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Hapatra (-1/-1 Counters / Combo)
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $1067.95
Salt Sum: 56.39
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Commander

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Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Whenever Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons deals combat damage to a player, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token with deathtouch.

Creature
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons (akh) 199
1

-1/-1 Counters

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Black Sun's Zenith

Put X -1/-1 counters on each creature. Shuffle Black Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Sorcery
Black Sun's Zenith (c14) 136
1
Grim Affliction

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.)

Instant
Grim Affliction (plst) MM2-84
1
Soul Snuffers

When Soul Snuffers enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature.

Creature
Soul Snuffers (eve) 45
1

Add

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Cankerbloom

{1}, Sacrifice Cankerbloom: 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
Cankerbloom (one) 161
1
Haunted Mire

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) Haunted Mire enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Haunted Mire (dmu) 248
1
Snow-Covered Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Forest (khm) 285
1
Snow-Covered Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Swamp (khm) 280
1
Woodland Chasm

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) Woodland Chasm enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Woodland Chasm (plst) KHM-274
1

Backup Commander

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Nest of Scarabs

Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.

Enchantment
Nest of Scarabs (akh) 101
1

Combo: Bowly Infestation

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Blowfly Infestation

Whenever a creature dies, if it had a -1/-1 counter on it, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Enchantment
Blowfly Infestation (shm) 58
1

Combo: Ivy Lane/Druid

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Devoted Druid

{T}: Add {G}. Put a -1/-1 counter on Devoted Druid: Untap Devoted Druid.

Creature
Devoted Druid (ncc) 286
1
Ivy Lane Denizen

Whenever another green creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Creature
Ivy Lane Denizen (cmr) 236
1

Combo: Prohulk

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Disciple of the Vault

Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may have target opponent lose 1 life.

Creature
Disciple of the Vault (2xm) 86
1
Lesser Masticore

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. {4}: Lesser Masticore deals 1 damage to target creature. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature Artifact
Lesser Masticore (mh1) 225
1
Metallic Mimic

As Metallic Mimic enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Metallic Mimic is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Each other creature you control of the chosen type enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature Artifact
Metallic Mimic (aer) 164
1
Protean Hulk

When Protean Hulk dies, search your library for any number of creature cards with total mana value 6 or less, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Protean Hulk (a25) 185
1
Viscera Seer

Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Creature
Viscera Seer (cmr) 158
1

Combo: Yawgmoth Undying

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Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Protection from Humans Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card. {B}{B}, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (mh1) 116
1
Young Wolf

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Young Wolf (dka) 134
1

Control/ Stacks

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Dauthi Voidwalker

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it. {T}, Sacrifice Dauthi Voidwalker: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Dauthi Voidwalker (mh2) 81
1
Opposition Agent

Flash You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries. While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.

Creature
Opposition Agent (cmr) 141
1

Draw

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Generous Patron

When Generous Patron enters the battlefield, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.) Whenever you put one or more counters on a creature you don't control, draw a card.

Creature
Generous Patron (bbd) 70
1
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card. {4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (bro) 326
1
Idol of Oblivion

{T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you created a token this turn. {8}, {T}, Sacrifice Idol of Oblivion: Create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.

Artifact
Idol of Oblivion (ncc) 368
1
Pact of the Serpent

Choose a creature type. Target player draws X cards and loses X life, where X is the number of creatures they control of the chosen type.

Sorcery
Pact of the Serpent (khc) 9
1
Plumb the Forbidden

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures. When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way. You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Instant
Plumb the Forbidden (stx) 81
1
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (plst) CMD-260
1
Sylvan Library

At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.

Enchantment
Sylvan Library (dmr) 179
1
Toski, Bearer of Secrets

This spell can't be countered. Indestructible Toski, Bearer of Secrets attacks each combat if able. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Toski, Bearer of Secrets (khm) 197
1

Interaction

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Abrupt Decay

This spell can't be countered. Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.

Instant
Abrupt Decay (plst) GK1-57
1
Assassin's Trophy

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Assassin's Trophy (grn) 152
1
Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (ncc) 282
1
Force of Despair

If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy all creatures that entered the battlefield this turn.

Instant
Force of Despair (mh1) 92
1
Golgari Charm

Choose one — • All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. • Destroy target enchantment. • Regenerate each creature you control.

