Poison Buffoonery

Commander / EDH* Casual Counters Four Color GWUB

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Land (37)

• 1x Aether Hub
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x High Market
• 2x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Plains
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Tutor (6)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Wargate

Removal (16)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Duneblast
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Virulent Wound

Ramp (12)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Pentad Prism
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sol Ring

Proliferate (8)

• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Steady Progress
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Throne of Geth
• 1x Thrummingbird

Poison (5)

• 1x Caress of Phyrexia
• 1x Decimator Web
• 1x Ichor Rats
• 1x Relic Putrescence
• 1x Virulent Wound

Commander (1)

Other (14)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Citadel Siege
• 1x Energy Chamber
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Power Conduit
• 1x Spike Weaver
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Winding Constrictor

Draw (11)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Caress of Phyrexia
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Steady Progress
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit

Recursion (1)

• 1x Den Protector

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Land (6)

• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Other (2)

• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Joiner Adept

Recursion (1)

• 1x Eternal Witness

Tutor (1)

• 1x Eladamri's Call

Ramp (1)

• 1x Pyramid of the Pantheon

Removal (1)

• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast

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The game-plan is to kill my opponents with poison counters, but to not use Infect.

The commander is currently Atraxa. I attempted to make a +1/+1 counter focused Atraxa deck, but it felt too inconsistent and lacked a focus. Though the part of the deck I really enjoyed was proliferate. I like how powerful proliferate can be; since it doesn't target it can only really be prevented by countering.

Q: Why not go full Infect?

A: Three reasons:

1. I didn't want to do something that has already been done a million times before
2. I didn't want to feel like I'm sucking enjoyment out of my opponents
3. I didn't want to have another combat-focused deck (already have Samut, Ezuri and Skullbriar).

Removing Infect from the deck means proliferate becomes more important. Instead of pump spells and cards that give Infect, I have proliferate spells and cards that give poison counters. The deck becomes less aggressive and more defensive.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Energy Reserve, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	EDH