Need help with a commander for infect deathtouch
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Posted on May 4, 2019, 8:09 p.m. by Nuubi
Working on a new deck deck:Infect/Deathtouch. Would love some suggestions for commanders. Open to any input though as far as instants,sorcery’s and enchantments. If anyone has a creature in mind I may have missed I’d love to hear it! Very much so still a prototype, so any suggestions are welcome! Can’t seem to figure out how to link the deck, any ideas?
Sorry for double post. Got massive site errors as I tried to post that
May 4, 2019 8:17 p.m.
Hard to do much better than alias42's suggestion of Atraxa, but, in case you don't want to go that route, here are some other options:
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Saskia the Unyielding - allows you to rack up poison counters on one player pretty quickly.
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Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons works well with dealing infect damage to creatures and will let you create deathtouch friends.
May 4, 2019 8:27 p.m.
Going for blue/green/black. Atraxa is a little pricey but I was considering her. I think I’d rather keep it to three colors though. Five I feel like is a bit much. I appreciate the suggestions though! What’s the best way to link my deck to this thread?
May 4, 2019 8:39 p.m.
Well atraxa is 4 colors, not 5. But if you want to stay in just sultai... Muldrotha, the Gravetide and The Mimeoplasm seem to be the best bets
May 4, 2019 8:43 p.m.
To link decks, first copy the deck's slug--it's the red part in the below URL:
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/infectdeathtouch-2/
[[deck:infectdeathtouch-2]]
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[[deck-large:infectdeathtouch-2]]
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Infect/Deathtouch
Commander / EDH*
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May 4, 2019 8:44 p.m.
My bad alias42 I was thinking she was 5 colors. Appreciate the suggestions! I’m liking Muldrotha. cdkime thank you for linking the deck!
May 4, 2019 8:57 p.m.
Been debating on making a Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa & Tymna the Weaver infect deck. The mana base isn't as rough as a 4 color and it seems like a good shell. You can give this a shot!
May 4, 2019 11:04 p.m.
can't help you with a multi-colored one but I have fun with infect when playing my Tetsuko mono blue deck. I do think you would have the most variety of infect cards playing sultai.
May 5, 2019 4:28 a.m.
I’d recommend running Grafted Exoskeleton to give one of your strong creatures infect when they need it if they already don’t have it. Also Fireshrieker for that doublestrike.
May 5, 2019 10:37 a.m.
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave is also excellent. He is cheap, in your colors, and keeps counters. Just add Basilisk Collar and Gorgon's Head , and he gets deathtouch.
May 5, 2019 2:24 p.m.
Last_Laugh says... #18
Marchesa, the Black Rose to help keep your creatures around.
May 5, 2019 4:05 p.m.
TypicalTimmy good question. I would imagine if you equipped a deathtouch creature with some sort of artifact that gave it infect, then yeah. Not positive. I don’t really intend to do that though. The deathtouch is just splashed in for some low drops to try and keep the curve low and fast. There’s not a lot of 1 drop infect creatures.
May 5, 2019 8:36 p.m.
I guess with Triumph of the Hordes this would apply. I’ll ask around.
May 6, 2019 3:21 p.m.
Damage from a source with infect is damage, even though it does something different from other damage. Lifelink, deathtouch, and abilities that trigger when a creature deals damage will all work as normal, and the damage can be prevented or redirected just like any other damage.
May 6, 2019 6:29 p.m.
TypicalTimmy - think of it this way: infect does not replace the “deal damage” part of damage - it replaces the “opponent loses life” or “damage is marked on the creature” part.
This makes sense, given the reminder text for infect says:
This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.
alias42 says... #2
How about Atraxa, Praetors' Voice ?
May 4, 2019 8:15 p.m.