poison by user5492581

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color Phyrexian midrange strategy commanded by Atraxa, Praetors' Voice. Its primary objective is to infect all three opponents with early poison counters via low-mana toxic and infect creatures, then leverage repeatable proliferate triggers to tick those counters up to lethal threshold simultaneously. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice acts as a reliable commander-zone engine, ensuring automatic proliferation at every end step while providing an evasive, defensive body with flying, vigilance, deathtouch, and lifelink. The supporting 99 provides strong mechanical redundancy through cards like Bloated Contaminator, Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus, and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, backed by robust protective spells like Heroic Intervention and Ripples of Potential. While the deck features versatile removal and mild stax pieces like Phyrexian Censor, it wins primarily through patient board presence and unblockable counter growth, closing games cleanly around Turn 7 without relying on infinite combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Aether Vial
  • 1 Altered Ego
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Argent Dais
  • 1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Bilious Skulldweller
  • 1 Bloated Contaminator
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expand the Sphere
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Glissa, Herald of Predation
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Infectious Bite
  • 1 Infectious Inquiry
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Louisoix's Sacrifice
  • 1 Metastatic Evangel
  • 1 Mimeoplasm, Revered One
  • 1 Necrogen Communion
  • 1 Necrogen Rotpriest
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Noxious Assault
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Paladin of Predation
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
  • 1 Phyrexian Censor
  • 1 Phyrexian Unlife
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Reaper of Sheoldred
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Scheming Aspirant
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strixhaven Stadium
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Dross Pits
  • 1 The Fair Basilica
  • 1 The Seedcore
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Tyrranax Atrocity
  • 1 Unnatural Restoration
  • 1 Venomous Brutalizer
  • 1 Venser, Corpse Puppet
  • 1 Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution
  • 1 Vraska's Fall
  • 1 Wargate
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Woodland Chasm
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Yuna, Grand Summoner