[cEDH] Venom but White by Akatana

Format: Commander

Commander: Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white midrange and Voltron strategy built around Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer. The commander converts all incoming damage into +1/+1 counters while reanimating a creature when cast. The deck maximizes this ability with damage redirection pieces such as Pariah, Pariah's Shield, and Saving Grace, rendering the player immune to combat damage and burn while turning opposing attacks and symmetric board wipes into massive power buffs. Cards like Wave of Reckoning clear opposing creatures while doubling Anti-Venom's size, and Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought can target Anti-Venom to instantly grant 100 counters. Strong equipment tutors ensure fast access to evasion and protection tools like Shadowspear, Commander's Plate, and Mithril Coat. If the combat plan is contested, the list runs independent infinite combos via Heliod, Sun-Crowned with Walking Ballista and Phyrexian Vindicator with Guilty Conscience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arena
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entangler
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guilty Conscience
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Nemesis Mask
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Ravnica at War
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repentance
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saving Grace
  • 1 Serra's Sanctum
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Spider-Man
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valor Made Real
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 With Great Power . . .