Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer by Wrathfire

Format: Commander

Commander: Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This mono-white deck focuses on Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer, turning incoming combat and spell damage into +1/+1 counters to eliminate opponents with lethal commander damage. The game plan deploys Anti-Venom on curve by Turn 5 using efficient white-producing ramp and a stable Plains mana base. Once on the battlefield, the deck exploits damage-redirection effects such as Pariah and Wave of Reckoning, or massive triggers from Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought, to pump Anti-Venom into an unkillable threat. Equipped with evasion and trample from cards like Haunted Cloak or Silver Shroud Costume, Anti-Venom starts eliminating players on Turn 6, closing out the game by Turn 8. A dense suite of cheap protection spells and phasing effects shields Anti-Venom against targeted exile and board wipes. Additionally, an infinite damage combo between Phyrexian Vindicator and Guilty Conscience offers a sudden alternate win route if drawn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caltrops
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Entangler
  • 1 Enter the Avatar State
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Guilty Conscience
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Sacrifice
  • 1 Hopeful Initiate
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Nemesis Mask
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 38 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Ravnica at War
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Scholar of New Horizons
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Silver Shroud Costume
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teyo, Lightshield Expert
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning
  • 1 Weather Maker
  • 1 With Great Power . . .
  • 1 Zack Fair