Anti-Damage by therealdhs

Format: Commander

Commander: Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This mono-white deck harnesses Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer to convert incoming damage into overwhelming offensive power and defensive invulnerability. Anti-Venom's ability completely prevents all damage dealt to him, translating each point into +1/+1 counters while reanimating a creature from the graveyard when cast. The strategy capitalizes on this mechanic through damage redirection Auras and Equipment like Pariah, Pariah's Shield, and With Great Power . . ., which redirect all damage aimed at the player directly into Anti-Venom. Accelerated by high-velocity fast mana including Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, and Sol Ring, the deck consistently deploys its commander on Turn 4. Powerful enablers like Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought, Inquisitor's Flail, and Super State allow Anti-Venom to scale rapidly and eliminate opponents with lethal commander damage by Turn 7. A compact infinite damage combo with Phyrexian Vindicator and Guilty Conscience provides an alternate win condition, insulated by premier protection spells such as Grand Abolisher, Silence, and Flawless Maneuver.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avengers Tower
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Captain America, Super-Soldier
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Flagstones of Trokair
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guilty Conscience
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Heroic Sacrifice
  • 1 Idyllic Grange
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 1 Monk Gyatso
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nemesis Mask
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 20 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rescue Girl, First Responder
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Spectacular Spider-Man
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 With Great Power . . .
  • 1 Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty