Story Time Vol. 2 by chonkybear

Format: Commander

Commander: Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This Abzan Enchantress deck is commanded by Anikthea, Hand of Erebos, blending traditional enchantress card velocity with graveyard-based Saga recursion and aggressive token generation. The primary game plan accelerates early using efficient 1-2 CMC ramp and cost reducers to deploy draw engines like Sythis, Harvest's Hand and Enchantress's Presence. Once established, Anikthea enters and attacks to recur high-impact Sagas and enchantments as 3/3 menace Zombie tokens, triggering constellation abilities and token multipliers such as Ondu Spiritdancer, Hallowed Haunting, and Sigil of the Empty Throne. Defensive enchantments like Sphere of Safety and Ghostly Prison stifle aggressive crackbacks while you amass an insurmountable board of evasive, menace-bearing creatures. The deck features deep redundancy, robust protection spells to shield against wipes, and mass recursion through Eerie Ultimatum and Resurgent Belief to outlast long multiplayer games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Barbara Wright
  • 1 Battle at the Helvault
  • 1 Battle for Bretagard
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 City of Death
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
  • 1 Enchantress's Presence
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Ghostly Dancers
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Haunting
  • 1 Herald of the Pantheon
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Historian's Boon
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jecht, Reluctant Guardian // Braska's Final Aeon
  • 1 Jukai Naturalist
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Narci, Fable Singer
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ondu Spiritdancer
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Resurgent Belief
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Satsuki, the Living Lore
  • 1 Satyr Enchanter
  • 1 Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
  • 1 Soaring Lightbringer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Starfield of Nyx
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Summon: Fenrir
  • 1 Summon: Ixion
  • 1 Summon: Titan
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • 1 The Aesir Escape Valhalla
  • 1 The Creation of Avacyn
  • 1 The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration
  • 1 Three Blind Mice
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Verduran Enchantress
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yenna, Redtooth Regent
  • 1 Yuna, Hope of Spira