Hapatra, Vizier of -1, -1's by Jon6

Format: Commander

Commander: Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This Golgari deck is an optimized -1/-1 counters combo and aristocrats strategy commanded by Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons. The deck accelerates early using 1-drop mana dorks to deploy Hapatra on Turn 2, followed immediately by potent counter-placement engines like Blowfly Infestation, Generous Patron, or Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. Distributing -1/-1 counters generates a continuous swarm of 1/1 deathtouch Snake tokens, which stall opponent attacks, fuel massive card draw through Skullclamp, and trigger aristocrat drain effects. The primary win condition is an infinite loop between Hapatra and Blowfly Infestation alongside a drain outlet like Blood Artist or The Meathook Massacre, killing all opponents simultaneously. Secondary win paths include the Ivy Lane Denizen and Scurry Oak infinite token combo, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician board dominance, and wide combat overrun with Fynn, the Fangbearer or Seshiro the Anointed. Strong interaction and protection spells keep the engine resilient against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Banewhip Punisher
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Blowfly Infestation
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Carnifex Demon
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contagion Clasp
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Driven // Despair
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fiend Artisan
  • 1 Flourishing Defenses
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Generous Patron
  • 1 God-Eternal Bontu
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Grasping Dunes
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Affliction
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
  • 1 Harbinger of Night
  • 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ifnir Deadlands
  • 1 Incremental Blight
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Necroskitter
  • 1 Nest of Scarabs
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Persistent Constrictor
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Seshiro the Anointed
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Soul Snuffers
  • 1 Spitting Dilophosaurus
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Time of Need
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Wickerbough Elder
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Young Wolf
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat