Cure them with Damage by Kenryu

Format: Commander

Commander: Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Mono-White Voltron and Reanimator strategy helmed by Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer. The game plan utilizes early Plainscyclers like Angel of the Ruins and Alabaster Host Intercessor to fix mana drops while stocking high-impact creatures directly into the graveyard. On Turn 5, casting Anti-Venom triggers his reanimation ability to return these large threats to play while deploying a 5/5 commander immune to all damage. The deck weaponizes Anti-Venom's damage-prevention mechanic through redirection enchantments like Pariah and With Great Power . . ., turning opposing attacks and self-inflicted wipes such as Wave of Reckoning into massive +1/+1 counter buffs. Offensive pressure is accelerated using double strike enablers and heavy equipment like Blackblade Reforged to eliminate opponents via commander damage by Turn 9. Robust instant-speed removal and parity-breaking sweepers control the board, while an infinite damage combo between Phyrexian Vindicator and Guilty Conscience provides an alternate win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alabaster Host Intercessor
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Angelic Intervention
  • 1 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Cloudsteel Kirin
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Divine Arrow
  • 1 Dual-Sun Technique
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Eldrazi Ravager
  • 1 Eternal Dragon
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fateful Absence
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flaming Fist
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gideon's Reproach
  • 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Guilty Conscience
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Hot Soup
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Oblation
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Osseous Exhale
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 36 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Repentance
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Search for Glory
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Tactics
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Starnheim Memento
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 With Great Power . . .