#Venser Corpse Puppet

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Venser, Corpse Puppet by Igor Kieryluk

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Venser, Corpse Puppet (Phyrexia: All Will Be One) - Dominik Mayer

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If a spell causes you to proliferate, and there are no petmanents/players with counters on them, do you still proliferate? Asking for the new cards that care about you proliferating, like Venser and Ezuri.

701.27a To proliferate means to choose any number of permanents and/or players that have a counter, then give each one additional counter of each kind that permanent or player already has.

As you can see from the definition of proliferate above, you get to choose any number of players or permanents with counters, which includes zero.

Since you're allowed to choose zero things to add counters to, doing nothing when you proliferate still counts as proliferating and will still cause cards like Ezuri or Venser to trigger.

[overgrown-estate]

My poor, handsome Venser. The Phyrexians retrieved his body and turned him into Sheoldred's puppet. I was upset when they killed him off, now this? I hope someone puts this monstrosity in the ground soon!

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[vorthosjay]

I find it odd that WOTC would create a new card for Venser in the latest Phyrexia set, but never feature him in the story even for a moment. Venser's spark gets more screentime, and Karn mentions Venser a handful of times across the story. I was disappointed there was no interaction between Corpse Puppet and Karn. I'm curious what your thoughts on this would be. Thanks!

With the benefit of hindsight and seeing everything at once, it may seem obvious, but that’s not how story development actually works, unfortunately. The set and story were in development for years before it’s all released at once, and I don’t have the insight to tell you when things lined up and why.

At the very least, this set was chock full of characters and plot beats as is and there were five main stories to tell it with. Adding another character who hadn’t appeared in a decade and who was effectively just a zombie was probably a bit much. In hindsight, I wish there would’ve been a good place to do it, but note that Venser, Corpse Puppet is Venser in name only.

Slobad, in contrast, lined up nicely with the need for a red aligned antagonist in that side story. But things just don’t always work out that way.

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MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET, ROUND TWO OF FOUR!

Can't prove it, but I got a feeling Gids would have gotten five across the eyes as soon as he laid a finger on the Blackblade without permission.

And Venser's a Corpse Puppet. Enjoy that mental image!

Make your choice!

[drgamenstein]

Okay, I finished drafting faster than I thought, keep it mind that this is just based on what I own currently, but I haven't gone back into mirrodin block cards, since most have been reprinted.

The theme of this deck is Rescource Acquisition and Alternative Damage, even if if I'm forced to attack and get blocked, most of my creatures have alternate triggers to punish opponents. There are snow lands and permanents that synergize with what's in the deck, and open some Routes to Marit Lage just for contingency, I have no real intention on attempting to get Marit Lage unless I can. Here is my deck list.

Commander: Color Identity Red/Black/Blue (Deck Total: 100)(Average Converted Mana Cost: 3.33)

Commander- 1

Nekusar, The Mindrazer

Basic Lands- 15

Snow Covered Island x5

Snow Covered Mountain- x5

Snow Covered Swamp- x5

Non-basic Lands- 15

Thriving Rift

Thriving Moor

The Surgical Bay

The Dross Pits

The Autonomous Furnace

The Seedcore

Shimmerdrift Vale

Ice Tunnel

Field of Ruin

Dark Depths

Faceless Haven

Frost Marsh

Sulfurous Mire

Tresserhorn Sinks

Volatile Fjord

Artifacts- 15

Sol Ring

Chromatic Lantern

Unwinding Clock

Spellbook

Howling Mine

Icebind Pillar

Coldsteel Heart

Monument to Perfection

Phyrexian Ironfoot

Psychosis Crawler

Eldrazi Monument

Infiltration Lens

Furnace Skullbomb

Dross Skullbomb

Surgical Skullbomb

Multicolor- 9

Tainted Indulgence

Anje, Maid of Dishonor

Kaito, Dancing Shadow

Crosis, the Purger

Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Venser Corpse Puppet

Florian, Voldaren Scion

Niv-Mizzet Parun

Lord Xander, The Collector

Blue Cards- 15

Acquisition Octopus

Master of Etherium

Serum Sovereign

Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus

Jin-Gitaxis, Progress Tyrant

Serum Snare

Prologue to Phyresis

Vivisurgeon's Insight

Case The Joint

Blue Sun's Twilight

Mesmerizing Dose

Marit Lage's Slumber

Winter's Rest

Font of Progress

Tamiyo's Logbook

Red Cards- 15

Red Sun's Twilight

Sticky Fingers

Thrill of Possibility

Wild Ricochet

Lacerate Flesh

Belligerent Guest

Thundering Raiju

Urabrask's Anointer

Voldaren Epicure

Cacophony Scamp

Furnace Strider

Chimney Rabble

Olivia's Attendants

Solphim, Mayhem Dominis

Urabrask, Heretic Praetor

Black Cards- 15

Blood on the Snow

Drown in Ichor

Ill-Gotten Inheritance

Heartless Pillage

Whisper of the Dross

Infectious Inquiry

Nettlevine Blight

Chittering Skitterling

Karumonix The Rat King

Blightbelly Rat

Endless Cockroaches

Kinzu of the Bleak Coven.

RARITY BREAKDOWN:

Mythic: 10

Rare: 28

Uncommon: 17

Common: 45

CARD TYPE BREAKDOWN

Lands- 30

Artifacts- 15

Spells- 21

Creatures- 33

Planeswalkers- 1

The goal of this deck was to just have fun and make something that has unusual synergy. With so many cards that act as mana, get bonuses from artifacts, or generate token creatures, costs aren't that big of a problem. Cards can also combo with several others for various effects that can win the game. There's always an option or a loophole, and if you play your cards right, your opponents will be the only ones paying the price.

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Venser, Corpse Puppet

Artist: Dominik Mayer TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link