Nest of Scarabs

Casual

Warhammer39999

Creature (26)

• 4x Devoted Druid
• 3x Dusk Urchins
• 3x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 2x Necropede
• 3x Oona's Gatewarden
• 3x Plague Myr
• 4x Quillspike
• 2x Twinblade Slasher
• 2x Wickerbough Elder

Land (22)

• 8x Forest
• 11x Swamp
• 3x Tainted Wood

Artifact (1)

• 1x Contagion Clasp

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Black Sun's Zenith

Enchantment (8)

• 3x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Flourishing Defenses
• 4x Nest of Scarabs

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Kulrath Knight
• 1x Necroskitter

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Blight Mamba
• 1x Chainbreaker
• 1x Fume Spitter
• 1x Glistener Elf
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Rendclaw Trow
• 1x Rot Wolf
• 1x Sickle Ripper

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Crumbling Ashes
• 1x Everlasting Torment
• 1x Fevered Convulsions
• 1x Glistening Oil

Artifact (1)

• 1x Serrated Arrows

Instant (2)

• 1x Cauldron Haze
• 1x Fate Transfer

Land (1)

• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Search for Tomorrow

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I'm considering adding Plague Belcher (not yet available on tapped out at the time of this suggestion).

Based upon the design here:https://www.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/bb174

Overview:

This is a deck that I've revised with the release of Amonkhet and two very tasty cards: Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons & Nest of Scarabs.

• Oona's Gatewarden, Twinblade Slasher, Necropede - These cards were included because earlier renditions of the deck were very top-heavy on the mana curve. As a result, the deck performed poorly in the early game and often died before it had a chance to do anything. This is merely some form of early game defense, plus giving me the ability to distribute some -1/-1 counters.

• Devoted Druid & Plague Myr - These may serve the purpose of early blocker (especially since one has infect), though these are really included as mana accelerators and potential combo pieces.

• Blowfly Infestation, Nest of Scarabs, Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons, & Flourishing Defenses - These are token generators that help the deck go wide (potentially infinite). Flourishing defenses is a remnant from the older version of the deck, and--in all likelihood--it would perform better without it. I like to leave some of these cards in--in homage to what it used to be.

• Black Sun's Zenith - This does a lot of heavy lifting for the deck. It can clear out blockers, and even kill my own creatures (most of which triggers the token creators, re-establishing my board). When I get a Quillspike + Devoted Druid, they can effectively make both infinite mana and infinite power/toughness, so I can also use this to clear the board of blockers before I attack.

Card Draw and Enchantment/Artifact Removal:

As the decks I make are casual and do not have sideboards, any deck tries to conform to two stipulations: it must be able to deal with artifacts/enchantments (preferably at least two cards) and it should also have some element of card draw. Both of these features should attempt to stay on theme whenever possible.

• Dusk Urchins - This particular card fulfills the card draw component. It stays on theme because it gives me a blocker, plus it also gives me a way that I can force a -1/-1 counter to be placed, thereby triggering the effects of Hapatra, Flourishing Defenses, or Nest of Scarabs.

• Wickerbough Elder As above, but this fulfills the enchantment/artifact component. Included because of it's use of -1/-1 counters.

Win Conditions:

Win conditions generally consist of going wide (potentially infinite) with one or more of the combos:

• Quillspike + Devoted Druid - Makes for an infinitely large beast, but it doesn't have trample or evasion, so you'll first need to clear some sort of path. Most likely this involves -1/-1 counters

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Date added	11 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	U
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Rares 27 - 1 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.42
Tokens	Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch
Folders	saved decks