The Sickness Is Rising

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Counters Infect Ramp

CrimsonChaos

Creature (29)

• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Core Prowler
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Flensermite
• 1x Flux Channeler
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Hand of the Praetors
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Loyal Guardian
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Phyrexian Crusader
• 1x Phyrexian Swarmlord
• 1x Plague Stinger
• 1x Reaper of Sheoldred
• 1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Spinebiter
• 1x The Mimeoplasm
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Spread the Sickness
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Land (36)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 7x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 6x Island
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (8)

• 1x Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Darksteel Reactor
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sultai Banner
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

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Instant (4)

• 1x Disallow
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Scatter to the Winds
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (1)

• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice

Creature (3)

• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Land (1)

• 1x Prismatic Vista

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Death's Presence

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Changing my commander from The Mimeoplasm to the new Volrath, the Shapestealer so I can take advantage of that dastardly transformation ability with all these infect creatures. Proliferate is a mechanic we want to take advantage here, as it is the binding synergy between infect counters and buff/debuff counters. With Proliferate, even one -1/-1 counter or poison counter can begin to overwhelm our opponents as they multiply, and we can rapidly increase the power of our own creatures. Furthermore, you want to be able to multiply counters for Simic Ascendancy and Darksteel Reactor to ensure a win. Revel in Riches also puts pressure on our opponents, making them choose between letting their creatures die and building Treasure tokens towards that wincon or taking the poison counters themselves. If they remain too stubborn to take their poison, Nest of Scarabs punishes them further by helping make our board go wide as their creatures shrink, plus we still get one insect at the start of every combat by default as long as our commander's out and our opponents have creatures. Proliferate makes Nest even more of a nuisance for your opponents. Is this a mean deck? Probably.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.67
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Insect 1/1 B, Phyrexian Insect 1/1 G, Plant 0/1 G, Treasure
Folders	Commander