phyrexian by h.ithsade

Format: Commander

Commander: Valko Indorian

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Valko Indorian is the rules enabler that turns a black-centric shell into a five-color Phyrexian deck; his menace/lifelink aura is the payoff for going wide. The primary plan is midrange Phyrexian tribal: use Brimaz, Glissa Herald, and Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings to create and transform Incubator tokens, then finish with Praetor pumps, haste, and mass reanimation. Secondary angles are Realmbreaker fetching every Praetor and a poison/proliferate plan with Atraxa, Praetors' Voice and toxic mites. No infinite combo is present-the win is an overwhelming combat step or a Living Death/Patriarch's Bidding flood. There is no hidden commander; the double-faced Praetors in the 99 are value pieces, not the commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Annex Sentry
  • 1 Armored Scrapgorger
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloated Contaminator
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coalition Relic
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Ertai Resurrected
  • 1 Essence of Orthodoxy
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Glissa, Herald of Predation
  • 1 Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
  • 1 Grafted Butcher
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Myr Convert
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Norn's Inquisitor
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Censor
  • 1 Phyrexian Fleshgorger
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pillar of Origins
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Progenitor Exarch
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Ria Ivor, Bane of Bladehold
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of New Phyrexia
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 The Seedcore
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Valko Indorian
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus