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Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God · {4}{W}{B} · Black/White commander
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white and black is less than seven, Athreos isn't a creature.
At the beginning of your end step, put a coin counter on another target creature.
Whenever a creature with a coin counter on it dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.
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What Athreos, Shroud-Veiled actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · end_stepAt the beginning of your end step, put a coin counter on another target creature.
- Triggered ability · deathWhenever a creature with a coin counter on it dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.
- Keyword · indestructibleindestructible
- AbilityAs long as your devotion to white and black is less than seven, Athreos isn't a creature.
What an Athreos, Shroud-Veiled deck needs
Plays as aristocrats. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- removal and sweepers (a coined opposing creature that dies returns under your control)
- sacrifice outlets for your own coined creatures (they come back)
- white and black mana pips on permanents (seven devotion makes it a creature)
The Athreos, Shroud-Veiled deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 20× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 6× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- 10× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 4× Answer a whole board at once
- 10× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Nurgle's Rot1 mana
- Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization6 mana
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead5 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin4 mana
- Exquisite Huntmaster4 mana
- Grixis Slavedriver6 mana
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- Carrion Feeder1 mana
- Viscera Seer1 mana
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Bartolomé del Presidio2 mana
- Spawning Pit2 mana
- Umbral Collar Zealot2 mana
- Bloodthrone Vampire2 mana
- Cartel Aristocrat2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Kaya's Wrath4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Orzhov Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Ashnod's Altar + Resourceful Defense500 decks
- Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Viscera Seer + Resourceful Defense489 decks
- Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Viscera Seer + Reluctant Role Model408 decks
- Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Ashnod's Altar + Reluctant Role Model365 decks
- Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Bartolomé Del Presidio + Resourceful Defense328 decks
- Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Bartolomé Del Presidio + Reluctant Role Model255 decks