Average Deck for The Scorpion God - Budget Core -1/-1 Counters

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Nick Price
Jan 14, 2026
The Top 10 Most Played Persist Cards in Commander
With Lorwyn Eclipsed giving us new cards with persist let's see which cards featuring the mechanic have sat in the most Commander decks.
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Arnaud Gompertz
Nov 19, 2025
Diminishing Returns? Not with this Scorpion God Budget Deck!
The least popular of the three Amonkhet gods gets the trim treatment this week, as Arnaud sifts through the rough for some budget diamonds.
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Average Decklist

Archfiend of Ifnir
Archfiend of Ifnir
Bile-Vial Boggart
Bile-Vial Boggart
Blighted Blackthorn
Blighted Blackthorn
Brambleback Brute
Brambleback Brute
Carnifex Demon
Carnifex Demon
Dream Seizer
Dream Seizer
Flensermite
Flensermite
Hexing Squelcher
Hexing Squelcher
Kulrath Knight
Kulrath Knight
Lockjaw Snapper
Lockjaw Snapper
Massacre Girl, Known Killer
Massacre Girl, Known Killer
Nightmare Sower
Nightmare Sower
Oft-Nabbed Goat
Oft-Nabbed Goat
Phyrexian Juggernaut
Phyrexian Juggernaut
Scuzzback Scrounger
Scuzzback Scrounger
Serrated Biskelion
Serrated Biskelion
Shadow Urchin
Shadow Urchin
Sinister Gnarlbark
Sinister Gnarlbark
Skinrender
Skinrender
Solemn Simulacrum
Solemn Simulacrum
Soul Snuffers
Soul Snuffers
Sourbread Auntie
Sourbread Auntie
Village Pillagers
Village Pillagers
Warren Torchmaster
Warren Torchmaster
Instants (10)
Abrade
Abrade
Feed the Flames
Feed the Flames
Grim Affliction
Grim Affliction
Kolaghan's Command
Kolaghan's Command
Puncture Bolt
Puncture Bolt
Rack and Ruin
Rack and Ruin
Sear
Sear
Terminate
Terminate
Torment of Venom
Torment of Venom
Volt Charge
Volt Charge
Sorceries (12)
Ambition's Cost
Ambition's Cost
Angrath's Rampage
Angrath's Rampage
Black Sun's Zenith
Black Sun's Zenith
Bogslither's Embrace
Bogslither's Embrace
Cinder Strike
Cinder Strike
Darkness Descends
Darkness Descends
Deadly Tempest
Deadly Tempest
Decree of Pain
Decree of Pain
Feed the Swarm
Feed the Swarm
Incremental Blight
Incremental Blight
Persist
Persist
Read the Bones
Read the Bones
Artifacts (9)
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
Charcoal Diamond
Charcoal Diamond
Commander's Sphere
Commander's Sphere
Contagion Clasp
Contagion Clasp
Firdoch Core
Firdoch Core
Rakdos Signet
Rakdos Signet
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Wayfarer's Bauble
Wayfarer's Bauble
Wickersmith's Tools
Wickersmith's Tools
Enchantments (6)
Blowfly Infestation
Blowfly Infestation
Everlasting Torment
Everlasting Torment
Fists of the Demigod
Fists of the Demigod
Grave Venerations
Grave Venerations
Lasting Tarfire
Lasting Tarfire
Nest of Scarabs
Nest of Scarabs
Planeswalkers (1)
Liliana, Death Wielder
Liliana, Death Wielder
Lands (12)
Ash Barrens
Ash Barrens
Canyon Slough
Canyon Slough
Command Tower
Command Tower
Desert of the Glorified
Desert of the Glorified
Dragonskull Summit
Dragonskull Summit
Foreboding Ruins
Foreboding Ruins
Grasping Dunes
Grasping Dunes
Ifnir Deadlands
Ifnir Deadlands
Rakdos Carnarium
Rakdos Carnarium
Restless Vents
Restless Vents
Smoldering Marsh
Smoldering Marsh
Temple of Malice
Temple of Malice
Basics (2)
Mountain
11 Mountains
Swamp
14 Swamps