Empress of Poison - Hapatra EDH (Help Wanted)

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Counters Tokens

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Counters (18)

• 1x Ammit Eternal
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Corrosive Mentor
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Grasping Dunes
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Harbinger of Night
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Noxious Hatchling
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Quillspike
• 1x Soul Snuffers

Ramp (10)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro
• 1x Sol Ring

Sac Outlet (7)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Recurrance (5)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Victimize

Tokens (4)

• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Flourishing Defenses
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Parallel Lives

Land (34)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 10x Forest
• 1x Grasping Dunes
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Anthem (11)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Gaea's Anthem
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro
• 1x Seshiro the Anointed
• 1x Spidersilk Armor

Possibly Remove (8)

• 1x Ammit Eternal
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Ring of Xathrid
• 1x Victimize

Tutor (7)

• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Shred Memory

Commander (1)

Removal (13)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Crumbling Ashes
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Never / Return
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Vhati il-Dal

Draw (9)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Seshiro the Anointed
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Protection (5)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Ring of Xathrid
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Wincon (5)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

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Other (4)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Verdant Catacombs

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My take on Hapatra snakes. Somewhat budget version, I'd like to keep it under $250. Any and all suggestions are welcome, they just might end up being future upgrades. I've taken a lot of the past suggestions to make it more competitive. If I didn't, I probably felt they weren't in theme enough to make the deck.

Things I need help with:I still need to cut some cards and I am stuck. Everytime I find a card to cut, I find two more that I just can't leave out.

Explanation for some of the odd card choices:Dimir Machinations, Shred Memory, and Brainspoil are my budget options for tutoring. Shred Memory can get me several key cards including Black Sun's Zenith, Blood Artist, and Crumbling Ashes. Dimir Machinations allows me to grab Ashnod's Altar, any of several targeted removal spells if I get really stuck, but is mostly there to grab Nest of Scarabs . Brainspoil can get me Black Market, Eldrazi Monument, or probably just Flourishing Defenses. Having either Nest of Scarabs or Flourishing Defenses out completely changes the game for me. Hapatra's ability is ok, but casting Black Sun's Zenith out with the two of them would be absolutely insane.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 35 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	107
Avg. CMC	3.78
Tokens	Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Experience Token, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Insect 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH, -1/-1 Card ideas, Hapatra tips