#Hapatra Vizier of Poisons

[markrosewater]

For the person who asked about a commander for -1/-1 counters, we have 3 different options across red/black green/black and mono black.

Scorpion god, hapatra Vizier of poisons, and the newest massacre girl from mkm.

While I would appreciate a jund commander to allow all 3 to exist in a single deck, I think it's important for wizards to realize that creating commanders in 3+ colors tends to result in homogeneous deck building instead of the creative deck building that comes with the restrictions of fewer colors which is starting to become a bigger and bigger complaint from the commander community where wizards is printing too many "staple" cards that's restricting the creativity of deck building in the format.

FYI

[magicwithclass]

Aboroth is one of the few reserved list cards to have a playable stat line. Creatures were much weaker back in the day and most creatures had a very poor power and toughness to mana cost ratio. A 9/9 for only six mana would be considered gigantic back in the day! The eldrazi have really spoiled us. A big creature, especially in green, does not illicit a strong reaction today but people seeing these back in the day must have been in awe. I just really wish this card had trample as this card is getting chump blocked all day. This card actually encourages your opponent to delay the game as aboroth will get weaker and weaker on every turn. The first time you get to attack with him he will only be an 8/8 then on the next turn a 5/5. He actually loses stats very quickly and in just two turns you are overpaying for this card. The trick is to turn the disadvantageous effect to your advantage. Aboroth puts -1 -1 counters on itself and there are many ways to manipulate or remove counters especially -1 -1 counters. There are cards in amonkhet that want you to remove counters or get stronger when you remove -1 -1 counters. This card offers a continuous way to out counters on your own permanent so that you can remove them. Be careful though. Eventually aboroth will die to its own upkeep cost. There is not much -1 -1 counter support and I think that is a shame. I wish they would mix counters in set as I feel the complexity of the current game has made it acceptable to have multiple counters on permanents. I understand that negative counters are a hard theme for a set. How can blue, green, and red use these counters in enough creature ways to fill out an entire set or multiple sets. Amonkhet showed the issues of trying to use these counters in all colors. I think as a limited theme for a rakdos strategy, we can make make this strategy effective. It also much easier to remove your own counters for a positive effect than it is to remove counters from your opponent so you really only play aboroth in a deck where the counter placement is an upside. If we ever see a strong -1 -1 counter theme again then this card could be used in such a strategy especially with the limited choices available. Hapatra vizier of poison decks sometimes play this card as does Melira outcast since counters cannot be placed on creatures. Any card that prevents counters from being placed can also synergies with this card but are those cards worth playing for a 9/9? If Falco Spara is your commander than maybe it is worth it because your are trading those counters for cards. Eventually, we will get another set with a -1 -1 counter theme. It might be a subtheme or the theme of an entire set but they will have to return to this design space eventually. On that day, this card may experience its first reserved list spike. In March 2021, this card was ten dollars but that was a period when reserved list buyouts had become the norm and all reserved list cards were spiking because of market manipulation. This card did not hold its price but if they really lean into a -1 -1 counters theme then there are worse cards you can play. You ca also just play this card in a deck that wants to play many different types of counters regardless of the type. There were some decks in New capenna that had this theme. The original new phyrexia block is another resource if you want to look at some cards that synergies with this one. Just wait until -1 -1 counters make a return. There could be hope for aboroth yet.

[mowu-moment]

EnchantWorldle 2-card opener update: Pure/Simple & Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons*

pinpoint accuracy on mana values 2-6 (79.6% of all cards)

solid overlap of colors (though no confirmations--a WB or BR card will appear the same as a G one. put your money on the monocolor though)

pinpoint accuracy on rarity (hopefully self-explanatory)

three (super)types and two relevant subtypes (13.4% of all cards wow that's a lot of humans)

divides years i believe as evenly as possible** (7998/7642/7807+)

while i doubt a 3-card success is possible from here outside of luck, i could see 4-card being much more consistent. key word could.

*hapatra may be swapped for temmet, who is remarkably identical in all but color (WU--still ideal). his name is more fun to say but hapatra was my first all-digital decktech so i'm her softie

**by next magic year 2006/2018 is more advisable, in which case muldrotha the gravetide and conjurer's ban do pretty much the same thing except one's a mythic now and the subtype's much worse (18% of the prior card pool--about 2.4% of all cards now. still not horrible i suppose)

oh and cuz i know he's the main guy to be interested i oughta tag @dimestoretajic

[danco110]

Hapatra watched silently as the scorpion-headed titan tore its way through the city of Naktamun. The militarized citizenry assaulted the monster with magic, arrows, and thrown spears, none of which had any effect on the advancing undead. Only after the giant tore through a series of obelisks lining the main thoroughfare did Hapatra finally speak.

