Art by Igor Kieryluk
Saved commander deck
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Place coin counters on high-value creatures and use sacrifice outlets or sweepers to steal opponents' threats and recur your own enter-the-battlefield engines.
Prompt: Athreos, Shroud-Veiled commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
{4}{W}{B}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Sol Ring
{1}Artifact
Essential format ramp staple to accelerate a six-mana commander.
Arcane Signet
{2}Artifact
Efficient two-mana rock providing fixing for white and black.
Talisman of Hierarchy
{2}Artifact
Enters untapped and fixes both colors immediately.
Fellwar Stone
{2}Artifact
Cheap mana acceleration that reliably produces colored mana.
Mind Stone
{2}Artifact
Early ramp that can be cashed in for a card later in the game.
Smothering Tithe
{3}{W}Enchantment
Generates massive treasure advantage across multiplayer tables.
Black Market
{3}{B}{B}Enchantment
Amasses huge amounts of black mana from dying creatures.
Card Draw
10 cards
Phyrexian Arena
{1}{B}{B}Enchantment
Consistent extra draw per turn while contributing devotion to Athreos.
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die.
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
Draws cards off creature deaths to keep your hand full.
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Triggers off any creature dying once each turn.
Painful Truths
{2}{B}Sorcery
Draws two cards for three mana in this two-color deck.
Tocasia's Welcome
{2}{W}Enchantment
Draws whenever Athreos brings back small creatures.
Removal
15 cards
Despark
{W}{B}Instant
Exiles high-cost permanents, triggering Athreos if it targets a creature with a coin counter.
Anguished Unmaking
{1}{W}{B}Instant
Flexible unconditional nonland permanent exile.
Generous Gift
{2}{W}Instant
Universal permanent destruction answering any problematic card.
Deadly Rollick
{3}{B}Instant
Free creature exile while Athreos is on the battlefield.
Wrath of God
{2}{W}{W}Sorcery
Classic board wipe that brings back all coin-countered creatures under your control.
Damnation
{2}{B}{B}Sorcery
Unconditional creature wipe that reanimates coin-marked targets.
Farewell
{4}{W}{W}Sorcery
Modal board wipe that exiles creatures, triggering Athreos reanimation on marked targets.
Merciless Eviction
{4}{W}{B}Sorcery
Exiles chosen permanent types; Athreos triggers on exile to steal marked creatures.
Fleshbag Marauder
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Warrior
Forces edicts each time it enters and dies, easily loopable with Athreos.
Plaguecrafter
{2}{B}Creature — Human Shaman
Forces symmetrical sacrifice of creatures or planeswalkers, great to recur.
Demon's Disciple
{2}{B}Creature — Human Cleric
Edict on a stick that can sacrifice itself repeatedly with coin counters.
Ravenous Chupacabra
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Beast Horror
Destroys a creature on entry, perfect recipient of a coin counter.
Threats/Wincons
16 cards
Karmic Guide
{3}{W}{W}Creature — Angel Spirit
Reanimates another creature on entry; Athreos can bring it back when echo kills it.
Sun Titan
{4}{W}{W}Creature — Giant
Recurs low-cost permanents on entry and attack, providing immense value.
Grave Titan
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Giant
Presents a massive clock and floods the board with Zombie tokens.
Sepulchral Primordial
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Avatar
Steals creatures from every opponent's graveyard on entry.
Luminate Primordial
{5}{W}{W}Creature — Avatar
Exiles a creature from each opponent, excellent reanimation target.
Ashen Rider
{4}{W}{W}{B}{B}Creature — Archon
Exiles permanents on entering and dying, incredible synergy with Athreos.
Noxious Gearhulk
{4}{B}{B}Artifact Creature — Construct
Destroys a creature and gains life on entry, huge threat when looped.
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Wipes opposing small creatures and punishes opponents with life loss.
Archon of Justice
{3}{W}{W}Creature — Archon
Exiles any target permanent when it dies, creating immense leverage.
Junji, the Midnight Sky
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Provides discard or reanimation upon death and synergizes with sacrifice loops.
Ao, the Dawn Sky
{3}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Provides card advantage or board pump upon death.
Kokusho, the Evening Star
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Drains the entire table for 5 life whenever it dies and comes back.
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
{5}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Locks down opposing boards and provides high white devotion.
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
Massive life drain win condition that thrives on Athreos and black devotion.
Wurmcoil Engine
{6}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Leaves behind tokens on death and returns whole with a coin counter.
Solemn Simulacrum
{4}Artifact Creature — Golem
Ramps on entry and draws a card on death, ideal early coin counter target.
Utility
11 cards
Viscera Seer
{B}Creature — Vampire Wizard
Zero-mana sacrifice outlet that scries to filter your library.
Carrion Feeder
{B}Creature — Zombie
Free sacrifice outlet that grows into a substantial threat.
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Vampire
Free sacrifice outlet that protects itself with indestructible and gains +1/+1 counters.
Ashnod's Altar
{3}Artifact
Sacrifice outlet that converts looped creatures into large amounts of colorless mana.
Phyrexian Altar
{3}Artifact
Sacrifice outlet providing colored mana to cast high-cost spells and replay Athreos.
Spurnmage Advocate
{W}Creature — Human Nomad
Destroys attacking creatures by returning political cards from opposing graveyards.
Strionic Resonator
{2}Artifact
Duplicates Athreos's end step trigger to put two coin counters each turn.
Lithoform Engine
{4}Legendary Artifact
Copies triggered abilities or spells to double up coin counters and reanimations.
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects key creatures and grants haste to your recurring threats.
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Provides hexproof to protect valuable targets before Athreos triggers.
Dauthi Voidwalker
{B}{B}Creature — Dauthi Rogue
Graveyard hate on legs that can sacrifice itself to cast opposing exiled spells.
