Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod

Menace

Other enchantment creatures you control have menace.

Whenever Anikthea enters the battlefield or attacks, exile up to one target non-Aura enchantment card from your graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 3/3 black Zombie creature in addition to its other types.

Tokens

• Copy Clone

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (10)

Rhadamanthus on Looking for the interaction of …

2 weeks ago

There are different answers for these situations. For the Anikthea, Hand of Erebos question, the populated token will also be a black 3/3 Enchantment Creature - Zombie copy of Sterling Grove. For the Vihaan, Goldwaker / Cybermen Squadron question, the myriad tokens will be non-creature Treasures.

An object's "copiable characteristics" are its base printed characteristics plus the results of any other copy effects that are currently being applied to it (i.e. copying a Clone pretending to be Runeclaw Bear will make another Bear, not another Clone). For tokens, their "printed" characteristics are the ones they were created with. This means the copiable characteristics of Anikthea's tokens include the 3/3 black zombie creature part, but the copiable characteristics of Vihaan's awakened treasures are just regular treasures.

bhst5019 on Looking for the interaction of …

2 weeks ago

So, I have Anikthea, Hand of Erebos in play, it has copied a Sterling Grove. The 3/3 creature is now in play. I now copy it with a populate card. My question is about the token it produces. Is it a creature or just an enchantment? Also something that just copies a token, will the Sterling Grove be a creature?

This is a similar question. Vihaan, Goldwaker is in play with Cybermen Squadron. I head to combat making a treasure token a 3/3. I then attack with the token, triggering Myriad. Are the tokens made, 3/3 or are they just tapped regular treasure tokens?

RufusTheGrufus on Anikthea's Enchanting Recycling Plant [Primer]

4 weeks ago

Necramus, thanks for checking out the deck!

Interestingly enough, I have considered Myrkul, Lord of Bones for this deck. Right before Anikthea was spoiled I had started tinkering with a few different builds of Myrkul, but was ultimately unsatisfied with the play patterns and pacing of building around his abilities. When Anikthea was spoiled I was excited since, when tinkering with Myrkul, I had come to the conclusion that I personally would have enjoyed a commander that turns enchantments into creatures instead of creatures into enchantments.

While I appreciate the suggestion, I do have to admit that I do not believe that Myrkul, Lord of Bones would be a good fit for this deck. Like you mentioned, the mana cost is very steep and I do not have a critical mass of creatures I would want to abuse with Myrkul's abilities in this deck. He also nonbos with Anikthea, Hand of Erebos' ability and I think the deck would need to be intentially built around both Myrkul and Anikthea to make Myrkul's inclusion work; which would water down both strategies.

I'll definitely give your Myrkul list a look and see if I have any spicy suggestions!

OxygenDestroyer65 on How does Anikthea interact with …

3 months ago

What happens when Anikthea, Hand of Erebos ETBs or attacks and I bring Lightform back as a token? Does Lightform stop being a 3/3 zombie and completely change into an Aura when it etbs? Or is it somehow both? Kind of a strange interaction I'm not clear on.

wallisface on How does Anikthea interact with …

3 months ago

Hidden Stags triggered abilities completely change what its card types are - which means it won’t be a 3/3 zombie anymore after either player plays a land.

So when an opponent plays a land, as Hidden Stag is a 3/3 black and green enchantment zombie creature, it’ll become a 3/2 beast creature.

When you play a land, as Hidden Stag is a 3/3 black and green enchantment zombie creature, it’ll become an enchantment.

I believe the only additions from Anikthea, Hand of Erebos that will remain on it will be that it is now black - though i’m not 100% on this… i can do some digging to find out if this is at-all important to you.

OxygenDestroyer65 on How does Anikthea interact with …

3 months ago

If I activate Anikthea, Hand of Erebos ETB/attack trigger to create a token copy of a Hidden Stag in my graveyard, what happens when someone plays a land? If I play a land does the token copy become a 3/2 beast and stops being a 3/3 enchantment zombie? Or is it now a 3/2 enchantment beast zombie? If an opponent plays a land does nothing happen at all since it's already an enchantment to begin with? Confusing interaction, thanks for the help!

H1v3l0rd on Myrkul, God of Extortion

7 months ago

What about Anikthea, Hand of Erebos as a lieutenant?

Unlife on Best preconstructed

7 months ago

Not sure what your budget is, but if you don't mind shifting away from blue, the new Enduring Enchantments deck really synergizes well with itself, and has plenty of room for upgrades, as well as an alt commander in Narci, Fable Singer if you're more interested in sitting back and draining opponents vs swinging out with Anikthea, Hand of Erebos.