<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>


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Devour for Power Commander Precon Remastered - The Mimeoplasm