MTG Salvation

This is an attempt at a 1v1 primer, hope I do well I thank 3drinks for the formatting and Cryogen for the info
So I've been playing Commander when it started. it was really casual and the deck was sort of janky(it was the starter deck with random reanimator targets and mill). As Multiplayer evolved, a lot of combo decks started to show up at the store, and all of them had sol ring, mana crypt, omniscence, mikaeus the unhallowed etc. In other words, all the staples and cheap combos. Thinking that Aggro saw less play and combo saw more(it was sort of easy to win because I was running mill at the time, so combo pieces would be sent to the yard), I was trying to find a solution to my problem. This is where I found a solution, namely Duelcommander tournaments at my LGS. So at first, I got assassinated, my curve was way high, there wasn't enough card draw, not enough protection against aggro decks, Etc. So, desperate as I am, I get into Duelcommander and make my deck better. After lowering my curve, adding more card draw, the deck got better and faster. I started to win a lot more of my games and eventually placed 3rd in a tournament at the LGS(we go round robin, then check the highest scores, then if we're tied, we just make a custom tournament for placement:D).I decided that because Reanimator is really fun in general and it can either be casual or competitive, I decided to make Mimeoplasm So that's the story, on to the Primer
Analysis of the Commander
[LEFT]The art: It's Awesome, the Commander has a T-rex for an arm and it looks like an ooze. Next![/left] the Mana cost: it's 2UBG. Not too high, it's fair costed for reanimating the target and pumping it.
the ability: This ability, unlike other commanders, is not always needed to win the game. But in dire situations, we can cast it to turn the tables around and try to win if you ever lack reanimate type cards.
The colors: Mimeoplasm is in an ana (BUG) wedge. These colors are best fit for combo(suprise suprise ;)) or midrange, as green and black can fend off big creatures with creatures of their own, while blue and black keep card draw/wheel into your combo or strong synergies. This deck leans a bit more towards a combo/aggro build, as this deck runs little to no control of the board(I find that it doesn't need it that much, but we'll still need some enchantment removal just in case Graveyard hate comes along).
other commanders:Damia, sage of stone fits more into a Control combo build. She's popular because she controls the board while drawing into more control and eventually into a combo. Of course,this is just what I have seen when facing her, but some people play her like malestrom wanderer, where you ramp into Damia, sage of stone, play her, cast your hand, draw it again, rinse and repeat.
vorosh the hunter is more voltron and sort of plays like zur the enchanter, but instead of white exile effects, it runs green as ramp or control cards like beast within. I've seen it once, and it sort of played like Zur without white removal and uses green ramp instead.[/LEFT]


You would enjoy Mimeoplasm if

• you like reanimator
• you like BUG wedge
• you like risky and possibly fast strategies
• you like Oozes with a T-Rex for their arm
• you like to gamble(yes, a big part of this deck is luck sometimes)

You would not enjoy Mimeoplasm if

• you prefer instant win combos(Ex. Kikki-jikki+zealous conscripts)
• you don't like fragile strategies
• you don't like creatures
• you like to rely on your commander to win the game
• T-Rex and/or Oozes are the bane of your existence

Mimeoplasm's 1000 year old history
Like a lot of people, I started off with a slow mill/dredge strategy. It worked okay till a lot of people started running GraveYard hate. This was a pain to go through as they would always draw into it in mid game thanks to the massive card draw they all had. To fight against this, the only way to go for me was to go faster or go control. Preferring aggro, I lean more towards aggro and go for sac outlets, dredgers, slightly less draw, little answers against noncreature spells, etc.
The worst color that the mimeoplasm can face is probably white. White has all these cheap tuck and exile effects that exile your targets. If white EVER has a path to exile(for example, there are other cards), it'll be useless to reanimate. Why not blue? Blue can counter the reanimate spells for sure, but in the early game, unless they have a force of will or go first playing UU and having counterspell in hand, they don't have much chance if we get a T2-3 vorinclex. Not only that, we can recur the reanimate spells thanks to eternal witness or we can just recur the reanimate type creatures by other means. The best color the mimeoplasm can face is probably green or red. Red and green are most likely aggro, so if we can try overwhelm them with our huge fatties, we can win.


Why I chose Mimeoplasm over other generals
Well first of all, UB is my favorite combo combination, and I've liked G thanks to all the gigantic fatties it gives. G can also serve as Ramp and has a lot of discard outles and dredge in this deck, so it's not all that useless. U serves as card draw and also helps with THEIR fatties. Sadly, there aren't too many counterspells in this deck, as they don't serve as a discard outlet nor are they useful in the yard. B is pretty obvious. It's the color of reanimation and sacrificing. Reanimating big fatties is the key to winning. For the actual general and not the colors, I love the art; how awesome is it to have a T-Rex for an arm? It's pretty cool. I also love the fact that it's a general with an ETB that lets me reanimate a creature and give it more Power and Toughness. How cool is it to have a 10/9 jin gitaxis, core augur? How great is it to have a 21/21 stormtide leviathan? It's very good to me
The Decklist
Still need to make

• why am I playing what I play
• Matchups
• effective strategies
• weaknesses

why I am playing what I play
Why I don't play 'insert card here
lion's eye diamond: This card(sadly) rarely came in handy as whenever I would try and crack it, there was always an answer(krosan grip, counterspell, etc). This situation made it only good early game, as a lot of our meta is blue, and this card only made it waker against it, which we don't really want, otherwise, Green and red are the only colors we are strong against. I've also tried it out.
Tortured existence:this only lets me toss creatures, unlike undertaker, who tosses ANY card and is easier to recur.
raven's crime: It's VERY strong, but I can rarely use it for full potential as I end up using my extra land for discarding it to wheels or other discard outlets, so it's out. I also lack lands, if we had more land, this would be and auto include, but 36 land, even with life from the loam, is too little land for us to use it to full potential.

If you have ideas, feel free to list them, I will try them out :)( while it is true that I am on a budget, I can always try them out casually after the tournament)
If you have any questions about a card in the deck, feel free to ask

You miscount your lands which should be 36.

What's your deck's weakness? It's decent list but it feels like it would be easily countered with the likes of 2cmc shenanigans. And it'll be safer if you add the usual discards like Liliana of the Veil.

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You miscount your lands which should be 36.

What's your deck's weakness? It's decent list but it feels like it would be easily countered with the likes of 2cmc shenanigans. And it'll be safer if you add the usual discards like Liliana of the Veil.

fixed
I am sadly a bit short on time right now, but the general weaknesses are Graveyard hate and exile effects. it is very easily countered if it's slow and I will be trying Lilliana of the Veil:)
Thanks for the info and suggestion, I will be trying them out

If you really want fast decks, I'd suggest getting

1x Lion's Eye Diamond
1x Fastbond (2% chance of drawing that or Manabond)
1x Entomb (usually dropping Life from the Loam on 1st turn)

And suggesting a constant 20/20 if you have those 2 combo lands.

Got the tryout list updated
Still don't know what to sub out though...It'll probably be phyrexian plaguelord, notion thief and a land.
I assume LED might not stay because it's really risky; if my opponent has a counterspell, it will be really hard to get back up and win. Still worth a shot
Fastbond and Lilliana will most likely stay, as Fastbond speeds me up and Lilliana is a sac AND discard outlet.
but gotta wait till she rotates to get a REAL copy of her(she's a proxy right now, so I will take her out at LGS events) and buy her after she drops(she most likely will though, not sure)

Despite its drawback, you can definitely use the grave because that's your m.o.

However, you need some disruption from your side to disrupt your opponents left and right before casting your Ooze.

Have you seen my list. I've been tuning it forever maybe you can take some ideas from it

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Have you seen my list. I've been tuning it forever maybe you can take some ideas from it

Sure
but where's you're list though, I don't see it, is it all right if you post a link?

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=492840

Thanks for the list
gonna steal some disruption from your side and try it out :D.

• Raven's crime
  
• hymn to tourach
  
• go for the throat
  
• chainer's edict
  
• krosan grip
  
• intuition
  
• ancestral vision
  

for

• bitter ordeal
  
• bloodletter quill
  
• demon collusion

Tried LED, it's too risky, considering I can't always get myself back up afterwards..

Updated some stuff.
Gonna keep Lilliana, Fastbond, entomb, and go for the throat(raven's crime isn't too recurrable as I keep using my extra land(which rarely comes) for other discard outlets.:-/)