Breed Lethality
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- Commander
- Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $154.09
- Grade
- B-
How it grades
Fundamentals 72/100. Plays like +1/+1 counters.
This reads as +1/+1 counters, built around Atraxa, Praetors' Voice. Every creature is a mana sink for growth: counters snowball across the board, doublers turn increments into avalanches, and payoffs convert size into evasion, draw, or the kill. The deck's weakness is exponential dependence: protect the doublers and watch out for clean board resets. Its strongest fundamental is land count (39 lands. About 41 fits this curve for +1/+1 counters); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 24 of 60 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want lifegain, +1/+1 counter, infect support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Infect, Proliferate; from EDHREC).
- A-Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- B+Mana curve
- ARamp
- B-Card draw
- A+Interaction
- C+Commander synergy
- A+Win conditions
- B+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Mana curve22% of spells cost ≤2, 10% cost 6+.
- B-Card draw7 draw effects (want 10+ for +1/+1 counters).
- C+Commander synergyOnly 24 of 60 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want lifegain, +1/+1 counter, infect support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Infect, Proliferate; from EDHREC).
- B+Card qualityMedian EDHREC rank #3,210
Strong on mana reliability, land count, ramp, interaction, win conditions and legality & size.
99 cards graded: A 3, A- 9, B+ 29, B 49, B- 5, C+ 4. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Breed Lethality from B- to B+.
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic PilgrimWB$3.81
In place of Manifold Insights: weakest slot in the deck (49/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (22 producers). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (5 in deck). Works with the commander directly.
Shalai, Voice of Plenty3W$1.10
In place of Mirrorweave: weakest slot in the deck (50/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff. Top-5% staple by play data.
Evolution Sage2G$3.07
In place of Spitting Image: weakest slot in the deck (52/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Pays off your land engine (6 producers). Chases the same +1/+1 counter plan as your commanders.
Gyre Sage1G$2.95
In place of Festercreep: weakest slot in the deck (55/100)
EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple. Pays off your go-wide engine (22 producers). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (5 in deck).
Rishkar, Peema Renegade2G$0.26
In place of Duneblast: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (5 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff.
Evolution Witness2G$0.32
In place of Solidarity of Heroes: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (5 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff.
Managorger Hydra2G$1.55
In place of Ancient Excavation: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (59/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (5 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff.
Incubation Druid1G$2.94
In place of Cauldron of Souls: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Fuels your go-wide payoffs (5 in deck). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff.
Orcish Bowmasters1B$44.46
In place of Sublime Exhalation: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
WotC game-changer. Fuels your go-wide payoffs (5 in deck). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck).
Avenger of Zendikar5GG$0.46
In place of Sylvan Reclamation: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (61/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Pays off your land engine (6 producers). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 27
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Instants 9
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Sorceries 9
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Artifacts 9
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Enchantments 6
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Lands 39
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