Before reading further, I'd like to clarify that this is an infect-proliferate deck. It isn't solely an "infect" deck, which explains why I'm not running green for bigger, badder infect creatures. Instead, this deck should infect once very quickly, and then just sit back and proliferate the opponent to death. This is a facelift an old infect-proliferate deck I had. I've dropped
Inexorable Tide
in favor of the cheaper-to-cast
Flux Channeler
, which dramatically lowers the curve of the deck. Basically anything here can be cast for 3 or less. (
Tezzeret's Gambit
costs 2 life to do it, but this deck need to proliferate poison as fast as possible. Paying life is worth it for the faster win).
Obviously, the most important thing to do is open up w/ an infect counter on your opponent as quickly as possible. The longer the game goes w/o that first counter, the worse this deck will perform. To that end, cheap cards like
Vector Asp
and
Virulent Wound
can drop that poison turn 1 to get the ball rolling. Failing that, turn two drops like
Ichorclaw Myr
(which opponents probably won't want to block on turn 3) and
Blighted Agent
(which opponents literally can't block) can get the job done too.
Plague Myr
is also an infector, and a good mana ramp if you want a little more. In the worst case, a turn-3
Ichor Rats
guarantees poison on your opponent.
Proliferate is done primarily through
Flux Channeler
, which turns all my non-creature spells into proliferation machines. Combining it with
Throne of Geth
makes it even better. Many of this deck's infectors are also artifact creatures; once they've done they're job, you can sac 'em w/
Throne of Geth
to get more value from them.
Ichor Wellspring
is just great fuel for
Throne of Geth
; you're essentially getting proliferation for only 2 mana (renewable proliferate generally costs 4), and drawing 2 cards in the process.
Control cards like
Grim Affliction
synergize very well w/
Flux Channeler
.
Virulent Wound
can also control; if you have enough in hand, you could even take down a large creature. This is especially true when combined w/
Dismember
which, if you're willing to pay with life, could cost as little as 1 mana. And, of course,
Corrupted Resolve
is an absolute-must for this deck.
Tezzeret's Gambit
is just a great card for proliferate. Combined w/
Ichor Wellspring
, it really buffs the card draw in this deck to get to your infect/proliferate cards faster. With
Flux Channeler
, you're proliferating twice for as little as 3 mana.
