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{"ops":[{"insert":"This is my oldest deck, and I suppose by extension: my most tweaked deck. It's gone through many iterations; having originally started as a [[Thraximundar]] deck before making the change to Marchesa, between going full Proliferate combo, to sacrifice combo, to what is now (at least what I think) a Midrange Beatdown/Fling deck. \n\n## The Context\n\nProliferate is by far my favorite mechanic in all of Magic, **But I hate Green as a general principle;** it's too nature-y and not enough robots for my liking, the overall power creep of the color in at least Casual EDH has given me constant vindication for my feelings against Green, and considering I've pretty much based my entire personality/color theme around the colors of Black, Red, and Blue, it seemed naturally fitting that my favorite color combo happens to be Grixis. Combining all these facets together along with the fact that one of my first ever preconstructed decks was the Scars of Mirrodin deck \"Deadspread\" (a -1/-1 counter/Proliferate deck), I had decided that when I first learned about EDH many years ago, my first ever Commander deck would be **Grixis Proliferate**; and it all went downhill from there....\n\n## The Strategy\n\nit's fairly simple really; put down a bunch of permanents that generally want to have counters on them, proliferate as often as you can, then use a Sac outlet to essentially [[Fling]] said creatures directly into your opponents' faces or just run them over with a giant army which can even be unblockable via [[Rikku, Resourceful Guardian]]. Of course, because the commander is [[Marchesa, the Black Rose]], our creatures will always come back provided they have a +1/+1 counter on them, so it's moderately easy to set up some sort of sacrifice engine. Usually through the likes of either [[Uncivil Unrest]] or [[Andúril, Narsil Reforged]] if you can keep up the attack(or flinging) going. This being said, it is imperitive that Marchesa gets a +1/+1 counter as soon as possible to protect her from potential removal, and in my experience if I don't have some way to do so, I won't always just drop her down even if on curve. If I *do* have marchesa with counters on both her and my board though, that's a green light if the need arises to pop a boardwipe like [[Blasphemous Act]] because at least your creatures will be returning to the battlefield. on the off-chance some creatures died before Marchesa was on the field or before counters could be put on them, we have an emergency recursion option in the form of [[Vat of Rebirth]]\n"}]}
Commander
Marchesa, the Black Rose
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Other creatures you control have dethrone.
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.
Other creatures you control have dethrone.
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Commander
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Counter Value
Agatha's Soul Cauldron
You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate abilities of creatures you control.
Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them have all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled with Agatha's Soul Cauldron.
: Exile target card from a graveyard. When a creature card is exiled this way, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them have all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled with Agatha's Soul Cauldron.
: Exile target card from a graveyard. When a creature card is exiled this way, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Legendary Artifact
Andúril, Narsil Reforged
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
Whenever equipped creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. If you have the city's blessing, put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control instead.
Equip
Whenever equipped creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. If you have the city's blessing, put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control instead.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Lost Jitte
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage, put a charge counter on Lost Jitte.
Remove a charge counter from Lost Jitte: Choose one —
• Untap target land.
• Target creature can't block this turn.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature.
Equip
Remove a charge counter from Lost Jitte: Choose one —
• Untap target land.
• Target creature can't block this turn.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
Whenever you put one or more counters on a creature, until end of turn, that creature can't be blocked by creatures your opponents control.
Steal — , : Move a counter from target creature an opponent controls onto target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Steal — , : Move a counter from target creature an opponent controls onto target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
The Ozolith
Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.
Legendary Artifact
Counter Value
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Draw/Selection/Tutors
Danny Pink
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
Creatures you control have "Whenever one or more counters are put on this creature for the first time each turn, draw a card."
Creatures you control have "Whenever one or more counters are put on this creature for the first time each turn, draw a card."
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier Advisor
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
Flash
Flying
Whenever Malcolm deals combat damage to a player, put a chorus counter on it. Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are four or more chorus counters on Malcolm, you may cast the discarded card without paying its mana cost.
Flying
Whenever Malcolm deals combat damage to a player, put a chorus counter on it. Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are four or more chorus counters on Malcolm, you may cast the discarded card without paying its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Pirate Siren
Pollywog Prodigy
Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell with mana value less than this creature's power, draw a card.
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell with mana value less than this creature's power, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Frog
The Theorist, Jace Beleren
At the beginning of each opponent's draw step, you draw a card.
+1: Create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token.
−2: For each opponent, return up to one target artifact or creature that player controls to its owner's hand.
−6: Draw three cards. Then put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
+1: Create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token.
−2: For each opponent, return up to one target artifact or creature that player controls to its owner's hand.
−6: Draw three cards. Then put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
Draw/Selection/Tutors
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Fling
Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder
Flying
Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on Evereth. If the sacrificed permanent was a Treasure, Evereth gains lifelink until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
When Evereth dies, you may pay . When you do, Evereth deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on Evereth. If the sacrificed permanent was a Treasure, Evereth gains lifelink until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
When Evereth dies, you may pay . When you do, Evereth deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Soldier
Giggling Skitterspike
Indestructible
Whenever this creature attacks, blocks, or becomes the target of a spell, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
: Monstrosity 5. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put five +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
Whenever this creature attacks, blocks, or becomes the target of a spell, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
: Monstrosity 5. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put five +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
Creature Artifact - Toy
Voldaren Thrillseeker
Backup 2 (When this creature enters, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
, Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to its power to any target.
, Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Creature - Vampire Warrior
Fling
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Interaction
Dimension X Pizzasaur
When this creature enters, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. When you do, destroy up to one target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of counters among permanents you control.
, , Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life and each opponent loses 3 life.
, , Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life and each opponent loses 3 life.
Creature Artifact - Mutant Food Alien
Interaction
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Land
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
This land enters tapped.
: Add .
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Planet. Station only as a sorcery.)
12+ | , , Pay 2 life, Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power. Activate only as a sorcery.
: Add .
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Planet. Station only as a sorcery.)
12+ | , , Pay 2 life, Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land - Planet
Land
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Proliferate
Cacophony Scamp
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Creature - Goblin Warrior Phyrexian
Dreamtide Whale
Vanishing 2 (This creature enters with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Whale
Ripples of Potential
Proliferate, then choose any number of permanents you control that had a counter put on them this way. Those permanents phase out. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)
Instant
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
Flying
If you would proliferate, proliferate twice instead.
, Remove three counters from among other artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers you control: Put an indestructible counter on Tekuthal. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
If you would proliferate, proliferate twice instead.
, Remove three counters from among other artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers you control: Put an indestructible counter on Tekuthal. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Proliferate
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Protection
Sword of Truth and Justice
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from blue.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Equip
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Protection
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Ramp
Vivi Ornitier
: Add X mana in any combination of and/or , where X is Vivi Ornitier's power. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Vivi Ornitier and it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Vivi Ornitier and it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Legendary Creature - Wizard
Ramp
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Recursion
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
First strike
Whenever Alesha attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, return target creature card with mana value less than or equal to Alesha's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Whenever Alesha attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, return target creature card with mana value less than or equal to Alesha's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Recursion
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Sac Outlet
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.
, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Sac Outlet
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{"ops":[{"insert":"This is my oldest deck, and I suppose by extension: my most tweaked deck. It's gone through many iterations; having originally started as a [[Thraximundar]] deck before making the change to Marchesa, between going full Proliferate combo, to sacrifice combo, to what is now (at least what I think) a Midrange Beatdown/Fling deck. \n\n## The Context\n\nProliferate is by far my favorite mechanic in all of Magic, **But I hate Green as a general principle;** it's too nature-y and not enough robots for my liking, the overall power creep of the color in at least Casual EDH has given me constant vindication for my feelings against Green, and considering I've pretty much based my entire personality/color theme around the colors of Black, Red, and Blue, it seemed naturally fitting that my favorite color combo happens to be Grixis. Combining all these facets together along with the fact that one of my first ever preconstructed decks was the Scars of Mirrodin deck \"Deadspread\" (a -1/-1 counter/Proliferate deck), I had decided that when I first learned about EDH many years ago, my first ever Commander deck would be **Grixis Proliferate**; and it all went downhill from there....\n\n## The Strategy\n\nit's fairly simple really; put down a bunch of permanents that generally want to have counters on them, proliferate as often as you can, then use a Sac outlet to essentially [[Fling]] said creatures directly into your opponents' faces or just run them over with a giant army which can even be unblockable via [[Rikku, Resourceful Guardian]]. Of course, because the commander is [[Marchesa, the Black Rose]], our creatures will always come back provided they have a +1/+1 counter on them, so it's moderately easy to set up some sort of sacrifice engine. Usually through the likes of either [[Uncivil Unrest]] or [[Andúril, Narsil Reforged]] if you can keep up the attack(or flinging) going. This being said, it is imperitive that Marchesa gets a +1/+1 counter as soon as possible to protect her from potential removal, and in my experience if I don't have some way to do so, I won't always just drop her down even if on curve. If I *do* have marchesa with counters on both her and my board though, that's a green light if the need arises to pop a boardwipe like [[Blasphemous Act]] because at least your creatures will be returning to the battlefield. on the off-chance some creatures died before Marchesa was on the field or before counters could be put on them, we have an emergency recursion option in the form of [[Vat of Rebirth]]\n"}]}