Channel Divinity 🗡️: Anikthea

Format: Commander

Commander: Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Abzan enchantment midrange deck, commanded by Anikthea, Hand of Erebos, combines self-mill, graveyard reanimation, and stax-based attrition. Early turns focus on filling the graveyard using Sagas and enchantments such as The Binding of the Titans and Out of the Tombs. On Turn 5, Anikthea enters the battlefield, immediately reanimating a non-Aura enchantment as a 3/3 Zombie creature token with menace. As Anikthea attacks on subsequent turns, she creates additional token copies, triggering powerful constellation engines like Doomwake Giant, Grim Guardian, and Boon of the Spirit Realm. Static restriction pieces including Rule of Law, Sphere of Safety, and Linvala, Keeper of Silence slow down opposing game plans while Anikthea bypasses spell-casting restrictions using attack triggers. The deck finishes games around Turn 8 through wide, menacing combat attacks buffed by scaling anthems or Starfield of Nyx. While resilient against single-target removal, the strategy is vulnerable to mass graveyard exile and fast stack-based combo decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of Erebos
  • 1 Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
  • 1 Ankh of Mishra
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
  • 1 Aura Fracture
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Boon of the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Cast Out
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Daxos the Returned
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Debtors' Knell
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Doorkeeper Thrull
  • 1 Dredger's Insight
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elspeth's Nightmare
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Ethereal Absolution
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fall of the Impostor
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Guardian
  • 1 Heliod, God of the Sun
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Love Song of Night and Day
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Michiko's Reign of Truth // Portrait of Michiko
  • 1 Natural Balance
  • 1 Nessian Wanderer
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Nylea's Colossus
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • 1 Oblivion Ring
  • 1 Omen of the Hunt
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Out of the Tombs
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Privileged Position
  • 1 Ravos, Soultender
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Sandwurm Convergence
  • 1 Scion of Halaster
  • 1 Seal from Existence
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Skybind
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Starfield of Nyx
  • 1 Stasis Snare
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Teachings of the Kirin // Kirin-Touched Orochi
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Binding of the Titans
  • 1 The Birth of Meletis
  • 1 The Eldest Reborn
  • 1 The Fall of Lord Konda // Fragment of Konda
  • 1 The Mending of Dominaria
  • 1 The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration
  • 1 The War in Heaven
  • 1 Tymaret Calls the Dead
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underworld Coinsmith
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yuna, Hope of Spira