“That monster…”

A young initiate passing by noticed Hapatra’s distress, and paused to pat the woman on the shoulder.

“It’s…all right, Miss Hapatra,” the young soldier comforted awkwardly. “We’ll kill it. Don’t you worry.”

Rhonas’s vizier raised an eyebrow at the young woman. “Er, no. I’m not mourning the destruction of the city. Just…I think that thing has more potent poison than I do.”

Hapatra pointed up at the monster. The initiate gazed up just in time to watch the titanic monster lash out with a poisoned talon, at an aven initiate perched on an obelisk. The bird took flight to dodge the strike, and merely received a grazing scratch. Before he could raise his bow to notch another arrow, however, his wings locked up, and he plummeted to the hard ground below with a sickening crunch.

“That scoundrel!” cried the initiate. “We’ll get it for that!”

“After we kill it, I wonder whether any of my containers would be strong enough to store its venom…”

The initiate threw an incredulous glance over her shoulder.

“Are you serious right now?”

Hapatra startled at the question. “Oh, er, I mean, you’re completely right! We must stop its rampage. But, afterwards, you know, those poisons could save a lot of lives…ironically.”

The initiate rolled her eyes. “Fine. After we kill it.”

“Of course,” Hapatra scoffed, as she began making her way towards the scorpion monster.

[musalters]

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons • Atered

Commissioned 🎉

Qualty of the pic isn't the best, sorry !

[madcat-world]

Hapatra Vizier of Poisons - Tyler Jacobson

[edh-a-to-z]

I’m not sure how this works, and I don’t really play mtg anymore, but this was the last deck idea I had and was looking for other opinions before rebuilding it. (I’ve never really been good at deckbuilding. =/ )

Okay, lets take a look at Hapatra.

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons; by Tyler Jacobsen

We want counters. Lots of them. And you’ve done it well.

Wither, infect, an self-inflicted counters are the plan today. We want to win with overwhelming tokens. We can also sac them for fun stuff (I see you brought the wonderful Ashnod’s Altar), and smack in with big infect damage.

Cuts

Serrated Biskelion - It’s best case scenario is solid, but doesn’t warrant inclusion in the deck. There’s plenty of other options, and it’s so slow.

Incremental Blight - a 50/50 for me when I play Hapatra - It can swing for killing 2-3 creatures and making 6 snakes, but sometimes it can completely whiff. Not great for a removal spell.

Trailblazer’s Boots - I prefer unconditional unblockability of Lightning Greaves, which also offers much-needed protection

Serrated Arrowheads - This ain’t Homelands, and you have plenty of -1/-1 action at instant speed. Though, I’ve never tried it with Proliferate, so I need to experiment with it.

Scour from Existence - BG has removal options for everything, and I think the CMC here is pretty high.

Additions

Attrition & Grave Pact - the bread and butter of many token/sac decks.

Carnifex Demon - YOU GET A COUNTER! YOU GET A COUNTER!

It’s a solid deck, and I think my cuts should give you space to add more fun cards. Attrition and Grave Pact aren’t cheap, but they are powerful (and I think you have the latter). Happy hunting!

Magic the Gathering - Hapatra; by Amber Harris

[reuxben]

This was our MTGinktober for “Poison,” starring Hapatra, Vizier of Poise and Grace and free samples, apparently.  Or maybe she’s just an old snake-oil salesma’am?  Who knows! 

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Reuxben

[sondahkind]

[jonnykharvey]

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[dailytopimagic]

Topi’s Daily Card #1022: Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

With Amonkhet being a -1/-1 set, Hapatra is the newest commander that loves to deal with those type of counters.  Not only is she cheap at only two mana for a 2/2 creature, she wants to go down early so she can work her magic.  MAking her unblockable gives you snakes, and any -1/-1 counter added to a creature makes one more snake. Wither, proliferate, tons of cool cards and options lay open to you with this new commander, and it’s really cool to see the different builds. Some things can lead to total blowouts like a Necroskitter or even something like Black Sun’s Zenith.  Hapatra leads to so many cool plays, and the addition of older -1/-1 counter cards makes this deck really exciting for me to play.  I’ll be building her eventually, it’s just a matter of time before my opponents are buried under snakes and -1/-1 counters.   

[magus-of-the-color-pizza]

Love, love, love my new desktop background. Credit to Tyler Jacobson for giving us this delightful artwork of everyone’s favorite poison master and stand-up comedian, Hapatra~

[gryffnwing-blog]

Sticks and Stones can break my bones, but Hapatra’s words are poisonous~ Commander Challenge: Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Welcome back to another Commander Challenge. Today I’ll be teaching you some valuable words, curses. Curses, slang, anything really. Remember children, words hurt. 

You can read the whole deck here.

This deck has a few win conditions. 

You generate mana off of druid, and keep putting a -1/-1 counter on her, you take the mana and use it for Quillspike, who then removes the counter from the Druid. If Hapatra is on the field, you make snakes. This can happen as early as turn four. That brings us to the second win condition; swarming. As long as you have the above combo out. Quillspike will never have to attack, as long as Hapatra, or any of our other Token producers are out.

All of them read as “Play a card that makes a -1/-1 counter, get a token. IF somehow all three are on the field, you make a ton of Tokens. Remember, Nest of Scarabs makes insects that don’t fly! Now you might be thinking, what do we do if we can’t attack with all of our tokens?

Ok, so let’s say you made ten tokens in one turn. With Cryptolith Rites out, you can make 10 mana the following turn. Now if you have tokens without Summoning Sickness, they can actually do that. Have Dictate of Erebos out, with either Perilous Forays out, or Sadistic Hypnotist out. With the mana you made from the tokens, you could either thin out your deck and search for basic lads. Or, the better route, make an opponent or two lose their hands. As you’re sacrificing tokens, Dictate of Erebos starts to kick in. So either you’re gaining advantage with ramp, or making them lose their hand and field. Remember, your words can hurt. Say that you’re sorry after doing this. The deck has a total of 16 cards that can give -1/-1 counters. Many of which, like 

Can give it to the whole board. We’re a very proactive deck. Most of our turns are going to be building up the combos, getting cards out to give the counters, or building up a field. With a total of 7 instants in the deck. We have one card to save our bacon, or veggies. Really whatever you food word you use to mean tokens. That card is 

We can indeed regenerate tokens. Now, it wont save us from Wrath, Damnation, or our own -1/-1 counters, but it does protect us from other threats. To respond to some threats, we have these 

Going with the fact that there are some Indestructible things, Kagemaro and Languish are here to use the -1/-1 counters, and finish them off. Decree of pain is here for two reasons. First, our tokens are small. Things with trample will make us cry. By playing Decree of Pain, even if we destroy all of our tokens, we can draw into things we need. Lastly, we have these two;

We will be leveling the field for our army. Sometimes though, we might want something a tad better. Mimic Vat will let us repeat things. I.E our Sadistic Hypnotist that died, and Necroskitter takes the cursed creatures our opponent has and bring them to the side of righteousness! Sometimes we need to get a specific card. Well, we only have Diabolic Tutor and Sidisi Undead Vizier to search for things. In terms of random search, we can sacrifice a token to Evolutionary Leap to hope and find one of our 25 creatures. Next up is our Draw, with Skullmulcher and Collective Unconscious; with afield of usually 5+ creatures, we can make bank. Let’s talk about what hurts us. Yes, our words hurt more than any stick or stone. Wrath of God/ Damnation/ Supreme Verdict. Those hurt us. We also suffer with a card called Crumbling Ashes, yes, we play it. If for some reason we’re the only one with a creature that has a -1/-1 counter, we gotta get rid of it. This is usually a miscalculation on our end. Against Aggressive decks, we’re slower for sure. What we have though is the ability to make them weaker. With control, we kinda can’t make the tokens for the most part, but we have creatures in the deck that can swing for massive damage. Normally I would talk about Big Deck plays, but I covered our main ways of winning already. This deck is almost political...get it, politics are poisonous? eh? eh? We want the control player on our side, if not the combo player. Combo’s we can’t rush. If we get a Praetor’s Grasp, we might be able to remove the combo piece from the game, but generally we want to get second place. This is all about manipulating the board to make it seem like you aren’t the threat, but you’re actually removing it for everyone else. Let your tokens die, we can always make more. From there, I’d like to mention none budget adds. We make tokens, say hello to Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, Primal Vigor. Seasons alone is $60, with Vigor being $20. Our land base is fine, but if you want shocks and fetches, add away. The deck could use Damnation, which is $20. Eldrazi Monument ($5) or Akroma’s Memorial ($20), to save your tokens, and make them faster. You can see the whole deck here. For a $100 budget, we have a pretty nice deck. Thank you @mayaels-petting-zoo for your patience, as well as everyone else for their continued support. You guys are awesome. Until the next article~ Gryffnwing~

[mowu-moment]

now that y'all are nursing my inquisition into EnchantWorldle i'm tempted to whip up some code that replicates it without the fancy visuals, so i can actually properly test which of the 3 (maybe 4?) leading strategies actually performs better. only trouble being i have no idea how to randomly generate an mtg card & pull all its statistics with a computer

(if you're wondering what the leading strats are, they're [Shardless Agent], [Pure//Simple + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons], [Saffi Eriksdotter + Reduce//Rubble], and maybe [Fleshmonger])

[canyouclarify]

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

[manyworldspress]

Tyler Jacobson, Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons, 2017. Card illustration for Magic: The Gathering (Wizards of the Coast, 1993–).

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