Phyrexian Invasion by scoopman

Format: Commander

Commander: Vishgraz, the Doomhive

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan toxic and proliferate swarm strategy helmed by Vishgraz, the Doomhive. The primary game plan focuses on deploying early toxic creatures and ramp to cast Vishgraz on turn 4 or 5, immediately flooding the board with toxic Mite tokens. Once opponents are poisoned, the deck leverages corrupted payoffs such as Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa and Contaminant Grafter for steady card flow while expanding poison totals using repeatable proliferate engines like Bloated Contaminator, Agent Frank Horrigan, and Vraska, Betrayal's Sting. Vishgraz rapidly scales in power as opponents accumulate poison, serving as both a massive menace attacker and a token engine. The deck finishes games around turn 8 through a combination of unblockable toxic swings, token swarms multiplied by Mondrak, Glory Dominus, and mass proliferate triggers. While resilient against single-target removal thanks to strong backup threats, the list remains exposed to sweepers due to a lack of instant protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent Frank Horrigan
  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atomize
  • 1 Basilica Shepherd
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Bilious Skulldweller
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloated Contaminator
  • 1 Charge of the Mites
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Contaminant Grafter
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Drown in Ichor
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expand the Sphere
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Geth's Summons
  • 1 Glissa's Retriever
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goliath Hatchery
  • 1 Green Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Infectious Bite
  • 1 Infectious Inquiry
  • 1 Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa
  • 1 Kinzu of the Bleak Coven
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Metastatic Evangel
  • 1 Mirrex
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Myr Convert
  • 1 Necrogen Rotpriest
  • 1 Norn's Choirmaster
  • 1 Norn's Decree
  • 1 Noxious Assault
  • 1 Oviya, Automech Artisan
  • 1 Paladin of Predation
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 1 Phyresis Outbreak
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Rebirth
  • 1 Phyrexian Swarmlord
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Ria Ivor, Bane of Bladehold
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Vondam, the Lucent
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Seedcore
  • 1 Threats Undetected
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Tyrranax Atrocity
  • 1 Tyrranax Rex
  • 1 Valko Indorian
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Venerated Rotpriest
  • 1 Vishgraz, the Doomhive
  • 1 Vraska's Fall
  • 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery