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Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric · from $0.30

Whenever Hapatra deals combat damage to a player, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token with deathtouch.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

54 of 100 at $5 or less · 34 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
13	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
14	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
15	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
16	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
17	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
18	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
19	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
20	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
21	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
22	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
23	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
24	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
25	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
26	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
27	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
28	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
29	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
30	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
31	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
32	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
33	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
34	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
35	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
36	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
37	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
38	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
39	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
40	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
41	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
42	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
43	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
44	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
45	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
46	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
47	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
48	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
49	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
50	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
51	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
52	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
53	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
54	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
55	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
56	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
57	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
58	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
59	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
60	Woodland Cemetery	Land	0	$0.62
61	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
62	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
63	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
64	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
65	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
66	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
67	Assassin's Trophy	Instant	2	$1.01
68	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
69	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
70	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
71	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
72	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
73	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
74	Llanowar Wastes	Land	0	$0.59
75	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
76	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
77	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
78	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
79	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
80	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
81	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
82	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
83	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
84	Undergrowth Stadium	Land	0	$5.20
85	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
86	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
87	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
88	Night's Whisper	Sorcery	2	$0.23
89	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
90	Hardened Scales	Enchantment	1	$1.85
91	Tireless Provisioner	Creature	3	$2.33
92	Doubling Season	Enchantment	5	$29.62
93	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
94	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
95	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
96	Phyrexian Tower	Land	0	$29.06
97	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
98	Mosswort Bridge	Land	0	$0.21
99	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire	Instant	4	$5.80
100	Cabal Coffers	Land	0	$20.77

Curve of these staples

Most played with Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

The 25 most-played cards in 25 settled top-16 lists running Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons at 16+ player events since Mar 7, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Birds of Paradise	100% · 25 of 25	9
2	Chord of Calling	100% · 25 of 25	9
3	Command Tower	100% · 25 of 25	9
4	Diabolic Intent	100% · 25 of 25	9
5	Forest	100% · 25 of 25	9
6	Sol Ring	100% · 25 of 25	9
7	Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	100% · 25 of 25	9
8	Young Wolf	100% · 25 of 25	9
9	Zulaport Cutthroat	100% · 25 of 25	9
10	Abrupt Decay	96% · 24 of 25	8
11	Deathrite Shaman	96% · 24 of 25	8
12	Delighted Halfling	96% · 24 of 25	8
13	Elves of Deep Shadow	96% · 24 of 25	8
14	Llanowar Wastes	96% · 24 of 25	9
15	Overgrown Tomb	96% · 24 of 25	8
16	Swamp	96% · 24 of 25	9
17	Verdant Catacombs	96% · 24 of 25	8
18	Beseech the Mirror	92% · 23 of 25	8
19	Bloodstained Mire	92% · 23 of 25	7
20	Dark Ritual	92% · 23 of 25	8
21	Deadly Rollick	92% · 23 of 25	9
22	Demonic Tutor	92% · 23 of 25	7
23	Eldritch Evolution	92% · 23 of 25	7
24	Finale of Devastation	92% · 23 of 25	8
25	Gemstone Caverns	92% · 23 of 25	7

Combos with Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

The 10 most popular of 11 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Blowfly Infestation + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB
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Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Obelisk Spider + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite card draw · Near-infinite draw triggers · Destroy all creatures opponents control · Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Lock
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Blood Artist + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Destroy all creatures opponents control · Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Near-infinite card draw · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Lock
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Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Zulaport Cutthroat
Destroy all creatures opponents control · Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Near-infinite card draw · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Lock
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Devoted Druid + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Ivy Lane Denizen
Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite green mana
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Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Host of the Hereafter
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite death triggers
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Cinderhaze Wretch + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Ivy Lane Denizen
Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB
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Essence Warden + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Parallel Lives + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite -1/-1 counters · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Doubling Season + Essence Warden + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite -1/-1 counters · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Devoted Druid + Elegant Entourage + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature tokens
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 26 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

4th of 25 — Mana & Mischief - Commander Invitational - Gamer's Pair-a-Dice on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 1–1–3 · by Jared Cast [504]
14th of 64 — cEDH Nationals Deutschland - Invitational on Topdeck.ggSep 5, 2026 · 2–5–1 · by Leon Brocks
15th of 26 — The Lanyard 2 presented by Sydney cEDH on Topdeck.ggAug 1, 2026 · 0–2–1 · by Leonidas Diakou
2nd of 21 — GRH August-September Season Week 1 on Topdeck.ggJul 31, 2026 · 2–1–0 · by Kenneth Andrew
9th of 53 — La Competència | Urza's Hot Tub | cEDH European Championship Qualifier on Topdeck.ggJul 26, 2026 · 2–4–0 · by Ryuk
7th of 25 — 7.Rhein-Sieg Championship CEDH Tournament -Qualifier CEDH nationals Germany- on Topdeck.ggJun 20, 2026 · 1–2–2 · by Leon Brocks
3rd of 57 — TQ1 Sweater Series Nr.1 (Qualifier cEDH Nationals Germany/ European Championship) on Topdeck.ggJun 13, 2026 · 3–2–2 · by Leon Brocks
11th of 29 — Monthly cedh im Lotusvale on Topdeck.ggJun 6, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Leon Brocks

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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