Atraxa Doing What She Does Best

Commander / EDH Counters GWUB

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Land (30)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 2x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 2x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 2x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Creature (22)

• 1x Abzan Falconer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Elite Scaleguard
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Ichor Rats
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Winding Constrictor

Artifact (12)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Planeswalker (12)

• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 1x Ajani Unyielding
• 1x Dovin Baan
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Narset Transcendent
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Enchantment (8)

• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Citadel Siege
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Call the Gatewatch
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Duneblast
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Wrath of God

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Creature (7)

• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Daxos the Returned
• 1x Ezuri, Claw of Progress
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Phyrexian Swarmlord

Artifact (2)

• 1x Lotus Blossom
• 1x Plague Boiler

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator

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Howdy everybody, this is the first deck I have ever posted to TappedOut.net and I'm coming to you guys for some help. I recently took this deck to a small commander tournament at my local game shop and to say the least I wasn't really impressed with how this deck performed. Now I understand that everybody just draws the wrong cards from time to time, but I want to make this deck as efficient as possible.

This deck (obviously) revolves around Atraxa's proliferate mechanic. I have plenty of cards that give a variety of counters to other cards, players, and themselves while Atraxa (and a few other cards) help boost the number of counters on each card/player. When I play the deck, I assume that most players target me because counters can get out of hand really quickly, but even when I'm not the target of my opponent's assault, the deck just doesn't move very fast.

Doubling Season is obviously the best card to have out before I play a planeswalker, especially because 8 out of 12 of them can use their ultimate right off the bat if they aren't countered or hit with some damage.

Cards like Inexorable Tide, Contagion Engine, and Tezzeret's Gambit help Atraxa get more and more counters onto the field which is essentially the entire strategy of this deck.

Kalonian Hydra doubles all of my +1/+1 counters every time it attacks and card:Deeplglow Skate doubles all of my counters that are on my permanents when it enters the battlefield. Most of the creatures in this deck either make their own +1/+1 counters or give them away to other creatures so it's pretty uncommon for my creatures not to have a couple of +1/+1 counters on them. Also, if Corpsejack Menace and/or Winding Constrictor are on the field, that only further increases the number of +1/+1 counters on my creatures as well as myself and my artifacts.

If I ever manage to get Doubling Season out with enough mana left over, Tamiyo, Field Researcher + Tamiyo, the Moon Sage create a crazy set up for a bunch of infinite combos and with any of my instants, specifically Cyclonic Rift, paired up with Inexorable Tide create unlimited proliferation. (EDIT: I just reread Cyclonic Rift and I can only target permanents I don't control. Whoops.)

That's pretty much it for the big game winner combos or synergies. Everything (except for the mana rocks, removal, and a few other cards) try to work together to make a bunch of counters to overwhelm (or just defeat with infect) my opponents. So please look over this deck, help take out any slow cards or unnecessary planeswalkers, and really try to make Atraxa a force to be reckoned with. Thanks!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	R
Key combos	Tamiyo, Field Researcher + Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.50
Tokens	Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Emblem Dovin Baan, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Emblem Narset Transcendent, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W