Art by Paolo Parente
Commander deckB
Valko Indorian
Deploy aggressive Phyrexian creatures that gain menace and lifelink from Valko Indorian, overwhelming opponents in combat while sustaining life totals for potent black card-draw and sacrifice payoffs.
Asked for“Valko Indorian commander deck”
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 · 62 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
1Valko Indorian
3BLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Defiler of Flesh
2BBCreature — Phyrexian Horror
Phyrexian creature that pays life for black mana costs
Card Draw
10
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
1BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Phyrexian engine drawing cards off evasive menace attackers
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
generates cards, mana, and tokens at the cost of life
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
1BBLegendary Creature — Nightmare
forces sacrifices and draws cards
Removal
10
Infernal Grasp
1BInstant
unconditional creature removal with negligible life loss
Threats/Wincons
25
Phyrexian Obliterator
BBBBCreature — Phyrexian Horror
punishing Phyrexian beater lethal with menace and lifelink
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Phyrexian praetor heavily swinging life totals
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Phyrexian praetor providing continuous reanimation and edicts
Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
3BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment — Saga
Phyrexian threat that transforms into The True Scriptures
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
4BPBPBPLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror Minion
Phyrexian minion that turns life from lifelink into mana
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
3BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Dragon Skeleton
Phyrexian dragon with infect and haste
Phyrexian Fleshgorger
7Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
hard-hitting Phyrexian with ward and scaling power
Archpriest of Shadows
3BBCreature — Human Warlock
Phyrexian that reanimates creatures on combat damage with menace
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
resilient Phyrexian wurm creating more Phyrexian tokens
Blightsteel Colossus
12Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
game-ending Phyrexian colossus terrifying with menace
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Phyrexian wurm that wipes small boards and drains opponents
Gixian Puppeteer
3BCreature — Phyrexian Warlock
Phyrexian creature draining foes and buffing your team
Phyrexian Crusader
1BBCreature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight
evasive infect threat with relevant protections
Steel Hellkite
6Artifact Creature — Dragon
Phyrexian dragon offering repeatable permanent destruction
Vraan, Executioner Thane
1BLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Vampire
Phyrexian drain engine on creature deaths
Hand of the Praetors
3BCreature — Phyrexian Zombie
Phyrexian lord buffing infect and poison counters
Ichor Rats
1BBCreature — Phyrexian Rat
Phyrexian creature giving poison counters to all opponents
Phyrexian Gargantua
4BBCreature — Phyrexian Horror
large Phyrexian body providing card advantage
Scrapheap Scrounger
2Artifact Creature — Construct
recursive aggressive Phyrexian attacker
Flesh-Eater Imp
3BCreature — Phyrexian Imp
Phyrexian sacrifice outlet with infect and evasion
Necroskitter
1BBCreature — Elemental
Phyrexian creature stealing opposing creatures with wither
Utility
7
Vat of Rebirth
BArtifact
artifact that steadily recurs Phyrexians from the graveyard
Phyrexian Reclamation
BEnchantment
repeatable creature recursion for life and mana
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
cheap enchantment reanimation for high-impact threats
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
protects Valko Indorian and enables immediate menace swings
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
hexproof and haste for key legendary creatures
