infect but not toxic by Graviton

Format: Commander

Commander: Vishgraz, the Doomhive

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck leverages Vishgraz, the Doomhive to execute a fast, aggressive Abzan toxic strategy. The primary plan accelerates into an early Vishgraz deployment on Turn 4, generating an immediate board of toxic Mites. On Turn 5, attacking with these creatures establishes the corrupted state across opponents and inflates Vishgraz into a massive menace threat. Token doublers like Mondrak, Glory Dominus, Parallel Lives, and Anointed Procession compound the token swarm, while Phyrexian Swarmlord converts accumulated poison counters into an exponential army of infect insects. The deck incorporates premium Abzan removal to clear opposing blockers and key threats, supported by asymmetric disruption in Phyrexian Censor and protective pillowfort pieces like Ghostly Prison. Even if opponents wipe the board, Vishgraz functions as a self-contained army from the command zone, allowing the deck to rebuild its board presence and secure a poison victory within two turn cycles of critical onset.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ajani, Sleeper Agent
• 1 Annex Sentry
• 1 Anoint with Affliction
• 1 Anointed Procession
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Basilica Shepherd
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Bilious Skulldweller
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Blight Mamba
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Charge of the Mites
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Compleat Devotion
• 1 Crawling Chorus
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Dune Mover
• 1 Ephemerate
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Feed the Infection
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flensing Raptor
• 6 Forest
• 1 Geth's Summons
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Goliath Hatchery
• 1 Grafted Butcher
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Ichorspit Basilisk
• 1 Indatha Triome
• 1 Indoctrination Attendant
• 1 Infested Fleshcutter
• 1 Inkmoth Nexus
• 1 Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Mirrex
• 1 Mite Overseer
• 1 Moldervine Reclamation
• 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1 Mortify
• 1 Myr Convert
• 1 Necroblossom Snarl
• 1 Nimraiser Paladin
• 1 Norn's Annex
• 1 Norn's Decree
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Paladin of Predation
• 1 Parallel Lives
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Phyrexian Atlas
• 1 Phyrexian Censor
• 1 Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1 Phyrexian Swarmlord
• 5 Plains
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Ria Ivor, Bane of Bladehold
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Skrelv's Hive
• 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Slaughter Singer
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stinging Hivemaster
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tainted Field
• 1 Tainted Wood
• 1 The Fair Basilica
• 1 The Seedcore
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Viral Spawning
• 1 Vishgraz, the Doomhive
• 1 White Sun's Twilight
• 1 Wurmquake