Instant
Golgari Charm (uma) 201
1
Lethal Scheme

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked Lethal Scheme connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Instant
Lethal Scheme (ncc) 36
1
Nature's Claim

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.

Instant
Nature's Claim (plst) IMA-177
1

Land

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Access Tunnel

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Access Tunnel (stx) 262
1
Agadeem's Awakening

Sorcery
Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90
1
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (mic) 167
1
Boseiju, Who Endures

{T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard Boseiju, Who Endures: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (clb) 351
1
Darkbore Pathway

Land
Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (khm) 254Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (khm) 254
1
Emergence Zone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Emergence Zone: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Land
Emergence Zone (war) 245
1
Field of the Dead

Field of the Dead enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. Whenever Field of the Dead or another land enters the battlefield under your control, if you control seven or more lands with different names, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Land
Field of the Dead (m20) 247
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (clb) 469
4
Ifnir Deadlands

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B}. {2}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Put two -1/-1 counters on target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Ifnir Deadlands (hou) 179
1
Karn's Bastion

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Land
Karn's Bastion (ncc) 410
1
Khalni Ambush

Instant
Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192
1
Llanowar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. Llanowar Wastes deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Llanowar Wastes (c21) 297
1
Malakir Rebirth

Instant
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111
1
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

Oran-Rief, the Vastwood enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each green creature that entered the battlefield this turn.

Land
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood (nec) 173
1
Overgrown Tomb

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) As Overgrown Tomb enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Overgrown Tomb (grn) 253
1
Phyrexian Tower

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

Land
Phyrexian Tower (uma) 248
1
Shizo, Death's Storehouse

{T}: Add {B}. {B}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Land
Shizo, Death's Storehouse (dmc) 233
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (clb) 462
4
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

{T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard Takenuma, Abandoned Mire: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 278
1
Twilight Mire

{T}: Add {C}. {B/G}, {T}: Add {B}{B}, {B}{G}, or {G}{G}.

Land
Twilight Mire (ncc) 443
1
Verdant Catacombs

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Verdant Catacombs: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 260
1
Woodland Cemetery

Woodland Cemetery enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Woodland Cemetery (dom) 248
1

Mana Rocks

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (clb) 298
1
Mox Amber

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

Artifact
Mox Amber (brr) 35
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (ncc) 379
1
Springleaf Drum

{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Springleaf Drum (2xm) 291
1
Talisman of Resilience

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. Talisman of Resilience deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Resilience (c21) 270
1

Protection/Recursion

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Animate Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard When Animate Dead enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

Enchantment
Animate Dead (plst) EMA-78
1
Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (afc) 161
1
Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Sorcery
Reanimate (jmp) 270
1
Unearth

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Unearth (2x2) 96
1
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
1
Veil of Summer

Draw a card if an opponent has cast a blue or black spell this turn. Spells you control can't be countered this turn. You and permanents you control gain hexproof from blue and from black until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of blue or black spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Veil of Summer (plst) M20-198
1

Proxys

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Ancient Tomb

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Ancient Tomb deals 2 damage to you.

Land
Ancient Tomb (plst) TMP-315
1
Finale of Devastation

Search your library and/or graveyard for a creature card with mana value X or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. If X is 10 or more, creatures you control get +X/+X and gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Finale of Devastation (war) 160
1

Pump/Infect

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Beastmaster Ascension

Whenever a creature you control attacks, you may put a quest counter on Beastmaster Ascension. As long as Beastmaster Ascension has seven or more quest counters on it, creatures you control get +5/+5.

Enchantment
Beastmaster Ascension (ncc) 283
1
Fynn, the Fangbearer

Deathtouch Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

Creature
Fynn, the Fangbearer (khm) 316
1

Ramp

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Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (plst) EMA-218
1
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (dmr) 151
1
Channeler Initiate

When Channeler Initiate enters the battlefield, put three -1/-1 counters on target creature you control. {T}, Remove a -1/-1 counter from Channeler Initiate: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Channeler Initiate (akh) 160
1
Cryptolith Rite

Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Enchantment
Cryptolith Rite (soi) 200
1
Culling Ritual

Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less. Add {B} or {G} for each permanent destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Culling Ritual (stx) 172
1
Deathrite Shaman

{T}: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color. {B}, {T}: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life. {G}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.

