The Mimeoplasm costs {2}{B}{G}{U} and is a 0/0 Legendary Ooze. As it enters you may exile two creature cards from graveyards, and if you do it enters as a copy of one of them with a number of additional +1/+1 counters equal to the power of the other. A full graveyard is a deck of clones.

The precon already has the graveyard fillers and the best recursion, including Buried Alive, Windfall, Brawn, Wonder, Lightning Greaves, Acidic Slime and Eternal Witness. Each swap below pairs a cut with an add, and every card is scored with the same numbers the Oracle uses to build decks: synergy and inclusion from the Mimeoplasm decks, plus lift, which shows how much more often a card turns up in Mimeoplasm decks than in decks that could play it.

Looking for the unmodified list first? Read the Devour for Power precon guide.

12
Swaps
$10.10
Cost of the adds
40→40
Lands
0→30
Avg Oracle score

What is holding the deck back

Not enough graveyard-size creatures and recursion

Lord of Extinction, Consuming Aberration, Muldrotha, the Gravetide, Scavenging Ooze, Grisly Salvage and Skull Prophet fill or use the graveyard. They are among the top-scoring cards the precon leaves out.

Expensive fatties and mill creatures outside the lists

Artisan of Kozilek, Avatar of Woe, Butcher of Malakir, Dark Hatchling, Dreamborn Muse, Extractor Demon, Fleshbag Marauder, Patron of the Nezumi, Riddlekeeper, Scythe Specter, Sewer Nemesis and Slipstream Eel are not cards The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Many six-mana-or-more creatures

The deck has 13 nonland cards at mana value six or more and 32 creatures, so cheap creatures that grow from the graveyard help it keep up.

The 12 swaps

Each pair shows the numbers for the card coming out and the card going in. Click a card image to zoom.

Swap 1 of 12
Artisan of Kozilek
Cut
Artisan of Kozilek
Creature — Eldrazi · 9
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Lord of Extinction
Add
Lord of Extinction
Creature — Elemental · 3BG
Inclusion50%
Synergy44%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 46

Artisan of Kozilek is a nine-mana 10/9 with annihilator. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Lord of Extinction is an Elemental for {3}{B}{G} whose power and toughness each equal the number of cards in all graveyards. A five-drop that is often a huge creature by itself, and the highest-scoring cheap card the precon leaves out.

Swap 2 of 12
Avatar of Woe
Cut
Avatar of Woe
Creature — Avatar · 6BB
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Consuming Aberration
Add
Consuming Aberration
Creature — Horror · 3UB
Inclusion49%
Synergy42%
Lift7.4×
Oracle score 45

Avatar of Woe is an eight-mana 6/5 fear creature that taps to destroy a creature. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Consuming Aberration is a Horror for {3}{U}{B} whose power and toughness each equal the number of cards in your opponents' graveyards. Whenever you cast a spell, each opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard. A five-drop that grows by milling your opponents.

Swap 3 of 12
Butcher of Malakir
Cut
Butcher of Malakir
Creature — Vampire Warrior · 5BB
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
Add
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
Legendary Creature — Elemental Avatar · 3BGU
Inclusion36%
Synergy14%
Lift1.6×
Oracle score 23

Butcher of Malakir is a seven-mana 5/4 flyer that makes opponents sacrifice. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Muldrotha, the Gravetide is a 6/6 Legendary Elemental Avatar for {3}{B}{G}{U}. During each of your turns you may play a land and cast a permanent spell of each permanent type from your graveyard. A six-drop in exactly the commander's colours that replays your graveyard.

Swap 4 of 12
Dark Hatchling
Cut
Dark Hatchling
Creature — Horror · 4BB
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Scavenging Ooze
Add
Scavenging Ooze
Creature — Ooze · 1G
Inclusion22%
Synergy20%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 21

Dark Hatchling is a six-mana 3/3 flyer that destroys a nonblack creature. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Scavenging Ooze is a 2/2 Ooze for {1}{G}. For {G} it exiles a target card from a graveyard, and if it was a creature card it gets a +1/+1 counter and you gain 1 life. A two-drop that grows from any graveyard and shrinks the opposing one.

Swap 5 of 12
Dreamborn Muse
Cut
Dreamborn Muse
Creature — Spirit · 2UU
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Grisly Salvage
Add
Grisly Salvage
Instant · BG
Inclusion36%
Synergy28%
Lift4.3×
Oracle score 31

Dreamborn Muse is a four-mana 2/2 that mills players based on their hand size. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Grisly Salvage costs {B}{G}. You reveal the top five cards of your library, may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand, and put the rest into your graveyard. A two-mana instant that finds a creature and fills the graveyard.

Swap 6 of 12
Extractor Demon
Cut
Extractor Demon
Creature — Demon · 4BB
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Skull Prophet
Add
Skull Prophet
Creature — Human Druid · BG
Inclusion35%
Synergy22%
Lift2.7×
Oracle score 28

Extractor Demon is a six-mana 5/5 flyer that mills players and has unearth. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Skull Prophet is a 3/1 Human Druid for {B}{G}. For a tap it adds {B} or {G}, and for a tap it mills two cards. A two-drop in two of the commander's colours that ramps or mills.

Swap 7 of 12
Fleshbag Marauder
Cut
Fleshbag Marauder
Creature — Zombie Warrior · 2B
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Likeness Looter
Add
Likeness Looter
Creature — Faerie Shapeshifter · UB
Inclusion25%
Synergy23%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 24

Fleshbag Marauder is a three-mana 3/1 that makes each player sacrifice a creature. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Likeness Looter is a 1/1 Faerie Shapeshifter for {U}{B} with flying. For a tap you draw a card, then discard a card, and for {X} it becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, with flying. A two-drop that loots and copies a creature from the graveyard.

Swap 8 of 12
Patron of the Nezumi
Cut
Patron of the Nezumi
Legendary Creature — Spirit · 5BB
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Victimize
Add
Victimize
Sorcery · 2B
Inclusion31%
Synergy13%
Lift1.8×
Oracle score 20

Patron of the Nezumi is a seven-mana 6/6 Legendary Spirit with Rat offering. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Victimize costs {2}{B}. You choose two target creature cards in your graveyard, sacrifice a creature, and if you do return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped. A three-mana sorcery that returns two creatures.

Swap 9 of 12
Riddlekeeper
Cut
Riddlekeeper
Creature — Homunculus · 2U
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up
Add
Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up
Creature — Nightmare // Sorcery — Adventure · 1B // 1U
Inclusion24%
Synergy22%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 23

Riddlekeeper is a three-mana 1/4 that mills attackers. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Cruel Somnophage is a Nightmare for {1}{B} whose power and toughness each equal the number of creature cards in all graveyards, with an adventure Can't Wake Up that makes a player mill four cards. A two-mana creature that grows with the graveyard, with a mill adventure.

Swap 10 of 12
Scythe Specter
Cut
Scythe Specter
Creature — Specter · 4BB
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Golgari Grave-Troll
Add
Golgari Grave-Troll
Creature — Troll Skeleton · 4G
Inclusion22%
Synergy18%
Lift5.4×
Oracle score 20

Scythe Specter is a six-mana 4/4 flyer with a discard trigger. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Golgari Grave-Troll is a Troll Skeleton for {4}{G} that enters with a +1/+1 counter for each creature card in your graveyard. For {1} and a counter removed it regenerates, and it has dredge 6. A five-drop that is often huge, and it can come back to your hand with dredge.

Swap 11 of 12
Sewer Nemesis
Cut
Sewer Nemesis
Creature — Horror · 3B
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Necrotic Ooze
Add
Necrotic Ooze
Creature — Ooze · 2BB
Inclusion34%
Synergy32%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 33

Sewer Nemesis is a four-mana creature whose size equals a chosen player's graveyard. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Necrotic Ooze is a 4/3 Ooze for {2}{B}{B}. As long as it is on the battlefield, it has all activated abilities of all creature cards in all graveyards. A four-drop that turns any creature in a graveyard into a combo piece.

