Snakes, scarabs, and -1 counters

Standard* BG (Golgari) Counters Tokens Zoo

TinkererEDH

Creature (26)

• 4x Channeler Initiate
• 4x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 4x Exemplar of Strength
• 4x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 4x Obelisk Spider
• 2x Tree of Perdition
• 4x Winding Constrictor

Land (23)

• 4x Blooming Marsh
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Forest
• 2x Grasping Dunes
• 4x Hissing Quagmire
• 5x Swamp

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Lay Bare the Heart
• 1x Liliana's Influence
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Instant (3)

• 3x Splendid Agony

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Nest of Scarabs

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Sideboard

Sorcery (9)

• 2x Harvest Season
• 1x Liliana's Influence
• 3x Rising Miasma
• 3x Ruinous Path

Instant (4)

• 4x Final Reward

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana, Death Wielder

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Poisonous snakes and scarab madness, benefits of -1/-1 counters, and giving them to opponents.

Tree of Perdition - not primary, but flavor to make opponents think they're in big doodoo. They might just be. If nothing else it's a big butt blocker. Add to it all the -1/-1 counters I can throw at it and exchange for someone's life total, folks are not going to like me.

Hapatra, Vizier of Poison - nice to have poison snake tokens to chump block enemy attackers or to send into the fray when I only need to hit for a couple life and the opponent has to block. Clears a path. Giving target creatures -1/-1 after dealing damage, not as fun as when attacking.

Nest of Scarabs - anyone else like scarabs? Well, if you don't, don't mind them, they'll be so numerous in play that they won't mind your big baddie blockers. 1 scarab for every -1/-1 counter, enjoy!

Exemplar of Strength and Channeler Initiate both bring in 3 x -1/-1 counters, and each get rid of one every time they tap. Tree of Perdition, anyone?

Obelisk Spider - I get to gain life while opponents lose life for every -1/-1 counter I play.

Now, based off a suggestion I got, adding in Key to the City and Archfiend of Ifnir who both have a sick combo for getting damage through while putting -1/-1 counters on opponent creatures by discarding a card. Army of scarabs versus your non-token creatures with -1/-1s and getting smaller. Nice. Oh, and don't forget your life total just traded for my Tree of Perdition, after it had some nice -1/-1s on it, of course.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 2 Mythic Rares 18 - 6 Rares 20 - 3 Uncommons 7 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.62
Tokens	Insect 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch
Folders	hou nachbaauen fast alle karten da
Based on	Hapatra's Poisons ziiviator STD