Pharika by user1605190

Format: Commander

Commander: Pharika, God of Affliction

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari Enchantress and graveyard attrition deck commanded by Pharika, God of Affliction. Rather than relying on traditional Auras, the deck leverages Pharika's activated ability to exile creature cards from any graveyard at instant speed, producing 1/1 Snake enchantment creature tokens with deathtouch. These tokens repeatedly trigger powerful constellation effects like Eidolon of Blossoms, Doomwake Giant, and Grim Guardian, as well as leaving-graveyard payoffs such as Insidious Roots, Chalk Outline, and Tormod, the Desecrator. Supported by dense low-mana ramp and consistent self-mill enablers like Grisly Salvage and Aftermath Analyst, the deck establishes a resilient card-flow engine by Turn 4. Critical onset occurs around Turn 6 as continuous drain, hand stripping via Thoughtrender Lamia, and board suppression choke out opponents. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through wide deathtouch combat and life drain while using Pharika as instant-speed graveyard hate against opposing reanimation plans.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Chalk Outline
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Composer of Spring
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Dredger's Insight
  • 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
  • 1 Elvish Archivist
  • 1 Enchantress's Presence
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Grim Guardian
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hooded Blightfang
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Molt Tender
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nessian Wanderer
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Pharika's Mender
  • 1 Pharika, God of Affliction
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Snarling Gorehound
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtrender Lamia
  • 1 Tormod, the Desecrator
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vraska the Unseen
  • 1 Vraska, Golgari Queen
  • 1 Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
  • 1 Weaver of Harmony
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery