Atraxa Goodstuff

Commander / EDH Counters GWUB Infinite Combo UBRG

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Creature (26)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Ezuri, Claw of Progress
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Filigree Sages
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Shapers of Nature
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Duneblast
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 4x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 4x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River

Planeswalker (7)

• 1x Ajani Unyielding
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1x Vraska the Unseen

Instant (3)

• 1x Mortify
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Magistrate's Scepter
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Titan Forge

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Citadel Siege
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Oath of Ajani

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Creature (7)

• 1x Conclave Mentor
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Loyal Guardian
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Sage of Hours
• 2x Shalai, Voice of Plenty

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Eerie Ultimatum
• 1x Give / Take
• 1x Vigor Mortis

Artifact (1)

• 1x Coalition Relic

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

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While a lot of Atraxa decks tend to go deep on one theme and load up on relevant tutors or other support cards, that isn't super budget friendly and also doesn't really result in the sorts of games we're aiming at in our playgroup. So instead, this build uses three related main themes:

• +1/+1 counters
• Charge counter combos
• Planeswalkers

General Counter Synergies

There are a handful of generically counter-relevant cards in here. Winding Constrictor, Deepglow Skate, Contagion Clasp, Contagion Engine, Inexorable Tide and Viral Drake are all useful for all of the deck's subthemes. Many of them also help ensure that you can keep pushing counters when Atraxa is off of the board.

+1/+1 Counters

While many creatures in the deck can acquire a lot of +1/+1 counters and beat down on their own. The hydras and Chasm Skulker are generally pretty good on their own.

However, many of the creatures, such as Reyhan, Last of the Abzan, Ezuri, Claw of Progress, Forgotten Ancient, Master Biomancer, Juniper Order Ranger and Zameck Guildmage can put counters on Atraxa, who can then get terrifying on her own. Gavony Township, Opal Palace, Oath of Ajani, Citadel Siege and Cathars' Crusade can also help seed initial counters on Atraxa.

Cathars' Crusade has two big synergies. Cathars' Crusade + Cauldron of Souls wipes out the -1/-1 persist counters. Cathars' Crusade + Ghave, Guru of Spores can generate a ton of huge saprolings. If you have a lot of mana, Ghave also synergizes nicely with other counter amps like Hardened Scales.

Other Creatures

Anafenza, the Foremost can't put counters on Atraxa, but she can still put counters on creatures like Master Biomancer while giving a little extra graveyard hate other than Scavenging Ooze.

Odric, Lunarch Marshal shares Atraxa's ridiculous keyword soup with the rest of your creatures.

Viral Drake is in the deck purely for the proliferate effect. Some tables panic when they see the "Infect" keyword. It may be good politics to promise not to attack with it and make sure everyone knows there's no other infect in the deck.

Reveillark can actually bring back most of the creatures in the deck. While very few creatures in the deck actually enter with or stay at 2 power for long, a lot of the creatures have low base power and come in with or acquire counters quickly. Returning things like Ghave, Guru of Spores or Khalonion Hydra is really good value. In a pinch, you might be able to return Filigree Sages to combo off.

Charge Counters

There are three big charge-counter based artifact payoff cards: Magistrate's Scepter, Titan Forge and Lux Cannon. Scepter can generate infinite turns with a couple of counter amp or proliferate effects.

The big payoff for forge or cannon is Astral Cornucopia + Filigree Sages . Cornucopia on 4+ counters generates infinite mana and artifact untaps with sages. Even without cornucopia, being able to untap the charge counter artifacts with spare mana can be extremely powerful, making sages still useful without the infinite combo.

Planeswalkers

The main focus for plansewalkers in this deck is inexpensive planeswalkers with a removal mode and/or the ability to draw cards. Proliferate allows you to activate removal modes that cost loyalty most turns.

Liliana Vess has no removal mode and doesn't directly draw any cards. However, the ability to fix your draw every turn is very powerful. Vraska the Unseen can't draw cards, but is able to blow up arbitrary permanents. That's important since she is the only form of land hate in the deck.

The build does not run The Chain Veil simply because I don't think the planeswalker density is high enough to justify it.

Board Wipes

Duneblast is useful in that it can save Atraxa. Black Sun's Zenith with the correct setup can be a one-sided wipe (if nothing else after a few proliferates). Merciless Eviction may seem awkward in a deck with so many creatures. However, in most cases where eviction on creatures is going to hurt, it's not necessary. It's possible that Cyclonic Rift would be better, but I omitted it for budget reasons.

List of adds as list for price check: Atraxa Precon Upgrades

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Cathars' Crusade + Ghave, Guru of Spores Astral Cornucopia + Filigree Sages Cathars' Crusade + Cauldron of Souls
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Experience Token, Golem 9/9 C, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Squid 1/1 U, Vampire Knight 1/1 B
Folders	EDH, Atraxa