Pharika, God of Affliction
Color Identity
Details
Mana Value
3
Popularity
#1,653
of 3,466 commanders · via EDHREC
Card Text
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black and green is less than seven, Pharika isn't a creature.
{B}{G}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Its owner creates a 1/1 black and green Snake enchantment creature token with deathtouch.
5/5
Playstyle
Control · Steady · Political · Incremental wins
- Aggression
- 2 of 5
- Speed
- 2 of 5
- Interaction
- 4 of 5
- Combat
- 3 of 5
- Engine
- 3 of 5
- Complexity
- 2 of 5
Card Price
Strategy Guides
Enchantress Strategy Guide
Enchantress decks are for players who want each enchantment cast to replace itself and add another layer to the board. This strategy wants to chain cheap enchantments, using enchantress commanders, draw engines, and protective pieces, to win through constellation triggers, token makers, or an aura-based Voltron line. Unlike general Card Draw decks, Enchantress ties its cards to enchantment casts, and unlike Lifegain it treats life from Sythis-style triggers as support rather than the main engine. The best enchantment decks EDH players build feel incremental: ramp a little, draw a card, protect the engine, then convert the chain into threats.
Mill Strategy Guide
Mill decks are for players who want to pressure a different resource: the cards left in each library. This strategy wants to put cards from libraries into graveyards, using repeatable mill commanders, doublers, and self-mill engines, to win by emptying opponents' decks or by converting stocked graveyards into value. Unlike Reanimator, Mill is not mainly trying to cheat one creature into play, and unlike Graveyard value it treats milling as the weapon or fuel source rather than the recursion engine itself. The best mill decks EDH players build respect the multiplayer math by multiplying output, protecting engines, or turning every milled card into another resource.
Tokens Strategy Guide
Token decks are for players who want one card to become many bodies and then decide whether those bodies attack, block, draw cards, or fuel another engine. This strategy wants to flood the battlefield with creatures, using token commanders, repeatable generators, and anthem effects, to win through a go wide attack or by converting the swarm into damage, drain, or mana. Tokens is different from Aristocrats because making bodies comes first, from Counters because it grows wide instead of tall, and from Voltron because it spreads pressure across many creatures. The best token decks EDH players build reward patience against sweepers and careful timing on the finishing turn.
Graveyard Strategy Guide
Graveyard decks are for players who want every discarded, milled, or destroyed card to remain part of the game plan. This strategy wants to stock the graveyard, using self-mill, discard outlets, sacrifice, and dredge-style cards, to win by recurring threats, lands, and value pieces until opponents run out of clean answers. Unlike Reanimator, graveyard value decks EDH players build are not centered on one huge creature arriving early, and unlike Mill they use self-mill as fuel rather than treating libraries as the main target. The best graveyard commanders turn the graveyard into a steady resource engine that can rebuild after removal.
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