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Proliferate often.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Handing Them Out Like Candy - everyone gets counters"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ichor Rats, Bilious Skulldweller, Blightbelly Rat, Pestilent Syphoner, Plague Stinger, Swamp Mosquito, Venerated Rotpriest"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The first one is always free. Then you gotta start paying. Proliferation will win the day faster than anything else."},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"It's Just A Couple, No Big Deal - can I interest you in some more?"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Evolution Sage, Bloated Contaminator, Contagion Clasp, Karn's Bastion, Bloom Hulk, Courage in Crisis, Drown in Ichor, Phyresis Outbreak"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This is where the counters start racking up and you quickly become THE problem. Smoke incoming."},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Spreading It Around Town - like the whooooor you are"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Agent Frank Horrigan, Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, Tyrranax Rex, Mycosynth Fiend, Contaminant Grafter, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Infect -> Proliferate -> Repeat - All of these require immediate answers or there will be quick exits"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"And Your Little Dog, Too - not just for players"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Infectious Bite, Putrefy, Beast Within, Anoint with Affliction, Vraska's Fall, Whisper of the Dross, Binding the Old Gods"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Clear blockers, gunk up opposing engines, and keep pressing the poison on opponents through proliferation"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Your Supplier - gotta start somewhere"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sol Ring, Exploration, Nature's Lore, Three Visits, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, Expand the Sphere, Rampant Growth, Search for Tomorrow"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mana intensive deck, so the sooner lots of mana is on the field, the sooner large threats get there and poison ramps up quickly"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Late Stage Toxic Shock - finish the job"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, Tyrranax Rex, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider, Rogue's Passage, Inkmoth Nexus, Green Sun's Zenith"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Combat kills are fine, but it's like you eventually won't have to attack at all to just watch people die. Know when your counters are doing the heavy lifting, and let them do so."},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Winning"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Poison counters"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Skithiryx one-shots"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tyrranax Rex massive poison injection"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vorinclex doubling up"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Inkmoth Nexus out of nowhere"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Large infect creatures connecting through Rogue's Passage"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Grinding opponents out with repeated proliferate triggers"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFinally"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Patience and pressure are a balancing act. Immediate kills aren't necessary, or even desirable. You just need a single infection to take root and then proliferate it at every opportunity. Once it starts spreading, every proliferate is worse than the last one. By the end of the game, what's actually on the battlefield will mean very little if you've done your job.\n"}]}

Commander

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Agent Frank Horrigan
Trample
Agent Frank Horrigan has indestructible as long as it attacked this turn.
Whenever Agent Frank Horrigan enters or attacks, proliferate twice. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Legendary Creature - Warrior Mutant
Agent Frank Horrigan (pip) 89

Commander

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Counters

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Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Trample, haste
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
If an opponent would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, they put half that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead, rounded down.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider (khm) 199

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Draw

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Beast Whisperer
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.
Creature - Elf Druid
Beast Whisperer (plst) GRN-123
Guardian Project
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.
Enchantment
Guardian Project (plst) RNA-130
Infectious Inquiry
You draw two cards and you lose 2 life. Each opponent gets a poison counter.
Sorcery
Infectious Inquiry (one) 97
Mindblade Render
Whenever your opponents are dealt combat damage, if any of that damage was dealt by a Warrior, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Creature - Warrior Azra
Mindblade Render (tdc) 187

