponents have a lot of tokens.</p>
<p>Secondly, the infamous <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jumbo Cactuar" href="#" target="_blank">Jumbo Cactuar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> (which I'm going to center an article on some day) makes for a tempting choice. Just be advised that we have to give it trample or some other evasion.</p>
<p>On the other hand, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Shard of the Void Dragon" href="#" target="_blank">Shard of the Void Dragon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> destroys a permanent on attack with the slight chance of it getting bigger. Moreover, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Polyraptor|sld|1391" href="#" target="_blank">Polyraptor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> makes multiple copies of itself when it takes damage, making combat hard for our opponents. Just note that it doesn't become a copy of Slimer, nor does it inherit the +1/+1 counters.</p>
<p>Finally, having Slimer become a copy of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tifa Lockhart" href="#" target="_blank">Tifa Lockhart</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is especially deadly. Slimer gains trample and the ability to double his power for the turn. These, on top of the counters he'll get, make him lethal very quickly.</p>
<p>Another option is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vashta Nerada" href="#" target="_blank">Vashta Nerada</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, ensuring that it'd be a huge, indestructible threat. It also has shadow, which renders it unblockable to make it even more terrifying. We can't block with Slimer if we do, but it's not like we were going to block with him anyway.</p>
<h2>Recycling Waste</h2>
<p>This list has a Reanimator slant to it as well to take advantage of all the creatures we'll hit. That said, this wouldn't be our first rodeo with Reanimator builds, so we have some repeat but good options here.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Reanimate|fic|282"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Beacon of Unrest|40k|194"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ardyn, the Usurper"></div></div>
<p>We have the ever-classic <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Reanimate" href="#" target="_blank">Reanimate</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which will bring back a big creature for a price. Meanwhile, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Beacon of Unrest" href="#" target="_blank">Beacon of Unrest</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> reanimates from any graveyard, but is more expensive to cast. In addition, it shuffles itself back in upon resolution, so it'll not always be available to cast.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dread Return" href="#" target="_blank">Dread Return</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, with the right board state, can be cast for its flashback cost. While he's not on the list, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ardyn, the Usurper" href="#" target="_blank">Ardyn, the Usurper</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> slowly builds us an army of copied creatures while being graveyard hate.</p>
<p>In addition, we have ways to fill everyone's graveyard to make it all happen.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Water Crystal"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rejoin the Fight"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Power Fist"></div></div>
<p>For one, we have <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Windfall|sld|1775" href="#" target="_blank">Windfall</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which is good to cast if our hand count is low, or we have creatures to discard. Both <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Extract from Darkness|ltc|266" href="#" target="_blank">Extract from Darkness</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Incarnation Technique|sld|1776" href="#" target="_blank">Incarnation Technique</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> both mill and reanimate, giving us the best of both worlds. In addition, the newly minted <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rejoin the Fight" href="#" target="_blank">Rejoin the Fight</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> does this, too, but we get back multiple creatures.</p>
<p>From <em>Final Fantasy</em>, we have <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Water Crystal" href="#" target="_blank">The Water Crystal</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which doesn't do much for us with reducing mana costs, but adding four cards to each instance of mill is huge. Its activated ability is also perfect if we have extra mana laying around.</p>
<p>Then there's <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Emet-Selch, Unsundered" href="#" target="_blank">Emet-Selch, Unsundered</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, who is very easy to transform, and lets us cast anything from our graveyard.</p>
<p>On the other hand, we have ways to further bolster Slimer. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Power Fist" href="#" target="_blank">Power Fist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> gives trample, and can potentially double his power. In a similar vein, the Finality half of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Find // Finality|pip|216" href="#" target="_blank">Find // Finality</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> gives a small buff, then potentially wipes the board of everything else.</p>
<p>Also, any creature with the monstrosity ability will further buff Slimer for a cost.</p>
<h2>Exotic Foods</h2>
