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Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric · {B}{G} · Black/Green commander
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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What Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Hapatra deals combat damage to a player, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
- Triggered ability · countersWhenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token with deathtouch.
What a Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons deck needs
Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- -1/-1 counter placers (each placement makes a deathtouch Snake)
- evasion and protection for the commander (its combat damage places a -1/-1 counter)
The Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 21× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 8× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Ninja Teen3 mana
- Bellowing Tanglewurm5 mana
- Primal Rage2 mana
- Tanglewalker3 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Wrenn and Seven5 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Rampant Frogantua3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
- Fountainport0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Finale of Devastation2 mana
- Beastmaster Ascension3 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Return of the Wildspeaker5 mana
- Assault Formation2 mana
- Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse2 mana
- Sylvan Anthem2 mana
- Weaver of Harmony2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
- Extinction Event4 mana
- Vicious Rivalry4 mana
- Endemic Plague4 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Golgari Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana
Combos with Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Blowfly Infestation32,855 decks
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Obelisk Spider13,424 decks
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Blood Artist5,753 decks
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Zulaport Cutthroat4,853 decks
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Ivy Lane Denizen + Devoted Druid1,824 decks
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Host Of The Hereafter592 decks