Swap 12 of 12
Slipstream Eel
Cut
Slipstream Eel
Creature — Fish Beast · 5UU
Not a card this commander's decks usually play, so it scores below the cards that are
Titanoth Rex
Add
Titanoth Rex
Creature — Dinosaur Beast · 7GG
Inclusion44%
Synergy43%
Lift8.0×+
Oracle score 43

Slipstream Eel is a seven-mana 6/6 that can't attack unless the defender controls an Island. It is not a card The Mimeoplasm decks usually play.

Titanoth Rex is an 11/11 Dinosaur Beast for {7}{G}{G} with trample and cycling {1}{G}. When you cycle it you put a trample counter on target creature you control. A creature that is a card draw early or an 11/11 late, and a creature card for the graveyard either way.

The full swap list

Cut

  • Artisan of Kozilek
  • Avatar of Woe
  • Butcher of Malakir
  • Dark Hatchling
  • Dreamborn Muse
  • Extractor Demon
  • Fleshbag Marauder
  • Patron of the Nezumi
  • Riddlekeeper
  • Scythe Specter
  • Sewer Nemesis
  • Slipstream Eel

Add

  • Lord of Extinction
  • Consuming Aberration
  • Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • Scavenging Ooze
  • Grisly Salvage
  • Skull Prophet
  • Likeness Looter
  • Victimize
  • Cruel Somnophage
  • Golgari Grave-Troll
  • Necrotic Ooze
  • Titanoth Rex

What to keep

These cards are doing the deck's heavy lifting. Do not cut them.

If you want to spend more

These are strong but sit outside a budget upgrade. Prices are the cheapest paper printing.

The verdict

Devour for Power already has the graveyard fillers, the best recursion and The Mimeoplasm's clone trigger. The upgrade is cheap creatures that grow with the graveyard, in place of expensive fatties and mill creatures that Mimeoplasm decks leave out. These twelve swaps cost about $10 in total.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best upgrades for the Devour for Power precon?

Using data from 6,962 The Mimeoplasm decks, the highest-scoring additions are Lord of Extinction (for Artisan of Kozilek), Consuming Aberration (for Avatar of Woe) and Titanoth Rex (for Slipstream Eel). The full list has 12 swaps, each scored with synergy, inclusion and lift.

How much does it cost to upgrade Devour for Power?

All 12 swaps cost about $10.10 at the cheapest paper printings (TCGplayer market prices via Scryfall, 2026-10-28). If you want to spend more, the guide also covers Animate Dead ($6.98) and Yargle and Multani ($2.11).

What should I cut from Devour for Power?

The weakest cards for this commander are Artisan of Kozilek, Avatar of Woe and Butcher of Malakir. The guide explains the reason for every cut, and swaps each one for a card that scores higher.

Which cards should I keep in Devour for Power?

Keep Buried Alive, Windfall, Eternal Witness, Lightning Greaves and Wonder. These are the cards doing the deck's heavy lifting.

What does The Mimeoplasm do?

The Mimeoplasm costs {2}{B}{G}{U} and is a 0/0 Legendary Ooze. As it enters you may exile two creature cards from graveyards, and if you do it enters as a copy of one of them with a number of additional +1/+1 counters equal to the power of the other. A full graveyard is a deck of clones.

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How the numbers work

Inclusion is the share of The Mimeoplasm decks (6,962 of them when this was written, 2026-10-28) that play the card. Synergy is how much more often they play it than other decks in the same colours. Oracle score is synergy × 0.6 plus inclusion × 0.4, the same blend The Oracle uses to rank cards for a deck. Lift compares how often the card appears in these decks with how often it could, capped at 8× here; it is shown for context and does not change the score.

Two cautions. Players who run the precon unmodified count as The Mimeoplasm decks, which flatters every card the precon contains. Lift is moderate to high for these cards because few decks play them outside a graveyard deck, so use lift to compare cards, not to judge one in isolation. A card the commander's decks do not usually play counts as 0 in the average score. Prices are the cheapest non-foil paper printing on TCGplayer (via Scryfall), in USD, and move daily.