Scavenger Pod

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Counters Hatebears Toolbox

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Creature (33)

• 1x Aegis of the Gods
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Shanna, Sisay's Legacy
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Siege Rhino
• 1x Sin Collector
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Wood Elves

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 7x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Plains
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (8)

• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Imp's Mischief

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Unburial Rites

Commanders (2)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Elspeth Conquers Death
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients

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The goal of this deck is to use creature-based hate to slow down our opponents' long enough to crush face and clap cheeks. I constructed this deck so it would function similarly to Blood Pod, only without red and less bloody.

Let's check out our partner commanders. Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel lets us blink out creatures that are not needed while beefing up our board. Nikara, Lair Scavenger is a good source of card draw, seeing as how it is easy to put counters on our creatures and they will likely be targeted for removal. The strategy is simple: give hate creatures counters and punish our opponents when they try removing them. Yannik gives us some flexibility by taking a hate piece off the board if it's doing nothing to help us win.

Since the deck heavily relies on creatures, it only makes sense to include cards like Aura Shards and Guardian Project. The Great Henge is excellent in this deck in that it helps distribute +1/+1 counters and helps us with card draw. An enchantment worth highlighting is Elspeth Conquers Death. It may be slow to get the full benefits package, just like a stimulus check, but this card does everything our deck needs. Removal, strategy hate, and reanimation in case a key card is in the graveyard. Since we are running quite a few creatures and enchantments, Destiny Spinner shines in this deck by making most of our deck immune to counter spells.

Extra Triggers

Panharmonicon and Strionic Resonator will give us additional triggers not just out of our commanders, but support spells as well. With one of these in play, we can draw two cards off Guardian Project or The Great Henge. Aura Shards will let you destroy up to two artifacts and/or enchantments. And lets not forget about Siege Rhino.

Pod Effects

Fiend Artisan and Birthing Pod are excellent repeatable tutors for getting the exact pieces we need. The board state will constantly be shifting, and sometimes a hate bear will either do nothing or hurt us more than the opponent. So, we can just recycle it to get exactly what we need. Plus, if they have counters on them when sacrificed, we can get some card draw out of Nikara, Lair Scavenger.

Hating the Haters

No Pod deck is complete without some form of hate included. I will only highlight a few. Gaddock Teeg hardly needs an explanation, he can quickly shut down mass removal since most board wipes cost at least 4 mana. Spirit of the Labyrinth may seem odd to include since we want to draw cards, but we have ways to interact with our board at instant speed. This means we can bait out removal before simply blinking a spell away. Kambal, Consul of Allocation and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben will help slow down decks revolving around spell slinging. And to add some icing to the cake, Drannith Magistrate will shut down some games by stopping people from casting their commanders. This card also helps slow down decks like Muldrotha, the Gravetide or any deck casting cards from the graveyard.

I'm open to suggestions, so feel free to give this a playtest and let me know what you think!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Spider 1/2 G, Spirit 1/1 C