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5/13/2023
Dakkon, Sleeper Agent
Deck Size: 60
Oathbreaker
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Est deck cost: $410.72
Salt Sum: 29.3
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Commander

Quantity: 2Price: $5.48
Dakkon, Shadow Slayer

Dakkon, Shadow Slayer enters the battlefield with a number of loyalty counters on him equal to the number of lands you control. +1: Surveil 2. −3: Exile target creature. −6: You may put an artifact card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield.

Planeswalker
Dakkon, Shadow Slayer (mh2) 192
1
Phyresis Outbreak

Each opponent gets a poison counter. Then each creature your opponents control gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each poison counter its controller has.

Sorcery
Phyresis Outbreak (onc) 12
1

Artifact

Quantity: 7Price: $88.73
Contagion Clasp

When Contagion Clasp enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Artifact
Contagion Clasp (onc) 129
1
Contagion Engine

When Contagion Engine enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature target player controls. {4}, {T}: Proliferate, then proliferate again. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Then do it again.)

Artifact
Contagion Engine (plst) SOM-145
1
Crawlspace

No more than two creatures can attack you each combat.

Artifact
Crawlspace (dmr) 217
1
Ensnaring Bridge

Creatures with power greater than the number of cards in your hand can't attack.

Artifact
Ensnaring Bridge (2xm) 253
1
Grafted Exoskeleton

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) Whenever Grafted Exoskeleton becomes unattached from a permanent, sacrifice that permanent. Equip {2}

Artifact
Grafted Exoskeleton (onc) 132
1
Norn's Annex

({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.) Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {W/P} for each of those creatures.

Artifact
Norn's Annex (nph) 17
1
Sword of Truth and Justice

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from blue. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Truth and Justice (mh1) 229
1

Creature

Quantity: 17Price: $46.01
Bilious Skulldweller

Deathtouch Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)

Creature
Bilious Skulldweller (one) 83
1
Blightbelly Rat

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) When Blightbelly Rat dies, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Blightbelly Rat (one) 85
1
Blighted Agent

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) Blighted Agent can't be blocked.

Creature
Blighted Agent (nph) 29
1
Crawling Chorus

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) When Crawling Chorus dies, create a 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token with toxic 1 and "This creature can't block."

Creature
Crawling Chorus (one) 8
1
Drannith Magistrate

Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.

Creature
Drannith Magistrate (iko) 11
1
Duelist of Deep Faith

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) As long as it's your turn, Duelist of Deep Faith has first strike.

Creature
Duelist of Deep Faith (one) 9
1
Hex Parasite

{X}{B/P}: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, Hex Parasite gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Hex Parasite (nph) 137
1
Ichor Rats

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) When Ichor Rats enters the battlefield, each player gets a poison counter.

Creature
Ichor Rats (onc) 93
1
Jawbone Duelist

Double strike Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)

Creature
Jawbone Duelist (one) 18
1
Necropede

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) When Necropede dies, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Creature Artifact
Necropede (som) 185
1
Pestilent Syphoner

Flying Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)

Creature
Pestilent Syphoner (one) 103
1
Phyrexian Revoker

As Phyrexian Revoker enters the battlefield, choose a nonland card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated.

Creature Artifact
Phyrexian Revoker (clb) 868
1
Plague Stinger

Flying Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Creature
Plague Stinger (som) 75
1
Skrelv, Defector Mite

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) Skrelv, Defector Mite can't block. {W/P}, {T}: Choose a color. Another target creature you control gains toxic 1 and hexproof from that color until end of turn. It can't be blocked by creatures of that color this turn. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Skrelv, Defector Mite (one) 33
1
Thrummingbird

Flying Whenever Thrummingbird deals combat damage to a player, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Thrummingbird (one) 72
1
Venser, Corpse Puppet

Lifelink, toxic 1 Whenever you proliferate, choose one — • If you don't control a creature named The Hollow Sentinel, create The Hollow Sentinel, a legendary 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token. • Target artifact creature you control gains flying and lifelink until end of turn.

