Spreading the sickness

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BG (Golgari) Counters Infect Sacrifice Tokens

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Creature (33)

• 1x Ammit Eternal
• 1x Banewhip Punisher
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Channeler Initiate
• 1x Core Prowler
• 1x Decimator Beetle
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Dusk Urchins
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Flesh-Eater Imp
• 1x Fynn, the Fangbearer
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Hand of the Praetors
• 1x Hooded Blightfang *f-pre*
• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Noxious Hatchling
• 1x Obelisk Spider
• 1x Phyrexian Hydra
• 1x Phyrexian Swarmlord
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Quillspike
• 1x Rendclaw Trow
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Vhati il-Dal
• 1x Viridian Corrupter
• 1x Wickerbough Elder
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (36)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 12x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grasping Dunes
• 1x Hashep Oasis
• 1x Ifnir Deadlands
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Incremental Blight
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Lethal Sting
• 1x Liliana's Influence
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Smell Fear

Artifact (4)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Skullclamp

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Cartouche of Ambition
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Fevered Convulsions
• 1x Flourishing Defenses
• 1x Glistening Oil
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Song of Freyalise

Instant (6)

• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Splendid Agony
• 1x Torment of Venom

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• Introduction:

The first stage of the illness: rash and nausea

The second stage of the illness: high fever and severe infectiousness

The third stage of the illness: muscle aches and persistent cough

The final stage of the illness: delirium, convulsions, and death

The lasting effects are invariably fatal.

-Phyrexian progress notes

The deck's theme:

• The deck:

This deck is a -1/-1 counters matter deck, with an infect/wither subtheme and a lot of token generation. The deck has several ways of winning, by either poisoning with infect creatures, trampling our way with a gigantic army of tokens, or draining opponents to death with infinite death triggers, involving Blowfly Infestation and our commander.

• Why is Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons the commander?

She offers a cheap and effective way of having a powerful payoff to the negative counters, being that she can make snakes. Additionaly, they have deathtouch, so it makes our blocks incredibly favorable.

• The deck's weaknesses:

Our commander is very important as the primary payoff. We do have some additional support with cards such as Flourishing Defenses in case she gets too expensive to be casted, but having her on the battlefield is still important for us. Boardwipes do set us back a lot, however our aristocrats subtheme makes it painful to boardwipe. We also have to be extremely careful with cards like Soul Snuffers as we might kill our own commander by accident.

• The deck's strenghts:

We are very proefficient at killing large groups of small tokens. Commanders like Krenko, Mob Boss will have a lot of problems dealing with our deck. We also excel at getting rid of indestructible creatures thanks to the aforementioned negative counters theme. That's why we also have a Revel in Riches "kit": the sheer amount of creatures dying will most likely help on our way to victory.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	23 - 0 Rares 36 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 B, Phyrexian Insect 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Treasure
Folders	MTG Playgroup, DEcks