Mithridatism

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Counters

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-1/-1 Counters (16)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Channeler Initiate
• 1x Decimator Beetle
• 1x Fevered Convulsions
• 1x Flourishing Defenses
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Liliana, Death Wielder
• 1x Liliana's Influence
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Quillspike
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Tutor and Card Draw (8)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Skullclamp

Removal (12)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Setessan Tactics
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Wave of Vitriol
• 1x Wickerbough Elder

Ramp (9)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Reanimation (6)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

Land (40)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 15x Forest
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 18x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady

Win Con (8)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

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Sideboard

Other (15)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Creeping Corrosion
• 1x Defiant Greatmaw
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Driven / Despair
• 1x Dusk Urchins
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Seshiro the Anointed
• 1x Shambling Swarm

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Much credit for the revamp of this deck goes to this awesome primer about how to not burn out after turn 5.

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Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons teaches us that consuming small amounts of poison can actually make us stronger. It's called mithridatism.

Sound familiar?

This guy knows what I'm talking about.

I've played this a dozen times and I really enjoy bringing out Hapatra early to get some easy attacks in and start the snake army. However, she will be targeted. You will lose your initial army. That's okay. The worst is yet to come! I only kept the best -1/-1 counter producers so I don't top-deck junk. I also added in more ramp.

Only once was I able to pull off an Overwhelming Stampede . Those little snakes are more useful in other ways: clamp 'em with Skullclamp ; throw 'em with Ulvenwald Tracker ; sacrifice to Hell's Caretaker or Attrition ; mana dorkify via Cryptolith Rite .

The real wombo-combo is with Blowfly Infestation .

Do anything that lets you put a -1/-1 counter on a creature, chose one of your snakes, and generate a new snake with Hapatra. The first snake dies, you put the counter on the second snake, and go . Blood Artist , Falkenrath Noble or Zulaport Cutthroat make that an instant win. Tutor should pretty much only be used to assemble your combo pieces.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 32 - 10 Rares 22 - 3 Uncommons 10 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.68
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Elf Druid 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Experience Token, Insect 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Worm 1/1 BG