Anikthea, Hand of Erebos: Home out of Hell by Calico

Format: Commander

Commander: Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos turns graveyard enchantments into recurring 3/3 Zombie copies. The deck fills the graveyard with Entomb, Buried Alive, Stitcher's Supplier, Aftermath Analyst, Nyx Weaver, and Ripples of Undeath, then uses the commander to reuse engines such as Eidolon of Blossoms, Sythis, Harvest's Hand, or Setessan Champion. Each new enchantment can also trigger constellation payoffs, while Calix, Guided by Fate and Nesting Dovehawk grow the token board. The deck has strong card flow once it is assembled, useful protection, and good recovery through the command zone and graveyard. Its main limitation is speed: the commander costs five, the critical engine needs an attack or several enchantment entries, and the deck has no compact table-kill combo. Combat is a credible pressure route, but not a reliable three-player finish on a fixed turn. It performs best as a resilient multiplayer value deck that wins through accumulated board advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Calix, Guided by Fate
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Composer of Spring
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
  • 1 Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Far Traveler
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Herald of the Pantheon
  • 1 Hunting Grounds
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jukai Naturalist
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lapse of Certainty
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mimic Vat
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Nesting Dovehawk
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Privileged Position
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Snarling Gorehound
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Weaver of Harmony
  • 1 Winding Canyons
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yuna, Hope of Spira