This makes it much harder to deal with through most traditional means.

Unless your opponent can exile or for you to sacrifice Skithiryx, it’ll likely stay on the battlefield.

Regenerating is an ability that will cause a creature to be tapped as opposed to being destroyed.

MTG Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon art with the card next to it.

This can be done even if a creature is tapped and the protection will still work.

Since infect provides poison counters, when you proliferate, you essentially get to add two more.

However, double proliferation is a great way to get those last few you need.

Three of the best zombie Magic the Gathering commanders.

Staff Of Compleation

Staff of Compleation lets you trade life for a variety of effects.

Primarily,you want to use Staff of Compleation to proliferate at the cost of three life.

Youalmost never want to use it to destroy a permanent you own.

MTG Caress of Phyrexia card with the art in the background.

The strength of Staff of Compleation isit is very good late-game when you have a ton of excess mana.

The stat boost is nice, but largely unimpactful.

Theability to easily add poison counters is the main attraction.

MTG Skithryx, the Blight Dragon card with the art in the background.

Cheat big creatures in to play with an Oviya, Automech Artisan MTG Commander deck.

The deck is mono-black, so you are light on ramp.

Thereare a ton of effects that proliferate to add more poison counters to your opponents.

MTG Contagion Engine card with the art in the background.

Since Skithiryx is so important,the deck also incorporates a Voltron strategy.

Theprimary win condition of the deck is winning through giving your opponent ten poison counters.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel also helps to make up for lost life.

MTG Staff of Compleation card with the art in the background.

We take a look at the most powerful Bant Commanders and how they’ll benefit your deck.

MTG Hand of the Praetors card with the art in the background.

MTG Oviya, Automech Artisan art with the card next to it.

MTG Vat Emergence card with the art in the background.

Two great Bant commanders for Magic The Gathering.

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