How to Mulligan Muldrotha, the Gravetide

Mulligan decisions with Muldrotha, the Gravetide start with role clarity: does your opener actually support a real Muldrotha, the Gravetide game plan around graveyard and recursion? Permanent-based recursion engine replaying permanents from graveyard each turn. Include permanent-based removal and ramp like Seal of Primordium and Sakura-Tribe Elder. Avoid too many instants and sorceries.

What a keepable hand looks like

In Commander, the London mulligan gives you a free first reset and rewards disciplined keeps. For Muldrotha, the Gravetide, a strong opener usually does three things at once: develops mana, offers an early spell or piece of interaction, and points toward your actual game plan. Permanent-based recursion engine replaying permanents from graveyard each turn. If your seven has lands but no way to advance that plan, treat it as shakier than it first looks.

Mana, colors, and early sequencing

Most Muldrotha, the Gravetide decks still want the normal Commander baseline of two to four lands or a hand that clearly replaces missing lands with reliable ramp. Muldrotha, the Gravetide is blue-black-green, so your opener should cast your setup on time and not strand key colors in hand. Include permanent-based removal and ramp like Seal of Primordium and Sakura-Tribe Elder. Avoid too many instants and sorceries.

When to keep a borderline seven

If your list is built around graveyard, recursion, and value engine, a borderline hand should still contain at least one card that matters for that package. Keep more aggressively when the hand has cheap setup plus enough mana to function. Ship more aggressively when it is all payoff, all air, or a pile of unrelated medium cards. Common misses include spell-heavy builds and exile-dependent effects.

Play vs draw

On the draw, the extra card gives Muldrotha, the Gravetide more room to keep a slower hand, especially one with two mana sources and a real early spell. On the play, be tougher on reactive hands that do nothing proactive until turn three. If your build is faster or more controlling than average, compare both modes in the simulator so your mulligan habits match the exact list you are piloting.

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