Creature
Deathrite Shaman (ema) 215
1
Elvish Mystic

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Elvish Mystic (khc) 58
1
Grim Hireling

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create two Treasure tokens. {B}, Sacrifice X Treasures: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Grim Hireling (clb) 755
1
Rishkar, Peema Renegade

When Rishkar, Peema Renegade enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures. Each creature you control with a counter on it has "{T}: Add {G}."

Creature
Rishkar, Peema Renegade (ncc) 305
1
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (clb) 837
1
Wild Growth

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Enchantment
Wild Growth (afc) 174
1

Tutors

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Chord of Calling

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Chord of Calling (2xm) 158
1
Crop Rotation

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for a land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Crop Rotation (2xm) 161
1
Diabolic Intent

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Diabolic Intent (bro) 89
1
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 (ema) 169
1
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (cmr) 156
1
Worldly Tutor

Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.

Instant
Worldly Tutor (6ed) 269
1

Wincons

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Obelisk Spider

Reach Whenever Obelisk Spider deals combat damage to a creature, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature. Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Obelisk Spider (plst) HOU-141
1
Zulaport Cutthroat

Whenever Zulaport Cutthroat or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Zulaport Cutthroat (znc) 57
1

Sideboard

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Ad Nauseam

Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.

Instant
Ad Nauseam (2xm) 76
1
Concordant Crossroads

All creatures have haste.

Enchantment
Concordant Crossroads (chr) 60
1
Contagion Clasp

When Contagion Clasp enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Artifact
Contagion Clasp (plst) SOM-144
1
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (plst) A25-82
1
Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (tsr) 111
1
Glistening Oil

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has infect. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature. When Glistening Oil is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Glistening Oil to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Glistening Oil (nph) 62
1
High Market

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Land
High Market (afc) 246
1
Hooded Blightfang

Deathtouch Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.

Creature
Hooded Blightfang (m21) 104
1
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (plst) M19-314
1
Moldervine Reclamation

Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment
Moldervine Reclamation (c21) 225
1
Natural Affinity

All lands become 2/2 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.

Instant
Natural Affinity (9ed) 256
1
Necroskitter

Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.) Whenever a creature an opponent controls with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, you may return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Creature
Necroskitter (mm2) 88
1
Nesting Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto another target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Nesting Grounds (ncc) 418
1
Pattern of Rebirth

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, that creature's controller may search their library for a creature card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Pattern of Rebirth (uma) 176
1
Phyrexian Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phyrexian Altar (2x2) 311
1
Phyrexian Reclamation

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (jmp) 267
1
Scurry Oak

Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on Scurry Oak, you may create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.

Creature
Scurry Oak (mh2) 172
1
Snuff Out

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Snuff Out (gvl) 53
1
Sylvan Safekeeper

Sacrifice a land: Target creature you control gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature
Sylvan Safekeeper (cma) 152
1
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (2xm) 110
1
Trinisphere

As long as Trinisphere is untapped, each spell that would cost less than three mana to cast costs three mana to cast. (Additional mana in the cost may be paid with any color of mana or colorless mana. For example, a spell that would cost {1}{B} to cast costs {2}{B} to cast instead.)

Artifact
Trinisphere (2xm) 303
1
Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Victimize (ncc) 261
1
Wickerbough Elder

Wickerbough Elder enters the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it. {G}, Remove a -1/-1 counter from Wickerbough Elder: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Wickerbough Elder (ncc) 320
1

Considering

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Baleful Mastery

You may pay {1}{B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {1}{B} cost was paid, an opponent draws a card. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Baleful Mastery (stx) 64
1
Collector Ouphe

Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.

Creature
Collector Ouphe (mh1) 158
1
Corrupted Conviction

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Corrupted Conviction (mom) 98
1
Culling the Weak

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Culling the Weak (exo) 55
1
Dismember

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

Instant
Dismember (plst) MM2-79
1
Eldritch Evolution

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, where X is 2 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Exile Eldritch Evolution.

Sorcery
Eldritch Evolution (plst) EMN-155
1
Grafdigger's Cage

Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.

Artifact
Grafdigger's Cage (m20) 227
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Dryad Arbor

(Dryad Arbor isn't a spell, it's affected by summoning sickness, and it has "{T}: Add {G}.")

Creature Land
Dryad Arbor (tsr) 277
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Turntimber Symbiosis

Sorcery
Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood (znr) 215Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood (znr) 215
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Chain of Smog

Target player discards two cards. That player may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Sorcery
Chain of Smog (ons) 132
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Witherbloom Apprentice

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Witherbloom Apprentice (stx) 247
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Ammit Eternal

Afflict 3 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 3 life.) Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a -1/-1 counter on Ammit Eternal. Whenever Ammit Eternal deals combat damage to a player, remove all -1/-1 counters from it.

Creature
Ammit Eternal (hou) 57
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Dusk Urchins

Whenever Dusk Urchins attacks or blocks, put a -1/-1 counter on it. When Dusk Urchins dies, draw a card for each -1/-1 counter on it.

Creature
Dusk Urchins (shm) 65
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Grasping Dunes

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Grasping Dunes: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Grasping Dunes (akh) 244
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Ravenous Chupacabra

When Ravenous Chupacabra enters the battlefield, destroy target creature an opponent controls.

Creature
Ravenous Chupacabra (clb) 770
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Ravenous Squirrel

Whenever you sacrifice an artifact or creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Ravenous Squirrel. {1}{B}{G}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Ravenous Squirrel (mh2) 211
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Sundering Vitae

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Sundering Vitae (mm2) 163
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Viridian Longbow

Equipped creature has "{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target." Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

Artifact
Viridian Longbow (afc) 221
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Wrap in Vigor

Regenerate each creature you control.

Instant
Wrap in Vigor (cns) 183
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Bellowing Tanglewurm

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Other green creatures you control have intimidate.

Creature
Bellowing Tanglewurm (som) 111
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Core Prowler

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) When Core Prowler dies, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature Artifact
Core Prowler (mbs) 103
1
Flesh-Eater Imp

Flying Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) Sacrifice a creature: Flesh-Eater Imp gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Flesh-Eater Imp (mbs) 42
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Hand of the Praetors

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) Other creatures you control with infect get +1/+1. Whenever you cast a creature spell with infect, target player gets a poison counter.

Creature
Hand of the Praetors (som) 66
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Ichorclaw Myr

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) Whenever Ichorclaw Myr becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Ichorclaw Myr (som) 166
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Phyrexian Swarmlord

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 green Phyrexian Insect creature token with infect for each poison counter your opponents have.

Creature
Phyrexian Swarmlord (nph) 119
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Plague Myr

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) {T}: Add {C}.

Creature Artifact
Plague Myr (mbs) 125
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Boseiju, Who Shelters All

Boseiju, Who Shelters All enters the battlefield tapped. {T}, Pay 2 life: Add {C}. If that mana is spent on an instant or sorcery spell, that spell can't be countered.

Land
Boseiju, Who Shelters All (chk) 273
1
Contamination

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Contamination unless you sacrifice a creature. If a land is tapped for mana, it produces {B} instead of any other type and amount.

Enchantment
Contamination (usg) 123
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Deadly Rollick

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Exile target creature.

Instant
Deadly Rollick (c20) 42
1
Gemstone Caverns

If Gemstone Caverns is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand. {T}: Add {C}. If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.

Land
Gemstone Caverns (tsr) 280
1
Imp's Mischief

Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Imp's Mischief (plc) 72
1
Natural Order

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a green creature. Search your library for a green creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Natural Order (ema) 177
1
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (clb) 244
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Nurturing Peatland

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B} or {G}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Nurturing Peatland: Draw a card.

