The Trinisphere Ep2 - Hapatra Ophidiophobia

Commander / EDH*

NickyBolas

Creature (25)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Channeler Initiate
• 1x Corrosive Mentor
• 1x Decimator Beetle
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seshiro the Anointed
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wickerbough Elder
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Artifact (8)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Land (39)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 9x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (5)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator
• 1x Garruk Relentless  ^Flip
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Flourishing Defenses
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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Creature (5)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Harbinger of Night
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Soulstinger

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Collective Unconscious

Artifact (1)

• 1x Altar of Dementia

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Death Match

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Why did it have to be snakes?

Because getting waves of tokens for blowing up the board is pretty sweet!

Hapatra has some combat damage triggered ability, but that is reeaaaaaaaally boring. Let's talk about her second ability, or the creation of snakes every time a creature gets -1/-1 counters. It's important to note that regardless of the number of -1/-1 counters placed on the creature, Hapatra creates a single snake per creature. While this balances the strength of Black Sun's Zenith, such considerations were not give to Flourishing Defenses and Nest of Scarabs.

Token Overruns

Doubling Season and Parallel Lives allows us to quickly amass an army of deathtouchers, while Beastmaster Ascension, Thunderfoot Baloth, Triumph of the Hordes, Eldrazi Monument and Garruk Wildspeaker all give the team a huge swing to overwhelm the opposition.

Persist Combos

Viscera Seer provides a sac outlet, which when combined with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Woodfall Primus allow us to destroy all lands. Mikaeus can also be substituted with Unspeakable Symbol in a pinch.

Snake Snipers

Ulvenwald Tracker and Garruk Relentless   plus deathtouching snakes creates the dreaded "Snake Sniper", allowing us to down the largest of mortal creatures.

Biorhythm

Shaman of Forgotten Ways provides an alternate method to win, by drastically reducing everyone's life-total right before the sneaky sneks slither past their defenses for lethal.

Necromancy

Grave Betrayal and Necroskitter recruit the dead into our army to make the game progressively lopsided as it drags on.

I'll be sure to update the list as I tweak and optimize the build after some games at EDH night!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.75
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Beast 3/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Insect 1/1 B, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Wolf 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	EDH, The Trinisphere Decklists