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Commander / EDH* BUG (Sultai)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Cloudfin Raptor
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Glowstone Recluse
• 1x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Predator Ooze
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder
• 1x Slippery Bogle
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetzimoc, Primal Death
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Ozolith

Land (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 5x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nesting Grounds
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Titans' Nest
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Negate
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Veil of Summer

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Villainous Wealth

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR RUNNING VOLRATH EDH

SOP #005 VERSION 2.1

DATE WRITTEN: 05-25-20

DATE FINALIZED: XX-XX-XX

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this deck is to beat face with the commander. To do this the user should focus on playing creatures with evasion and defensive keywords, putting +1/+1 counters on them and allowing Volrath to copy them as needed to get through enemy's defenses. The deck is primarily a creature deck, with plenty of utility and ways to ahem adapt to win.

SPECIMEN LIST

Classification Index

-D = Defensive Keywords, including but not limited to; Hexproof, Indestructible, Persist

-E = Evasive Keywords, including but not limited to; Flying, Unblockable, Trample

-G = Generators, including specimens that can add counters on other creatures or themselves

-U = Utility, including but not limited to; card draw, mana production, proliferating abilities

-I = Infect, HAZARD WARNING, WHEN DEALING WITH CATEGORY I SPECIMENS IT IS THE HANDLERS' RESPONSIBILITY TO WEAR THE PROPER PPE, VOL LAB INC. WILL NOT BE BE LIABLE FOR ANY TYPE OF EXPOSURE

Specimen #001 Class:E,U Name Birds of Paradise

Specimen has mana production abilities to allow for ramp early game, and allows for evasion in late game. Note: Keep away from lightning bolts.

Specimen #002 Class:E,I Name Blighted Agent

Specimen is a great way to set poison counters on the enemy players during the early game, copying classification I specimens with Volrath, the Shapestealer is a great way to end games in a hurry. Note: Specimen should never be allowed out of it's cell, we all remember what happened last time Hector.

Specimen #003 Class:E Name Brokkos, Apex of Forever Specimen #003 is great at increasing the lethality of other specimens. Specimen#003 has been here before the laboratory was built, Specimen#003 will not leave the laboratory, Specimen#003 will be here after he laboratory is no more, Specimen#003 will out live us all

Specimen#004 Class:E,G Name Cloudfin Raptor Specimen#004 is a great target for the mutate mechanic. Casting the commander will almost always trigger the evolve mechanic. It's not a bird. Birds do not exist.

Specimen#005 Class:E,U Name Cold-Eyed Selkie Specimen#005 ability allows it to draw for as much damage it deals, generating counters on Specimen#005 is recommended if more cards are needed in hand, copying Specimen#005 with Volrath, the Shapestealer when dealing combat damage will draw 7 cards. Note: Specimen#005 must be kept moist at all times.

Specimen#006 Class:G Name Forgotten Ancient Specimen#006 is a GENERATOR, adding counters to your whole field. It is recommended to focus on spreading the counters to multiple creatures instead of making one creature very large, this allows for more options for Volrath, the Shapestealer to shapesteal.

Specimen#007 Class:E,U Name Gemrazer Specimen#007 a cheap mutator with trample. Note: Keep away from signets and microwaves

Specimen#008 Class:E,D Name Glen Elendra Archmage Do not trust fairies.

Specimen#007 Class:G Name Glowstone Recluse Now look at this beauty, absolutely amazing. She's very calm, she's very nice, and actually quite friendly. Also extremely deadly. Look at those little hairs on her eight legs. Beautiful creature.

