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Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector
Legendary Creature — Human Hero Villain // Legendary Creature — Symbiote Hero Villain · 2B
Color identity: Black · Green · Red · Jund
Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector is Jund (black, green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When Eddie Brock enters, return target creature card with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
{3}{B}{R}{G}: Transform Eddie Brock. Activate only as a sorcery.
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Menace, trample, haste
Whenever Venom attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, draw X cards, then you may put a permanent card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.
Reference price of the card: €2.14
Average lands in decks for Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector: 36
ReanimatorSacrificeAristocratsGraveyardAggroCard DrawRampMidrange
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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+ (60/100)
- Consistency91
- Speed68
- Interaction31
- Resilience79
- Closing37
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (26 nonbasic, 3 Swamp, 2 Mountain, 5 Forest)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Ignoble Hierarch · Ghalta, Primal Hunger · Reanimate · Anticausal Vestige · Junji, the Midnight Sky · Riveteers Ascendancy · Bygone Colossus · Farseek · Birds of Paradise · Sneak Attack · Victimize · Diamond Weapon · Anger · Assassin's Trophy · Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma · Heroic Intervention · Beast Within · Blasphemous Act · Carnage, Crimson Chaos · Nature's Lore · Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist · Agent Venom · Cultivate · Honest Rutstein · Venom, Deadly Devourer · Dark Ritual · Gwenom, Remorseless · Solemn Simulacrum · Eternal Witness · Behold the Sinister Six! · Primeval Protector · Three Visits · Atsushi, the Blazing Sky · Llanowar Elves · Terminate · Animate Dead · Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness · Protean Hulk · Rampant Growth · Rhythm of the Wild · The Soul Stone · Delighted Halfling · Garruk's Uprising · Kodama of the East Tree · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant · Lightning Greaves · Spider Manifestation · Haywire Mite · Thought Vessel · Meren of Clan Nel Toth · Deadly Rollick · Fanatic of Rhonas · Chaos Warp · Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise · The Skullspore Nexus · Toxic Deluge · Vaultborn Tyrant · Korvold, Fae-Cursed King · Avacyn, Angel of Horror · Infernal Grasp · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Stomping Ground · Overgrown Tomb · Blood Crypt · Woodland Cemetery · Reliquary Tower · Ziatora's Proving Ground · Cinder Glade · Dragonskull Summit · Rootbound Crag · Smoldering Marsh · Savage Lands · Bloodstained Mire · Wooded Foothills · Llanowar Wastes · Undergrowth Stadium · Verdant Catacombs · Spire Garden · Karplusan Forest · Luxury Suite · Bojuka Bog · Sulfurous Springs · Rogue's Passage · Rockfall Vale · Commercial District
🃏 Recommended cards for Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Ghalta, Primal Hunger | 66% | +57% |
| Anticausal Vestige | 60% | +57% |
| Bygone Colossus | 57% | +54% |
| Junji, the Midnight Sky | 59% | +48% |
| Riveteers Ascendancy | 58% | +48% |
| Diamond Weapon | 49% | +47% |
| Sneak Attack | 50% | +46% |
| Carnage, Crimson Chaos | 43% | +41% |
| Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist | 43% | +40% |
| Agent Venom | 42% | +40% |
| Reanimate | 62% | +40% |
| Venom, Deadly Devourer | 40% | +38% |
| Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma | 44% | +36% |
| Gwenom, Remorseless | 39% | +36% |
| Primeval Protector | 36% | +34% |
| Behold the Sinister Six! | 36% | +34% |
| Honest Rutstein | 40% | +32% |
| Victimize | 50% | +31% |
| The Soul Stone | 32% | +29% |
| Anger | 44% | +28% |
| Kodama of the East Tree | 31% | +28% |
| Atsushi, the Blazing Sky | 35% | +28% |
| Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant | 29% | +27% |
| Protean Hulk | 32% | +27% |
💰 The best cards for your Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector 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.
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger
- Anticausal Vestige
- Bygone Colossus
- Junji, the Midnight Sky
- Riveteers Ascendancy
- Diamond Weapon
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Sneak Attack
- Reanimate
- Gwenom, Remorseless
- Behold the Sinister Six!
- Kodama of the East Tree
- Protean Hulk
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- The Soul Stone
- Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
- Vaultborn Tyrant
- Fanatic of Rhonas
- Delighted Halfling
- Avacyn, Angel of Horror
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector's color identity?
Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector is Jund (black, green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors 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 Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector 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 14 % of the time and floods 19 %. Deck health: C+ (60/100).
How many lands should a Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector deck run?
Real Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector 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 Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector?
The three highest-synergy cards are Ghalta, Primal Hunger, Anticausal Vestige, Bygone Colossus. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector decks.
What combos does Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector deck cost?
You can start cheap: Ghalta, Primal Hunger, Anticausal Vestige, Bygone Colossus 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.