Putrid Pals

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Character Background

Putrid Pals reads like a grubby ally—Human Ooze Mutant—meant to punish attackers and reward sacrifice plays. With deathtouch and a 3/3 base, it fits a tempo/midrange game plan: it stabilizes the board by trading up early and becomes a real clock if you can meet Disappear’s condition and turn it into a 5/5. The hybrid {B/G} slots it easily into Golgari sacrifice builds or green‑black decks that want flexible mana. A practical deckbuilding tip is to include cheap sacrifice outlets and token producers—Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder, or Witch’s Oven and a token engine—to reliably trigger the +1/+1 counters when you cast it. It also pairs well with removal that lets something you control die on your terms (sacrificing a chump token before casting). Play it after a guaranteed “permanent left” or sequence it post‑sacrifice to get maximum value; otherwise it’s a solid blocker that pressures favorable trades, but can be underwhelming if you can’t enable its bonus.

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