Land
Nurturing Peatland (mh1) 243
1
Undergrowth Stadium

Undergrowth Stadium enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Undergrowth Stadium (cmr) 359
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Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Urza's Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}." II — Urza's Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'" III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment
Urza's Saga (mh2) 259
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{"ops":[{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"HAPATRA, VIZIER OF POISONS"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"I always liked to build a deck around her, but it could never compete that well with cEDH decks to be honest. I was often missing card draw and a win-con in the past. And when she was not on the field, the deck didn't function. My idea was to use her as the queen of toxins and I know it is not so effective, but I still want to keep a little sub-theme with infect and poison - not sure how long... I might upgrade the deck and cut the poison/infect cards. My first try with Hapatra was right after the release and I was quite new in Commander. The powerlevel of my old group was not high either. This is my third try after some radical changes. With some optimizing like fast mana, cheap interaction spells and more tutors, you can increase the strength. This build is a 7/10 in my opinion and not a cEDH-build. You can cut a lot of cards from my list of the \"Deathtouch & Infect\" section and replace them with fast mana rocks, tutors or stax/tax pieces."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is a cheap CMC-commander and should be cast early. Her first ability is helpful to snipe many popular but fragile cEDH creatures (with thougness 1), when a -1/-1 counter is put on. There is always one player who is open with no blockers to attack with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". And you can try politics (\"let me through and I can handle this creature\"). Her second ability is the real reason to build her and we want to abuse the token generation and combo off. With "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Black Sun's Zenith"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Soul Snuffers"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"we can easily generate a hugh amount of tokens - and draw cards with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Generous Patron"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" for our needes pieces."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"There is room for some tax pieces, which we can focus more on - but I chose to concentrate also on the fun part and play casual cards with higher CMC like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seshiro the Anointed"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". Anyway it is important to keep our commander on the board or ramp fast enough to cast her again. The manacurve should be between 2-3 and tutors are evenly important like draw ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Plumb the Forbidden"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Skullclamp"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Generous Patron"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":") and ramp ("},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptolith Rite"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Rishkar, Peema Renegade"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Jaheira, Friend of the Forest"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":") engines."},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"STRATEGIES"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"The strategy is to get "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yawgmoth, Thran Physician"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"on the field as soon as possible for some combos. If I can't combo with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zulaport Cutthroat"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Obelisk Spider"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ivy Lane Denizen"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scurry Oak"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"on the field, there is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fynn, the Fangbearer"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"and a horde of deathtouching snakes (aggro Token backup strategy). To win by poison is not so likely, but at least the strongest player could be focused down. The -1/-1 counters can disturb and delay strategies or boardstates of other players (putting -1/-1 counters on key creates/commanders with low thoughness)."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"HAPATRA"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"The best way to start is to have her in play on turn 1. She can attack on the next turn, threatening every creature of the opponents, that will come in play from now on. I don't own "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chrome Mox"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jeweled Lotus"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Crypt"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lotus Petal"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". Also "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Elvish Spirit Guide"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Dark Ritual"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". But if you can manage to do that, than it is unlikely that your opponents will cast mana-dorks like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birds of Paradise"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"or to cast a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dark Confidant"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"and so on. You have also access to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deadly Rollick"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"and a great advantage in general. But choose wisely and make good decisions, leave some creatures behind for our "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archfiend of Ifnir"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Generous Patron"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" synergy. If you use your -1/-1 effects too early, you free the others to play their creatures. So timing is very important."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"TOKEN/ RAMP/ DRAW"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"With deathtouch the snakes are not only good blockers but rather good useful/expendable attackers. We do not only have snakes but rather insects and squirrels. For attacking the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Beastmaster Ascension"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"is in the deck to make them +6/+6 easily and if we are in the position to make pressure. If they aren't blocked and they hit opponents with cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Toski, Bearer of Secrets"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ohran Frostfang"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seshiro the Anointed"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" (also a little lord) on the field, you draw a card for each snake that get through. We want to find "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Yawgmoth, Thran Physician"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and other combo pieces as soon as possible and the token can help to draw into them. When they die, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Moldervine Reclamation"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" lets you draw cards and it is great when we use Yawgmoth's paying 1 life. The rest of tokens can be thrown in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skullclamp"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and with instant speed in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Plumb the Forbidden"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" to draw more. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lethal Scheme"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is almost free (free with 2 black creatures) and useful to loot 4 cards."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"The produced snakes by "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" can be tapped for green mana with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Citanul Hierophants"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jaheira, Friend of the Forest"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rishkar, Peema Renegade"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" (if they survive a -1/-1 counter for example with lord effects) and mana of any colour with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptolith Rite"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". Unblocked and tapped creatures ramp for more with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Harvest Season"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", a really underrated card that overperform in this deck. ["},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Black Market"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" has a higher CMC, but can produce a massive amount of black mana and wins games due to the ressource advantage.] "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Culling Ritual"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" wipes also our board, but with the amount of mana we get we can recast our commander immediately."