Symbiote Poison by Edbird

Format: Commander

Commander: Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Jund deck is helmed by Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector, leveraging a hybrid midrange and aristocrats strategy to cheat high-cost permanents into play. The early game focuses on deploying 1–2 CMC ramp like Ignoble Hierarch, Sol Ring, and Talismans while establishing recurring sacrifice fodder such as Bloodghast and Darklight Phoenix. By Turn 5, Eddie Brock transforms into Venom, Lethal Protector for six mana, gaining haste and attacking immediately to sacrifice fodder, draw multiple cards, and cheat game-ending permanents like Hornet Queen, Massacre Wurm, or Butcher of Malakir directly onto the battlefield. The deck maintains steady pressure through board wipes, edict effects from The Serpent Society, and life-drain aristocrats. In addition to combat damage, the deck features a compact two-card infinite combo with Exquisite Blood and Marauding Blight-Priest that drains the entire table upon any life gain or loss event. Resilient recursion engines ensure swift recovery after board disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Call Damage Control
  • 1 Carnage, Crimson Chaos
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darklight Phoenix
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dread Tiller
  • 1 Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk Relentless // Garruk, the Veil-Cursed
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Green Goblin, Revenant
  • 1 Grim Reaper, Lethal Legionnaire
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Hour of Defeat
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 March of Burgeoning Life
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Necroskitter
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nullpriest of Oblivion
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Poison Dart Frog
  • 1 Puppeteer Clique
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Reaper, King No More
  • 1 The Scorpion God
  • 1 The Serpent Society
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twisted Landscape
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Visions of Villainy
  • 1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan