Breeding Lethality Upgrade

Commander / EDH Counters Four Color Infect

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Creature (33)

• 1x Abzan Falconer
• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Elite Scaleguard
• 1x Enduring Scalelord
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Ichor Rats
• 1x Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
• 1x Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Necroplasm
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Vulturous Zombie

Land (39)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 7x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 4x Island
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 5x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Citadel Siege
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Inexorable Tide

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Duneblast
• 1x Merciless Eviction

Commander (1)

Instant (9)

• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation
• 1x Tainted Strike

Artifact (9)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ajani Steadfast

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Experiment Kraj
• 1x Species Gorger

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Give / Take

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Small upgrade to the Commander 2016 deck, Breeding Lethality.

The main goal is to buff hard to overwhelm your opponents. There are ton's of opportunity to gain counters, so make sure to make ample use of the Proliferate ability.

Additions to the original

Additional sources of Proliferate

• Contagion Engine Double Proliferate!
• Fuel for the Cause Decent removal with bonus Proliferate
• Inexorable Tide Proliferate for every spell you cast
• Viral Drake Flying + Infect + Proliferate for a win condition

Creatures that benefit from extra +1/+1 counters

• Chasm Skulker Becomes a large threat quickly with great potential for tons of creatures
• Hangarback Walker Same as Chasm Skulker
• Heroes' Bane Able to double its own power, make this more effective with +1/+1 counters before activating
• Managorger Hydra Easy to gain counters on its own, but combine with Corpsejack Menace or Hardened Scales for great effect
• Sage of Hours Use with Proliferate effects to gain extra turns quickly

Odd additions

• Ajani Steadfast Can give out +1/+1 to your whole board and has some synergy with Odric
• Altered Ego Make a copy of your good cards that instantly benefit from Proliferate effects
• Bastion Protector Protects your Atraxa and pairs well with Odric
• Counterspell Classic counter removal
• Ichor Rats A chance to enter some infect counters for an alternate win condition
• Lux Cannon Proliferate makes this a reliable removal source
• Odric, Lunarch Marshal Works best when Atraxa is out to give your attackers excellent keyword abilities
• Tainted Strike Additional chance for infect counters

Removals from the original

Cards that don't match the theme

• Bane of the Living
• Grip of Phyresis
• Languish
• Manifold Insights
• Migratory Route
• Mirrorweave
• Treasure Cruise

Replaced with an Upgrade

• Disdainful Stroke replaced by Counterspell
• Tezzeret's Gambit replaced by Fuel for the Cause
• Custodi Soulbinders replaced by Hangarback Walker , not a direct upgrade but I think it works better
• Spitting Image replaced by Altered Ego , Retrace is nice but Altered Ego has better synergy with Proliferate

The rest of these cards were hard decisions to remove. I still think they would do alright in this deck, but I took them out based on my preferences.

• Brave the Sands
• Cauldron of Souls
• Darksteel Ingot
• Fathom Mage
• Festercreep
• Sublime Exhalation

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	R
Splash colors	WUBG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.49
Tokens	Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Saproling 1/1 G, Squid 1/1 U, Thopter 1/1 C
Folders	Commander, breed infect, Next Project, atraxa