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Toski, Bearer of Secrets"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is cruel, because your opponent has to choose: do they let you draw or trade with a deathtouch snake?"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"DEATHTOUCH & INFECT"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"If our combos doesn't work we still have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fynn, the Fangbearer"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" for a fast and easy aggro win. But this is only a back-up plan and the chance to win in cEDH is very low: it is too slow. You can mostly kill only one player at a time and another will end the game. Besides we can't comeback from an overloaded "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cyclonic Rift"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"or other board wipes. They will try not to untap us with a bunch of token on the field."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"But: Fynn is a low costed alternate win-con that see it's true strength the longer the game goes on. Affects all snakes created with Hapatra as well as anything as long as "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Ohran Frostfang"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Saryth, the Viper's Fang"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is on the battlefield. Making 5 snake tokens with deathtouch is no big deal for us [and with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bellowing Tanglewurm"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" they also have intimidate]. Hitting one opponent (the strongest combo player first) with 5 deathtouchers means a instant kill due to 10 poison counters if we have "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Fynn, the Fangbearer"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Hooded Blightfang"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" can be replaced with a better card to be honest, but I like the amount of damage it can make (5 snakes attacking means 15 damage for only 3-CMC) and we can just play him before combat."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"There are better ways to put -1/-1 Counters on creatures, but I am a big fan of this disgusting sub-theme. I had these cards in the deck but finally i cut them to make space for more tutors or instant speed interachtion spells. Winning with infect/poison is not reliable, but when you like to play it, creatures with infect like "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Ichorclaw Myr"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Plague Myr"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Core Prowler"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" (proliferate is a great reason not to block) and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Flesh-Eater Imp"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" (sacrifice our dispensable snakes to make it a real threat) must be blocked at some point - and then -1/-1 counters can be put on enemy creatures and we produce more token. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hand of the Praetors"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is an infect-lord, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glistening Oil"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"can turn anything into an infecter and is a reliable -1/-1 counter producer. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Swarmlord"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" attract always removal spells from opponents and is just a stupid infect-token producer and functions too good with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bellowing Tanglewurm"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", because it will be hard to block for at least one opponent. Profilerate with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grim Affliction"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Karn's Bastion"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Contagion Clasp"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", give evasion with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Access Tunnel"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rogue's Passage"}},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"HIDDEN BAG & DISCARD"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"This strategy is like a hidden gameplan and it abuses the magic ruling, because players mostly can't interact with discard effects - we can with a few cards as I explain further below. "},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"514.3"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" Normally, no player receives priority during the cleanup step, so no spells can be cast and no abilities can be activated. However, this rule is subject to the following exception:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"514.3a"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" At this point, the game checks to see if any state-based actions would be performed and/or any triggered abilities are waiting to be put onto the stack (including those that trigger “at the beginning of the next cleanup step”). If so, those state-based actions are performed, then those triggered abilities are put on the stack, then the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities. Once the stack is empty and all players pass in succession, another cleanup step begins."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"We hold priority during the Cleanup Step with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bone Miser"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bag of Holding"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and a snitched "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Necropotence"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Opposition Agent"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" - if you have the budget or own "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Necropotence"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", you should definitely have it in the 99. These cards create a trigger when we discard a card (during the Cleanup Step) and we react to that. Once you have the priority (let's say you have "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bag of Holding"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" in play), you can cast instant spells and flash-speed spells and/or graveyard interaction spells: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crop Rotation"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is the spell we are digging for and we can tutor for "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Emergence Zone"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" to cast everything we want."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"You can also choose to play "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Necromancy"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shallow Grave"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"for instant graveyard interaction or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shadow of the Grave"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"to refill our hand (chaining Cleanups). We even get additional Clean Up steps if we cast Shadow of the Grave or have "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bone Miser"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" in play: The Endstep forces us to have a maximum of 7 cards in our hand and the discard process get's repeated if we have more than that. We can now start drawing and discarding cards and keep having more Cleanup Steps while digging through our library for our win cons/ or answers. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bone Miser"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is ramping us in this scenario. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Corpse Dance"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is the best card for me: Reanimating "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Archfiend of Ifnir"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" in combination of "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Natural Affinity"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" it is a massive one-sided boardwipe and land destruction."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"This strategy is not exclusively for "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", but she brings interesting interactions matched with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Generous Patron"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Archfiend of Ifnir"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" (going almost infinte). We sometimes draw a bulk of cards in this decks with the tokens and have a free discard outlet, because we have to discard to 7 cards at the end of our turn."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"COMBO OFF"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"The dream couple of this deck is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yawgmoth, Thran Physician"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". As soon as they are in play, you can start do draw for everything you want. And just like that you can kill any creature that tries to enter the battlefield. Below are mentionend all combo's in my deck. With "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Protean Hulk"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" there is more combo potential off course, but I don't run it for now. "},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"COMBOS"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"The infinite combos can be played in turn 3 or 4 and are mostly creature based - they often go under the radar of counterspells. This build focus on utilizing the drain effect from "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Zulaport Cutthroat"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Obelisk Spider"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". 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You can draw for what you need or beat face to kill every opponent right away with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Concealed Courtyard"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"in play or in hand."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"If you have drawn almost your entire library, use cards like "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptolith Rite"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" (if they have haste) or cast "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Culling Ritual"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" to generate an insane amount of mana to cast whatever you have in hand. 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Win with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Zulaport Cutthroat"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Obelisk Spider"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"You can switch Young Wolf for anohter cheap CMC-creature with undying. 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We can repeatedly kill our own token with a -1/-1 counter. Even though it is a token that is dying with the counter, the graveyard still sees the creature enter it before leaving to state-based actions."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"color":"#008a00","bold":true},"insert":"Whiterbloom + Chain Combo"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"This is a cheap, two card combo. You need "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Witherbloom Apprentice"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" on the battlefield. 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If we spent enough mana and have untapped tokens, it can end the game."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Chord of Calling"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" can be cast for free if you have enough token and at least three green creatures - in instant speed! The creature comes also in play untapped. 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Also you can find "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Takenuma, Abandoned Mire"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" for recusion, "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Boseiju, Who Endures"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" to get rid off any game wining artifact or enchantment of opponents or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Tower"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" for a sacrifice outlet. If needed you have access to "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Rogue's Passage"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Access Tunnel"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Pattern of Rebirth"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" might be better with more sacrifice outlands like ..., but we can put the aura on a 1/1 token and kill it with a -1/-1 counter in instant speed and have a key creature in play without summoning sickness in our next turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Ad Nauseam"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is best to cast in the endstep before our turn and when we prepare to win. 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But if we can't, miss or get interupted, we have our secondary plan with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Fynn, the Fangbearer"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". To achieve by winning with attacks, we run some stax and tax pieces - to slow down the opponents and interrupt them. The great thing about "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is her ability to feed off of your opponent's early game creatures and mana dorks. This gives the deck a natural staxing effect.This list is short, because I don't own a lot of these cards. If you like to focus more on stax/tax cards you could replace the cards from the \"Deathtouch & Infect\" section in my list to run more from the list below. 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Just a good low CMC-creature on its own."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"More stax/tax cards could be included:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Trinisphere"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is like an anti-everything card like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Force of Will"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and punish everyone who plays a bunch of 0 or 1 mana spells. 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Be aware, that "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Viridian Longbow"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"can still be used to tap a creature and it doesn't get shut down by Collector Ouphe, but you can re-equip another creature (if the equipped one dies and when it is on the field)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Grafdigger's Cage"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is a anti graveyard card and could be tutored with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Urza's Saga"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". But it shut downs "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bone Miser"}},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Thorn of Amethyst"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is taxing non-creature spells."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Living Plane"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" + "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Yawgmoth, Thran Physician"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is pure horror (you can blow up everyones lands)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Contamination"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" only swamps and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Choke"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" means no more islands."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Compost"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is good against a mono-black decks."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Torpor Orb"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" for anti ETB's."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"SYNERGIES & INCLUSIONS"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Culling Ritual"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"kills most cheap cEDH permanents of opponents and our combo pieces are at least 3 CMC or higher - we can recast "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"Whenever an opponent casts a spell and we have "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Ammit Eternal"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Ivy Lane Denizen"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" with our commander on the field we get a snake token on the field."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"With "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Generous Patron"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" we should draw whatever we demand when we cast "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Black Sun's Zenith"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Soul Snuffers"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"- our commander doesn't have to be in play. 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It can kill a lot of commanders or creatures that are needed for wincons."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Viridian Longbow"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" attached on any deathtouch creature (like our snakes) is a good control or anti-commander machine because we can kill any commander after entering the battlefield. We can also pair it with an infect creature like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ichorclaw Myr"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"to give poison counters to players."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Necroskitter"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is not good as "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Dauthi Voidwalker"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" but a fun card to play and has a good mana curve! It's a cool way to steal other players creatures. But be aware, you can't steal commanders."