Venom #1 by justodagusto

Format: Commander

Commander: Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Jund battlecruiser and midrange engine built around Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector. The strategy curves through efficient 2-CMC ramp into early creatures or warp threats, setting up a Turn 5 transformation of Eddie Brock into Venom. Upon attacking, Venom sacrifices another creature to draw cards equal to its mana value and cheat a permanent of equal or lesser cost directly into play. Warping Bygone Colossus for three mana provides an immediate 9-mana sacrifice fodder, enabling explosive card draw and instant deployment of bombs like Ghalta, Primal Hunger, Avacyn, Angel of Horror, Drakuseth, Maw of Flames, and Absorbing Man and Titania. Backup cheat engines such as Defense of the Heart, Oviya, Automech Artisan, and Web of Life and Destiny ensure the deck can bypass high casting costs even if the commander is removed.

Decklist (93 cards)

  • 1 Absorbing Man and Titania
  • 1 Aid from the Cowl
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ares, God of War
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Birthing Ritual
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Bygone Colossus
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cosmic Cube
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Jedit Ojanen of Efrava
  • 1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Lavalanche
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Moldgraf Monstrosity
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mutinous Massacre
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Oviya, Automech Artisan
  • 1 Paleoloth
  • 1 Part in Friendship
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Tom, Bert, and William
  • 1 Trailtracker Scout
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Web of Life and Destiny
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Yargle, Glutton of Urborg
  • 1 Yuna's Decision