Wit, wither wilt?

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Counters Theme/Gimmick Tokens

Kamiserat

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Trigon of Corruption
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Death Wielder

Creature (22)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Core Prowler
• 1x Corrosive Mentor
• 1x Dusk Urchins
• 1x Fang Skulkin
• 1x Festering Mummy
• 1x Grief Tyrant
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Kulrath Knight
• 1x Lockjaw Snapper
• 1x Merciless Javelineer
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Ruthless Sniper
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Soul-Scar Mage
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Stigma Lasher
• 1x Thief of Blood
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (10)

• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Puncture Blast
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Splendid Agony
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Torment of Venom
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Volt Charge

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Consuming Fervor
• 1x Crumbling Ashes
• 1x Everlasting Torment
• 1x Fevered Convulsions
• 1x Fists of the Demigod
• 1x Glistening Oil
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Torture

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Incremental Blight
• 1x Liliana's Influence
• 1x Profane Command

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Sorcery (2)

• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Spread the Sickness

Creature (1)

• 1x Hateflayer

Artifact (1)

• 1x Rakdos Signet

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In keeping with the theme of The Scorpion God , this deck is all about the -1/-1 counters. In particular through wither and activated abilities to place counters. This deck idea is heavy black with a splash of red. I based the deck first on suggestions from EDHREC and then pruned it down before making some personal changes.

This is still very much a work in progress. It looks like it should work but I feel like it needs to be tightened up better. Part of me also really wanted to find space for Desert of the Fervent and Desert of the Glorified but two more single colored taplands just because I want more cycling doesn't seem to be a smart idea. Grasping Dunes runs into the problem of being better if I could field more and, similarly, Ifnir Deadlands wouldn't work to full effect in an EDH/Commander format due to the minimal Desert lands that could be run here.

I apologize for the bad, punny Shakespeare deck name. Couldn't think of anything better.

Notable combos:

• Archfiend of Ifnir + Nest of Scarabs and any Cycling cards or Demonic Collusion
• Grim Poppet + Torture or Carnifex Demon + Torture and Nest of Scarabs . Glistening Oil and Consuming Fervor also works in place of Torture .
• Crumbling Ashes + Necroskitter
• Blowfly Infestation + Crumbling Ashes
• Kulrath Knight + Midnight Banshee to lock down blockers/attackers
• Stigma Lasher + Whispersilk Cloak or Rogue's Passage + Stigma Lasher to slow/stop those pesky life gain decks (e.g. Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim ). Also Everlasting Torment .
• Liliana, Death Wielder + Necroskitter
• Crumbling Ashes + Necroskitter

Win cons:

• Thief of Blood + Whispersilk Cloak
• Cabal Coffers + Exsanguinate
• Token swarm and Ashnod's Altar + Exsanguinate
• Board control from -1/-1 counters via wither plus proliferate
• Potential token swarm from Nest of Scarabs and all the -1/-1 counters.

Removal:

• Dreadbore
• Profane Command
• Hero's Downfall
• Tragic Slip
• Blasphemous Act for boardwipe

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WUG
Splash colors	R
Key combos	Ashnod's Altar + Exsanguinate Archfiend of Ifnir + Nest of Scarabs Grim Poppet + Torture Carnifex Demon + Torture Crumbling Ashes + Necroskitter Blowfly Infestation + Crumbling Ashes Stigma Lasher + Whispersilk Cloak Rogue's Passage + Stigma Lasher Kulrath Knight + Midnight Banshee Cabal Coffers + Exsanguinate Liliana, Death Wielder + Necroskitter Thief of Blood + Whispersilk Cloak
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	Insect 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Fun Decks