Snake Moshpit

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

9kob

Removal & Control (17)

• 1x Fume Spitter
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Viridian Longbow
• 1x Virulent Wound
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Vhati il-Dal
• 1x Wickerbough Elder

Wincon 2 (6)

• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Doubling Season

Draw (5)

• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Necropotence

Wincon 1 (3)

• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth

Lands (34)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 11x Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip

Tutors (11)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Rushed Rebirth
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Protection (3)

• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Lightning Greaves

Planeswalkers (1)

• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Commander (1)

Ramp (13)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Channeler Initiate
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Kodama's Reach

Reanimation (4)

• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Eternal Witness

Tokens (2)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Ophiomancer

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WANTS (4)

• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Sylvan Library

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My first and most fun Commander up to this day. Always good for a surprise and really strong finishes out of nowhere.
Feel free to ask and leave suggestions!

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Strategy

Opening Hand: Not too important, atleast a Forest and a Swamp for Hapatra, maybe a tutor, a combo piece, cheap removal and ramp

The first objective is always to get Hapatra out fast. Even with ramp on your hand you should set your priority on playing Hapatra not later than turn 2. With her on the board, you can try to attack an opponent with no blockers, because it's still early in the game. The snake tokens are the base of your board state. No one wants to attack you if you got tokens with deathtouch (except when your opponent got unblockable creatures).

The second goal is to decide, if you want to win through attacks or a combo. I usually decide this if I already got some important cards for a respective win condition on my hand. Otherwise, there are a lot of tutors in this deck, which will help to find the cards you need. Your snake tokens, removal spells and Hapatra herself will spare you more time to find the key pieces.

Always focus on the removal of weak mana dorks and key creatures to slow your opponents down.

Top Ranked	Achieved #80 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #73 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #3 position in Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) 2 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.45
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Insect 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Thrull 0/1 B