Mono-white Voltron built around Anti-Venom, who turns any damage dealt to him into +1/+1 counters, so he grows from damage instead of dying. Equipment and Auras stack onto him for evasion, double strike, extra combats and lifelink. Redirection effects (Pariah, Pariah's Shield, With Great Power . . ., Saving Grace, Gideon's Sacrifice, Martyrdom) send all damage aimed at the player or their board onto him, which locks opponents out of damaging the player and makes him bigger. An equipment-matters engine of cost reducers, tutors and card-draw creatures keeps the gear flowing, and his cast trigger plus recursion rebuild after wipes. How it wins: Commander damage from a counter-swollen, double-striking, trampling or flying Anti-Venom, often across extra combats, while redirection auras and equipment make the player effectively immune to damage. Key roles: - Damage redirection lock: These cards force all damage meant for the player or their permanents onto Anti-Venom, whose prevention ability converts it into +1/+1 counters. Attacks and burn become fuel instead of threats. (Pariah, Pariah's Shield, With Great Power . . .) - Self-damage growth: These cards make Anti-Venom deal damage to himself, or draw more damage his way, so he stacks counters on demand. Blocking-matters effects let him soak whole attacks, and Repentance or Guilty Conscience turn his own hits into more counters. (Guilty Conscience, Entangler, Brave the Sands) - Voltron damage multipliers: This equipment converts his huge power into lethal commander damage through double strike, doubled combat damage, extra combats, trample and evasion. (Genji Glove, Leyline Axe, Inquisitor's Flail) - Equipment engine: These cards cut equip and casting costs, grant flash or instant-speed equipping, tutor gear, and draw cards whenever equipment or auras are cast or enter. (Puresteel Paladin, Sram, Senior Edificer, Open the Armory) - Protection and recursion: Hexproof, indestructibility and counterspells keep the commander and his gear safe. Recasting Anti-Venom reanimates a creature, and other cards return lost equipment and auras, so the board survives removal. (Lightning Greaves, Mantle of the Ancients, Sun Titan) - Counter synergies: Outlast creatures give every creature with +1/+1 counters lifelink and flying, which makes a counter-laden Anti-Venom evasive and life-gaining. Counters can also be moved to keep his growth if he leaves. (Abzan Falconer, Abzan Battle Priest, Resourceful Defense)

Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer decklist

• Arcane Signet
• Archaeomancer's Map
• Basilisk Collar
• Celestial Armor
• Genji Glove
• Haunted Cloak
• Inquisitor's Flail
• Leyline Axe
• Lightning Greaves
• Loxodon Warhammer
• Marble Diamond
• Pariah's Shield
• Pearl Medallion
• Sol Ring
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Sword of Vengeance
• Sword of the Animist
• Command Tower
• Myriad Landscape
• 31× Plains
• Rogue's Passage
• Vibrant Cityscape
• Abzan Battle Priest
• Abzan Falconer
• Angel of the Ruins
• Bastion Protector
• Claim Jumper
• Danitha Capashen, Paragon
• Danitha, Sword of Hope
• Gold Myr
• Heliod's Pilgrim
• Keeper of the Accord
• Mangara, the Diplomat
• Phyrexian Vindicator
• Puresteel Paladin
• Selfless Spirit
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Spectacular Spider-Man
• Sram, Senior Edificer
• Sun Titan
• Brave the Sands
• Forge Anew
• Gift of Immortality
• Guilty Conscience
• Mantle of the Ancients
• Pariah
• Resourceful Defense
• Saving Grace
• Sigarda's Aid
• Spirit Link
• With Great Power . . .
• Gideon's Sacrifice
• Martyrdom
• Path to Exile
• Rebuff the Wicked
• Reprieve
• Restoration Magic
• Stroke of Midnight
• Swords to Plowshares
• Valor Made Real
• Open the Armory
• Repentance
• Plains
• Plains
• Gods Willing
• Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
• Guardian of Faith
• Dawn Charm
• Vorrac Battlehorns