Hapatron by Kakdarak

Format: Commander

Commander: Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Golgari deck helmed by Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons leverages -1/-1 counter placement to generate swarms of 1/1 deathtouch Snake tokens, converting counter distribution into battlefield control, sustained card draw, and aristocrat drain. The deck accelerates during the early turns with low-cost ramp and deploys Hapatra on Turn 2. By Turn 4, it establishes an operational engine using synergy pieces like Nest of Scarabs, Generous Patron, or Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. Inherent deathtouch synergy turns cheap fight and bite spells like Bite Down and Tail Swipe into efficient spot removal while generating tokens. The deck reaches a critical must-answer state around Turn 6 by overwhelming opponents with a combat swarm fueled by Beastmaster Ascension or triggering aristocrat life-drain loops via Blowfly Infestation, Bastion of Remembrance, and Mirkwood Bats. Opponents face severe creature suppression through The Serpent Society and Necroskitter, though the deck remains vulnerable to board wipes and lacks stack-based countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Bastion of Remembrance
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Beastmaster Ascension
• 1 Bite Down
• 1 Black Sun's Zenith
• 1 Blowfly Infestation
• 1 Bow of Nylea
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Contagion Clasp
• 1 Contagion Engine
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
• 1 Deathcap Glade
• 1 Devoted Druid
• 1 Dig Up
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Festering Mummy
• 1 Flourishing Defenses
• 10 Forest
• 1 Fume Spitter
• 1 Generous Patron
• 1 Golgari Rot Farm
• 1 Grim Affliction
• 1 Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 1 Hissing Quagmire
• 1 Hooded Blightfang
• 1 Hornet Nest
• 1 Hornet Queen
• 1 Incremental Blight
• 1 Infectious Bite
• 1 Jungle Hollow
• 1 Karn's Bastion
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Maelstrom Pulse
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Moldervine Reclamation
• 1 Nadier's Nightblade
• 1 Nature's Claim
• 1 Necroblossom Snarl
• 1 Necroskitter
• 1 Nest of Scarabs
• 1 Nesting Grounds
• 1 Obelisk Spider
• 1 Ophiomancer
• 1 Poison-Tip Archer
• 1 Prizefight
• 1 Quietus Spike
• 1 Ram Through
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Return to Nature
• 1 Rocky Rebuke
• 1 Run Over
• 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1 Serrated Biskelion
• 1 Skinrender
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Snuffers
• 1 Species Specialist
• 1 Splendid Agony
• 10 Swamp
• 1 Tail Swipe
• 1 Tainted Wood
• 1 Tear Asunder
• 1 Temple of Malady
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Serpent Society
• 1 Tragic Slip
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Village Rites
• 1 Virulent Wound
• 1 Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
• 1 Wickerbough Elder
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat