Art by Steve Argyle
Commander deckBGU
Damia, Sage of Stone
Lock down opponents' mana bases, steal their lands, and wipe the board clean while poisoning them out with evasive flying and serpent-themed infect threats.
Asked for“serpent society, infect, landlock, land steal, flying, board wipes, interaction”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 61 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Damia, Sage of Stone
4BGULegendary Creature — Gorgon Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Removal
12
Culling Ritual
2BGSorcery
Wipes cheap permanents and fuels massive follow-up turns
Pernicious Deed
1BGEnchantment
Scalable board wipe that sweeps tokens and nonlands
Threats/Wincons
19
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
3BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Dragon Skeleton
Hasty flying infect dragon that regenerates
Blighted Agent
1UCreature — Phyrexian Human Rogue
Unblockable infect attacker to quickly apply poison
Phyrexian Vatmother
2BBCreature — Phyrexian Horror
Resilient high-power infect beater
Plague Stinger
1BCreature — Phyrexian Insect Horror
Evasive flying infect creature for early poison counters
Viral Drake
3UCreature — Phyrexian Drake
Flying infect threat that proliferates repetitively
Herald of Leshrac
6BCreature — Avatar
Systematically steals opponents' lands each turn
Agent of Treachery
5UUCreature — Human Rogue
Steals any permanent including lands and provides draw
Roil Elemental
3UUUCreature — Elemental
Steals opposing creatures with flying and landfall synergy
Koma, Cosmos Serpent
3GGUULegendary Creature — Serpent
Serpent engine that locks down permanents and generates coils
Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
4GULegendary Creature — Serpent
Sea serpent that ramps and draws into lock pieces
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
6GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Freezes opponents' lands while doubling your own mana
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
5UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Counters enemy interaction while duplicating your spells
Sire of Stagnation
4UBCreature — Eldrazi
Exiles enemy libraries and draws cards on their land drops
Tainted Observer
1GUCreature — Phyrexian Bird
Flying creature that proliferates poison counters
Bloated Contaminator
2GCreature — Phyrexian Beast
Trampling infect threat that proliferates on hit
Phyrexian Crusader
1BBCreature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight
Infect beatstick protected from red and white removal
Venser, Corpse Puppet
UBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Wizard
Proliferates poison and creates flying defensive tokens
Icebreaker Kraken
10UUSnow Creature — Kraken
Massive sea beast that keeps opposing boards tapped down
Utility
10
Spreading Seas
1UEnchantment — Aura
Land disruption that locks out utility lands and cantrips
Annex
2UUEnchantment — Aura
Aura that directly steals control of an opponent's land
Contagion Engine
6Artifact
Shrinks the opposing board and double proliferates infect
Heroic Intervention
1GInstant
Protects your board lock and infect creatures from sweeps
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Provides hexproof and haste to essential infect threats
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects commander and key creatures with shroud and haste
Conqueror's Flail
2Artifact — Equipment
Silences opponents from casting spells on your turn
