Hapatra, Vizier of Combos

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Casual Combo Counters Infinite Combo Multiplayer

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Creature (28)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Cinderhaze Wretch
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Dusk Urchins
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Serrated Biskelion
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Wickerbough Elder
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (4)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk Relentless  ^Flip
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Land (35)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Crumbling Ashes
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Flourishing Defenses
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Creature (1)

• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

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A bit about the Vizier of Combos

Hapatra is an extremely interesting, unique, and strong commander. This is because she's cheap so that she comes out very quickly and easily, she has high board impact with creating many creatures with deathtouch while withering (see what I did there?) your opponent's creatures, and has high combo potential because of the synergy between her two abilities. On top of that, she's arguably in two of the three colors that are often regarded as the strongest EDH colors (Blue, Black, and Green).

So why would you play Hapatra?

• Your meta is creature-heavy
• You like fast decks
• You like smashing people for obscene amounts of damage
• You like c-c-c-COMBOS

Let's talk about her ability

"Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token with deathtouch."

So putting a ton of -1/-1 counters on one creature at the same time doesn't do much, but putting -1/-1 counters on several different creatures at once does a lot. Obviously, the deck is going to need a lot of things that give -1/-1 counters or receive -1/-1 counters, with ones that affect the whole board doing even more work.

Now, I've seen a lot of people go through the route of either Infect or Wither, and although the Infect route is good and all, it's not what I want to do. Meanwhile, going with Wither just seems to gimmicky for me, as I don't want to depend on combat phase to do everything. Also, I personally don't want to go with the cards that put a -1/-1 counter on every creature during my upkeep, because there are a few creatures in my deck that I don't want to receive -1/-1 counters.

So what did I do? I'm going for a control-based route that's pushing for a strong board presence while and applying an adequate amount of pressure before bursting the opponent down, whether it be through an infinite combo or an overwhelming amount of damage.

The Key Combos

Infinite

• (Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Flourishing Defenses) + Devoted Druid + (Ivy Lane Denizen or (Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + (Swiftfoot Boots or Lightning Greaves)))= Infinite Mana + Infinite Deathtouch Snakes
• (Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Flourishing Defenses) + Cinderhaze Wretch + (Ivy Lane Denizen or (Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + (Swiftfoot Boots or Lightning Greaves))) = Infinitely Discard Opponents (during your turn) + Infinite Deathtouch Snakes
• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Woodfall Primus + Ashnod's Altar = Destroy all noncreature permanents + Infinite Mana
• (Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Flourishing Defenses or Nest of Scarabs) + Grim Poppet + Sculpting Steel = Infinite Tokens
• (Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Flourishing Defenses or Nest of Scarabs) + Blowfly Infestation = Infinite tokens entering and dying. NOTE: This needs to be used in conjunction with something else such as Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, or just another one of the cards listed above.
• Nim Deathmantle + Woodfall Primus + Ashnod's Altar + (Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Flourishing Defenses or Nest of Scarabs = Destroy all noncreature permanents you want. Multiples of the token generators also allow for infinite mana + infinite tokens

Non-infinite

• Kamahl, Fist of Krosa + Anything that gives -1/-1 counters = Land Destruction. Add Necroskitter to start stealing those lands!
• Ulvenwald Tracker + Hapatra's Deathtouch Snakes = Creature Removal
• Trample + Deathtouch: The creature only needs to deal 1 damage to the defender and can trample through with the rest. So, Snakes + Craterhoof Behemoth or Kamahl, Fist of Krosa is a really good finisher.
• Mimic Vat + (Sidisi, Undead Vizier or Regal Force) = Card Advantage
• Sculpting Steel + (Mimic Vat or Birthing Pod) = Tons of value really fast
• Sculpting Steel + (Contagion Engine or Contagion Clasp) = Proliferate twice as fast

Important Notes

Although there are many infinite combos in this deck, this is not a deck where you necessarily want to hold onto all of the pieces (Unless there's just no point in playing them). Many of the cards that are part of the combos have a lot of other synergies that do not need to go infinite but instead can generate a lot of value.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Human 2/2 G, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Insect 1/1 B, Plant 0/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Wolf 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G
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