Draw

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Infect

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Bilious Skulldweller
Deathtouch
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
Creature - Insect Phyrexian
Bilious Skulldweller (one) 83
Blightbelly Rat
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
When this creature dies, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Rat Phyrexian
Blightbelly Rat (one) 85
Bloated Contaminator
Trample
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Beast Phyrexian
Bloated Contaminator (one) 159
Contaminant Grafter
Trample, toxic 1
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to one or more players, proliferate.
Corrupted — At the beginning of your end step, if an opponent has three or more poison counters, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Creature - Druid Phyrexian
Contaminant Grafter (onc) 55
Grafted Exoskeleton
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Whenever this Equipment becomes unattached from a permanent, sacrifice that permanent.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Grafted Exoskeleton (som) 162
Ichor Rats
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
When this creature enters, each player gets a poison counter.
Creature - Rat Phyrexian
Ichor Rats (onc) 93
Mycosynth Fiend
This creature gets +1/+1 for each poison counter your opponents have.
Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Mycosynth Fiend (onc) 109
Necrogen Rotpriest
Toxic 2 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get two poison counters.)
Whenever a creature you control with toxic deals combat damage to a player, that player gets an additional poison counter.
: Target creature you control with toxic gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Creature - Cleric Zombie Phyrexian
Necrogen Rotpriest (one) 296
Pestilent Syphoner
Flying
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
Creature - Insect Phyrexian
Pestilent Syphoner (one) 103
Plague Nurse
Toxic 2
: Each other creature you control with toxic gains toxic 1 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn. (A player dealt combat damage by a creature with toxic also gets poison counters equal to that creature's total toxic value.)
Creature - Cleric Phyrexian
Plague Nurse (one) 179
Plague Stinger
Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Creature - Horror Insect Phyrexian
Plague Stinger (onc) 96
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
: Skithiryx gains haste until end of turn.
: Regenerate Skithiryx.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Skeleton Phyrexian
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon (2xm) 107
Swamp Mosquito
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, defending player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
Creature - Insect
Swamp Mosquito (all) 63a
Tyrranax Rex
This spell can't be countered.
Trample, ward
, haste
Toxic 4 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get four poison counters.)
Creature - Dinosaur Phyrexian
Tyrranax Rex (one) 189
Venerated Rotpriest
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, target opponent gets a poison counter.
Creature - Druid Phyrexian
Venerated Rotpriest (one) 192

Infect

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Land

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Blooming Marsh
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Blooming Marsh (otj) 266
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 233
Deathcap Glade
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Deathcap Glade (sos) 253
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (tmc) 65
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (eoc) 159
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (j25) 93
Golgari Rot Farm
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Golgari Rot Farm (dsc) 279
Inkmoth Nexus
: Add
.
: This land becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Land
Inkmoth Nexus (mbs) 145
Jungle Hollow
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Jungle Hollow (tdm) 258
Karn's Bastion
: Add
.
,
: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Land
Karn's Bastion (moc) 409
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (pip) 283
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (j25) 88
Tainted Wood
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Wood (dsc) 305
Temple of Malady
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Malady (fdn) 700
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Terramorphic Expanse (msc) 273
The Seedcore
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast Phyrexian creature spells.
Corrupted —
: Target 1/1 creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. Activate only if an opponent has three or more poison counters.
Land - Sphere
The Seedcore (one) 259
Woodland Cemetery
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest.
: Add
or
.
Land
Woodland Cemetery (blc) 354
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (m3c) 409

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Proliferate

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Bloom Hulk
When this creature enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Elemental Plant
Bloom Hulk (plst) WAR-154
Contagion Clasp
When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
,
: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Artifact
Contagion Clasp (ecc) 140
Courage in Crisis
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Sorcery
Courage in Crisis (cmm) 278
Evolution Sage
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Elf Druid
Evolution Sage (ncc) 287
Gulping Scraptrap
When this creature enters or dies, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Gulping Scraptrap (one) 96
Whisper of the Dross
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Instant
Whisper of the Dross (one) 117

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Protection

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Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (soc) 350

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (msc) 194
Cultivate
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Cultivate (scd) 177
Doubling Cube
,
: Double the amount of each type of unspent mana you have.
Artifact
Doubling Cube (5dn) 116
Elvish Mystic
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Elvish Mystic (soc) 266
Emerald Medallion
Green spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Emerald Medallion (mh3) 291
Expand the Sphere
Look at the top six cards of your library. Put up to two land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If you put fewer than two lands onto the battlefield this way, proliferate a number of times equal to the difference. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Sorcery
Expand the Sphere (one) 168
Exploration
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Enchantment
Exploration (dmr) 159
Fertilid
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.
Creature - Elemental
Fertilid (moc) 296
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (cmm) 395
Kodama's Reach
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery - Arcane
Kodama's Reach (lcc) 245
Llanowar Elves
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Llanowar Elves (fdn) 227
Myr Convert
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.
Creature Artifact - Myr Phyrexian
Myr Convert (one) 297
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (fic) 311
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (j25) 704
Search for Tomorrow
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Suspend 2—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay
and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Search for Tomorrow (mma) 161
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 214
Three Visits
Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Three Visits (msc) 181
Vastwood Surge
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. If this spell was kicked, put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Sorcery
Vastwood Surge (nec) 133

