Need help finding cards to shut down mutate
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on May 29, 2020, 4:26 p.m. by xxrockstarjbxx
Hey everyone, New set came out all my friends are running the new mutate in cmdr. I just want some ideas on how shut down the mechanic all together
Suns_Champion says... #3
Also Earnest Fellowship stops pretty much 80% of their mutate attempts
May 29, 2020 4:51 p.m.
Coward_Token says... #4
I don't really think either that mutate needs stopping in EDH, it doesn't seem very strong. With that said, you can abuse the fact that mutate stacks are exiled together for some fun stuff:
Bishop of Binding, Phyrexian Ingester, Profane Procession
Flip, Hostage Taker, Rayami, First of the Fallen
, Godsend, Ixalan's Binding, Exclusion Ritual
(I don't think Duplicant works even though AFAIK the cards are exiled at the same time but I could be wrong.)
Finally, if you really want to be cruel... Show
May 29, 2020 5:14 p.m.
Coward_Token says... #5
Oh and you can recur the component parts of stacks under your control too: Athreos, Shroud-Veiled, False Demise, Minion's Return, Shade's Form, Unhallowed Pact, Unholy Indenture, Fool's Demise
May 29, 2020 5:29 p.m.
xxrockstarjbxx says... #6
their running it as a voltron and then mutating it with hexproof, infect, and unblockable.. also when things get running again at our local shop they wont be the only ones running it in our commander league. but thanks for the suggestions
May 29, 2020 5:39 p.m.
What do you mean by “mutating it with hexproof, infect, and unblockable”?
May 29, 2020 11:35 p.m.
plakjekaas says... #9
If hexproof is the issue, Merciless Eviction and/or Grave Pact or maybe Ensnaring Bridge or Meekstone can help you to disable their Voltron plan without targeting their creature directly
May 30, 2020 7:39 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #10
Well, I guess running Horobi, Death's Wail would work...
May 30, 2020 9:35 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #11
Then again, Horobi pretty much works against anything creature-y...
May 30, 2020 9:37 a.m.
griffstick says... #12
Control Magic, Chamber of Manipulation, Parasitic Impetus, Abduction, Confiscate, corrupted conscious, Dream Leash, incase in ice, Enslave, Faith Unbroken, In Bolas's Clutches, Infinite Reflection, Lay Claim, Leaden Fists, Mind Control, Persuasion, Prison Term, Spectral Grasp, Spirit Away, take posession, Treachery, Vow of Duty, Vow of Flight, Vow of Lightning, vow of malace, Vow of Wildness, Weight of Conscience, Winter's Rest, Yavimaya's Embrace, Arrest, Bonds of Faith, Bound by Moonsilver, Bound in Silence, Cage of Hands, Cagemail, Captured by the Consulate, Caught in the Brights, Cessation, Choking Restraints, Crystallization, Demonic Torment, Desert's Hold, Dreadful Apathy, Faith's Fetters, Forced Worship, Hobble, Ice Cage, Kirtar's Desire, Krasis Incubation, Lawmage's Binding, Luminous Bonds, One Thousand Lashes, Pacifism, Pillory of the Sleepless, Recumbent Bliss, Revoke Privileges, Capture Sphere, Castaway's Despair, Charmed Sleep, Claustrophobia, Encrust, Malfunction, Mystic Restraints, Numbing Dose, Shackles, Sleep Paralysis, Stasis Cell, Unquenchable Thirst, Waterknot, Martial Impetus, Predatory Impetus, Psychic Impetus, shinny impetus, Darksteel Mutation, Deep Freeze, Frogify, Ichthyomorphosis, Imprisoned in the Moon, Kasmina's Transmutation, kenrith's transmutation, Lignify, One with the Stars, Reprobation, Song of the Dryads
and that's just auras
May 30, 2020 10:49 a.m. Edited.
golgarigirl says... #14
Make them sac it! That indestructible hexproof unblockable 20/20 got you down? Good thing I have a Plaguecrafter or Diabolic Edict here to make them sad! You can even flash some of it in with Alchemist's Refuge, Winding Canyons, or a whole bunch of artifacts, enchantments, and creatures that let you do it nowadays so they learn their lesson not to swing at you.
There are also a good number of artifacts and lands nowadays that can get rid of that pesky hexproof. Detection Tower, Arcane Lighthouse, and Glaring Spotlight are your friends. And the lands don't even cost you a 'real' card slot, and are repeatable...my favorite!
Suns_Champion says... #2
Instant speed spot removal
May 29, 2020 4:50 p.m.