Spore Galore with Atraxa

Commander / EDH Counters Fungus GWUB Jank Proliferate Saproling Theme/Gimmick Tokens

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Land (36)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Grasslands
• 1x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Strip Mine
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Treva's Ruins
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Draw (8)

• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Fungal Plots
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Psychotrope Thallid
• 1x Reprocess
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Thallid Soothsayer
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Combo Pieces (4)

• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Life and Limb
• 1x Selesnya Evangel
• 1x Sporemound

GY Hate (3)

• 1x Fungal Plots
• 1x Necrogenesis
• 1x Night Soil

Boardwipes (1)

• 1x Wrath of God

Saproling Generators (19)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Mutation
• 1x Death Mutation
• 1x Fungal Plots
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Necrogenesis
• 1x Nemata, Grove Guardian
• 1x Night Soil
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Selesnya Evangel
• 1x Slimefoot, the Stowaway
• 1x Sporemound
• 1x Sporogenesis
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x Verdant Embrace
• 1x Verdant Force
• 1x Verdeloth the Ancient

Spores (15)

• 1x Deathspore Thallid
• 1x Elvish Farmer
• 1x Fungal Bloom
• 1x Mycologist
• 1x Pallid Mycoderm
• 1x Psychotrope Thallid
• 1x Savage Thallid
• 1x Sporesower Thallid
• 1x Sporoloth Ancient
• 1x Thallid
• 1x Thallid Devourer
• 1x Thallid Germinator
• 1x Thorn Thallid
• 1x Utopia Mycon
• 1x Vitaspore Thallid

Proliferate (8)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Sporesower Thallid
• 1x Winding Constrictor

Protection (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Savage Thallid
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Sac Outlets (15)

• 1x Deathspore Thallid
• 1x Elvish Farmer
• 1x Fungal Plots
• 1x Mycologist
• 1x Nemata, Grove Guardian
• 1x Pallid Mycoderm
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Psychotrope Thallid
• 1x Reprocess
• 1x Savage Thallid
• 1x Thallid Devourer
• 1x Thallid Germinator
• 1x Thallid Soothsayer
• 1x Utopia Mycon
• 1x Vitaspore Thallid

Ramp (10)

• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Utopia Mycon
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Removal (6)

• 1x Aura Mutation
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Death Mutation
• 1x Deathspore Thallid
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Thorn Thallid

Finishers (2)

• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Slimefoot, the Stowaway

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Other (8)

• 1x Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
• 1x Aether Mutation
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Saproling Symbiosis

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Introduction

Welcome, to the most unique Atraxa, Praetors' Voice deck out there!

I had a really fun casual deck I used to play that I called Spore Galore!. The idea was pretty simple. Play lots of spore generators, get lots of saprolings into play, and just win by going wide. I'd throw in a late game Verdeloth the Ancient just to make even more tokens. The deck also splashed {U} to run several copies of Intruder Alarm, just for fun.

It was fun to play, so now, I want to make a decent Commander version of the deck. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice, being the sweetheart that she is, asked if she could pilot it, and I said sure! Her proliferate ability is perfect for the fungi accumulating spore counters in the deck. There are plenty of more aggressive, more efficient Atraxa builds out there, running Superfriends or infect. I don't know how many spore builds are out there, though, so maybe it will be something refreshing for other players to see and play against.

This deck will probably not be competitive at all, but I don't really care. Its going to be a blast to play. I did try to run as much value and synergy as I could so that I don't get completely wiped off the table. There will be some fun interactions in the deck, too. For example, Intruder Alarm + Life and Limb + Selesnya Evangel can go infinite.

Anyways, I hope that seeing this build will bring a smile to someone's face.

The Fungus Among Us

The heart of the deck runs off Fungi like the classic Thallid that get a spore counter placed on them during my upkeep. Stack on Spore Counters, then make Saprolings. That's where we start. And Atraxa thinks these are a bunch of fun-guys to be around...(ok, sorry, couldn't resist).

Summon Fungus

• Deathspore Thallid
• Elvish Farmer - ok, yeah, not a fungus, but you get why he's listed here.
• Ghave, Guru of Spores
• Mycologist - see Elvish Farmer above.
• Pallid Mycoderm
• Psychotrope Thallid
• Savage Thallid
• Sporesower Thallid
• Sporoloth Ancient
• Thallid
• Thallid Devourer
• Thallid Germinator
• Thorn Thallid
• Thallid Soothsayer
• Utopia Mycon
• Vitaspore Thallid

The Fungi are a slow way to generate Saprloings, so I've thrown in some other fun and flavorful Saproling token generators.

Saproling Token Makers

• Mycoloth
• Slimefoot, the Stowaway
• Nemata, Grove Guardian
• Selesnya Evangel
• Tendershoot Dryad
• Verdant Force
• Verdeloth the Ancient
• Aura Mutation
• Second Harvest
• Fungal Plots
• Necrogenesis
• Night Soil
• Verdant Embrace

Saproling Sacrifice

Several of our Fungi also function as sac outlets for the Saprolings, providing utility for the deck. This ranges from being able to plink off other creatures, to drawing cards, gaining life, or producing mana. I've included some other sac outlets, as well.

Sac Outlets

• Deathspore Thallid for killing off creatures.
• Elvish Farmer for gaining life.
• Ghave, Guru of Spores for buffing creatures.
• Mycologist for gaining life.
• Nemata, Grove Guardian to buff the team.
• Pallid Mycoderm for buff.
• Psychotrope Thallid for card draw.
• Savage Thallid for regeneration.
• Thallid Devourer to buff himself.
• Thallid Germinator to buff someone like Atraxa.
• Thallid Soothsayer for card draw.
• Utopia Mycon for mana.
• Vitaspore Thallid for haste.
• Fungal Plots life gain and card draw.

Savor the Flavor: Draw, Ramp, & Removal

I'm trying to go all in on the Saproling flavor for this deck, so some of the draw, ramp, and removal spells aren't going to be as efficient as other spells would be, because they have a Saproling theme to them. The jank is real here, and I'm going all in on it.

Card Draw

• Psychotrope Thallid
• Thallid Soothsayer
• Reprocess
• Fecundity
• Fungal Plots
• Rites of Flourishing
• Zendikar Resurgent
• Commander's Sphere
• Skullclamp
• The Immortal Sun

Ramp & Fixing

• Rishkar, Peema Renegade, who makes great use of spore counters.
• Utopia Mycon
• Farseek
• Nature's Lore
• Cryptolith Rite is awesome here.
• Life and Limb
• Mirari's Wake
• Rites of Flourishing
• Zendikar Resurgent
• Commander's Sphere
• Sol Ring
• The Immortal Sun

Wraths & Removal

• Deathspore Thallid
• Thorn Thallid
• Death Mutation
• Wrath of God
• Aura Mutation
• Aether Mutation coming soon.
• Aura Shards makes good use of all the tokens coming into play.
• Smokestack

Proliferation

Proliferation is an important aspect of this deck, as it speeds up the Saproling generation process. I've got several different proliferation and pseudo-proliferation sources. Paradox Haze is really cool, giving me another upkeep to put more spore counters on fungi. It's a cool way to "proliferate" more spore counters, and with Atraxa out, I can get any fungus out to the mandatory three spore counters in one turn. This deck may start slow, but after a few turns of getting set up, it can really start to build a board state that others take notice of.

Proliferate

• Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
• Evolution Sage
• Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• Sporesower Thallid
• Winding Constrictor
• Karn's Bastion
• Paradox Haze
• Contagion Clasp
• Contagion Engine
• Plaguemaw Beast

The Life Cycle

Fungus and Saprolings really are the epitome of the cycle of life and death in Magic, and I seek to abuse that theme in this deck. There are some fun interactions in this deck for when Saprolings come into play, and when they leave play, and I have some combos to abuse such things.

Combos

• Intruder Alarm + Life and Limb + Selesnya Evangel creates infinite Saproling tokens.
• Life and Limb + Sporemound makes infinite Saproling/Forests.

The Life and Limb + Sporemound combo has several tracks it can take, based on which of the Fungi happen to be on the board at the time. I have more than enough sac outlets to stop the combo, too.

Synergies

• Sporogenesis + Smokestack
• Plaguemaw Beast + Thorn Thallid I think there might be a very convoluted combo with these two, if I get the proper board state. I will update if I find it.

Winning

I didn't have room for any standard token win-cons, like Overrun or Triumph of the Hordes. I did squeeze in Coat of Arms to make the Saprolings really big, and it'll buff up the Fungi nicely, too. The combos will be the primary ways of winning, along with an overwhelming board state, and Atraxa, Praetors' Voice can win a game on her own, too.

Conclusion

This deck was built purely for fun. It is not meant to be competitive, but to be fun, and that it is. It's a bit of a paradox, really; I'm running some good cards that tend to show up in spikier builds, it has an expensive mana base, a powerful commander, and it's all for making Saprolings. And I don't care, because that's what Magic is about! I'd love to see this deck become one of the top-rated Saproling decks on TappedOut, so please, upvote if it brings a smile to your face!

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #4 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Counters 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GWUB 4 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Life and Limb + Sporemound Intruder Alarm + Life and Limb + Selesnya Evangel
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.42
Tokens	City's Blessing, Saproling 1/1 G
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