A Touch Of Death by dapturner

Format: Commander

Commander: The Serpent Society

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Golgari deck uses cheap deathtouch creatures and poison mechanics to control the board and win through combat attrition. Led by The Serpent Society, the strategy establishes a defensive wall of 1-mana and 2-mana deathtouchers like Fang of Shigeki, Moss Viper, and Sedge Scorpion. These creatures turn bite and fight spells into efficient creature removal. When your deathtouch creatures die, the commander forces every opponent to sacrifice a nontoken creature, stripping opposing boards while breaking parity. The deck closes games around Turn 6 to Turn 9 by deploying mass-threat payoffs such as March of the World Ooze, Noxious Assault, or Aveline de Grandpré, converting small utility snakes into lethal combat threats. While vulnerable to board sweepers and lacking stack countermagic, its commander ward and efficient removal provide a resilient mid-game engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurous Impulse
  • 1 Ambush Viper
  • 1 Atomize
  • 1 Aveline de Grandpré
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Call Damage Control
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Charge Through
  • 1 Cliffhaven Kitesail
  • 1 Close Encounter
  • 1 Courage in Crisis
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Deathbloom Gardener
  • 1 Dragon Sniper
  • 1 Dreaded Bat-Cloud
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fang of Shigeki
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Foul Orchard
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Golgari Locket
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Goliath Hatchery
  • 1 Grim Contest
  • 1 Hard-Hitting Question
  • 1 Hidden Necropolis
  • 1 Hidden Nursery
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Infectious Bite
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 March of the World Ooze
  • 1 Master's Rebuke
  • 1 Memorial to Unity
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Moss Viper
  • 1 Naturalize
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Noxious Assault
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Pathway Arrows
  • 1 Pharika's Chosen
  • 1 Phyrexian Atlas
  • 1 Pick Your Poison
  • 1 Poison Dart Frog
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rabid Bite
  • 1 Reclaim
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rhonas's Monument
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Root Snare
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Sedge Scorpion
  • 1 Serpent Specialist
  • 1 Skullwinder
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Squirrelanoids
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 The Serpent Society
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Titan's Grave
  • 1 Tower Winder
  • 1 Toxin Analysis
  • 1 Turn the Earth
  • 1 Tyrranax Atrocity
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Venomous Brutalizer
  • 1 Virulent Emissary