Hapatra Snek -1/-1 Counter Bonanza

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Counters Infect Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (24)

• 1x Ammit Eternal
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Channeler Initiate
• 1x Core Prowler
• 1x Corpse Cur
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Dusk Urchins
• 1x Flesh-Eater Imp
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Harbinger of Night
• 1x Necropede
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Noxious Hatchling
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Phyrexian Hydra
• 1x Putrefax
• 1x Quillspike
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Vhati il-Dal
• 1x Wickerbough Elder

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Viridian Longbow
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Incremental Blight
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Spread the Sickness

Instant (8)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Stonewood Invocation
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Flourishing Defenses
• 1x Glistening Oil
• 1x Nest of Scarabs

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 9x Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 15x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Serrated Biskelion
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Caress of Phyrexia
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Instant (7)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Status / Statue
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Virulent Wound

Artifact (5)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Serrated Arrows
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Land (6)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Grasping Dunes
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rogue's Passage

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Crumbling Ashes
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Parallel Lives

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Win Cons: - Beastmaster Ascension / Thunderfoot Baloth pumping up tokens

• Sac'ing tokens with Blood Artist and/or Zulaport Cutthroat out

• Sac'ing tokens to pump Flesh-Eater Imp and swing in with flying infect

• Tainted Strike on a 9+ power creature attacking an opponent to knock them out with infect. This is one of my main tutor targets if skullclamp has already been drawn. My army of deathtouch snakes usually deters opponents from attacking me and it is quite frequent in a commander game that an opponent will swing at another opponent with a 9+ power creature upon which I can cast tainted strike. It is basically [remove a target player from the game] in this deck.

Notes: - Being a token deck without any blue (counterspells) or white (Teferi's, Eerie Interlude) I know I'm pretty weak to board wipes/mass removal. Right now Golgari Charm is my only prevention against this and I'm considering adding Heroic Intervention if these types of spells cause me to consistently lose early.

• I'm considering adding Harbinger of Night and Crumbling Ashes, which seem to be very popular with Hapatra decks, but I'm concerned with the possibility of killing Hapatra and my snakes with counters at the same time (causing the snakes to be gone for good rather than the usual scenario of them coming back if Hapatra is out). Further testing will need to be done to see how likely this scenario actually is given that I already have cards like Soul Snuffers and Black Sun's Zenith in the deck and whether the aforementioned cards would do more harm or good.

• This deck started off with more infect but as I've done more research on -1/-1 counter synergy cards the amount of infect has been reduced. I'll need to do some play testing to see if the remaining ones are worth keeping in or if I should remove them all together.

Add:

• Damnation

• Melira, Sylvok Outcast

• Heroic Intervention

• Contagion Engine

• Triumph of the Hordes

• Lightning Greaves

• Abrupt Decay

• Green Sun's Zenith

• Assassin's Trophy

Maybe:

• Mortality Spear

• Pernicious Deed

Chopping Block:

• Deathreap Ritual

• Viridian Longbow

• Quillspike

• Necropede

• Corpse Cur

• Noxious Hatchling

• Spread the Sickness

• Golgari Charm

• Curtains' Call

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Insect 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch