
Enduring Enchantments
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos Commander Precon
This is an Abzan enchantress deck. It chains enchantment spells and enters to draw cards, cheapen costs and trigger constellation payoffs, building a wide board of tokens and enchantment creatures that all gain menace from Anikthea. Anikthea is the value engine: each time it enters or attacks, it exiles a non-Aura enchantment from the graveyard and makes a token copy that is also a 3/3 Zombie. That turns sagas, removal enchantments and spent value pieces into recurring bodies and repeated enter-the-battlefield effects, and the self-mill, sacrifice outlets and saga cycling keep the graveyard stocked. How it wins: It overwhelms opponents with menace-wielding enchantment creatures and token armies, pumped by anthem effects, while saga payoffs and lifelink drain them out. Key roles: - Enchantress draw engine: These cards draw a card on every enchantment cast or enter, so the stream of cheap enchantments refills the hand and keeps the chain going. (Enchantress's Presence, Eidolon of Blossoms, Setessan Champion) - Cost reduction and mana: They make enchantments cheaper, scale mana with enchantment count, or let one be cast for life, which supports explosive turns and big payoffs. (Sanctum Weaver, Starfield Mystic, Demon of Fate's Design) - Graveyard enchantment recursion: Self-mill and sacrificed or finished sagas fill the graveyard. Anikthea then reanimates those enchantments as 3/3 Zombie token copies on enter and attack, while other pieces return them each upkeep or en masse, replaying their enter effects. (Starfield of Nyx, Nyx Weaver, Calix, Destiny's Hand) - Saga and sacrifice value: Sagas deliver removal, ramp and threats, then die to feed recursion. Their final chapters drain opponents, sacrificed enchantments draw cards, and Zombie copies of sagas start over from chapter one. (Narci, Fable Singer, Battle at the Helvault, The Eldest Reborn) - Constellation token armies and anthems: Enchantment entries create flying tokens, Angels and copies, while scaling anthems grow the board. Many of these bodies are enchantment creatures that gain menace from Anikthea. (Archon of Sun's Grace, Sigil of the Empty Throne, Boon of the Spirit Realm) - One-sided board control: Wipes spare enchantment creatures, constellation shrinks opponents' boards, and exile-based enchantments remove threats. These removal enchantments can later be re-copied by Anikthea for repeat removal. (Cacophony Unleashed, Extinguish All Hope, Doomwake Giant)
Enduring Enchantments decklist
- Narci, Fable Singer
- Battle at the Helvault
- Boon of the Spirit Realm
- Ondu Spiritdancer
- Cacophony Unleashed
- Demon of Fate's Design
- Ghoulish Impetus
- Composer of Spring
- Nyxborn Behemoth
- Archon of Sun's Grace
- Felidar Retreat
- Grasp of Fate
- Heliod, God of the Sun
- Mesa Enchantress
- Sigil of the Empty Throne
- Starfield Mystic
- Starfield of Nyx
- Cunning Rhetoric
- Doomwake Giant
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
- Abundance
- Arasta of the Endless Web
- Courser of Kruphix
- Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
- Eidolon of Blossoms
- Enchantress's Presence
- Herald of the Pantheon
- The Mending of Dominaria
- Sanctum Weaver
- Sandwurm Convergence
- Setessan Champion
- Verduran Enchantress
- Battle for Bretagard
- Calix, Destiny's Hand
- Culling Ritual
- Mirari's Wake
- Sythis, Harvest's Hand
- Canopy Vista
- Exotic Orchard
- Fortified Village
- Necroblossom Snarl
- Shineshadow Snarl
- Sungrass Prairie
- Temple of Malady
- Temple of Plenty
- Temple of Silence
- Path to Exile
- Extinguish All Hope
- Kodama's Reach
- Arcane Signet
- Sol Ring
- Ash Barrens
- Command Tower
- Cast Out
- Love Song of Night and Day
- Omen of the Sun
- Spirited Companion
- The Eldest Reborn
- Mindwrack Harpy
- The Binding of the Titans
- Destiny Spinner
- Farseek
- Font of Fertility
- Greater Tanuki
- Khalni Heart Expedition
- Nessian Wanderer
- Omen of the Hunt
- Rampant Growth
- Binding the Old Gods
- Jukai Naturalist
- Nyx Weaver
- Satyr Enchanter
- Golgari Rot Farm
- Krosan Verge
- Orzhov Basilica
- Sandsteppe Citadel
- Selesnya Sanctuary
- Tainted Field
- Tainted Wood
- 3× Plains
- 3× Plains
- 3× Swamp
- 2× Swamp
- 4× Forest
- 4× Forest