Serpent Society by TnTarty

Format: Commander

Commander: The Serpent Society

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This Golgari deck uses The Serpent Society to turn cheap deathtouch creatures into an oppressive combat and attrition engine. In the early turns, it deploys efficient deathtouch threats and mana dorks before casting its commander on Turn 3. Once assembled, any creature trade forces each opponent to sacrifice a nontoken creature, heavily disincentivizing blocks and clearing the way for your attackers. The deck converts combat connections into card draw via Black Widow, Deadly Hunter and Ohran Frostfang, or lethal poison counters via Fynn, the Fangbearer and proliferate effects. Opponents face a difficult dilemma: blocking destroys their creatures and triggers edicts, while targeting the commander inflicts five poison counters from its ward ability. The deck sustains pressure through flexible removal like Assassin's Trophy and Toxic Deluge, eventually closing the game on Turn 8 through wide attacks, poison accumulation, and multi-opponent lifedrain.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Ambush Viper
  • 1 Ankle Biter
  • 1 Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Aveline de Grandpré
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bilious Skulldweller
  • 1 Black Widow, Deadly Hunter
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Allure
  • 1 Deadly Recluse
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Dragon Sniper
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hooded Blightfang
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Infectious Bite
  • 1 Infectious Inquiry
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Noxious Newt
  • 1 Oakhame Adversary
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyresis Outbreak
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Questing Beast
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Smell Fear
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 The Serpent Society
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tower Winder
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unnatural Restoration
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Vraska's Fall
  • 1 Vraska, the Silencer
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth