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The Serpent Society: Death Has Fangs

Every deathtouch creature that dies makes the whole table sacrifice — and every fight spell is a one-mana kill in a deck full of fangs.

Commander · by @evilBOD · 2026-08-16

The Serpent Society
Commander

The Serpent Society 1BG

Legendary Creature — Human Snake Villain BG

Deathtouch Ward—Get five poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.) Whenever another creature you control with deathtouch dies, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

Key cards

Fynn, the Fangbearer Fynn, the Fangbearer Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor Basilisk Collar Basilisk Collar

$60.21 total value · €51.86 · prices as of 2026-09-15

Value over the last 8 price days: $62.74 → $60.21 (-2.53)
Most expensive cards
  • Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor$12.32
  • Basilisk Collar$5.40
  • Phyrexian Arena$4.28
  • Witherbloom, the Balancer$3.89
  • Cauldron of Essence$2.79
  • Swiftfoot Boots$2.38
  • Lathril, Blade of the Elves$2.37
  • Grave Researcher // Reanimate$1.94
  • Massacre Wurm$1.70
  • My Precious // Allure of Power$1.62
100 cards 64 spells 36 lands avg CMC 2.89 B52G28

Mana curve

0
0
6
1
19
2
23
3
12
4
2
5
1
6
1
7+

mana value · lands excluded

Card types

  • Creature 35
  • Instant 10
  • Sorcery 8
  • Artifact 7
  • Enchantment 4
  • Land 36

Colors

  • B 65% (52)
  • G 35% (28)

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Strategy

Golgari deathtouch-sacrifice Commander around The Serpent Society: whenever another deathtouch creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature. Cheap deathtouch bodies trade up or get sacrificed on purpose, the graveyard engine puts them back, and every loop drains the table's boards. The commander's ward — five poison counters — plus Fynn, the Fangbearer and Powerful Broker (who doubles a player's poison every turn) form a real secondary poison kill. Fight spells turn the fangs into removal: with deathtouch, any damage is lethal.

Roles

  • Threat: Fynn, the Fangbearer and the deathtouch corps, Desecration Demon taxing a sacrifice every combat, Lathril, Blade of the Elves and Massacre Wurm as the top end.
  • Removal: Bite Down, Knockout Maneuver and Punishing Punch are one-sided fights — with a deathtoucher they kill anything for 1-2 mana; Widow's Bite grants deathtouch AND -2/-2 at instant speed; backed by Hour of Defeat, Wander Off, Bitter Triumph, Cruel Alliance, Maelstrom Pulse, Gatekeeper of Malakir, edicts (Tribute to Hunger, Deadly Brew) and Vicious Rivalry plus Massacre Wurm as sweepers.
  • Card draw: Phyrexian Arena, Robot Domination (a card whenever creatures hit your graveyard), Midnight Reaper, Vampiric Rites, Visions of Villainy, Construct a Cosmic Cube.
  • Ramp: Llanowar Elves, Noxious Newt, Undercover Skrull, Environmental Scientist, Springbloom Druid, Burnished Hart, Gilded Lotus.
  • Protection: Swiftfoot Boots; the ward cost does the rest — targeting the commander hands its controller half a poison kill.
  • Lands: 37 with Skycoach Waypoint as a hidden engine — it re-prepares Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor and Grave Researcher // Reanimate for a repeatable tutor every turn.

Synergies & curve

Low curve (bulk at 1-3) built for double-spelling. Core loop: deathtoucher dies — by blocking, by Vampiric Rites / Kingpin's Enforcers / Cauldron of Essence, or as a Deadly Brew edict — every opponent sacrifices, Vengeful Bloodwitch and Midnight Reaper convert deaths into drain and cards, then Teacher's Pest, Project Deathlok Soldier, Driver of the Dead, Nullpriest, Zombify and Too Evil to Stay Dead rebuild the board. Venom Connoisseur and Basilisk Collar turn everything else into trigger fuel; Vile Entomber entombs exactly the body Reanimate wants.

Turn one deathtoucher sideways into Punishing Punch for {G}: their best creature dies to double deathtouch damage — then sacrifice the same deathtoucher to Vampiric Rites, and the whole table sacrifices again.

Weak spots

Token armies blunt the commander's edicts. Top end is lighter than ideal — the deck wins by attrition, not one haymaker; adding a single bought copy of Witherbloom, the Balancer would fix that. Sweepers are limited to Vicious Rivalry and Massacre Wurm, graveyard hate is absent, and enchantment answers are thin (Reclamation Sage, Maelstrom Pulse). Bracket 2-3 casual table.

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📦 Find in your boxes — by set

FDN · Foundations · 49 cards

⚫ Black · 9
1× Vengeful Bloodwitch #76
1× Exsanguinate #173
1× Hero's Downfall #175
1× Phyrexian Arena #180
1× Vampire Nighthawk #186
1× Midnight Reaper #609
1× Vampiric Rites #615
1× Vile Entomber #616
1× Massacre Wurm #754
🟢 Green · 7
1× Treetop Snarespinner #114
1× Bite Down #212
1× Llanowar Elves #227
1× Reclamation Sage #340
1× Thornweald Archer #559
1× Fynn, the Fangbearer #637
1× Venom Connoisseur #648
🎨 Multicolor · 3
1× Lathril, Blade of the Elves #242
1× Deadly Brew #654
1× Maelstrom Pulse #661
◇ Colorless · 2
1× Swiftfoot Boots #355
1× Basilisk Collar #669
🏞 Lands · 28
1× Evolving Wilds #262
1× Rogue's Passage #264
12× Swamp #277 · only 8 here · also in HOB, MSH, SOS
11× Forest #281 · only 8 here · also in HOB, MSH, SOS
1× Crawling Barrens #685
1× Cryptic Caves #686
1× Demolition Field #687

MSH · Marvel Super Heroes · 20 cards

⚫ Black · 10
1× Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord #88
1× Construct a Cosmic Cube #90
1× Elektra, Daughter of the Hand #97
1× Grim Reaper, Lethal Legionnaire #98
1× Kingpin's Enforcers #102
1× Ninja of the Hand #108
1× Robot Domination #111
1× Stolen Stark Tech #114
1× Too Evil to Stay Dead #118
1× Widow's Bite #122
🟢 Green · 5
1× Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist #164
1× Guerrilla Gorilla #169
1× Powerful Broker #179
1× Punishing Punch #180
1× Serpent Specialist #186
🎨 Multicolor · 2
1× Killmonger, Scourge of Wakanda #218
1× The Serpent Society #226
🏞 Lands · 3
1× Subterranean Cavern #273
1× Surveillance Room #274
1× Villainous Hideout #276

SOS · Secrets of Strixhaven · 13 cards

⚫ Black · 5
1× Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist #74
1× Burrog Banemaker #75
1× Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor #80
1× Grave Researcher // Reanimate #85
1× Wander Off #104
🟢 Green · 1
1× Noxious Newt #155
🎨 Multicolor · 4
1× Cauldron of Essence #179
1× Grapple with Death #192
1× Vicious Rivalry #241
1× Witherbloom, the Balancer #245
🏞 Lands · 3
1× Skycoach Waypoint #261
1× Terramorphic Expanse #265
1× Titan's Grave #266

HOB · The Hobbit · 10 cards

⚫ Black · 4
1× Bilbo's Deadly Slice #62
1× Gollum the Abandoned #72
1× Head of the Hunt #75
1× Ravening Warg #80
🟢 Green · 4
1× Attercop #116
1× Quarrel #135
1× Warg Tactics #139
1× Wood Elves #142
◇ Colorless · 1
1× My Precious // Allure of Power #176
🏞 Lands · 1
1× Mirkwood #188

FDC · Foundations Commander · 3 cards

◇ Colorless · 2
1× Arcane Signet #1
1× Sol Ring #2
🏞 Lands · 1
1× Command Tower #3

SOA · Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive · 3 cards

⚫ Black · 2
1× Bitter Triumph #26
1× Zombify #36 · also in FDN
🟢 Green · 1
1× Knockout Maneuver #54

BLC · Bloomburrow Commander · 1 card

◇ Colorless · 1
1× Gilded Lotus #271

TDC · Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander · 1 card

🟢 Green · 1
1× Springbloom Druid #271

Grouped by the set of the copies in this deck's build-pool lists, then by color the way a sorted box is — # is the collector number inside the set.

Version history (4)
  • v4 2026-08-31 · current
    +1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist+1 Attercop+1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice+1 Burrog Banemaker+1 Gollum the Abandoned+1 Grapple with Death+1 Grim Reaper, Lethal Legionnaire+1 Head of the Hunt+1 Hero's Downfall+1 Mirkwood+1 My Precious // Allure of Power+1 Quarrel+1 Ravening Warg+1 Warg Tactics+1 Witherbloom, the Balancer+1 Wood Elves −1 Bogwater Lumaret−1 Burnished Hart−1 Cruel Alliance−1 Decoy Ploy−1 Driver of the Dead−1 Environmental Scientist−1 Essenceknit Scholar−1 Go Nuts!−1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex−1 Gutless Plunderer−1 Hour of Defeat−1 Project Deathlok Soldier−1 Teacher's Pest−1 Tribute to Hunger−1 Undercover Skrull−1 Unliving Legionnaire
  • v3 2026-08-31
    +1 Arcane Signet+1 Command Tower+1 Sol Ring −1 Golgari Guildgate−1 Red Room Recruit−1 Swamp
  • v2 2026-08-18
    +1 Decoy Ploy+1 Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist+1 Elektra, Daughter of the Hand+1 Go Nuts!+1 Guerrilla Gorilla+1 Stolen Stark Tech −1 Desecration Demon−1 Gatekeeper of Malakir−1 HYDRA Troopers−1 Nullpriest of Oblivion−1 The Masters of Evil−1 Visions of Villainy
  • v1 2026-08-16
    initial build

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