<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Uugguu, the Omniplasm" href="#" target="_blank">Uugguu, the Omniplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&amp;order=name&amp;q=a%3A%E2%80%9CFranz+Vohwinkel%E2%80%9D&amp;unique=art">Franz Vohwinkel</a></em></p>
<p>Hello, everyone, my name's Jonathan and today I'll be going over <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Uugguu, the Omniplasm" href="#" target="_blank">Uugguu, the Omniplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, one of the commanders spoiled for the expansion <em>Mystery Booster Commander Edition</em>.</p>
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<h2>The Commander</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Uugguu, the Omniplasm"></div></div>
<p>This commander gets more interesting the more you look at it. On the surface it's just an Ooze general, which is something we were still missing but not anything groundbreaking. But then, the subthemes start to emerge, spanning from <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/tokens">Tokens</a> to <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/sacrifice">Sacrifice</a> and <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/reanimator">Reanimation</a>. And just like that, a pretty generic commander becomes intriguing and open to multiple builds.</p>
<p>Today, I'll be going over my first draft for this deck, but then I'll be highlighting alternative options that people have started brewing. In this way you'll have a broader overview of what the possibilities are with this card as we wait for its release.</p>
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<h2>The Creatures</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Biowaste Blob"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mitotic Slime"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Acidic Slime"></div></div>
<p>The pool of available Ooze creatures is surprisingly deep, to the point that it's possible to actually select the ones you're including in your deck (and this can't be said for every creature type). In fact, before even starting to talk about subthemes, there are quite a few cards that are simply good with the commander.</p>
<p>Starting with an oldie, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Biowaste Blob" href="#" target="_blank">Biowaste Blob</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has finally found a stable home. During each of your turns it'll propagate and grow your entire board, but this is old news. What's interesting now is how well it synergizes with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Uugguu, the Omniplasm" href="#" target="_blank">Uugguu, the Omniplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, to the point that it might as well gain hexproof. In fact, killing it won't stop the chain of creatures, but rather increase even more its growing speed.</p>
<p>Next is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mitotic Slime" href="#" target="_blank">Mitotic Slime</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, another card that usually struggles outside dedicated token decks. Nonetheless, the number of creatures it can create with this new general is simply outrageous, giving an enormous boost to any creatures-matter card we have.</p>
<p>Lastly, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Acidic Slime" href="#" target="_blank">Acidic Slime</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is the first card I thought about when crafting the deck list. It's way too expensive for a removal spell in modern <em>Magic</em>, I know. But when you can get its effect <em>three</em> times, even the 2/2 stat line isn't that bad after all.</p>
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<h2>+1/+1 Counters</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Oran-Rief Ooze"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Aeve, Progenitor Ooze"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Biogenic Ooze"></div></div>
<p>One of the secondary themes I decided to include in my list is +1/+1 counters, which pairs well with the go-wide idea present both in our commander and a decent amount of other creatures. Also, keep in mind our goal is to get two copies of each of the creatures we play.</p>
<p>We will start with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Oran-Rief Ooze" href="#" target="_blank">Oran-Rief Ooze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which will grow our board turn after turn. This is because we can attack with it recklessly as long as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Uugguu, the Omniplasm" href="#" target="_blank">Uugguu, the Omniplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is on the battlefield to get both of its triggered abilities going.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Aeve, Progenitor Ooze" href="#" target="_blank">Aeve, Progenitor Ooze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> was the previous Ooze commander, although with a storm flavor. Here it can simply be a huge creature, splitting into more copies of itself both with storm <em>and</em> our commander.</p>
<p>On a similar note, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Biogenic Ooze" href="#" target="_blank">Biogenic Ooze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> benefits from being copied too. It'll put counters on our board while also being able to grow itself. Its feeble stat line usually is a drawback, but here it only means it's easier to duplicate this creature.</p>
