Mono-Green Rotpriest Poison

Aggressive Mono-Green poison deck built around Venerated Rotpriest, which rewards targeting your creatures with poison counters, combined with deathtouch creatures and pump spells to quickly reach 10 poison counters.

Venerated Rotpriest gives an opponent a poison counter whenever you target a creature you control. By using cheap pump spells and protection like Ranger's Guile and Aspect of Hydra on deathtouch creatures (e.g., Thornweald Archer), each spell adds a poison counter while making your creature bigger. Collected Company can find multiple creatures at instant speed, triggering Rotpriest multiple times. The Great Henge provides card draw to sustain the assault. This deck creates multiple poison counters per turn without needing to connect with combat damage.

Keep any hand with at least two lands, a one-drop creature (preferably with deathtouch or Rotpriest), and a Rotpriest. Mulligan hands with no one-drop or no Rotpriest, as the deck relies on the Rotpriest engine. A hand with three lands and a Rotpriest but no creature is risky but keepable if you have pump spells.

Early turns (T1-T2): Play a one-drop creature (e.g., Thornweald Archer) or a mana dork (Llanowar Elves) to accelerate. Turn 2: Drop Venerated Rotpriest. Mid game (T3+): Cast pump spells targeting your smallest creature to add multiple poison counters per spell. Use Collected Company to refill the board and trigger Rotpriest again. Continue until opponent reaches 10 poison. In stalled boards, use The Great Henge to draw extra cards and play large threats like Ghalta. Aim to win by turn 5-6.

Sweepers (e.g., Meathook Massacre, Shadow's Verdict) wipe your board. Rotpriest is vulnerable to removal; if it dies, the engine stops. The deck folds to consistent spot removal on your key creatures. Graveyard hate is irrelevant. Heavy lifegain slows you down but does not prevent poison.