Specimen#008 Class:E,D Name Invisible Stalker The transparency of Specimen#008 skin results from the combination of several properties: skin material has a low absorption of visible light, there is low scattering of the light that passes through the skin, and there is low reflection of the light impinging on the skin's surface.[10] The latter occurs for a broad range of incident wavelengths, covering the entire visible spectrum, and all incidence angles. This broadband and omnidirectional anti-reflection property originates from nanopillars standing on the skin's surface which ensures a gradient of refractive index between the incident medium, air, and the skin's membrane.[8] These nanopillars, non-periodically arranged on the skin's surface, possess a high aspect ratio (defined as height divided by radius), where the radii are below the wavelengths of the visible light. Additionally, they feature a random height and width distribution, which is directly responsible for the smooth refractive index gradient and thereby for the broadband and omnidirectional anti-reflection properties. These properties are further improved by the presence of pedestals at the base of the nanopillars.[11] Additionally, the structure of the nanopillars allows for the skin to have a low roughness factor because of its tiny hair-like microtrichia features. This was experimentally tested through water droplet adhesion to the skin.[12] Editors' note: YOU CAN'T JUST COPY PASTE FROM WIKIPEDIA!

Specimen#009 Class:G,U Name Necroskitter This specimen can reinvigorate necrotic material as long as the material had been infected with -1/-1 counters before it became necrotic. Specimen also has a way to infect infecting creatures with -1/-1 counters. Combos with anything that puts -1/-1 counters on creatures and kills them

Specimen#010 Class:D,G Name Plaxcaster Frogling Not Hypnotoad, all hail hypnotoad

Specimen#011 Class:D,G Name Predator Ooze Harder to kill than an untreated UTI

Specimen#012 Class:U Name Sea-Dasher Octopus I've seen enough anime to know where this is going

Specimen#014 Class:D,U Name Sylvan Caryatid Copying Defender?

Specimen#015 Class:G,U Name Tetzimoc, Primal Death

Specimen#016 Class:E,U Name Thrummingbird Not a bird, birds aren't real

Specimen#017 Class:E,U,I Name Viral Drake Is this a bird? My fingers hurt from copying this all from wikipedia, my autotitrator stopped titrating in the middle of a 3hour run, didn't notice until 2 hours in, Mark from accounting keeps taking my favorite parking spot, and the company ran out of coffee during the last pandemic. I'm just going to let one of the lab techs fill out the rest of this list, they don't do anything anyways, why do we even pay them for?

FACULTY, STAFF and SPONSORS

Vol Lab Inc. would like to remind faculty staff and sponsors that they are not specimens. Just because Vol Lab Inc. has a running biological category database on faculty, staff and sponsors does not mean that Vol Lab Inc. is experimenting on faculty, staff and sponsors. Faculty staff and sponsors are free to leave whenever they want, but once they leave their health and safety can no longer be assured by Vol Lab Inc. Thank you for you hard work and or patronage.

Faculty and Staff

Evolution Sage Cat:U Position-PI

Gyre Sage Cat:G,U Position-Lab Tech

Incubation Druid Cat:G,U Position-Lab Tech

Renata, Called to the Hunt Cat:G Position- Specimen Handler

Master Biomancer Cat:G Position- R&D, still unpublished ha

Rishkar, Peema Renegade Cat:G,U Position- Specimen Handler

Slippery Bogbonder Cat:G,D Position- Specimen Handler/Field Research

PATRONS

Generous Patron Cat:G,U This Patron would like their identity to remain secret. Code name Generous Patron will be used to signify this generous patron.

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons Cat:G,U Interested in specimens with strong venom.

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Cat:D,G,U Used to work here, now provides funding and general R&D direction.

COMBOS

Glen Elendra Archmage + any of the following Renata, Called to the Hunt Master Biomancer The Great Henge Plaxcaster Frogling, will allow you to remove the -1/-1 counter from Glen Elendra Archmage each time the persist effect triggers. This lets you counter spells over and over again

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician and either Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Nest of Scarabs will allow you to machine gun -1/-1 counters on your opponent's creatures and letting you draw as many cards as you are willing to sacrifice life for.

Black Sun's Zenith and either Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Nest of Scarabs you get A LOT of creature tokens, A LOT

Necroskitter + Black Sun's Zenith You get to steal anything that dies from Black Sun's Zenith

The Ozolith also copies -1/-1 counters from creatures you own, and you are able to put those counters on your opponent's creatures!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Insect 1/1 B, Plant 0/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch