Hapatra'sNest

Standard BG (Golgari) Budget

tobiwan

Creature (21)

• 2x Crocodile of the Crossing
• 3x Doomed Dissenter
• 4x Exemplar of Strength
• 2x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 3x Plague Belcher
• 4x Sanitarium Skeleton
• 3x Soulstinger

Land (23)

• 2x Aether Hub
• 8x Forest
• 4x Foul Orchard
• 9x Swamp

Instant (4)

• 2x Grasp of Darkness
• 2x Splendid Agony

Enchantment (10)

• 4x Cartouche of Ambition
• 3x Nest of Scarabs
• 3x Trial of Ambition

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Ever After

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 3x Appetite for the Unnatural
• 3x Fatal Push
• 1x Murder
• 1x Splendid Agony

Creature (2)

• 2x Manglehorn

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Ruinous Path

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A VERY cheap deck I've been playing on mtgo recently maximising synergy with -1/-1 counters. It's been quite successsful.

Sanitarium Skeleton, Dissenter are for placing -1/-1's on. Also with Nest out, putting 3 counters from a 2-drop 4/4 Exemplar on an insect gets you 3 more insects! Exemplar can remove additional counters that are placed on it if you want a 5/4 Belcher.

Exemplar (...or Channeler Initiate) and Soulstinger are optional -1/-1 holders or big bodies. Exemplar can remove them, Soulstinger can use them to kill stuff when it dies.

Hapatra + Nest provide value for putting all those -1/-1 counters on things. These two out together for a few turns is going to put you in a very nice position.

Pros - It kills a lot of gods and Avacyn. Cons - It can get bogged down and outmatched power/toughness-wise quite often. Bad vs big Flyers.

Suggestions welcome!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Rares 18 - 5 Uncommons 18 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.70
Tokens	Energy Reserve, Insect 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Zombie 2/2 B