Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
When Anti-Venom enters, if he was cast, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If damage would be dealt to Anti-Venom, prevent that damage and put that many +1/+1 counters on him.
How Anti-Venom decks play in EDH
Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer is a mono-white commander costing WWWWW, and its legendary creature - symbiote hero line shapes the whole deck around it. It cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $98.81Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (2)
Removal (1)
Creatures (2)
Synergy & payoffs (12)
Lands (1)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer deck?
Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer has a mono-white colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer?
The cards played most often in Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer decks include Gleaming Splendor, Bilbo's Gambit, Kíli the Resourceful. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $98.81 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.