sultai -1/-1 counters

Standard*

Nicponick

Creature (23)

• 3x Ammit Eternal
• 3x Channeler Initiate
• 4x Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
• 4x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 3x Hostage Taker
• 3x Plague Belcher
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 2x The Scarab God

Land (20)

• 4x Aether Hub
• 4x Blooming Marsh
• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 2x Fetid Pools
• 4x Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Swamp

Instant (11)

• 2x Blossoming Defense
• 4x Fatal Push
• 3x Supreme Will
• 2x Vraska's Contempt

Sorcery (6)

• 4x Attune with Aether
• 2x Chart a Course

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Sideboard

Instant (7)

• 3x Essence Extraction
• 2x Essence Scatter
• 2x Negate

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Duress
• 3x Rags / Riches

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana, Death's Majesty

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Walk the Plank

Land (1)

• 1x Field of Ruin

Creature (2)

• 1x Kitesail Freebooter
• 1x Longtusk Cub

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vraska, Relic Seeker

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So i decided to mix two of my favouirite mechanics in standard, -1/-1 counters and stealing/reviving creatures from graveyard. The idea of this deck came from my experience in playing in my local store where 70% of meta are aggro decks like ramunap red, mono black and temur energy which are very painful for my UB midrange deck. I thought that making 1/1 deathtouch tokens can stop the pressure until i play The Scarab God and dominate the game. Also zombies in deck have nice synergy with scarab god. Rags/Riches in sideboard are here for decks based on tokens, I put Duress against some control decks such as Negate.

I'm thinking about putting Kitesail Freebooter instead Channeler Initiate to have more control on opponent's hand and have some flying blockers.

What do you think about this deck. Does it have any chance to compete against popular decks? I appreciate any advices.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 2 Mythic Rares 32 - 3 Rares 15 - 5 Uncommons 4 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.40
Tokens	Copy Clone, Energy Reserve, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Zombie 2/2 B