Venser, Corpse Puppet
Lifelink, toxic 1 Whenever you proliferate, choose one — • If you don't control a creature named The Hollow Sentinel, create The Hollow Sentinel, a legendary 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token. • Target artifact creature you control gains flying and lifelink until end of turn.
How Venser decks play in EDH
Venser, Corpse Puppet is a Dimir commander in blue and black costing UB, and its legendary creature - phyrexian zombie wizard line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Life gain is a resource here rather than a safety net, so cards that convert life totals into damage or draw belong in the list. The cards below are the ones Venser, Corpse Puppet decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $34.13Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (4)
Removal (2)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (8)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
Lands (1)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Venser, Corpse Puppet 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 Venser, Corpse Puppet deck?
Venser, Corpse Puppet has a Dimir colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Venser, Corpse Puppet?
The cards played most often in Venser, Corpse Puppet decks include Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun, Overwrite the Multiverse, Turbulent Wetlands. 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 Venser, Corpse Puppet deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $34.13 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 Venser, Corpse Puppet 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.