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Recursion

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Geth's Summons
Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Corrupted — For each opponent who has three or more poison counters as you cast this spell, put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Sorcery
Geth's Summons (onc) 11
Glissa's Retriever
Haste, toxic 3 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get three poison counters.)
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Corrupted — When this creature dies, exile it. When you do, return up to X target cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of opponents who have three or more poison counters.
Creature - Beast Phyrexian
Glissa's Retriever (onc) 56
Kinzu of the Bleak Coven
Flying
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life and exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's 1/1 and has toxic 1. (Players dealt combat damage by it also get a poison counter.)
Legendary Creature - Vampire Phyrexian
Kinzu of the Bleak Coven (one) 411
Nimraiser Paladin
Toxic 2 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get two poison counters.)
When this creature enters, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Knight Phyrexian
Nimraiser Paladin (one) 101
Unnatural Restoration
Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Sorcery
Unnatural Restoration (one) 191

Recursion

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Removal

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Anoint with Affliction
Exile target creature if it has mana value 3 or less.
Corrupted — Exile that creature instead if its controller has three or more poison counters.
Instant
Anoint with Affliction (one) 81
Atomize
Destroy target nonland permanent. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Instant
Atomize (pip) 94
Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (clb) 820
Binding the Old Gods
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
II — Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
III — Creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn.
Enchantment - Saga
Binding the Old Gods (ecc) 120
Cankerbloom
, Sacrifice this creature: Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Fungus Phyrexian
Cankerbloom (one) 294
Drown in Ichor
Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Sorcery
Drown in Ichor (one) 91
Infectious Bite
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Each opponent gets a poison counter.
Instant
Infectious Bite (one) 172
Phyresis Outbreak
Each opponent gets a poison counter. Then each creature your opponents control gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each poison counter its controller has.
Sorcery
Phyresis Outbreak (onc) 50
Putrefy
Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Putrefy (ecc) 131
Vraska's Fall
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice and gets a poison counter.
Instant
Vraska's Fall (one) 116

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Tutor

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Green Sun's Zenith
Search your library for a green creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Shuffle Green Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.
Sorcery
Green Sun's Zenith (2x2) 150

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Untap

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Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
+1: Untap up to one target creature.
−2: Mill three cards, then you may return a creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Planeswalker - Tyvar
Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler (pone) 218p

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Sideboard

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Beast
Creature Token - Beast
Beast (tmsc) 11
Copy
(This token can be used to represent a token that's a copy of a permanent.)
Token
Copy (tmsc) 1
Food
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.
Artifact Token - Food
Food (tmsh) 19

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27 mana - 27 cards
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Proliferate often.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Handing Them Out Like Candy - everyone gets counters"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ichor Rats, Bilious Skulldweller, Blightbelly Rat, Pestilent Syphoner, Plague Stinger, Swamp Mosquito, Venerated Rotpriest"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The first one is always free. Then you gotta start paying. Proliferation will win the day faster than anything else."},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"It's Just A Couple, No Big Deal - can I interest you in some more?"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Evolution Sage, Bloated Contaminator, Contagion Clasp, Karn's Bastion, Bloom Hulk, Courage in Crisis, Drown in Ichor, Phyresis Outbreak"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This is where the counters start racking up and you quickly become THE problem. Smoke incoming."},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Spreading It Around Town - like the whooooor you are"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Agent Frank Horrigan, Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, Tyrranax Rex, Mycosynth Fiend, Contaminant Grafter, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Infect -> Proliferate -> Repeat - All of these require immediate answers or there will be quick exits"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"And Your Little Dog, Too - not just for players"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Infectious Bite, Putrefy, Beast Within, Anoint with Affliction, Vraska's Fall, Whisper of the Dross, Binding the Old Gods"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Clear blockers, gunk up opposing engines, and keep pressing the poison on opponents through proliferation"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Your Supplier - gotta start somewhere"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sol Ring, Exploration, Nature's Lore, Three Visits, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, Expand the Sphere, Rampant Growth, Search for Tomorrow"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mana intensive deck, so the sooner lots of mana is on the field, the sooner large threats get there and poison ramps up quickly"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Late Stage Toxic Shock - finish the job"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, Tyrranax Rex, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider, Rogue's Passage, Inkmoth Nexus, Green Sun's Zenith"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Combat kills are fine, but it's like you eventually won't have to attack at all to just watch people die. Know when your counters are doing the heavy lifting, and let them do so."},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Winning"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Poison counters"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Skithiryx one-shots"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tyrranax Rex massive poison injection"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vorinclex doubling up"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Inkmoth Nexus out of nowhere"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Large infect creatures connecting through Rogue's Passage"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Grinding opponents out with repeated proliferate triggers"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFinally"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Patience and pressure are a balancing act. Immediate kills aren't necessary, or even desirable. You just need a single infection to take root and then proliferate it at every opportunity. Once it starts spreading, every proliferate is worse than the last one. By the end of the game, what's actually on the battlefield will mean very little if you've done your job.\n"}]}
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