Creature
Venser, Corpse Puppet (one) 219
1
Voidwing Hybrid

Flying Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) When you proliferate, return Voidwing Hybrid from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Voidwing Hybrid (one) 221
1

Enchantment

Quantity: 2Price: $12.98
Collective Restraint

Domain — Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {X} for each creature they control that's attacking you, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Enchantment
Collective Restraint (inv) 49
1
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (clb) 730
1

Instant

Quantity: 7Price: $105.79
An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 51
1
Deadly Rollick

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Exile target creature.

Instant
Deadly Rollick (c20) 42
1
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (c20) 35
1
Prologue to Phyresis

Each opponent gets a poison counter. Draw a card.

Instant
Prologue to Phyresis (one) 65
1
Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Swan Song (c16) 98
1
Wash Away

Cleave {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].

Instant
Wash Away (vow) 87
1
Whisper of the Dross

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Instant
Whisper of the Dross (one) 117
1

Land

Quantity: 22Price: $150.10
Adarkar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. Adarkar Wastes deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Adarkar Wastes (dmu) 243
1
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Caves of Koilos deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (dmu) 244
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (dmc) 204
1
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Flooded Strand: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
1
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As Godless Shrine enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
1
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As Hallowed Fountain enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rna) 251
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (j22) 101
4
Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Marsh Flats: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Marsh Flats (mh2) 248
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (one) 272
3
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (scd) 344
5
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Underground River deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (bro) 267
1
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (grn) 259
1

Sorcery

Quantity: 3Price: $1.63
Contentious Plan

Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) Draw a card.

Sorcery
Contentious Plan (war) 46
1
Drown in Ichor

Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Drown in Ichor (one) 91
1
Infectious Inquiry

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life. Each opponent gets a poison counter.

Sorcery
Infectious Inquiry (one) 97
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"A poison brew focused utilizing Dakkon to get good color access and a quick Oathbreaker on board.\n\nNow, I'm a novice at the Oathbreaker format but a Commander veteran. One truth about Poison in commander: it's not that great. It's powerfully inevitable, but hard to apply and leads to a rushed death.\n\nOathbreaker, though, feels a little different. As a 20-life format it seems like there's less incentive, but All Will Be One dropped a series of spells that give everybody counters. Too few to rely on them in Commander to get things going, but in a 60 card format when you can put one in the Command Zone? It seems fair. The signature spell was another draw -- "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyresis Outbreak"}},{"insert":" is a 3-mana board wipe, admittedly an initially weak one, but still one that's reasonable to repeat, while doubling as a tool to start or advance the poison clock. And then, of course, Proliferate can help our Planeswalker boss as well as taking a step towards victory.\n\nIn general, the deck ended up being an interesting hybrid of genres. Like an aggro deck, it has a low curve filled out by cheap creatures, since toxic and infect goons to get the party started need to come down FAST while they can still catch players with their pants down. Like a control deck, it's playing for the long game with interactive, disruptive, stall, and denial tactics. This includes the prison effects, counterspell suite, and board-clearing signature. After all, poison is a strategy that needs to expect to take a lot of heat, and in Oathbreaker you don't have the same life pad. The overall game plan looks more controlling since you typically expect, especially against many players, to have to proliferate to the end.\n\nFor Dakkon himself, his main purpose is to sit on board card selecting and granting access to Phyresis Outbreak. His -3 is a great unjamming tool, and it's nice that subsequent recasts of Dakkon will be chunkier due to having more lands on the field. His -6 is not something I see the deck using often, but it could be a critical rescue tool to recur Contagion Engine or Ensnaring Bridge. One good element is that because Dakkon's own abilities are so underwhelming and his return stronger, there's not a lot of incentive to kill him for his own merit, meaning it should be easier to keep access to Phyresis Outbreak.\n\nFor Phyresis Outbreak, I expect the first cast to wipe away chumps, allowing a hit to get in. The second should be a mid-scale wipe, setting the table back and either giving me breathing room to rebuild my board or allowing a large swing. The third cast, if necessary, should be a full Plague Wind style wipeout to secure a win.\n\nIn the meantime, good protective cards and dirty disruptors like Drannith Magistrate (to prevent Oathbreakers and Signatures), Wash Away (to counter them cheap), or Hex Parasite (to eat planeswalkers) should buy me the time I need to count to 10.\n"}]}
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