-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 by Jon6

Format: Commander

Commander: Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 74

Deck overview

This Golgari deck is a competitive combo build designed around Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. The primary strategy rapidly accelerates mana on Turns 1 and 2 to deploy Hapatra and tutor for Yawgmoth, achieving an operational board state by Turn 3. Once Yawgmoth enters, sacrificing a creature places a -1/-1 counter on any target, triggering Hapatra to create a deathtouch Snake token while drawing a card. This loop clears opposing creatures and draws through the deck to assemble fast mana and life-drain outlets like Zulaport Cutthroat, eliminating all three opponents in the same turn without allowing a response cycle. Supported by premier card advantage engines like Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, and The One Ring, and protected by Veil of Summer and Dosan the Falling Leaf, the list also features strong backup combo lines using Warren Soultrader, Chatterfang, Squirrel General, and Finale of Devastation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bristlebane Battler
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dosan the Falling Leaf
  • 1 Earthcraft
  • 1 Ecological Appreciation
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
  • 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
  • 1 Host of the Hereafter
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mortician Beetle
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Ravenous Squirrel
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Savage Summoning
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Young Wolf
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat