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I kind like Glasspool Mimic for this deck. Lots of flexibility on what you could copy (Craterhoof Behemoth, Bloom Tender, Glen Elendra Archmage, etc.) which would almost always be a plus. Or in a pinch it's a land.

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What do you guys think of Traitorous Greed?

• Allosaurus Shepherd - It makes practially of all of my spells uncounterable as well as being uncounterable itself. The deck doesn't have that many elves (6) with Freyalise being the only other source of elf production. That being said, it's still amazing for a monogreen deck.

• Witch of the Moors - This would be an autoinclude in the deck if not for there only being 3 cards in the entire deck that gain me life .
• Allosaurus Shepherd - It makes half of my spells uncounterable for just G and it is itself uncounterable as well. Unfortunately, I can't take full advantage of it in this deck even though there are 7 elves in it and Freyalise creates elves.
• Branching Evolution - Would be a great way to have redundancy for effects like Doubling Season. However, the deck used to run Corpsejack Menace which was cut because it was winmore. So this enchantment would probably be the same thing. That being said, both it and Corpsejack Menace are great for Mazirek for anyone who wants to take stompy to the next level.

• Kels, Fight Fixer - For just 1 we can sacrifice a creature (preferably a zombie token) to not only make Kels indestructible but to draw a card as well. Even then, I think might be too niche to warrant a slot in the deck.

• Invigorating Surge - A great way to make Polukranos potentially one-shot someone at instant speed.

• Goremand - It's essentially a 6-costed Fleshbag Marauder that sticks around since you sacrifice your creature as part of its cost and not its effect. It's also a 5/5 with flying and trample, so there's that to consider, too.
• Witch's Cauldron - It's basically a Vampiric Rites where you have to tap it, making it worse. It's also an artifact which is easier to destroy than enchantments.
• Elder Gargaroth - Not only is this creature amazing in a vacuum, but pumped with a ton of +1/+1 counters makes it oppressive as both a beater and blocker.
• Invigorating Surge - I'd rather this type of effect to be recurrable. It's not bad, but cards like Kalonian Hydra are better.
• Twinblade Assassins - If it triggered at the end of every turn then it'd definitely go in the deck. Unfortunately, at just the end of my turn not so much.

• Archfiend's Vessel - In this deck it's going to a piece of cake to reanimate it, getting a 5/5 flyer for just B. However, in my deck at least, it's not impactful to try and find a slot for considering how hard it already is to make cuts in it. That being said, it might find a home in the Budget Build.
• Carrion Grub - It'll be as powerful as the most powerful creature in our graveyard and it self-mills 4 when it enters the graveyard. Even then, it doesn't have any evasion of any kind and, just like with Archfiend's Vessel, I don't find it impactful enough to make a cut for it. That being said, it might find a home in the Budget Build.
• Demonic Embrace - It's interesting in that it can be attached to Sidisi to give her a significant boost as well as making her harder to block. It can also be recast from the graveyard providing a discard outlet while doing so. This can get us a fatty in the yard to reanimate later. So it can be recast whether it was destroyed or self-milled.
• Liliana's Devotee - As far as a zombie lord it's not bad and the triggered ability can get us yet another 2/2 zombie token for just 1B. I'd have to test and see if it's even worth a slot in the Zombie Build. It might go in the Budget Build, though.
• Liliana's Standard Bearer - Comboing off with Gravecrawler can definitely score us a ton of cards when this enters the battlefield. We can then discard anything key to our graveyard at the end of our turn. It's also a zombie, to boot! Definitely worth testing for the Zombie Build.
• Elder Gargaroth - Just because this creature is amazing in a vacuum doesn't make it good for this deck, unfortunately.
• Obsessive Stitcher - This card does it all. It loots, you can sacrifice it to reanimate a creature, and it only costs 3 mana to cast.

• Barrier Breach - Being able to exile 3 enchantments is no joke - especially when up against a pillowfort deck and wanting to get through with Polukranos.
• Colossification - This is just hilarious in any commander deck. It turns any commander into a one-shot player eliminator. It taps down the creature, but if Polukranos is protected, then next turn it might definitely start eliminating players from the game.
• Gemrazer - For just 3 mana you can mutate this under Polukranos to give it trample and reach. Oh, and when it mutates it naturalizes. It's definitely worth testing since Polukranos loves having trample.
• The Ozolith - 100% going in the deck. Resetting Polukranos means we lose its +1/+1 counters. With this artifact we can store those counters and then put them back on Polukranos afterwards. Definitely going in the deck.
• Titanoth Rex - For just 2 mana we draw a card and give Polukranos a trample counter at instant speed. The combat tricks alone are worth testing this card. It's also an 11/11 with trample if we need to send a message.

• Manascape Refractor - Has the abilities of lands like Gaea's Cradle, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Ancient Tomb, Jungle Basin, Sanctum of Eternity, etc. Definitely worth a slot in the deck.
• Slippery Bogbonder - Is able to put a hexproof counter on Polukranos as well as all other counters on the rest of our creatures which isn't that often, but a hexproof counter is very helpful in protecting Polukranos from spot removal.
• Sawtusk Demolisher - Mutating this onto Polukranos makes it a bit bigger while also giving trample. Also, when it mutates, it's a Beast Within. So it's amazing for 4 mana. Definitely worth a slot in the deck.