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dauthi Voidwalker"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"is an effective anti-graveyard/ stax card"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wickerbough Elder"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is a good target for our -1/-1 counters and we should always hold up at least one green mana for destroying a possible "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bolas's Citadel"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Necropotence"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and we can survive longer games and even get rid of "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Solemnity"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Torpor Orb"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Cursed Totem"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" (we can't win against these cards)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Reclamation"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" helps us in recursing our needed low-CMC creatures (combo pieces). Because we highly rely on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"this gives us the safety to re-cast her always for 4 Mana from the graveyard."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"I am not sure about "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Midnight Banshee"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", she has a high CMC and also hits almost all of our own tokens - but not our commander or other important cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yawgmoth, Thran Physician"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". If green tokens of us get a counter, that will produce new tokens with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons"}},{"insert":". "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"With "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Obelisk Spider"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Zulaport Cutthroat"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" that can be dangerous for the lifecount of our opponents. And it is good against any other non-black token decks. We could bring her on the battlefield with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rushed Rebirth"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"in instant speed. Some of our green creatures like -1/-1 counters on them ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wickerbough Elder"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Channeler Initiate"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"). With "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nest of Scarabs"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"we gain more token and can use them for value."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rishkar, Peema Renegade"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Oran-Rief, the Vastwood"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" function great with each other - I am considering to put also "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Kodama of the West Tree"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" in."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zulaport Cutthroat"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is better than "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bastion of Remembrance"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", because we can tutor easier for creatures. And better than "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Blood Artist"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", because it drains only one opponent at the time (takes more action)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Archfiend of Ifnir"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is like a one sided boardwipe, if you discard enough cards at the endstep (we draw a lot of cards). Works well with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Generous Patron"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". We draw even more cards - it's more lika a draw engine then a win-con. Quite disgusting with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Natural Affinity"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"With "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Concordant Crossroads"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" you can kill everybody with all the tokens which can be created from the combos or with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Nest of Scarabs"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"With "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Crop Rotation"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" you can bring "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Bojuka Bog"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" in play and shut down a player who is winning with graveyards interaction."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"I prefer "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Grim Affliction"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" over "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Evolution Sage"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", which is slower (doesn't do anything before turn 4 and requires counters already on permanents or player to proliferate). Proliferate at instant speed is more flexible. "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Virulent Wound"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" also looks week, but it' cheap and you can use it any time (combat tricks) and take out important low thoughness creatures if they block. The poison counter could get relevant with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fynn, the Fangbearer"}},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Glistening Oil"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is not an auto include, but I like to put it on enemy creatures and maybe they do the work for me (for those who like some political talk). The -1/-1 counter triggers anyway and we get 1/1 snakes. And after the creature is dead, we can re-use it for another creature. 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Hexproof helps and she gives deathtouch to all attacking tokens (we can make infinite insects or squirrels) - this is a synergy with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Fynn, the Fangbearer"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Toski, Bearer of Secrets"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":". And with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Hooded Blightfang"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" this is a real threat, if we can swing with the tokens. Giving them haste "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Concordant Crossroads"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Finale of Devastation"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is crucial to get in combat as soon as possible. You can activate the tutor effect of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fiend Artisan"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or ramp of "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Tower"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" again with"},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Saryth, the Viper's Fang"}},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Toski, Bearer of Secrets"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is awesome - nobody wants to let us draw cards but also wants to keep their board state. Blocking deathtouch snakes is no fun. Unfortunately this will provocate board wipes. 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It can draw us into a win-con after a boardwipe. We use token as a ressource and sacrifice them for tutor or draw effects - we draw +1 card each time. The life we gain can be used for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ad Nauseam"}},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Archfiend of Ifnir"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Oblivion Crown"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" on a creature is a masterpiece. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oblivion Crown"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" also gives back priority to you if somebody is using his Necropotence."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Young Wolf"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is the only undying creature in our list and definitely the cheapest by CMC."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Ifnir Deadlands"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" is an untapped land that can count as a removal spell for one and two toughness creatures. Notably tutorable with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Crop Rotation"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"CONSIDERING"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"If you play "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Autumn's Veil"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Veil of Summer"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" your spells can't be countered and you can end the game with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Finale of Devastation"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":", when comboing off with "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Devoted Druid"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":" + "},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":{"card-link":"Ivy Lane Denizen"}},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#008a00"},"insert":"CREDITS TOO"},{"insert":"\nhttps://www.moxfield.com/decks/1i1MiqHaG02oBWsFfh7Vow\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3-OXGFUBuw&t=410s\nhttps://www.moxfield.com/decks/3jJGHnq1-UO_dHUSXy0lnQ/primer\n"}]}
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