Counters That Stay

Commander / EDH* Nevinyrral_Mayor_of_Urborg

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First Deck to take 1st place! —Nov. 17, 2016

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_Delta_ says... #1

Looks good +1. I bet Aether Revolt will have some awesome things for this.

November 11, 2016 11:24 p.m.

Delta-117 I cant wait! This might be complete different next year based just on that set. And hopefully C17 will have more experience counter creatures so they can be introduced back into the deck. But thats a long shot. Thanks for the comment!

November 12, 2016 12:03 p.m.

_Delta_ says... #3

What I'm thinking of doing for my own Atraxa deck is using lots of -1/-1 counter stuff in addition to all the other forms of counters with cards like Necroskitter, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Sheoldred, Whispering One, Demon of Dark Schemes, Grim Affliction, Black Sun's Zenith, Languish, Contagion Engine and Contagion Clasp. I will have tutors and what not to find Necroskitter, and your deck has given me the idea to use Confiscation Coup, Aetherworks Marvel and Demon of Dark Schemes which I have to thank you for that.

It's not going to be infect but it's going to use these -1 counters for killing and stealing cards. I had a Vorel of the Hull Clade deck previously and so I'm going to be taking that apart today to put a lot of its cards into the Atraxa breed lethality deck which I'm buying also today. It looks like it's going to be a great deck.

November 12, 2016 12:44 p.m.

Its funny you say that Delta-117 since that was my first though on an Atraxa deck. I like how you want to encompass into the -1/-1 deck. Here is my version if you want to take ideas off of Atraxa Master Of -1/-1 Oppression but it didnt work as well as I expected. So hopefully you can do something better. If you find something that works really well, be sure to let me know because I might steal it ha.

November 12, 2016 1:12 p.m.

santuli says... #5

Have you considered some of the experience counter commanders from last year's set? As you proliferate your energy counters, you could also do the same for the experience ones. Ezuri, Claw of Progress and Meren of Clan Nel Toth could be particularly good.

November 13, 2016 4:26 p.m.

santuli says... #6

Ah, I should have looked at the Maybeboard more carefully. But either would be strong. You have enough blinking to abuse Ezuri's ability, plus proliferate. And Meren is strong even without counters.

November 13, 2016 4:30 p.m.

santuli I really wanted to make the experience counters work. They were in their originally but in testing they would not last long enough to actually use. If WoTC makes more of them, they would be put back into this deck in a heartbeat. Thanks for the comment!

November 13, 2016 9:01 p.m.

Litdaze says... #8

Are the 40 lands that necessary? I don't usually go more then 36. I'm running 36 on my walkers deck and seems fine, only use 3 ramp spells (Farseek, Skyshroud Claim and Nature's Lore).

November 14, 2016 3:01 a.m.

Litdaze I use the lands for Architect of the Untamed to get more . So lots of land drops makes more energy. Burgeoning and Exploration are the best ramp cards in all of MTG. So just look at those 4 extra lands as the ramp spells only cheaper since both only cost a to play. Also with all the card draw, extra lands get filtered out fast. Damia, Sage of Stone is amazing with both. Dump most of your lands every turn and draw more next turn!

November 14, 2016 1:19 p.m. Edited.

Why no Tamiyo, Field Researcher? Makes Aethersquall Ancient less painful when you bounce everything back, and sets up an infinite combo with enough Proliferate and ETB triggers, and you run enough Proliferate to get her ultimate on entry.

November 14, 2016 7:06 p.m.

Benkei_Musashibo Cant argue with that. In she goes! Thanks for the combo idea! If only Tamiyo had as many printings as Ajani and kept up with those bonkers ultimate's. Who'd needs Jace then?

November 14, 2016 9:04 p.m.