Hatebears Kingdom [Pure Artifact Hate Edition]

Commander / EDH* Combo Competitive Control Primer Stax

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Creature (36)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Archon of Emeria
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Ignoble Hierarch
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns

Land (30)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Neoform

Artifact (1)

• 1x Null Rod

Commander (1)

Instant (18)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Miscast
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Wild Growth

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Instant (10)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wear / Tear
• 1x Wilt

Artifact (5)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (10)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Flamescroll Celebrant  ^Flip
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

Land (1)

• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Utopia Sprawl

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Repudiate / Replicate
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

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When the hatebears are out, we can sit back and relax for a while! In a stax deck it's important to keep the hate tuned against trends. The current meta is plagued with Treasure tokens, 0-cost mana artifacts for Turbo Ad Nauseam or Underworld Breach strategies and even semi-auto-win commanders (Codie, Vociferous Codex). You know what, let's blank 10+ cards per deck! Full artifacts-hate mode on!

The deck main decision points are: which hate bears to look for, when to stay back with interaction, when to try and push for the win.

Game Plan Show

• The early game is about setting up either un unfair advantage (Library, Rhystic, the usual suspects) or a general slow down (a specific hate piece meaningful on the current table).
• Turn 4-6 are usually important to disrupt the other decks and setup a big mana engine (something that taps for more than 1 mana, Bloom Tender, Faeburrow, ..)
• Turn 6+, find your spot to go off, tutor a vigean graft mage or free from the real and use the infinite mana with Kenrith.

Hatebears and Hatesticks Show

The main strategy of the deck revolves around hindering your opponents and making very difficult for them to execute their job. The hate pieces are very meta dependant, the ones in the current list make sense in an Ad Nauseam, high mana rocks and tutor density, Thassa's Oracle meta. This means that this list probably has difficulties actually fighting a moderate power level! So keep this in mind and tune according to your meta.

The Book of Hate

Abilities

Basically we acknowledge Thassa's Oracle is out there. If it's composing the most of your meta, you may want to add some other similar effects.

• Hushbringer

Another important set of abilities to switch off is.. dork-based mana! In the latest months also commander activated abilities like Codie, Vociferous Codex became important to target. Thus of course we run the classic stax piece:

• Linvala, Keeper of Silence

Artifacts

Turn one mana vault, mana crypt and mox diamond huh? Not at this table buddy. Also relevant to stop Dockside Extortionist loops.

• Null Rod
• Collector Ouphe
• Kataki, War's Wage

As a spot removal I like to bring in Cindervines as it doubles as hate for storm and can be searched with Enlightened Tutor

Commander and Cards from Exile

The magistrate is a ridiculous card, stop all decks requiring to cast their commander but also stops strange shenanigans with cards in exile. Finally, the list also runs the hard lock of Possibility Storm, it's a 2 card combo which makes impossible for opponents to cast spell and they have to solve the board state with what they have. Oko is there to Elkify commanders, keep in mind that once elkified a commander will try to into suicide missions, so it's more a temporal solution plus the random steal happens from time to time.

• Drannith Magistrate
• Oko, Thief of Crowns

Draw

Notion thief is important to stop wheels and multiple card draws like Sylvan Library or Rhystic Study. In the right meta these cards can be back breaking. My current list is not running them because under Rule of Law drawing multiple cards is not as bad (they'll draw into an answer eventually though, so this may still be a good idea)

• Notion Thief
• Narset, Parter of Veils

Graveyard

Remove cards from the game or avoid they end in the grave, very important against Underworld Breach+Brain Freeze shenanigans

• Dauthi Voidwalker
• Deathrite Shaman
• Scavenging Ooze

Search

Mess with your opponent searching

• Aven Mindcensor
• Opposition Agent

Stack Interaction and Counterpower

In high power pods counterspells have to be expected, from our point of view it's important to deploy key hate pieces and eventually protect our combo later on.

• Vexing Shusher
• Destiny Spinner
• Glen Elendra Archmage
• Rhythm of the Wild

Glen Elendra Archamge and Rhythm of the Wild are a soft lock together which gives plenty of counterpower. The rythm is a bit of a clunky card, I slot it in and out with Shusher or Spinner.

Storm

Brain Freeze is gaining momentum lately thanks to Underworld Breach, other Turbo decks tend also to draw a bunch of cards and play rituals and fast mana to power their Thoracle. Therefore we need some form of attrition for those scenarios:

• Cindervines can be very effective against Ad Nauseam decks
• Rule of Law-effects stop those strategies cold
• Dumping Sphere is a decent addition if your meta is mostly storm-based

Currently I run a RoL based list exactly to stop storm and crazy-turns strategies

Rule Of Law Variant Show

Rule of Law (RoL) is one of the strongest stax pieces which stops a lot of decks. If following that route, at least these cards should be included:

• Archon of Emeria
• Deafening Silence
• Eidolon of Rhetoric
• Arcane Laboratory
• Rule of Law
• Ethersworn Canonist

One of these cards should be a prime target to have in the starting hand or to tutor for! Kenrith, Oko and creatures with abilities naturally work very well under RoL, allowing this deck to find the pieces it needs and introducing friction for other strategies at the table.

Taxes Variant Show

A King must collect taxes! There are two main ways of playing this deck, one is pushing for Rule of Law effects, the other is pushing for taxes. ROL is usually considered stronger but also it brings more salt at the table..

Taxes and ROL don't work well together because under RoL, since everyone plays 1 spell, it's easier to pay for taxes.

This version is running a bunch of tax effects, from the staples to more exotic ones:

• Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, Esper Sentinel
• Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• Cindervines
• Kataki, War's Wage
• Wandering Archaic  

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 61 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.07
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Elk 3/3 G, Food, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	cEDH, Commander Deck Ideas
Based on	Kenrith Wheels and Bears [Primer] Sc1enc3 EDH