<p>If you've kept up with my articles at this point, you know we're no strangers to covering Reanimator strategies in this series. I first covered it with the <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/celes-rune-knight-commander-deck-tech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Celes deck tech a while back</a>, even. However, this is Slimer we're working with, and we're losing two colors in exchange for the others. With that, we get new options.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lord of Extinction"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Mindskinner"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cruel Somnophage"></div></div>
<p>Firstly, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lord of Extinction" href="#" target="_blank">Lord of Extinction</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. The "Boom Tube," as we elderly folk call it, is only as big as everyone's graveyards combined. This, in turn, will make Slimer colossal, a word that doesn't do it justice in this case. Pair it with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord" href="#" target="_blank">Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> for a way to win.</p>
<p>Similarly, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Consuming Aberration" href="#" target="_blank">Consuming Aberration</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is slightly smaller, but can also mill our opponents when we cast a spell. There's also the Lhurgoyfs (like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mortivore" href="#" target="_blank">Mortivore</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>), which don't get quite as big, but are options anyway.</p>
<p>Other options include <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Titanoth Rex" href="#" target="_blank">Titanoth Rex</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> which is a colossal beast that can cycle itself. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cruel Somnophage" href="#" target="_blank">Cruel Somnophage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is essentially Mortivore, but can be cast for its adventure cost to mill someone.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, both <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ghalta, Primal Hunger" href="#" target="_blank">Ghalta, Primal Hunger</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Mindskinner" href="#" target="_blank">The Mindskinner</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> boast huge buffs and, in the case of the latter, can be an outright win condition. Make Slimer a copy of it with Lord of Extinction for the counters, and watch our opponents collectively groan.</p>
<p>Also, for you naughty, naughty gremlins out there, infect creatures like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blighted Agent" href="#" target="_blank">Blighted Agent</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Plague Stinger" href="#" target="_blank">Plague Stinger</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ensure that Slimer kills in one hit, provided he's unblockable. The Agent provides this already, but there's other ways to do so.</p>
<h2>Slimer, Voracious Apparition/The Mimeoplasm Commander Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Going Universes Beyond-You Ooze, You Looze" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 The Mimeoplasm
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Alpha Deathclaw
*1 Balamb T-Rexaur
*1 Birds of Paradise
*1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld
*1 Hexmark Destroyer
*1 Hierophant Bio-Titan
*1 Lumbering Megasloth
*1 Lunar Hatchling
*1 Polyraptor
*1 Sepulchral Primordial
*1 Shard of the Nightbringer
*1 Shard of the Void Dragon
*1 The Warring Triad
*1 Tifa Lockhart
*1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
*1 Wayward Swordtooth
*1 Woodfall Primus
*1 Yargle and Multani
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Aetherize
*1 Assassin&#039;s Trophy
*1 Beast Within
*1 Brainstorm
*1 Consider
*1 Contaminated Drink
*1 Deadly Rollick
*1 Dismember
*1 Entish Restoration
*1 Heroic Intervention
*1 Krosan Grip
[/Instants]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Power Fist
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Swiftfoot Boots
*1 Talisman of Curiosity
*1 Talisman of Dominance
*1 Talisman of Resilience
*1 The Water Crystal
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Beacon of Unrest
*1 Buried Alive
*1 Careful Study
*1 Cultivate
*1 Deep Analysis
*1 Dread Return
*1 Extract from Darkness
*1 Farseek
*1 Feed the Swarm
*1 Find // Finality
*1 Harmonize
*1 Incarnation Technique
*1 Living Death
*1 Lórien Revealed
*1 Rampant Growth
*1 Reanimate
*1 Rejoin the Fight
*1 Rise of the Dark Realms
*1 Toxic Deluge
*1 Windfall
[/Sorceries]
[Enchantments]
*1 Greater Good
*1 Guardian Project
*1 Out of the Tombs
*1 Pernicious Deed
*1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Ash Barrens
*1 Bojuka Bog
*1 Choked Estuary
*1 Command Beacon
*1 Command Tower
*1 Dreamroot Cascade
*1 Drowned Catacomb
*1 Exotic Orchard
*6 Forest
*1 Hinterland Harbor
*6 Island
*1 Opulent Palace
*1 Path of Ancestry
*1 Shipwreck Marsh
*6 Swamp
*1 Temple of Malady
*1 Temple of Mystery
*1 Thriving Grove
*1 Thriving Isle
*1 Thriving Moor
*1 Vineglimmer Snarl
*1 Woodland Cemetery
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>Onto the Next Meal</h2>
<p>Going through <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Mimeoplasm" href="#" target="_blank">The Mimeoplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> again, after all these years, was interesting. Some of the old guard stayed, while others were cut. Perhaps because they didn't pass the test of time. Going <em>Universes Beyond</em> only does stifle us a bit, but we remain undeterred. This case had a stronger reanimator sub-theme, yet the 'Plasm still remained as good as ever.</p>
<p>Join me next time as I either revert back to <em>Final Fantasy</em>, or ride along with a recent ruling that was announced.</p>


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Devour for Power Commander Precon Remastered - The Mimeoplasm

Slimer, Voracious Apparition Commander Deck Tech