Briarknit Kami

Creature — Spirit

Whenever you play a Spirit or Arcane spell, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (1)

Quicksilver on Anafenza, The Ghostbuster

7 years ago

Hey Wachura, pure combat in EDH requires speed in order to win against the more common combo decks. The deck relies on early card draw and ramp in order to speedily attack opponents. She offers a wide variety of game styles, from dredge to political. She's a fun flexible card with a smaller level of escaltion than other +1/+1 based strategies such as Marchessa The Black Rose. Of course, her ability makes her a pure hatebear and as such, she is one of the more targeted commanders, so while the deck can hold its own quite well, there are ways to improve it.

The deck itself is spirit enchantment, so its built around escalating the power of spirits, and landing combat damage through flying, protection and shadow. The enchantments are for card draw, as well as getting rid of non creature threats. Its strong against aristocrats, dredge or any form of recursion. Its disadvantage comes from control and disruptions in tempo.

To play, aim to get anafenza out ASAP, around turn two or three, then work get your creatures out. Nether Traitor and Blessed Spirits are the highlights of the early play, if no one deals with them they can get big quickly. There's enough card draw to avoid mana starvation hopefully, though testing this deck with vancouver mulligans has been a little hit and miss. As you make your creatures more powerful, one drawback you may find is anafenza herself doesn't get more powerful. Any chance you can get to make her powerful I would take, for example putting counters on her via Briarknit Kami. Gift of Immortality almost always goes on her to make sure that killing her will result in her return, the exception to this is Jugan, the Rising Star.

A few cards I would consider depending on the meta:
Erebos, God of the Dead - No life gain anymore. works well against Oloro, Ageless Ascetic decks.
Athreos, God of Passage no one wants to sacrifice when Anafenza is on the field.
Infiltration Lens - I really should stick this card in this deck myself, another way to discourage killing anafenza, card advantage is important in all EDH decks.
In Garruk's Wake - expensive card to play, but can have hilarious results when no one responds. Just be prepared to be the most targeted person on the table should you use a card like this.
Go for the Throat - With Anafenza on the field, spot removal becomes much more powerful. Flexible card in both early and late game destruction.

I hope you find all this useful. I'm looking to build a crueler tax deck based around her, you can find the deck here Anafenza, The Boast Buster you may find some cards more synergistic with anafenza such as Managorger Hydra and Predator Ooze.