Deck Strategies
Indominus Rex, Alpha
A Voltron-style deck focused on quickly building up Indominus Rex with multiple keywords and resilience to commander damage, aiming to win by overwhelming opponents with a large, evasive, and hard-to-kill commander.
The Mimeoplasm
Creature-heavy reanimator deck that uses Umori, the Collector as companion to ensure all non-land cards are creatures, leveraging graveyard synergies and activated abilities to create value and combo potential with Necrotic Ooze.
Cazur, Ruthless Stalker & Ukkima, Stalking Shadow
A partner mutate deck that buffs the unblockable Ukkima with +1/+1 counters and mutate triggers, incorporating infect as a finisher to apply pressure through poison counters while maintaining evasive threats.
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
Graveyard recursion powerhouse able to play permanents from the graveyard each turn, focusing on value creatures like Spore Frog and Dothy Voidwalker to control the board and generate incremental advantages over time.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Indominus Rex's ability to gain multiple keywords like flying, trample, indestructible, and hexproof early creates a powerful Voltron threat that demands immediate answers from opponents.
- 2
Casting Spore Frog repeatedly from the graveyard with Muldrotha offers a strong defensive mechanism that can stall aggressive attacks and force unfavorable blocks.
- 3
Choosing when to attack with mutated creatures with infect and when to hold back to build board state is critical for the partner mutate deck to maximize pressure while preserving threats.
- 4
Allowing opponents to draw cards instead of milling them can sometimes be a strategic choice to avoid fueling their graveyard recursion or combo pieces.
- 5
The interaction of doubling power and toughness before combat creates explosive damage outputs that can shift the balance quickly, emphasizing the importance of timing and target selection.
Notable Cards
Indominus Rex, Alpha
Umori, the Collector
Necrotic Ooze
Ukkima, Stalking Shadow
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
Spore Frog
Ranger Class
Summary
The game is an intense all-Sultai matchup featuring five decks centered on graveyard interactions and creature synergies. Early turns see players developing their mana and board presence with various creatures and utility lands. Indominus Rex Alpha quickly establishes itself as a formidable Voltron threat, gaining multiple keywords and dealing significant commander damage early on. Mimeoplasm with Umori, the Collector as companion focuses on creature-heavy reanimation strategies, filling the graveyard and triggering powerful activated abilities. Meanwhile, the partner deck of Cazur, Ruthless Stalker, and Ukkima, Stalking Shadow employs mutate and infect mechanics to buff its evasive threats, presenting a dangerous offensive front. Muldrotha, the Gravetide grinds out value through recurring permanents and leveraging cards like Spore Frog to disrupt opponents' combat phases. A key turning point occurs when Indominus Rex Alpha, heavily fortified with flying, trample, and hexproof, lands and swings for a massive 12 commander damage, putting immediate pressure on opponents. Muldrotha's player utilizes graveyard recursion effectively, casting Spore Frog multiple times to create persistent blockers and slow down aggressive assaults. The game dynamics revolve around balancing aggressive commander damage, board control through recursive creatures, and managing the graveyard to generate incremental advantages. The interactions between mutate triggers, infect counters, and graveyard recursion make for a complex and tactical gameplay experience, with players forced to weigh when to strike and when to stabilize. The game progresses with mounting tension as each player attempts to leverage their unique Sultai synergies to outpace the others.