Venom by user7929902

Format: Commander

Commander: Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white midrange strategy centered around +1/+1 counters, life gain triggers, and unique damage-redirection mechanics commanded by Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer. Anti-Venom provides immediate card advantage upon entering by reanimating a creature, while turning any incoming damage into permanent stat growth. The deck pairs him with Pariah, With Great Power . . ., and Pariah's Shield to absorb enemy attacks and convert opponent aggression into commander lethality. Midgame engines like Cathars' Crusade, Archangel of Thune, and Felidar Retreat expand this power across a wide token and creature board. Evasion from Abzan Falconer and Odric, Lunarch Marshal translates accumulated counters into lethal combat steps. In addition to beatdown, the deck contains compact infinite win conditions via Heliod, Sun-Crowned paired with Walking Ballista, and Phyrexian Vindicator paired with Guilty Conscience, offering lethal burst outs when games stall.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged
  • 1 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Big Mother Mouser
  • 1 Brilliant Restoration
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Dismantling Wave
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Grateful Apparition
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Guilty Conscience
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hercules, Olympian Hero
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Luminarch Aspirant
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Metastatic Evangel
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 1 Norn's Choirmaster
  • 1 Nykthos Paragon
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Pacifism
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 32 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Repel Calamity
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Search for Glory
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Spectacular Spider-Man
  • 1 Starnheim Memento
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thalia's Lancers
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thraben Watcher
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Victory's Envoy
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 With Great Power . . .