Art: Andrew Mar · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Vishgraz, the Doomhive
WBGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Insect · from $1.44
Menace, toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
When Vishgraz enters, create three 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens with toxic 1 and "This token can't block."
Vishgraz gets +1/+1 for each poison counter your opponents have.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
55 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | 1 | $0.98 |
| 7 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 8 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 9 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 10 | Path to Exile | Instant | 1 | $0.71 |
| 11 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 12 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 13 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 14 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 15 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 16 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 17 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 18 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 19 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 20 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 21 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 22 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 23 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 24 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 25 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 26 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 27 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 28 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 29 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 30 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 31 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 32 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 33 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 34 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 35 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 36 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 37 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 38 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 39 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 40 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 41 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 42 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 43 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 44 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 45 | Godless Shrine | Land | 0 | $8.47 |
| 46 | Generous Gift | Instant | 3 | $0.93 |
| 47 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 48 | Smothering Tithe | Enchantment | 4 | $56.09 |
| 49 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 50 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 51 | Overgrown Tomb | Land | 0 | $8.00 |
| 52 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 53 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 54 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 55 | Esper Sentinel | Creature | 1 | $58.03 |
| 56 | Temple Garden | Land | 0 | $6.57 |
| 57 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 58 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 59 | Isolated Chapel | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 60 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 61 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 62 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 63 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 64 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 65 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 66 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 67 | Canopy Vista | Land | 0 | $0.22 |
| 68 | Teferi's Protection | Instant | 3 | $34.90 |
| 69 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 70 | Woodland Cemetery | Land | 0 | $0.62 |
| 71 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 72 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 73 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 74 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 75 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 76 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 77 | Assassin's Trophy | Instant | 2 | $1.01 |
| 78 | Enlightened Tutor | Instant | 1 | $21.99 |
| 79 | Caves of Koilos | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 80 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 81 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 82 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 83 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 84 | Sunpetal Grove | Land | 0 | $0.28 |
| 85 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 86 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 87 | Talisman of Hierarchy | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 88 | Llanowar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.59 |
| 89 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 90 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 91 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 92 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 93 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 94 | Anguished Unmaking | Instant | 3 | $1.58 |
| 95 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 96 | Ghostly Prison | Enchantment | 3 | $5.72 |
| 97 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 98 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 99 | Vault of Champions | Land | 0 | $16.60 |
| 100 | Worldly Tutor | Instant | 1 | $26.58 |
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Combos with Vishgraz, the Doomhive
The 10 most popular of 16 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens
Ashnod's Altar + Eldrazi Displacer + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite blinking of most creatures
Ashnod's Altar + Emiel the Blessed + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite blinking · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Nim Deathmantle + Phyrexian Altar + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Emiel the Blessed + Phyrexian Altar + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Eldrazi Displacer + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite blinking · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite blinking of most creatures
Emiel the Blessed + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite blinking · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Earthcraft + Emiel the Blessed + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite blinking · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana basic lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of basic lands you control
Dross Scorpion + Phyrexian Altar + Vat of Rebirth + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines + Enduring Renewal + Phyrexian Altar + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 5th of 17 — Commander Party Tourney on Topdeck.ggMay 10, 2026 · 1–1–0 · by Rose
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.