Forged by Followers- Anti-venom by TheAndrewsArchives

Format: Commander

Commander: Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white Voltron and damage-redirection strategy helmed by Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer. Anti-Venom converts all incoming damage into permanent +1/+1 counters while reanimating a fallen creature on entry. The deck weaponizes this trait using redirection effects like Pariah's Shield, With Great Power . . ., and Gideon's Sacrifice, turning opposing combat and burn into game-ending commander growth while completely shielding your life total. Dense equipment and aura tutors such as Open the Armory, Enlightened Tutor, and Idyllic Tutor assemble powerful combat multipliers including Grafted Exoskeleton, Genji Glove, and Super State. Disruptive stax pieces like Drannith Magistrate and Spelltithe Enforcer tax opposing development, while silencers like Grand Abolisher and Myrel, Shield of Argive secure your turns. Backed by format-ceiling defensive spells like Teferi's Protection and Flare of Fortitude, the deck locks down the board and systematically eliminates opponents through overwhelming commander damage or an opportunistic Phyrexian Vindicator infinite combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Captain America, Super-Soldier
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Endless Atlas
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entangler
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guilty Conscience
  • 1 Hulkbuster Armor
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Nemesis Mask
  • 1 Nomads en-Kor
  • 1 On Serra's Wings
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 29 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelltithe Enforcer
  • 1 Spirit en-Kor
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Sting, Bilbo's Sword
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Seriema
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 With Great Power . . .