Blue Gene Cop

Casual Counters UB (Dimir)

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Creature (22)

• 4x Aven Courier
• 4x Baleful Strix
• 3x Bone Shredder
• 1x Callidus Assassin
• 4x Genestealer Patriarch
• 2x Hunter of Eyeblights
• 4x Leech Bonder

Land (23)

• 16x Island
• 4x Sunken Ruins
• 3x Watery Grave

Instant (8)

• 4x Countersquall
• 4x Think Twice

Artifact (4)

• 3x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x The Ozolith

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Parting Thoughts

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Creature (3)

• 1x Diseased Vermin
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Kulrath Knight

Artifact (1)

• 1x Giant Fan

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Flay Essence

Instant (1)

• 1x Contractual Safeguard

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Genestealer Patriarch is a pretty cool card that plays with blue's capacity for stealing creatures. It feels a little {B}, since it's reliant on the creatures dying, but no problem - stick a guy, kill 'em off, and get your own copy. Neat! Something that you might not notice, though, is that the Patriarch won't only give you a copy of your opponent's stuff - if you can somehow get an infection counter on one of your own creatures, they will spawn a token copy from beyond the grave so long as the Patriarch is around. Heck, the Patriarch can even rejuvenate himself if he gets a counter! Keep putting a counter on the those token copies and you have an unkillable army.

Now, this may be easier said than done. While he gives you a copy of any creature that dies with an infection counter, his first ability only lets you distribute the counters to your opponent's critters. Most of the classic ways to shuffle counters around - Nesting Grounds, Power Conduit - only let you swap between two creature you control. What's the only way (as far as I can tell) to move counters from your opponent's creatures to yours? Leech Bonder. Each turn the Patriarch can hand out a counter, and the Bonder can swipe it for one of your own crew. Aven Courier can help spread 'em around, and Hunter of Eyeblights provides an easy way to kill off (and thus steal) one of your opponent's creatures every turn. And hey, don't forget - if you can ever get two of more Patriarchs out, then you'll be able to get multiple clones of anyone who dies with an infection counter!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.84
Tokens	Copy Clone