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<h2>Sacrifice Subtheme</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Corrupted Conviction"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Not Dead After All"></div></div>
<p>As I said at the beginning of the article, there are many strategies you can build around when creating your own list. Mine develops a self-sacrifice theme. In particular, I built it around cards such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Corrupted Conviction" href="#" target="_blank">Corrupted Conviction</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Not Dead After All" href="#" target="_blank">Not Dead After All</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. In this way, you can use your creatures for value, get them back and also get two additional copies of them.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Evolutionary Leap"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ashnod&#039;s Altar"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Greater Good"></div></div>
<p>Repeatable sacrifice outlets are particularly good, as they make chaining creatures even easier. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Evolutionary Leap" href="#" target="_blank">Evolutionary Leap</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> brings us from one creature to the next with no effort, making sure we both have sacrifice fodder and a sacrifice outlet. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ashnod&#039;s Altar" href="#" target="_blank">Ashnod&#039;s Altar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a classic staple, giving us two colorless mana for each creature we sacrifice, which is never a bad rate. Finally, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Greater Good" href="#" target="_blank">Greater Good</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> transforms creatures into cards so that we never run out of gas.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Unbury"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Haunted One"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Roaming Throne"></div></div>
<p>In the typal synergies department, it's all about recursion and additional triggers.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Unbury" href="#" target="_blank">Unbury</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Raise the Draugr" href="#" target="_blank">Raise the Draugr</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Return from Extinction" href="#" target="_blank">Return from Extinction</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> all allow us to recover our fallen Oozes, which we are more than happy to see (and sacrifice) again.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Haunted One" href="#" target="_blank">Haunted One</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Patriarch&#039;s Bidding" href="#" target="_blank">Patriarch&#039;s Bidding</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Haunting Voyage" href="#" target="_blank">Haunting Voyage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> go a step even further, making sure our creatures come back to the battlefield ready to fight over and over again.</p>
<p>Finally, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Roaming Throne" href="#" target="_blank">Roaming Throne</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Reflections of Littjara" href="#" target="_blank">Reflections of Littjara</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are insane value engines, doubling up on creatures and/or permanents to overwhelm our opponents with our board state.</p>
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<h2>A Possible Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Uugguu Oozes" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Uugguu, the Omniplasm
[/Commander]
[Counters]
*1 Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
*1 Biogenic Ooze
*1 Expanding Ooze
*1 Experiment One
*1 Oran-Rief Ooze
*1 Predator Ooze
*1 Ravenous Slime
*1 Slurrk, All-Ingesting
*1 Temperamental Oozewagg
[/Counters]
[Creature]
*1 Acidic Slime
*1 Biowaste Blob
*1 Gelatinous Cube
*1 Gobbling Ooze
*1 Hecteyes
*1 Ice Flan
*1 Inexorable Blob
*1 Mitotic Slime
*1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
*1 Slick Imitator
*1 The Mimeoplasm
*1 Uchuulon
*1 Umori, the Collector
[/Creature]
[Sacrifice]
*1 Ashnod&#039;s Altar
*1 Corrupted Conviction
*1 Deadly Dispute
*1 Dread Return
*1 Endemic Plague
*1 Evolutionary Leap
*1 Feign Death
*1 Flare of Cultivation
*1 Greater Good
*1 Kaya&#039;s Ghostform
*1 Living Death
*1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
*1 Not Dead After All
*1 Plumb the Forbidden
*1 Supernatural Stamina
*1 Undying Evil
*1 Undying Malice
*1 Victimize
*1 Village Rites
[/Sacrifice]
[Typal]
*1 Coat of Arms
*1 Corrupted Zendikon
*1 Haunted One
*1 Haunting Voyage
*1 Heirloom Blade
*1 Kindred Dominance
*1 Patriarch&#039;s Bidding
*1 Raise the Draugr
*1 Reflections of Littjara
*1 Return from Extinction
*1 Roaming Throne
*1 Unbury
[/Typal]
[Ramp]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Cultivate
*1 Farseek
*1 Fellwar Stone
*1 Glimpse the Core
*1 Kodama&#039;s Reach
*1 Nature&#039;s Lore
*1 Rampant Growth
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Three Visits
[/Ramp]
[Land]
*1 Breeding Pool
*1 Command Tower
*1 Deathcap Glade
*1 Drowned Catacomb
*1 Exotic Orchard
*5 Forest
*1 High Market
*1 Hinterland Harbor
*1 Island
*1 Llanowar Wastes
*1 Morphic Pool
*1 Opulent Palace
*1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
*1 Overgrown Tomb
*1 Phyrexian Tower
*1 Rejuvenating Springs
*1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
*1 Secluded Courtyard
*1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
*4 Swamp
*1 Unclaimed Territory
*1 Undergrowth Stadium
*1 Vastwood Fortification // Vastwood Thicket
*1 Vernal Fen
*1 Viridescent Bog
*1 Wastewood Verge
*1 Watery Grave
*1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Zagoth Triome
[/Land]"></span></div>
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<h2>The Alternative Paths</h2>
<p>So, what else is there for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Uugguu, the Omniplasm" href="#" target="_blank">Uugguu, the Omniplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>? Let's take a look at <a href="https://edhrec.com/commanders/uugguu-the-omniplasm">its EDHREC page</a>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Adrix and Nev, Twincasters"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Second Harvest"></div></div>
<p>One possible route is to go all-in on Token synergies. Draw cards with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards" href="#" target="_blank">Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or get even more creatures with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Adrix and Nev, Twincasters" href="#" target="_blank">Adrix and Nev, Twincasters</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Second Harvest" href="#" target="_blank">Second Harvest</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. You'll flood the board and then <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Overrun" href="#" target="_blank">Overrun</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> your opponents for the win.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Viscera Seer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Blood Artist"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Zulaport Cutthroat"></div></div>
<p>Tied to this plan we can also find somewhat of an Aristocrats-type deck. In fact, if we want to sacrifice our creatures to create tokens, we might as well throw a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blood Artist" href="#" target="_blank">Blood Artist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> into the mix to get even more value from their deaths. Add some usual suspects like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Viscera Seer" href="#" target="_blank">Viscera Seer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zulaport Cutthroat" href="#" target="_blank">Zulaport Cutthroat</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and enjoy this trigger galore.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Earth Crystal"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Doubling Season"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hardened Scales"></div></div>
<p>Otherwise, you could also pair tokens and +1/+1 counters. We've already seen how a number of Oozes care about growing your creatures' stats, so why shouldn't you stick to the bit and include <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Earth Crystal" href="#" target="_blank">The Earth Crystal</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Doubling Season" href="#" target="_blank">Doubling Season</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hardened Scales" href="#" target="_blank">Hardened Scales</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>?</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mutable Explorer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Chomping Changeling"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Graveshifter"></div></div>
<p>Creatures with changeling synergize with our strategy as well. All of them count as Oozes for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Uugguu, the Omniplasm" href="#" target="_blank">Uugguu, the Omniplasm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, thus they'll come back twice as strong from the dead. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mutable Explorer" href="#" target="_blank">Mutable Explorer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will give us lands, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chomping Changeling" href="#" target="_blank">Chomping Changeling</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> some interaction and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Graveshifter" href="#" target="_blank">Graveshifter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> recursion.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Phantasmal Image"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Clone"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cackling Counterpart"></div></div>
<p>Clones work fantastically as well, creating intricate loops of creatures and recursion. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Phantasmal Image" href="#" target="_blank">Phantasmal Image</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cackling Counterpart" href="#" target="_blank">Cackling Counterpart</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or even the classic <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clone" href="#" target="_blank">Clone</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are all looking forward to swarming your board with Oozes.</p>
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<p>As you can see, there's a lot going on with this commander. I'm sure that, with time, even more perspectives about Uugguu, the Omniplasm will be discovered. Have you found any undiscovered ones? Let me know in the comments below!</p>


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