Living weapons by AndK

Format: Commander

Commander: Ekthi, Contaminator Priest

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This mono-white deck focuses on Ekthi, Contaminator Priest, turning every Equipment into an immediate creature threat through living weapon while granting Phyrexian buffs. The game plan develops mana and cost reducers on Turns 1 through 3, deploys Ekthi on Turn 4, and floods the board on Turn 5 with high-stat Equipment like Colossus Hammer, Hulkbuster Armor, and Nettlecyst. These entering artifacts create ready-to-fight Phyrexian Germ tokens that bypass traditional equip costs. Combined with anthem effects like Inspiring Leader, Intangible Virtue, and Halvar, God of Battle, the deck scales wide and tall simultaneously. It defends its board using premier white protection spells such as Clever Concealment and Dawn's Truce, and breaks stalemates with evasion from Skrelv, Defector Mite and Rogue's Passage. The deck executes a combat clock that eliminates the table across Turns 6 and 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged
  • 1 Argentum Armor
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Brilliant Restoration
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Cloudsteel Kirin
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Ekthi, Contaminator Priest
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Hulkbuster Armor
  • 1 Inspiring Leader
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Kaldra Compleat
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Long-Lost Lances
  • 1 Machinist's Arsenal
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nahiri, the Lithomancer
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Open the Vaults
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Paradise Mantle
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 19 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stone Haven Outfitter
  • 1 Stoneforge Masterwork
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 The Everforger
  • 1 Thran Power Suit
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Ultima Weapon
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza's Workshop
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Vulpine Harvester
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm