General Atraxa

Commander / EDH Counters GWUB Proliferate

Aneximines

Dominion (37)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 2x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Raffine's Tower
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Saltcrusted Steppe
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Expansion (13)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Chromatic Orrery

Prudence (10)

• 1x Hyena Umbra
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Chariot of Victory
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Spike Weaver
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Vivien Reid

Disruption (8)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Infectious Bite
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Ravenous Slime
• 1x Kaya the Inexorable
• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 1x Vraska the Unseen
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Wisdom (8)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Staff of Compleation
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Commander (1)

Might (12)

• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bone Sabres
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Citadel Siege
• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Loyal Guardian
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk

Oblivion (8)

• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Damn
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Duneblast

Resurgence (4)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Eerie Ultimatum

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A glorious general, Atraxa's efficiency is brutal and elegant.

I built around Atraxa, but tried to keep it simple, not going more than one step away from her. For example, I have several ways of getting +1/+1 counters on my creatures to proliferate, but largely avoided cards that depend on +1/+1 counters being around. I use some planeswalkers, with which she works well, but not cards that focus on planeswalkers.

I also like playing to her deathtouch; for example, giving her first strike or indestructible means she wins nearly all combats, which is especially nice for a vigilant creature.

The deck can be slow off the ground sometimes, but Atraxa is such a stabilizing presence that some board wipes and removal are usually enough for the deck to claw its way to a winning position.

Card breakdown:

Might Show

These are cards that can make Atraxa bigger, since 4/4 is a little small for EDH. They favor using +1/+1 counters to play to Atraxa's proliferation.
Mikaeus, the Lunarch, Nissa, Voice of Zendikar, Loyal Guardian, Archangel of Thune, Cathars' Crusade - I particularly like putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature for bountiful proliferation.
Citadel Siege, Ajani, Mentor of Heroes, Bone Sabres - A steady stream of +1/+1 counters.
Sword of Truth and Justice - Counters and extra proliferation, plus protection from two colors with great spot removal.
Verdurous Gearhulk - Doesn't recur, but I like that it comes with a big trampler.
Unspeakable Symbol - Counters on demand. Atraxa's lifelink defrays the life cost.
Blackblade Reforged - Not counter-based, but an immense buff at a reasonable cost.
Plaxcaster Frogling, Spike Weaver, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite - These are not in the deck primarily to provide p/t boosts, but they incidentally do.

Prudence Show

These cards are meant to protect Atraxa and/or make it safe for her to attack.
Chariot of Victory - Atraxa's deathtouch interacts beautifully with first strike and trample. Haste is handy.
Hyena Umbra - First strike largely keeps her safe in combat, plus totem armor, for a low mana cost.
Bastion Protector, Darksteel Plate, Hammer of Nazahn - I love vigilant indestructible creatures.
Swiftfoot Boots, Plaxcaster Frogling - Protection from targeting, plus incidental benefits.
Sigarda, Host of Herons - Protection from stax effects, and she carries counters well.
Cauldron of Souls - Protection from board wipes that works with all the counter-granters.
Vivien Reid - I go for that emblem.
Spike Weaver - This is to protect me rather than Atraxa.

Oblivion Show

Board wipes are valuable because I usually play in group games and this deck can take a minute to set itself up.
Toxic Deluge, Wrath of God, Damn, Damnation, Duneblast - Straightforward creature sweepers.
Phyrexian Scriptures - Meant to be played with Atraxa on the field. Make her an artifact in chapter one, then proliferate to chapter two at end of turn for, hopefully, a four-mana Duneblast.
Pernicious Deed reaches a bit further. I love the adjustability.
Cyclonic Rift - Obviously.

Disruption Show

Swords to Plowshares, Anguished Unmaking - I prefer recurring removal, but a little cheap spot removal is nice to have around.
Blast Zone - A Ratchet Bomb in a land is a neat trick.
Ravenous Slime - Gotta have some graveyard hate. At least it gets counters to proliferate. Scavenging Ooze does, too, but the green activation cost is an issue in a four-color deck. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite - Suppresses little utility creatures and most tokens.
Kaya the Inexorable - Repeated exile is her main draw but that ultimate is tempting, too, and on the way up she protects Atraxa.
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria - He can keep troublesome permanents largely out of the way and gets around indestructibility and death triggers.
Vraska the Unseen - I really like destroying permanents over and over.

Wisdom Show

Demonic Tutor - Although this isn't exactly a combo deck, it's still great to be able to tutor up solutions.
Phyrexian Arena - Good basic card advantage. The lifeloss is even compensated for by Atraxa's lifelink.
Spark Double - Ideally to copy Atraxa for extra proliferation (and a 7/7 flying etc.), but the ability to copy Elesh Norn or a planeswalker is cool, too.
Tamiyo, Field Researcher - The card that made me want to build my first EDH deck supporting planeswalkers. I love her +1 and ultimate, and use her -2 only when necessary.
Consecrated Sphinx - Ridiculously powerful.
Doubling Season, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider - Instant emblems, more +1/+1 counters, healthier planeswalkers. Incidentally, I sometimes use the second ability of Ajani, Mentor of Heroes when I have no creatures.

Resurgence Show

I don't lean on graveyard recursion much in this deck; my recurring effects rely on proliferation. Still, I want a little.
Regrowth, Eternal Witness - Good stuff.
Reanimate - The best, one mana for a creature from any 'yard. Atraxa's lifelink even offsets the life cost.
Eerie Ultimatum - The big one.

Expansion Show

Mana ramp.
Birds of Paradise, Sol Ring, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach - Good stuff.
Arcane Signet, Fellwar Stone, Golgari Signet, Simic Signet - Mana rocks.
Chromatic Lantern - Four colors is enough to want this no-nonsense solution.
Astral Cornucopia - This is delightful to proliferate.
Bloom Tender, Faeburrow Elder - It's great fun to play Atraxa and then tap one of these for four mana to get out some support.
Chromatic Orrery - Big mana.
Incidentally, Vivien Reid provides steady land drops on the way to her ultimate.

Dominion Show

The lands.
Atraxa's lifelink makes me more comfortable fetching out shocklands and using lands like City of Brass.
Opal Palace - Atraxa comes in with counters to proliferate, and it gets better as the game goes on.
Gemstone Mine, the Vivid lands - Lands with counters, because it annoys me to get Atraxa out with nothing to proliferate.
Dreadship Reef, Saltcrusted Steppe - I might be reaching a bit far for lands that work with proliferate, but these can allow some explosive plays.
Murmuring Bosk, the Triomes - Fetchable tri-lands.
Exotic Orchard - Usually good.
Reflecting Pool - for those low-mana cards that want two mana of the same color Two of each basic land, for Cultivate/Reach and to hedge against nonbasic hate.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	10 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Emblem Kaya the Inexorable, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Emblem Vivien Reid, Plant 0/1 G, Spirit 1/1 W