I wanted to try out Pharika, God of Affliction because she doesn't seem as obviously good in EDH as many other gods.
This deck started as an Enchantment deck but morphed into a Dredgey/Reanimator style deck. I still have a decent Enchantment subtheme and I might try to expand on that as I acquire more cards for the deck.
Those only trigger on casting enchantments. Eidolon triggers whenever you make a snake for yourself with Pharika. It draws off itself too and nets you way more cards in this deck.
Defense of the Heart is an enchantment and good when you can donate creatures. Reap is still a bit meta dependent, but you can give them black permanents.
I really like the deck. Coincidentally I'm in the process of building a deck around Pharika myself.
Agreed that she's a very interesting commander to build around, really open-ended.
A dredge/reanimator deck with enchantment theme seems to be very complementary to the general.
I've found Animate Dead, Necromancy and the other enchantment reanimate cards to be really good.
No love for the other dredge cards? Especially Golgari thug has been amazing as it is often cast and sacrificed to get some vital creature back.
I'm interested to see how you'll evolve the deck and I'd gladly discuss some more card choices.
I considered more dredge cards at one point, I didn't go too deep into it because I wasn't sure how it would play out. Having played the deck I can see that many of them would be pretty strong, so I might end up tossing in a few more.
Reap is very likely better than Regrowth here. Instant speed and it's very easy to get more cards back when you can give opponents black permanents.
Pharika is a lot of fun for political reasons. You can give people snakes to help them out as a peace offering. It can get annoying though.
Great suggestions, thanks. Yeah, I should probably convert my spells to creatures where I can. I'll definitely be picking from this list when I update the deck.
This deck started as an Enchantment deck but morphed into a Dredgey/Reanimator style deck. I still have a decent Enchantment subtheme and I might try to expand on that as I acquire more cards for the deck.
1x Pharika, God of Affliction
Creature (35)
1x Acidic Slime
1x Avenger of Zendikar
1x Birds of Paradise
1x Blood Artist
1x Bloodghast
1x Burnished Hart
1x Creakwood Liege
1x Dawntreader Elk
1x Elvish Mystic
1x Eternal Witness
1x Fleshbag Marauder
1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
1x Golgari Grave-Troll
1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1x Krosan Tusker
1x Lord of Extinction
1x Massacre Wurm
1x Merciless Executioner
1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
1x Reassembling Skeleton
1x Reclamation Sage
1x Rune-Scarred Demon
1x Sadistic Hypnotist
1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
1x Seedborn Muse
1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
1x Shriekmaw
1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
1x Skullwinder
1x Soul of the Harvest
1x Sylvan Caryatid
1x Terastodon
1x Void Winnower
1x Wood Elves
1x Yavimaya Elder
1x Courser of Kruphix
1x Doomwake Giant
1x Eidolon of Blossoms
1x Erebos, God of the Dead
1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
Land (37)
1x Blighted Fen
1x Blighted Woodland
1x Command Tower
1x Dakmor Salvage
1x Evolving Wilds
1x Fertile Thicket
8x Forest
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Grim Backwoods
1x Jungle Hollow
1x Khalni Garden
1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
1x Spawning Pool
1x Springjack Pasture
1x Strip Mine
13x Swamp
1x Tainted Wood
1x Terramorphic Expanse
Artifact (3)
1x Elixir of Immortality
1x Skullclamp
1x Sol Ring
Sorcery (8)
1x Decree of Pain
1x Dread Return
1x Extinguish All Hope
1x Jarad's Orders
1x Life from the Loam
1x Life's Finale
1x Regrowth
1x Worm Harvest
1x Animate Dead
1x Deadbridge Chant
1x Deathreap Ritual
1x Dictate of Erebos
1x Evolutionary Leap
1x From Beyond
1x Grave Pact
1x Perilous Forays
1x Pernicious Deed
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Rancor
I have enjoyed the deck so far, Pharika herself has proven to be a substantial threat at times.
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Modern:U Mono U Tron
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Those only trigger on casting enchantments. Eidolon triggers whenever you make a snake for yourself with Pharika. It draws off itself too and nets you way more cards in this deck.
Defense of the Heart is an enchantment and good when you can donate creatures. Reap is still a bit meta dependent, but you can give them black permanents.
Rampant Growth seem really weak over something like Farhaven Elf, Viridian Emissary, or Solemn Simulacrum. I'd rather have something that can be turned into a snake. I'd probably run those over Birds of Paradise too. Casting Pharika turn 2 isn't going to help much.
Reap is very likely better than Regrowth here. Instant speed and it's very easy to get more cards back when you can give opponents black permanents.
Pharika is a lot of fun for political reasons. You can give people snakes to help them out as a peace offering. It can get annoying though.
I considered more dredge cards at one point, I didn't go too deep into it because I wasn't sure how it would play out. Having played the deck I can see that many of them would be pretty strong, so I might end up tossing in a few more.
Great suggestions, thanks. Yeah, I should probably convert my spells to creatures where I can. I'll definitely be picking from this list when I update the deck.
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Sol Ring
1x Elvish Mystic
1x Skullwinder
1x Wood Elves
1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
1x Seedborn Muse
1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
1x Soul of the Harvest
1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
1x Spawning Pool
1x Springjack Pasture
1x Command Tower
1x Underworld Connections
1x Thornbite Staff
1x Grim Discovery
1x Rampant Growth
1x Maelstrom Pulse
1x Increasing Ambition
1x Primal Command
1x Putrefy
1x Falkenrath Noble
1x Deadwood Treefolk
1x Gilt-Leaf palace
1x Golgari Guildgate
1x Golgari Rot Farm
I threw in a lot more creatures and added some missing staples. There are plenty of things to pick up still.