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: €0.39
Average lands in decks for Agent Venom: 36
AristocratsSacrificeComboArtifactsCard DrawControlFlashbackGraveyard
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 (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+ (59/100)
- Consistency55
- Speed61
- Interaction37
- Resilience81
- Closing64
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (10 nonbasic, 26 Swamp)
Blood Artist · Zulaport Cutthroat · Sol Ring · Pitiless Plunderer · Reassembling Skeleton · Bastion of Remembrance · Arcane Signet · Viscera Seer · Bloodghast · Accursed Marauder · Ayara, First of Locthwain · Victimize · Village Rites · Jet Medallion · Gray Merchant of Asphodel · Plaguecrafter · Ashnod's Altar · Dark Ritual · Deadly Dispute · Midnight Reaper · Braids, Arisen Nightmare · Timeline Culler · Vengeful Bloodwitch · Umbral Collar Zealot · Feed the Swarm · Fleshbag Marauder · Morbid Opportunist · Solemn Simulacrum · Syr Konrad, the Grim · Reanimate · Carrion Feeder · Warren Soultrader · Grim Haruspex · Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel · Skullclamp · Bontu's Monument · Crypt Ghast · Yahenni, Undying Partisan · Fell the Profane // Fell Mire · Corrupted Conviction · Forsaken Miner · Gravecrawler · Infernal Grasp · Nine-Lives Familiar · Phyrexian Altar · Unearth · Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire · Priest of Forgotten Gods · Toxic Deluge · Deadly Rollick · Grave Pact · Nether Traitor · Pawn of Ulamog · Susurian Voidborn · Marionette Apprentice · The Soul Stone · Exsanguinate · Merciless Executioner · Withering Torment · Black Market · Drivnod, Carnage Dominus · Shambling Ghast · The Darkness Crystal · Cabal Coffers · Bojuka Bog · Phyrexian Tower · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Reliquary Tower · High Market · Witch's Cottage · Myriad Landscape · Mortuary Mire · Takenuma, Abandoned 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 | 66% | +49% |
| Bastion of Remembrance | 65% | +48% |
| Pitiless Plunderer | 66% | +46% |
| Blood Artist | 78% | +46% |
| Bloodghast | 59% | +46% |
| Viscera Seer | 60% | +42% |
| Timeline Culler | 46% | +42% |
| Vengeful Bloodwitch | 46% | +39% |
| Midnight Reaper | 47% | +38% |
| Umbral Collar Zealot | 45% | +37% |
| Accursed Marauder | 57% | +35% |
| Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER | 39% | +34% |
| Grim Haruspex | 41% | +32% |
| Ayara, First of Locthwain | 56% | +31% |
| Plaguecrafter | 51% | +31% |
| Village Rites | 56% | +31% |
| Yahenni, Undying Partisan | 36% | +30% |
| Carrion Feeder | 42% | +30% |
| Susurian Voidborn | 31% | +29% |
| Warren Soultrader | 42% | +28% |
| Victimize | 56% | +28% |
| Ashnod's Altar | 48% | +28% |
| Fleshbag Marauder | 44% | +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
- Grim Haruspex
- Ayara, First of Locthwain
- Carrion Feeder
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Warren Soultrader
- Ashnod's Altar
- Phyrexian Altar
- Phyrexian Tower
- The Soul Stone
- Grave Pact
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 cards most played with it, 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 15 % of the time and floods 12 %. Deck health: C+ (59/100).
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.