Hapatra Vizier Of Poisons Commander Deck Tech 

I wanted to clarify something here. I was explaining to a friend how great pump effects like Craterhoof Behemoth and Triumph of the Hordes were. I said that in the video but I didn't explain why they are even better in this deck -- deathtouch snakes. When assigning damage to creatures you only have to assign lethal damage before you can begin trampling over onto the player. A creature with deathtouch can start trampling over after assigning one point of damage. This makes blocking your pumped deathtouching snakes really difficult. Thanks for letting me explain a little more.

Great deck as usual, but I was just thinking, you should do a live stream of you building a deck from scratch and planning it all out so that we could see your thought process. Just an idea, but that would be cool.

Hapatra was the Very first commander deck i built myself around 3 years ago. Had it for a little while Before disassembeling it, like 5-6months, and now i'm starting trading back into the deck. I loved the deck back then, and now that i've become a way Better deck builder and player, and have kind of figured out what kind of player i am, I'm ready and excited to get back to my first true edh love! 😊 your channel is usually my first stop while scrolling around edhrec when i need inspirration for a New deck, so thanks a lot for the amazing vids, DJ 😁👍 I feel like the deck has gotten so many damn cool tools since i played it last, a Lot of synergy that wasn't really meant for it. I will be putting in the small infect package, didnt really have that in my first deck, except for plauge myr. That little dude did so much work, helping me with my mana and people were afraid of him! He usually made me 3+ Mana a game before turning into a Snake, and kept people from attacking me bc of that Beautiful liitle word; "infect". So in my next edition i will put in a small but usefull package. The card must either have a reason to be in the deck besides infect, like tapping for mana, card draw, destroying artifact/enchantment ect, or be a reuseable effect like grafted exoskeleton, glistening oil, or simply just a wincon like triumph of the horde or schytherix 😁 Also, i will be including a significant planeswalker package to help me control and stay in the game, along with the -1/-1 counter + prolifirate strat. All of this works together and takes a Lot of card slots, so the deck will also have the "restriction" of having to play as few "good stuff cards" as possible, and make it as on-theme as possible 😁 Cant wait to put hapatra back in the commandzone again! 😁👍

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Nest of scarabs makes 1/1 black insects per -1/-1 counter. Those creatures then get wither... deadly. I've only been using the scarabs as mana dorks with cryptolith rite. Thanks man the deck tech helps

I've watched almost every video on RU-vid about Hapatra. I freaking love this card. Wither/Persist is amazing. I love it and I"m glad to see it return. Great video. Love this set!

Why dont you mention Skullclamp for carddraw? Clamp a snake and get two cards. Better than most carddraw spells for this deck.

Any deck that has a lot of deathtouch in it can benefit greatly from the inclusion of Thornbite Staff. It turns your sneks into machine guns! :D It's one of my favorite "boardwipes", just after Vish Kal + Horobi, Death's Wail. PS: also fun in Atraxa

This will be the first commander deck i build. I started playing magic in Amonkhet and fell in love with Hapatra. Never made her work in standard but i think she can find a home here. Thanks for this Jumbo Commander!

If hapatra made green+black snakes she would be literally insane! She's still awesome, but imagine the savra synergy she could have had

Honestly, Hapatra might be my new favorite commander! When I saw Hapatra I knew that I wanted to build a Hapatra deck. The deck looks so fun, and like you said there are many different directions that you can have the deck go in! I love commanders like that!

ooo, nice deck! I didn't realise how gory the art on nest of scarabs was until now lol

I play a game where I build an EDH deck around the first commander I pull from any set.

I have to say that I'm glad you and I have some interesting disagreements on whether certain cards or not fit.

I would like to point out a synergy that benefits your deck. If a board wipe hits a bunch of your snakes and you have hapatra on the board as well as cauldron of souls, you can give your snakes persist and though they will die, you will generate a bunch of -1/-1 counters and even more snakes

man jumbo you made me want too make this deck even more!! everything you showed is everything i've been looking at for the deck and it just seems like a amazing deck!

First time watcher. Love Hapatra as a commander. Loved the video and your list. Really pushed me to make a few changes to my own list to move it towards control a little more. Thanks alot of the inspiration.

I love this deck. Almost every video you post makes me want to build that deck.

Quillspike + Devoted Druid + Hapatra = Infinite snakes and an infinite/infinite Quillspike

I'm actually building a commander deck that's Jund but focuses on Hipatra and the Scorpion God, thanks to this as a great template

I really like the legends from this set, can't wait to see some cool commander decks!

Another great video. You really have the best deck tech vids in the game.

This is really a good hapatra deck, talking about -1/-1 counters, infect and wither PLUS adding that beautiful blight dragon it sa gooda like pasta linguini

excellent deck tech i was thinking of using this commander for my nephew great job

If there's one card that's woefully underplayed in Hapatra decks, it's Rishkar, Peema Renegade. His second line of text turns any creature you have with a -1/-1 counter on it into a mana dork.

I didn't see anyone commenting the infinite death triggers with blowfly infestation.

This is an awesome commander. I just hope I don't go up against any infect variants of it. Proliferate would be super cool though.

Yagmoth and Flynn the fangbearer your welcome lol😅

Decimator Beetle should be in here too, it's a semi beater that makes a -1/-1 counter everytime it attacks, and removes counters off your guy

To sinergize with Archfiend of Ifnir I would play the cycling lands and a life from the loam, which is also a card advantage engine in on itself. Also don't forget skull clamp to trade sneks for two cards.

The idea I had would be to add Kamahl, Fist of Krosa. He's pricey but he offers you repeatable land destruction and Overrun to finish things off.

I think Temmet as an azorius TOKEN commander is way more interesting! :D Making token copies of creatures, populating them and making one unblockable sounds super fun and fresh in UW. Additionaly there are fun shenanigans with with Batterskull (the Germ token becomes unblockable) and if you go full crazy, have a Dark Depths/Thespian Stage package. So much room for brews! But still nice deck-tech, as always =)

If you wanted black snake tokens, just put in darkest hour, also cauldron of souls is hilarious in this deck with a sac outlet

I homebrewed a Hapatra deck, and was searching for inspiration and ideas to blend into it. I am so glad to see others are seeing that others are going for it. Also thanks for the infect,/proliferate tips. Also you did not mention Nest of Scarabs until about 15:00 minutes in dude... I would have mentioned that much earlier, especially since this deck literally feeds of creating 1/1 creatures. Scarabs don't have deathtouch, but great blockers or for picking off someone who is also building myrs, or flying locusts from Locust God, just to push them into blocking to avoid damage en masse. I was gonna mention Nest Of Scarabs to you if you didnt include it. But man when it comes out, my friends start panicking especially because it runs slightly better than Hapatra's effect. The big difference is Hapatra makes A 1/1 SNAKE every time you put 1 -1/-1 COUNTER OR MORE ON A CREATURE. You do get more IF it was put on MORE THAN ONE CREATURE, but you could put 3 -1/-1 counters on a single creature and only get 1 snake. However, Nest of Scarabs makes a Scarab for EVERY -1/-1 COUNTER YOU PLACE ON A CREATURE AND EVERY CREATURE. So even if there was just one opponent or one creature that you somehow gave 2, 3, or 5 -1/-1 counters..... you would get a scarab for every freaking single -1/-1 counter you just placed on it. builds much faster than Hapatra but still supports her too.

Hey Jumbo! Loved this vid seeming that I also play Hapatra! Here are a few cards that I think you should look at that I did not see in your vid. Sorry if others have already suggested these: Vhati il-Dal Power Conduit Thornbite Staff Hex Parasite Sudden Spoiling ...These are just a few that I feel help the control aspect of this deck! Hope you find this useful! Thanks doe the great content!

the second I saw this card I knew I had to build the deck

There is a infinite mana combo with channeler initiate and devoted druid in graveyard, and necrotic ooze in battlefield.

It seems this should all be part of Atraxa. Of course, there are shortcomings like hapatra not going to a command zone, but there’s recursion for that.

brilliant, was hoping you'd do hapatra!

Don't forget about Orc Sureshot.

Hapatra is a great commander! Good tech

hello jumbo commander I think other people have said this before but if you have a darkest hour in play all creatures become black. so it can make the snake tokens into deathtouch wither

Darkest Hour would solve the nonblack creature problem. I'm hoping we get a Jund commander soon that would work well with Hapatra, I want one to use her with Soul-Scar Mage.

I building this, as a mixture of sneks matter and -1/-1 counter synergies. One thing im supprised you missed on this was all of the Scarecrows from Shadowmoore and Eventide that gain wither or already have wither along with Blightsickle that is wither on a stick allowing you to run sneks alongside for better synergies. maybe im looking to far into but i think its a fine idea to keep the sneks rolling out.

You forgot about Zuluport cutthroat and blood artist! Both use the infinite snake death with blowfly infestation and Hapatra to kill all your opponents

isn't soul snuffers be a very good card in the deck, because hapatra's second ability will trigger even if your snakes die, because the snake will get a counter, and as soon as the counter is on the snake hapaatra's ability triggers , so your 1/1 snake will just spawn a new snake with hapatra on the battlefield, so you wont even lose any snakes. If i misunderstood the ability please tell me

tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hepatra-deck-tech/ Here is a list of Hapatra deck tech and synergy cards :)

There aren't any sultai snake commanders, but there is a Legendary Naga Wizard!

Surely adding in a darkest hour so that you can combo your snakes with Corrosive Mentor would be worth it? Plus turning all your green creatures into black ones too.

If you have Hapatra + Blood Artist + Blowfly Infestation out and you kill a creature with a -1-1 counter would that be an infinite combo kill? Since placing the -1-1 counter on a 1/1 you get a snake the 1/1 dies, you move the -1-1 to the snake, get another snake, 1st snake dies move -1-1 to 2nd snake and you repeat while Blood artist drains?

great deck tech, you got my sub sir!

Jumbo, the link to your tapped out deck list doesn't work.

blowfly infestation with hapatra and it that betrays along with butcher of malakir you can take over an entire opponents field

you could play darkest hour for corrosive mentor

You keep worrying about losing the sneks, but if you put a neg one neg one counter on it you've effectively just given a snake summoning sickness again, considering you'll just be immediately replacing it

Are you sure Carnifex demon triggers Hapatra when he enters? I don't think it would being that the demon enters WITH the counters, but i could be wrong.

As always, love your deck techs. I tried a build around discard hoping to use Archfiend of Ifnir, but I found the payoff cards like mergin, etc. don't have a big enough effect to warrent a build around. I also don't think you really need +1/+1 effects that much. I see you're a big fan of proliferate. I guess this decks naturally starts leaning to infect. I like that as an alternate wincon.

By playing falkenrath noble or zulaport cutthroat, you can have an infinite combo to kill everyone with blowfly infestation and hapatra.

if you were to kill a snake token with a -1/-1 counter, doesn't that produce a new snake?

lol sir your the best whenever I want to build a commander you come in do a deck tech for them lol tho I'm planning go more infectious. Can do marath when you get the chance I'd like you take on him

The deck needs Melira, Slyvok Outcast. Then you can run all those -1/-1 counter cards.

I see you discussing some cards that put -1/-1 counters on your creatures too. Would Melira be a good creature to put in your deck then? Yup, just saw her in the video. Get some tutors in there and we're good to go to find her

Something I've noticed about a lot of deck techs that have to do with token generation they always mention Cryptolithic Rite, but never Springleaf Drum. Why is that?

my favorite way to finish the game with hapatra is converting my 1/1 snakes, elves or insects into 6/6 essence of the wilds! hahahaha

What about Yawgmoth, Thran Physician?

It would feel weird to not include Pharika, God of Afflictions in this deck, even though she doesn't really have much synergy. But come on ;) Also, Gorgon subtheme! Pernicious Deed also feels very on-theme, even though it will always kill your tokens :(.

As a snake tribal which is better? Hapatra or Kaseto? Just curious cause they both seem a lot of fun. Im not much of a green player but this deck and kaseto kinda speaks to me

I mean you have the Naga, which are snake people and they are Sultai, and also you have the God that makes sneks

I'm not sure if i want a hapatra deck, but some suggestions, especially the ones about infect and proliferate seems really good for a Mazirek deck that i'm thinking about.

hmm i really like this, however it's sad that we can't include either kulrath knight, moselhoarder or scarscale ritual

Snakes. It had to be snakes.

I dont think persist and hapatra would work because persist they cime back with the counters. The dont get put on necessarily.

dont really need cycling when I plag EDH as one of my enemies plays red and black, always makes you discard cards. He normally plays cards that let him discard and draw xxxx more. He also plays Locust god and trys to draw cards to max out locusts. So my Archfiend of Ifnir makes him hesitate on that, or gives me more time to try mass removal, or get rid of his Locust god

Love the deck! You should check out Samut, Voice of Dissent next!

You could run darkest hour for Corrosive mentor

What about that Enchantment that allows your creatures to tap for a mana

My one complaint about this deck tech is that you don't touch on the various combos inherent in the deck. With Hapatra,Nest of Scarabs, or Flourishing Defenses, and Blowfly Infestation you have an engine that can infinitely create a creature, kill a creature, and put a -1/-1 counter on a creature. Throw a Butcher of Malakir in there and you can force your opponents to sacrifice all their creatures. Newer cards like Obelisk Spider or Poison-Tip Archer outright win you the game. You're also running Mikaeus and proliferate, so why not bring his friend Triskelion?And you didn't even mention that Devoted Druid and Quillspike go infinite. Add Hapatra to those two for infinite snakes as well.

tapped out link isn't working my dude.

what about parallel lives to double all of your sneks, I was surprised to not see it in the deck list?

Why does no one talk about the infinite combo with hapatra and blowfly?

Can you make a commander deck for neheb the worthy please :)

I'm confused how Cauldron of Souls is good in deck where most things will already have -1/-1 counters on them at death...

So, how about Thief of Blood as a finisher?

Black Sun's zentih would equal one snake, right? Hapatra reads" one or more" so you wouldnt get a snake for every counter?? Im liking the deck. I opened a Hapatra at pre-release and I immediately started thinking about brewing a commander deck. Thanks man.

I love this deck!

You sir just event a sub haha.Great video.

archfiend of ifnir is wheel insurance

is it possible for you to make a kefnet deck? I'd really love to see what you do with it.

would vizier of the menagerie be a bad include in this deck?

play corrosive mentor with the encgantment that makes all creatures you control black :)

*Best combo I had was Harbinger of Night: Steely Resolve: Crumbling Ashes. Once you have those cards, just put Hapatra in play and win the game... obviously you want some "destroy enchantments" in there to take care of any hexproof or other shroud resources your opponents might have... basically win-win.*

as for Sultai colors....why not play Damia, sage of stone? Gorgons are technically part snakes

So sad that you only get one snake per trigger. She would be amazing if she triggered multiple times for each counter placed.

this deck needs Sadistic Glee

yo the wallpaper?????!

maybe you should try Heartmender

Skull clamp + Blood Artist and friends 💩

subsrcibed!

Snek tribal

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