So far, finding a Blue/Black Colored General was the hardest out of all the colors I have done. When I thought about it, the no brainer out of all the Dimir colored card would be Dralnu, Lich Lord. But at first, I didn't want to write about Dralnu because he is too mainstream, and I am a hipster. So I looked through more Blue and Black generals, and found one that tickled my fancy. Say hello to Skeleton Ship everyone!
Now, Skeleton Ship's purpose as a general is one thing and one thing only. To serve as a contagion. Seriously guys, did you expect the stupid ship to do anything else? It is a 0/3 for 5 mana! It is actually terrible! But you can tap it to put a -1/-1 counter on target creature, which led me to remember that Scars of Mirrodin is out. Now people may be asking, "If you wanted to make an infect or proliferate deck, why not just use Skithiryx?" Well because Skithiryx is too damn cheap to play in commander. Seriously, a 4/4 Flying, Haste, Regenerate with Infect is a little dirty. So I took the fun path and decided to use a pirate ship that is made out of bones. Plus I get the blue advantage that Skithiryx could never have.
Now, obviously you will have your normal proliferate and infect creatures and spells in the deck. The idea of the deck is to control your opponent's creatures by infecting them to death, and win with poison counters. Creatures that I suggest to go into the deck would be:
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon- alright I know this is completely hypocritical, but Skithiryx is fine as long as he isn't the commander for me. Why wouldn't you want to put a 4/4 Flying, Haste, Regenerate, Infect into your deck?
Hand of the Praetors- He buffs up your infect guys and he also gives out poison counters!
Blightsteel Colossus- 11/11 trample, Indestructible, Infect? Sounds good to me!
Thrummingbird- A great source of Proliferation.
Carnifex Demon- A good way to give out -1/-1 counters to all creatures, and then proliferating them to death!
And here are some more awesome Proliferation Spells:
Inexorable Tide- A auto inclusion in this deck, every spell you cast has proliferate. That is just awesome.
Contagion Engine- Another awesome source of proliferation and mass removal.
Tezzeret's Gambit- Proliferate and draw cards! What more can you ask for?
There are plenty more cards where these infect and proliferate guys came from, but theses are just a few examples that go well with Skeleton Ship.
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