Anti-Venom by daankuyper

Format: Commander

Commander: Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 22

Deck overview

This mono-white deck harnesses Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer as a defensive anchor and scaling Voltron threat. The strategy revolves around redirecting incoming damage from yourself and your creatures directly into Anti-Venom using tools like Pariah, Pariah's Shield, and the en-Kor creatures. Because Anti-Venom prevents all damage dealt to him and converts it into +1/+1 counters, hostile attacks and asymmetric damage engines like Lightmine Field turn him into an enormous attacker while keeping your life total safe. Supported by targeted taxing pieces such as Drannith Magistrate and Ghostly Prison, the deck slows down faster opponents until it can force through commander lethal damage via evasion tools like Rogue's Passage and Abzan Falconer. Additionally, an incidental two-card infinite combo between Phyrexian Vindicator and Guilty Conscience offers an alternative table-ending burst.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Entangler
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Guilty Conscience
  • 1 High Ground
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightmine Field
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nemesis Mask
  • 1 Nomads en-Kor
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 1 Pip-Boy 3000
  • 34 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saving Grace
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shaman en-Kor
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Spectacular Spider-Man
  • 1 Spirit Link
  • 1 Stormwild Capridor
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Underworld Cookbook
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Valor Made Real
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Warrior en-Kor
  • 1 With Great Power . . .