SultaiLegendary Creature — Nightmare BeastOtrimi, the Ever-Playful
Mana value6Rank#9,735
The Commander
Mutate 
(If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, return target creature card with mutate from your graveyard to your hand.
Guide
Gameplan
Otrimi leads a Sultai mutate pile, stacking cheap mutate creatures onto a single threat to snowball value and abilities, then connecting for trample damage to recur mutate creatures from your graveyard. You build an evasive, ability-rich monster that draws cards, removes blockers, and grows each turn until it kills the table through commander damage or sheer board advantage.
Strengths
- Repeatable card advantage from stacking mutate triggers and recurring creatures on combat damage
- Singletons that mutate let you rebuild fast and dodge single-target removal value-wise
- Trample plus mounting power makes commander-damage kills realistic
- Deep Sultai toolbox of ramp, draw, and interaction
Weaknesses
- Heavily reliant on one creature, so board wipes and exile removal are devastating
- Slow to come online; six-mana commander that needs setup before it threatens
- Spot removal in response to a mutate cast can two-for-one you
- Vulnerable to fliers and ground gridlock that stop combat damage triggers
Key Cards
- Sol Ring — Accelerates toward Otrimi and the mana-hungry mutate stacking a turn early.
- Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger — Doubles your mana to chain multiple mutate casts and recursions in a turn.
- Lukka, Coppercoil Outcast — Mutate payoff engine that also turns dead creatures into bigger threats.
- Migration Path — Cycling ramp that fixes Sultai colors and finds lands while keeping cards flowing.
- Pir, Imaginative Rascal — Doubles mutate counters and synergizes with proliferate and growth themes.
- Sublime Epiphany — Flexible protection to counter removal and save your mutate pile.
Upgrade Path
Add protection like Heroic Intervention, Lazotep Plating, and Tamiyo's Safekeeping so your single stacked threat survives removal. Lean into mana doublers and free counterspells to push the power level, and tighten the curve with efficient mutate creatures and tutors like Vivien, Monsters' Advocate to find your pieces consistently. Cut clunky high-cost creatures for evasion enablers and proliferate to make commander-damage kills faster and more reliable.
Core Cards
- Animist's Awakening
- Nissa, Steward of Elements
- Sunken Hollow
- Dismal Backwater
- Deadly Rollick
- Darkwater Catacombs
- Dimir Aqueduct
- Cold-Eyed Selkie
- Parasitic Impetus
- Dredge the Mire
- Trygon Predator
- Souvenir Snatcher
Seeded from a single deck — rates appear once more public decks exist.
Win Conditions
- ▸Connecting for lethal commander damage with a trampling, stacked Otrimi
- ▸Overwhelming the board with recurring mutate value and evasion
- ▸Assembling repeatable ETB/damage triggers (e.g., via Lukka or ping effects) to drain opponents
Archetypes
- Mutate Midrange — Otrimi's recursion and trample reward stacking mutate creatures into one evolving threat.
- Voltron — The growing mutate pile plus trample enables commander-damage kills on one creature.
- +1/+1 Counters/Toolbox — Many mutate creatures and Sultai synergies pair counters with modular ability stacking.
- Value Recursion — Combat damage returns mutate cards, fueling grindy card-advantage gameplans.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BGU), by popularity.
