Hapatra's Flowing Poison (HOU updated)

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Budget Casual Counters Multiplayer Tokens

Bastaba

Creature (31)

• 1x Ammit Eternal
• 1x Banewhip Punisher
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Channeler Initiate
• 1x Corrosive Mentor
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Crocodile of the Crossing
• 1x Deity of Scars
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Dusk Urchins
• 1x Exemplar of Strength
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Noxious Hatchling
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Quillspike
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rendclaw Trow
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seshiro the Anointed
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Wickerbough Elder
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Land (37)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Command Tower
• 12x Forest
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Artifact (9)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Power Conduit
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (4)

• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Splendid Agony
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Commander (1)

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Flourishing Defenses
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Incremental Blight
• 1x Lethal Sting
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Victimize

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Creature (7)

• 1x Baleful Ammit
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Decimator Beetle
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Serrated Biskelion
• 1x Wicker Warcrawler

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Driven / Despair

Land (1)

• 1x Grasping Dunes

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With all the new fun -1/-1 counter cards we got (will get) in Amonkhet (including the commander), I thought that I would make a deck around the concept. Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons is a good commander, giving us fun Snake tokens and also being able to put counters on our opponents creatures. We have a lot of cards that put -1/-1 counters on our opponent's creatures (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and our own creatures that put counters on themselves to activate Hapatra (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

We also have a few other cards that work like Hapatra: Flourishing Defenses and the MVP Nest of Scarabs. Also a few things to make our own creatures more dangerous: Eldrazi Monument, Seshiro the Anointed, and Beastmaster Ascension. And some things to remove the counters from our creatures to turn them into hard-hitters just from the lack of their weakness: Quillspike, Forgotten Ancient, Power Conduit, and Decimator Beetle.

The deck seeks to win by either keeping the opponent's board clear of creatures with our counters or other removal and attacking face, or by overwhelming the opponents with large amounts of tokens or by having great value for example with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and a creature which ETB with -1/-1 counters on them. Or simply by stealing your opponent's creatures with Necroskitter.

Obviously this deck hasn't really seen much play, and it might therefore be a bit rough around the edges. All suggestions are welcome, and if you like what you see, please leave an upvote.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WUR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Insect 1/1 B, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Worm 1/1 BG