Toxic by user2697493

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck leverages Atraxa, Praetors' Voice at the helm of an aggressive yet resilient poison and proliferate strategy. The game plan focuses on infecting each opponent early using low-cost toxic creatures, evasion, or non-combat spells like Prologue to Phyresis. Once opponents possess poison counters, the deck pivots to compounding proliferation through Atraxa's end-step trigger, combat proliferators such as Bloated Contaminator, and force multipliers like Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus. Because poison victory ignores life totals, the deck effectively cuts opponent life requirements to a fraction of normal Commander games. Support cards like Meekstone create asymmetric friction by punishing high-power attackers while Atraxa's vigilance bypasses the restriction. High-impact sweepers and targeted removal maintain board parity while your poison counters tick inexorably toward ten.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aegis of the Gods
  • 1 Ainok Bond-Kin
  • 1 Artful Dodge
  • 1 Arwen, Mortal Queen
  • 1 Assassin Den
  • 1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
  • 1 Aven Courier
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Blightbelly Rat
  • 1 Bloated Contaminator
  • 1 Bloodroot Apothecary
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crawling Chorus
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 District Mascot
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Expansion Algorithm
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fate Transfer
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Goldberry, River-Daughter
  • 1 Hand of the Praetors
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Infectious Bite
  • 1 Infectious Inquiry
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mage-Ring Network
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Meekstone
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Paradise Mantle
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyresis Outbreak
  • 1 Phyrexian Swarmlord
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prologue to Phyresis
  • 1 Psychotrope Thallid
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sonic Screwdriver
  • 1 Spore Flower
  • 1 Spore Frog
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Thirsting Roots
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Venerated Rotpriest
  • 1 Venser, Corpse Puppet
  • 1 Virulent Silencer
  • 1 Virulent Wound
  • 1 Vivien Reid
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Voidwing Hybrid
  • 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Xavier Sal, Infested Captain