Anti-Venom by user8744927

Format: Commander

Commander: Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This mono-white deck focuses on Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer, turning damage prevention into an offensive engine. Because Anti-Venom replaces all incoming damage with +1/+1 counters, cards like Pariah, With Great Power . . ., and Gideon's Sacrifice turn opposing attacks into permanent stat boosts while completely protecting your life total. The deck uses early turns to establish mana and deploy supportive Equipment such as Hero's Blade and Champion's Helm. Once Anti-Venom enters on Turn 5, he rapidly scales in power, leveraging double strike from Fireshrieker and evasion from Auras to eliminate opponents through lethal commander damage over consecutive turns. A deep suite of one-mana protection instants keeps Anti-Venom safe from non-damage removal, while board wipes like Promise of Loyalty control wide opposing boards.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Angelic Destiny
  • 1 Angelic Gift
  • 1 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armored Ascension
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chariot of Victory
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Divine Resilience
  • 1 Drifting Meadow
  • 1 Dual-Sun Technique
  • 1 Enter the Avatar State
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Gavel of the Righteous
  • 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Give No Ground
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Sacrifice
  • 1 Hidden Courtyard
  • 1 Hyena Umbra
  • 1 Invisible Woman, Sue Storm
  • 1 Iona's Blessing
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Mammoth Umbra
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Memorial to Glory
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 O-Naginata
  • 1 On Serra's Wings
  • 1 Outrider en-Kor
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 24 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Reroute Systems
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Ring of Thune
  • 1 Roadside Reliquary
  • 1 Sandstone Bridge
  • 1 Saving Grace
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Sentinel's Eyes
  • 1 Shelter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Tactics
  • 1 Spirit Link
  • 1 Spirit en-Kor
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Valor Made Real
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Web Up
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 With Great Power . . .