EDH Optimizer
Agent Venom
Legendary Creature — Symbiote Soldier Hero · 2B
Color identity: Black
Agent Venom is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flash
Menace
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
Reference price of the card: €0.38
Average lands in decks for Agent Venom: 36
AristocratsSacrificeComboCard DrawControlFlashbackGraveyardLifedrain
Build your Agent Venom deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Agent Venom 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Agent Venom deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (58/100)
- Consistency53
- Speed61
- Interaction34
- Resilience81
- Closing64
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (10 nonbasic, 26 Swamp)
Blood Artist · Sol Ring · Zulaport Cutthroat · Reassembling Skeleton · Pitiless Plunderer · Bastion of Remembrance · Viscera Seer · Arcane Signet · Bloodghast · Village Rites · Accursed Marauder · Ayara, First of Locthwain · Victimize · Jet Medallion · Gray Merchant of Asphodel · Plaguecrafter · Deadly Dispute · Dark Ritual · Ashnod's Altar · Braids, Arisen Nightmare · Midnight Reaper · Timeline Culler · Morbid Opportunist · Umbral Collar Zealot · Vengeful Bloodwitch · Solemn Simulacrum · Syr Konrad, the Grim · Carrion Feeder · Fleshbag Marauder · Feed the Swarm · Warren Soultrader · Reanimate · Grim Haruspex · Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel · Skullclamp · Yahenni, Undying Partisan · Bontu's Monument · Crypt Ghast · Fell the Profane // Fell Mire · Nine-Lives Familiar · Corrupted Conviction · Unearth · Infernal Grasp · Phyrexian Altar · Forsaken Miner · Gravecrawler · Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire · Priest of Forgotten Gods · Susurian Voidborn · Toxic Deluge · Deadly Rollick · Grave Pact · Marionette Apprentice · Nether Traitor · Pawn of Ulamog · The Soul Stone · Drivnod, Carnage Dominus · Exsanguinate · Withering Torment · Black Market · Greedy Freebooter · Shambling Ghast · The Darkness Crystal · Cabal Coffers · Bojuka Bog · Phyrexian Tower · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Reliquary Tower · Witch's Cottage · High Market · Myriad Landscape · Takenuma, Abandoned Mire · Mortuary Mire
🃏 Recommended cards for Agent Venom
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Agent Venom, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Zulaport Cutthroat | 77% | +54% |
| Reassembling Skeleton | 68% | +51% |
| Bastion of Remembrance | 65% | +48% |
| Bloodghast | 59% | +46% |
| Pitiless Plunderer | 66% | +46% |
| Blood Artist | 77% | +46% |
| Viscera Seer | 62% | +45% |
| Timeline Culler | 47% | +43% |
| Vengeful Bloodwitch | 46% | +40% |
| Midnight Reaper | 47% | +39% |
| Umbral Collar Zealot | 46% | +38% |
| Accursed Marauder | 57% | +35% |
| Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER | 39% | +33% |
| Village Rites | 58% | +32% |
| Ayara, First of Locthwain | 57% | +32% |
| Yahenni, Undying Partisan | 38% | +32% |
| Carrion Feeder | 44% | +32% |
| Grim Haruspex | 40% | +32% |
| Plaguecrafter | 51% | +31% |
| Warren Soultrader | 43% | +29% |
| Susurian Voidborn | 31% | +29% |
| Ashnod's Altar | 48% | +28% |
| Victimize | 56% | +28% |
| Braids, Arisen Nightmare | 47% | +28% |
💰 The best cards for your Agent Venom deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Zulaport Cutthroat
- Reassembling Skeleton
- Bastion of Remembrance
- Bloodghast
- Viscera Seer
- Timeline Culler
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Pitiless Plunderer
- Blood Artist
- Ayara, First of Locthwain
- Carrion Feeder
- Ashnod's Altar
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Warren Soultrader
- Phyrexian Altar
- Phyrexian Tower
- The Soul Stone
- Grave Pact
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Agent Venom
- Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
- Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Blood Artist → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
- Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Agent Venom's color identity?
Agent Venom is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Agent Venom come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Agent Venom deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.9 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 13 % of the time and floods 13 %. Deck health: C+ (58/100).
How many lands should a Agent Venom deck run?
Real Agent Venom decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Agent Venom?
The three highest-synergy cards are Zulaport Cutthroat, Reassembling Skeleton, Bastion of Remembrance. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Agent Venom decks.
What combos does Agent Venom have?
Agent Venom has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Agent Venom deck cost?
You can start cheap: Zulaport Cutthroat, Reassembling Skeleton, Bastion of Remembrance are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.