Best Cards for Muldrotha, the Gravetide (2025)
Muldrotha, the Gravetide is one of the most beloved graveyard commanders in all of EDH. Her ability to play one permanent of each type from your graveyard each turn creates an unstoppable value engine that can bury opponents in card advantage. Whether you're looking for recursive removal, self-mill enablers, or powerful finishers, this guide covers the best cards for your Muldrotha deck in 2025.
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1. Spore Frog
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This humble one-drop is perhaps the most feared card in any Muldrotha deck. Sacrifice Spore Frog to prevent all combat damage for the turn, then replay it from your graveyard on your next turn. Rinse and repeat. Aggressive decks will struggle to push through damage when you have a Spore Frog loop going.
Why it's great:
- Repeatable fog effect for just
- Shuts down Voltron and aggro strategies
- One of the most cost-effective creatures in the deck
2. Sakura-Tribe Elder
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Steve, as he's affectionately known, is Muldrotha's best friend when it comes to ramp. Sacrifice him to search for a basic land, then replay him next turn to do it again. This creates a consistent mana engine that puts you ahead of the table every single game.
Why it's great:
- Repeatable ramp that finds any basic
- Can block before sacrificing for bonus value
- A staple in virtually every Muldrotha build
3. Seal of Primordium
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The "Seal" cycle of enchantments is tailor-made for Muldrotha. Seal of Primordium provides on-demand artifact or enchantment destruction. Play it, leave it on the battlefield as a threat, pop it when needed, then replay it next turn. The psychological pressure alone is worth the slot.
Why it's great:
- Instant-speed removal once it's in play
- Repeatable artifact/enchantment hate
- Works alongside Seal of Doom and Seal of Removal for a removal suite
4. Lotus Petal
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In most decks, Lotus Petal is a one-time mana boost. In Muldrotha, it's essentially a repeatable Black Lotus effect! Cast it for free, sacrifice for any color of mana, then replay it from your graveyard every single turn. This adds up to an enormous amount of free mana over the course of a game.
Why it's great:
- Free to cast and replay
- Provides any color of mana
- Absurd value over a long game
5. Mystic Remora
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Normally, Mystic Remora is a powerful card that eventually gets too expensive to maintain due to cumulative upkeep. But with Muldrotha, you can let it die to upkeep and simply replay it from your graveyard! This creates a constant tax on your opponents' noncreature spells, drawing you a massive amount of cards.
Why it's great:
- Draws cards when opponents cast noncreature spells
- Bypass cumulative upkeep by recurring it
- One of the best card advantage engines in blue
6. The Gitrog Monster
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The Gitrog Monster creates incredible synergy with Muldrotha's graveyard focus. It draws you cards when lands hit your graveyard, and its requirement to sacrifice a land each upkeep isn't a downside—it's an advantage, since you can replay lands from your graveyard!
Why it's great:
- Turns sacrificed lands into card draw
- Works with fetch lands for extra value
- Creates a dedicated combo package with Dakmor Salvage
7. Plaguecrafter
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Repeatable Plaguecrafter is incredibly oppressive. Each turn, you force every opponent to sacrifice a creature or planeswalker, or discard a card. Against decks that go tall instead of wide, this effect can be backbreaking when used every single turn.
Why it's great:
- Hits creatures, planeswalkers, or hand
- Dodges hexproof and indestructible
- Creates a lock against single-creature strategies
8. Command Beacon
Mana Cost: Land Type: Land
Muldrotha costs
Why it's great:
- Eliminates commander tax entirely
- Searchable with land tutors
- Replayable from the graveyard as your land drop
9. Kaya's Ghostform
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This one-mana aura provides incredible protection for Muldrotha. When the enchanted creature dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield. Since the Ghostform goes to your graveyard, you can replay it next turn as your enchantment! This creates a resilient loop that makes killing Muldrotha extremely difficult.
Why it's great:
- Protects against removal and board wipes
- Returns Muldrotha even when exiled
- Only costs to recast each turn
10. Siren Stormtamer
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Protection is critical for Muldrotha, and Siren Stormtamer provides it repeatedly. Sacrifice it to counter a spell or ability targeting you or a permanent you control, then replay it from your graveyard. This creates a recurring counterspell shield for just two mana per activation.
Why it's great:
- Protects Muldrotha and other key permanents
- Also protects you from targeted effects
- Flying provides occasional chip damage
11. Nihil Spellbomb
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Graveyard hate might seem counterintuitive in a graveyard deck, but having a repeatable exile effect for opponents' graveyards is incredibly powerful. Sacrifice Nihil Spellbomb to exile a target opponent's graveyard and draw a card, then replay it next turn. Shuts down opposing reanimator and graveyard strategies completely.
Why it's great:
- Exile opponent's entire graveyard
- Draws a card for one extra mana
- Repeatable graveyard hate is rare and powerful
12. Stitcher's Supplier
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This efficient one-drop mills you for three when it enters and again when it dies. In Muldrotha, that's potentially six cards with targets for your commander's ability. It's one of the best self-mill enablers in the format for the mana cost.
Why it's great:
- Mills six cards total for just
- Works on both ETB and death
- Fills your graveyard quickly in the early game
13. Eternal Witness
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While Muldrotha can replay permanents, she can't directly replay instants and sorceries. Eternal Witness solves this problem beautifully. Each turn, replay Witness to return a key spell from your graveyard to your hand. This gives you access to your entire graveyard, not just permanents.
Why it's great:
- Retrieves any card type from your graveyard
- Synergizes perfectly with self-mill
- Staple in any green recursion deck
14. Animate Dead
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Animate Dead gives you a second reanimation effect per turn, separate from Muldrotha's ability. Enchantment reanimation spells are particularly valuable because you can replay them from your graveyard when the creature they were attached to dies.
Why it's great:
- Cheap reanimation that stacks with Muldrotha
- Can target any graveyard, not just your own
- Falls off and can be replayed for a different target
15. Living Death
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Living Death is often a game-ending spell in Muldrotha. It exiles all creatures in play while bringing back everything in all graveyards. With a well-stocked graveyard, this typically results in a massive board advantage for you while wiping out opponents' creatures.
Why it's great:
- Board wipe and mass reanimation in one card
- Your graveyard will almost always be bigger
- Retrieve it with Eternal Witness for repeated use
Building Your Muldrotha Deck
When building your Muldrotha deck, focus on these key principles:
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Include all permanent types: Maximize Muldrotha's ability by having artifacts, creatures, enchantments, and even planeswalkers you want to recur.
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Self-mill is your friend: Cards like Stitcher's Supplier, Satyr Wayfinder, and Mesmeric Orb fill your graveyard with options.
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Protect your commander: Muldrotha will attract removal. Run multiple protection pieces like Kaya's Ghostform and Siren Stormtamer.
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Respect graveyard hate: Include ways to rebuild or protect against opponents exiling your graveyard.
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