SNAKES by Veggieover9k

Format: Commander

Commander: Aphelia, Viper Whisperer

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Golgari Snake/Gorgon tribal deck helmed by Aphelia, Viper Whisperer, built around a deathtouch swarm that chips in for incremental damage before Aphelia's activated ability halves life totals. The primary game plan is to deploy a critical mass of cheap deathtouch Snakes, use Seshiro the Anointed and Ohran Frostfang for card advantage, then activate Aphelia's {4}{B} ability to convert combat damage into life-loss halving. The deck layers multiple life-loss multipliers - Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Wound Reflection, Archfiend of Despair - to turn a single hit into a table kill. Secondary win conditions include Torment of Hailfire for X-spell reach and Rottenmouth Viper's blight counters. The deck plays a patient, grindy game that accelerates into a burst finish once the life-loss engine is online.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Ambush Viper
  • 1 Ankle Biter
  • 1 Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Finality
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Caustic Bronco
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fang of Shigeki
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Filth
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Gift of the Viper
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexdrinker
  • 1 Hooded Blightfang
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mausoleum Secrets
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Moss Viper
  • 1 Naga Vitalist
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Ohran Viper
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Persistent Constrictor
  • 1 Pharika's Chosen
  • 1 Prowling Serpopard
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Seshiro the Anointed
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sosuke's Summons
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Tower Winder
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vizier of the Menagerie
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wound Reflection