Infectious Hydras

Modern BUG (Sultai) Counters Hydra Infect

Kearlias

Creature (28)

• 4x Corpsejack Menace
• 4x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 4x Managorger Hydra
• 4x Primordial Hydra
• 4x Simic Initiate
• 4x Vastwood Hydra
• 4x Winding Constrictor

Land (26)

• 4x Blooming Marsh
• 5x Forest
• 4x Llanowar Reborn
• 4x Necroblossom Snarl
• 5x Swamp
• 4x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (8)

• 4x Bioshift
• 4x Tainted Strike

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Hardened Scales

Artifact (4)

• 4x The Ozolith

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Sideboard

Instant (15)

• 4x Arbor Armament
• 4x Burst of Strength
• 3x Fatal Push
• 4x Heroic Intervention

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Maybeboard

Creature (38)

• 1x Aquastrand Spider
• 1x Arboreal Grazer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Cenote Scout
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Cytoplast Root-Kin
• 1x Deeproot Wayfinder
• 1x Den Protector
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Experiment One
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Kujar Seedsculptor
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Malakir Cullblade
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Pelt Collector
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Predator Ooze
• 1x Renegade Krasis
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Servant of the Scale
• 1x Simic Guildmage
• 1x Slitherhead
• 1x Spike Feeder
• 1x Strangleroot Geist
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Undergrowth Champion
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade

Instant (17)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Fate Transfer
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Lifecrafter's Gift
• 1x Murder
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Surgical Extraction
• 1x Ultimate Price

Artifact (4)

• 1x Agatha's Soul Cauldron
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1x The Great Henge

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Abundant Harvest
• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Essence Harvest
• 1x Kin-Tree Invocation
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Nature's Spiral
• 1x Neoform
• 1x Unearth

Land (7)

• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x The Mycosynth Gardens
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Eternal Thirst
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Overgrowth
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Utopia Sprawl

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This deck I've been building for a long time. Recently got back into MTG and had to rebuild. The whole idea is why ramp mana when you can ramp counters? I know its not a good concept but it's fun.

Main strategy: Using graft early game with hardened scales/winding constrictor to get hydras out with more counters than mana used to cast them. This works because each graft triggers the abilities of hardened scales/winding constrictor/Coprsejack Menace separately. Build hydras over time using Primordia's turn based growth or Managorgers casting growth.

Side board is mostly there for defense if opponent is using a lot of counter/destruction

Win conditions are mostly using trample if needed on Primordial or Managorger to push 9 through then use tainted strike to get the +1 for 10 poison counter on your opponent. Bioshift can also be used to move counter from defended creatures to smaller undefended creatures to push more damage as well.

EDITS: 1.0: Added the Ozolith as protection, having it out will protect the counters from destruction. Increased the number of forced adaptations as using it on other creatures is also helpful and the ability to get them can be critical. Added some more land since more cards need more resources.

1.1: Swapped Mistcutter for Vastwood hydra. Due to rulings on The Ozolith + Vastwood Hydra if vastwood was to be destroyed the counters on it would be move to The Ozolith as well have counters distributed among creatures equal to counters on it at time of exiting the field.

1.2: removed Avatar of the resolute and forced adaptation, reduced the ozolith quantities this bring the deck back down to 60 making it more easily managed. Avatar was mostly used for reach but there is reach in sideboard, Forced adaptation was used for mistcutter thats no longer part of the deck and since The ozolith is legendary having 4 is excessive.

2.1: Added Disciple of Griselbrand for the sole purpose of gaining life in the very common event my creature are just being destroyed.

2.2: Total card count is now greater than 60. I was talking with a lot of people at modern night recently and most of them seem to run more than 60 cards because a lot of them have fetch cards that effectively act as copies in the deck - I am currently working on figuring out what fetch card would be best for me

2.3: Added a Maybe board to remind myself of things that seem like they could be a good fit.

I find this deck works really well for me and my play style. Any feed back is great and appreciated!

Date added	2 years
Last updated	6 months
Key combos	The Ozolith + Vastwood Hydra
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 7 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 8 Commons
Cards	70
Avg. CMC	1.82