EDH Optimizer
Venom, Evil Unleashed
Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain · 4B
Color identity: Black
Venom, Evil Unleashed is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Deathtouch
{2}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. It gains deathtouch until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Reference price of the card: €0.09
Average lands in decks for Venom, Evil Unleashed: 38
+1/+1 CountersAristocratsComboDeathtouchGraveyardMidrangeTokens
Build your Venom, Evil Unleashed deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Venom, Evil Unleashed 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Venom, Evil Unleashed 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 (48/100)
- Consistency0
- Speed47
- Interaction18
- Resilience66
- Closing92
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 38 lands (3 nonbasic, 35 Swamp)
Arcane Signet · Feed the Swarm · Murder · Corrupted Conviction · Sol Ring · Common Crook · Dark Ritual · Deadly Dispute · Midnight Recovery · Venom's Hunger · Venomized Cat · Sinister Starfish · Alchemist's Gift · Charcoal Diamond · Phyresis · Undying Evil · Victimize · Baleful Eidolon · Dread Return · Mind Stone · Qarsi Revenant · Reanimate · Revoke Demise · Risky Research · Symbiote Spawn · Wayfarer's Bauble · Black Mage's Rod · Buried Treasure · Jet Medallion · Raise Dead · Risky Shortcut · Sinister Strength · Supernatural Stamina · Temple Thief · Toxin Analysis · Troll of Khazad-dûm · Unwilling Ingredient · Village Rites · Anchovy & Banana Pizza · Accursed Marauder · Archpriest of Shadows · Ashnod's Altar · Audacious Thief · Basilisk Collar · Bladed Pinions · Blood Artist · Bonebind Orator · Contagious Nim · Dark Banishing · Dark Bargain · Disentomb · Doom Blade · Exsanguinate · Fake Your Own Death · Flensermite · Forsworn Paladin · Fortuitous Find · Fungal Fortitude · Geode Golem · Ghoulcaller's Accomplice · Gingerbrute · Bojuka Bog · Cabal Coffers · Phyrexian Tower
🃏 Recommended cards for Venom, Evil Unleashed
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Venom, Evil Unleashed, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Common Crook | 35% | +34% |
| Midnight Recovery | 33% | +33% |
| Venom's Hunger | 33% | +33% |
| Murder | 41% | +31% |
| Venomized Cat | 31% | +30% |
| Sinister Starfish | 30% | +29% |
| Alchemist's Gift | 26% | +25% |
| Corrupted Conviction | 37% | +25% |
| Phyresis | 26% | +24% |
| Undying Evil | 26% | +23% |
| Baleful Eidolon | 22% | +22% |
| Revoke Demise | 22% | +22% |
| Symbiote Spawn | 22% | +22% |
| Risky Research | 22% | +21% |
| Temple Thief | 19% | +19% |
| Sinister Strength | 19% | +18% |
| Buried Treasure | 19% | +18% |
| Unwilling Ingredient | 19% | +18% |
| Toxin Analysis | 19% | +18% |
| Black Mage's Rod | 19% | +18% |
| Raise Dead | 19% | +18% |
| Risky Shortcut | 19% | +17% |
| Qarsi Revenant | 22% | +17% |
| Anchovy & Banana Pizza | 17% | +16% |
💰 The best cards for your Venom, Evil Unleashed 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.
- Common Crook
- Midnight Recovery
- Venom's Hunger
- Murder
- Venomized Cat
- Sinister Starfish
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Venom, Eddie Brock
- Scavenged Brawler
- Basilisk Collar
- Tainted Strike
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Venom, Evil Unleashed
- 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
- Marauding Blight-Priest + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- 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
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Carrion Feeder → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Venom, Evil Unleashed's color identity?
Venom, Evil Unleashed 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 Venom, Evil Unleashed come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Venom, Evil Unleashed deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 38 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.5 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 20 % of the time and floods 53 %. Deck health: C (48/100).
How many lands should a Venom, Evil Unleashed deck run?
Real Venom, Evil Unleashed decks run 38 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 Venom, Evil Unleashed?
The three highest-synergy cards are Common Crook, Midnight Recovery, Venom's Hunger. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Venom, Evil Unleashed decks.
What combos does Venom, Evil Unleashed have?
Venom, Evil Unleashed has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton. 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 Venom, Evil Unleashed deck cost?
You can start cheap: Common Crook, Midnight Recovery, Venom's Hunger 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.