Snakes and Scarabs

Standard BG (Golgari) Budget Counters Theme/Gimmick Tokens

frogkill45

Land (23)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 2x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Forest
• 2x Grasping Dunes
• 2x Ifnir Deadlands
• 6x Swamp
• 4x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Nest of Scarabs

Creature (22)

• 4x Ammit Eternal
• 2x Baleful Ammit
• 4x Channeler Initiate
• 4x Crocodile of the Crossing
• 4x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 4x Obelisk Spider

Instant (9)

• 2x Fatal Push
• 4x Hapatra's Mark
• 3x Hour of Glory

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Driven / Despair
• 2x Lethal Sting

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Sideboard

Instant (4)

• 2x Life Goes On
• 2x Naturalize

Artifact (2)

• 2x Sentinel Totem

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Driven / Despair
• 4x Duress

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Cartouche of Ambition
• 2x Shapers' Sanctuary

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Ambuscade

Creature (1)

• 1x Tenacious Hunter

Land (1)

• 1x Blooming Marsh

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8 Tix Online / ~45$ Paper

Budget Friendly -1/-1 counter themed deck for standard.

Key Creatures:

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons Core Creature of the deck that makes 1/1 death touch tokens. I run 4 because its crucial to have even though its legendary its almost always dead after it hits the board the first time.

Ammit Eternal 3 mana 5/5, if Hapatra is out it trades its own power/toughness for a 1/1 snake. Even when its a 1/1 it still gets in for 3 or they let him become a 5/5 again.

Obelisk Spider great blocker, enables an alternate win around stuck boards as long as i can keep on putting -1/-1 counters on creatures.

Hapatra's Mark my version of Blossoming Defense

Nest of Scarabs another way to get tokens, useful for ascend on Arch of Orazca

Channeler Initiate good person to dump some counters on since he can remove them naturally, makes some interesting blocks with Hapatra's Mark.

Ifnir Deadlands / Grasping Dunes just some utility lands to help place counters on creatures. It does stink they are sorc speed.

Sideboard is tuned to be for a diverse meta. Would want to add a Lost Legacy in the side i just don't have anymore.

45 in paper price is only because it runs Fatal Push if you have a set already the deck is 20$.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 3 Rares 23 - 2 Uncommons 4 - 10 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.68
Tokens	City's Blessing, Insect 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch