Anikthea, Hand of Erebos — Commander art

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos Commander Deck

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This is an enchantress deck in Abzan colors. It chains cheap and cost-reduced enchantments to draw cards off cast and constellation triggers, and turns that stream of enchantments into tokens, anthems and wide boards. Anikthea is the value engine on top: each time it enters or attacks, it exiles a non-Aura enchantment from the graveyard and makes a 3/3 Zombie token copy of it. That refires enter effects like removal, sagas and token makers, and gives the enchantment creatures menace for evasive attacks. Self-mill and sacrificable enchantments keep the graveyard stocked for Anikthea and the other recursion. How it wins: It builds a wide board of tokens and enchantment creatures, pumps them with anthems and constellation counters, and swings with menace and flyers, with saga drain from Narci as extra reach. Key roles: - Enchantress draw engine: These cards draw on every enchantment cast or entry, and cost reducers make the chain cheaper, so the deck keeps refilling its hand and deploying more. (Sythis, Harvest's Hand, Eidolon of Blossoms, Setessan Champion) - Graveyard enchantment recursion: Anikthea's Zombie copies turn spent sagas, sacrificed Omens, Font of Fertility and removal enchantments into repeat value. Mill effects fill the yard, and other recursion returns enchantments outright. (Starfield of Nyx, Mindwrack Harpy, Nyx Weaver) - Repeatable enter and saga value: Exile-until-leaves enchantments and sagas give removal, tokens and reanimation. Copying them through Anikthea or token-copy effects doubles the payoff, and Narci turns saga completions and enchantment sacrifices into drain and cards. (Grasp of Fate, Ondu Spiritdancer, Narci, Fable Singer) - Constellation token and board payoffs: Each enchantment entering or being cast creates fliers or soldiers, or shrinks the opposing board, so the deck builds a wide army as a byproduct of its main engine. (Sigil of the Empty Throne, Archon of Sun's Grace, Doomwake Giant) - Anthems and enchantment bodies: These scale the team's stats with the enchantment count, animate noncreature enchantments, or grow huge enchantment threats. The enchantment creatures all gain menace from Anikthea. (Boon of the Spirit Realm, Mirari's Wake, Cacophony Unleashed) - One-sided sweepers and land ramp: Wraths that spare enchantment creatures clear the way for an enchantment-based board. Heavy land ramp and enchantment-scaling mana, including landfall payoffs, power out the expensive top end. (Extinguish All Hope, Sanctum Weaver, Felidar Retreat)

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos decklist

  • Abundance
  • Arasta of the Endless Web
  • Arcane Signet
  • Archon of Sun's Grace
  • Ash Barrens
  • Battle at the Helvault
  • Battle for Bretagard
  • Binding the Old Gods
  • Boon of the Spirit Realm
  • Cacophony Unleashed
  • Calix, Destiny's Hand
  • Canopy Vista
  • Cast Out
  • Command Tower
  • Composer of Spring
  • Courser of Kruphix
  • Culling Ritual
  • Cunning Rhetoric
  • Demon of Fate's Design
  • Destiny Spinner
  • Doomwake Giant
  • Dreadhorde Invasion
  • Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • Eidolon of Blossoms
  • Enchantress's Presence
  • Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
  • Exotic Orchard
  • Extinguish All Hope
  • Farseek
  • Felidar Retreat
  • Font of Fertility
  • 8× Forest
  • Fortified Village
  • Ghoulish Impetus
  • Golgari Rot Farm
  • Grasp of Fate
  • Greater Tanuki
  • Heliod, God of the Sun
  • Herald of the Pantheon
  • Jukai Naturalist
  • Khalni Heart Expedition
  • Kodama's Reach
  • Krosan Verge
  • Love Song of Night and Day
  • Mesa Enchantress
  • Mindwrack Harpy
  • Mirari's Wake
  • Narci, Fable Singer
  • Necroblossom Snarl
  • Nessian Wanderer
  • Nyx Weaver
  • Nyxborn Behemoth
  • Omen of the Hunt
  • Omen of the Sun
  • Ondu Spiritdancer
  • Orzhov Basilica
  • Path to Exile
  • 6× Plains
  • Rampant Growth
  • Sanctum Weaver
  • Sandsteppe Citadel
  • Sandwurm Convergence
  • Satyr Enchanter
  • Selesnya Sanctuary
  • Setessan Champion
  • Shineshadow Snarl
  • Sigil of the Empty Throne
  • Sol Ring
  • Spirited Companion
  • Starfield Mystic
  • Starfield of Nyx
  • Sungrass Prairie
  • 5× Swamp
  • Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • Tainted Field
  • Tainted Wood
  • Temple of Malady
  • Temple of Plenty
  • Temple of Silence
  • The Binding of the Titans
  • The Eldest Reborn
  • The Mending of Dominaria
  • Verduran Enchantress

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

WhiteBlackGreenLegendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod

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