Anikthea, Hand of Erebos costs {2}{W}{B}{G} and is a 4/4 enchantment creature with menace. Other enchantment creatures you control have menace, and whenever Anikthea enters or attacks you exile a non-Aura enchantment card from your graveyard and create a token copy of it that is a 3/3 black Zombie creature in addition to its other types. Every enchantment that hits the graveyard comes back as a body.
The precon already has the draw engines and the enchantment creatures, including Sanctum Weaver, Eidolon of Blossoms, Sythis, Harvest's Hand and Setessan Champion. Each swap below pairs a cut with an add, and every card is scored with the same numbers the Oracle uses to build decks: synergy and inclusion from the Anikthea decks, plus lift, which shows how much more often a card turns up in Anikthea decks than in decks that could play it.
Looking for the unmodified list first? Read the Enduring Enchantments precon guide.
What is holding the deck back
Not enough enchantment creatures
Weaver of Harmony, Grim Guardian, Shigeki, Soaring Lightbringer and Summon: Titan are enchantment creatures that pump, drain, ramp or fly, and Anikthea gives every one menace. They are among the top-scoring cards the precon leaves out.
Ways to fill the graveyard
Cemetery Tampering and Shigeki mill or return cards to fill the graveyard, which gives Anikthea enchantments to copy.
Enchantments that do nothing
Cunning Rhetoric, Dreadhorde Invasion, Love Song of Night and Day and Omen of the Sun are not cards Anikthea, and Greater Tanuki, Narci and Ghoulish Impetus are each played in about one deck in eight or fewer decks usually play.
The 14 swaps
Each pair shows the numbers for the card coming out and the card going in. Click a card image to zoom.
Cunning Rhetoric is a three-mana enchantment that exiles cards when opponents attack you. It is not a card Anikthea decks usually play.
Weaver of Harmony is a 2/2 Snake Druid enchantment creature for {1}{G}. Other enchantment creatures you control get +1/+1, and for {G} and a tap it copies an activated or triggered ability from an enchantment source you control. Anikthea's trigger comes from an enchantment, so Weaver doubles it. It is the highest-scoring card the precon leaves out.
Dreadhorde Invasion is a two-mana enchantment that costs you 1 life each upkeep for a growing Army. It is not a card Anikthea decks usually play.
Grim Guardian is a 1/4 Zombie enchantment creature for {2}{B}. Constellation: whenever it or another enchantment enters under your control, each opponent loses 1 life. A creature that is an enchantment and drains on every enchantment.
Love Song of Night and Day is a three-mana Saga that gives an opponent two cards. It is not a card Anikthea decks usually play.
Growing Ranks costs {2}{G/W}{G/W}. At the beginning of your upkeep you populate: create a copy of a creature token you control. Anikthea's Zombie tokens are creature tokens, so one gets copied each turn.
Omen of the Sun is a three-mana flash enchantment that makes two Soldiers and gains 2 life. It is not a card Anikthea decks usually play.
Sterling Grove costs {G}{W}. Your other enchantments have shroud, and for {1} and a sacrifice you search for an enchantment and put it on top of your library. It protects the board, and it is a tutor that is also an enchantment for the graveyard.
Greater Tanuki is a six-mana 6/5 trampling enchantment Dog with a channel ability. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in twelve.
Soaring Lightbringer is a 4/5 flying Bird Glimmer enchantment creature for {4}{W}. Other enchantment creatures you control have flying, and whenever you attack a player you create a 1/1 Glimmer enchantment creature token that enters tapped and attacking. A five-drop that gives your other enchantment creatures flying, on top of Anikthea's menace.
Narci, Fable Singer is a 3/3 lifelink creature for {1}{W}{B}{G} that needs sacrificed enchantments or Sagas. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in nine.
Summon: Titan is a 7/7 reach, trample enchantment creature Saga for {3}{G}{G}. Chapter I mills five cards, chapter II returns all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped, and chapter III pumps another creature. A Saga that fills the graveyard and ramps.
Ghoulish Impetus is an Aura that goads the creature and makes it deathtouch. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in eight.
Shigeki, Jukai Visionary is a 1/3 Snake Druid enchantment creature for {1}{G}. For {1}{G}, a tap and returning it to your hand you reveal four cards and may put a land onto the battlefield, with the rest going to your graveyard. Its channel ability returns nonlegendary cards from your graveyard. A creature that mills.
Culling Ritual destroys each nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less, including your own enchantments. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in five.
Wild Growth costs {G}. Whenever the enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}. A one-mana Aura that is an enchantment for constellation.
Abundance is a four-mana enchantment that replaces draws with land or nonland picks. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in six.
Cemetery Tampering costs {2}{B}. It has hideaway 5, and at your upkeep you may mill three cards, and if you have twenty or more cards in your graveyard you may play the exiled card for free. A graveyard filler that is also an enchantment.
Arasta of the Endless Web is a 3/5 reach Spider that makes Spiders when opponents cast instants and sorceries. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in five.
Three Blind Mice is a Saga for {2}{W}. Chapter I creates a Mouse, chapters II and III copy a token you control, and chapter IV gives your creatures +1/+1 and vigilance. A Saga that copies Anikthea's Zombie tokens.
Rampant Growth is a two-mana sorcery that fetches a basic land. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in three, and does nothing for enchantments.
Sphere of Safety costs {4}{W}. Creatures can't attack you or your planeswalkers unless their controller pays {X} for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control. A five-mana enchantment that becomes a wall as the board fills.
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted is a 5/6 indestructible God that is not a creature without devotion to black of five. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in six.
Calix, Guided by Fate is a 2/2 Human Druid enchantment creature for {1}{G}{W}. Constellation: whenever it or another enchantment enters it puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature, and whenever it or an enchanted creature deals combat damage you may copy a nonlegendary enchantment you control. A creature that grows the team and copies Sagas.
Omen of the Hunt is a three-mana flash enchantment that fetches a basic land. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in five.
Song of the Worldsoul costs {4}{W}{W}. Whenever you cast a spell you populate, copying a creature token you control. Anikthea's Zombie tokens and every Saga's tokens are copied on each spell.
Khalni Heart Expedition is a two-mana enchantment that needs three landfalls to fetch two basics. It is played in about one Anikthea deck in five.
Hall of Heliod's Generosity is a legendary land that taps for {C}. For {1}{W} and a tap you put an enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library. A land that recovers the enchantments Anikthea copies, and takes no spell slot.
The full swap list
Cut
- Cunning Rhetoric
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Love Song of Night and Day
- Omen of the Sun
- Greater Tanuki
- Narci, Fable Singer
- Ghoulish Impetus
- Culling Ritual
- Abundance
- Arasta of the Endless Web
- Rampant Growth
- Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
- Omen of the Hunt
- Khalni Heart Expedition
Add
- Weaver of Harmony
- Grim Guardian
- Growing Ranks
- Sterling Grove
- Soaring Lightbringer
- Summon: Titan
- Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
- Wild Growth
- Cemetery Tampering
- Three Blind Mice
- Sphere of Safety
- Calix, Guided by Fate
- Song of the Worldsoul
- Hall of Heliod's Generosity
What to keep
These cards are doing the deck's heavy lifting. Do not cut them.
- Sanctum Weaver$3.68
Played in 92% of Anikthea decks. Taps for X mana of one color, where X is the number of enchantments you control. - Eidolon of Blossoms$1.89
Draws a card whenever it or another enchantment enters under your control. - Sythis, Harvest's Hand$1.68
Gains you 1 life and draws a card whenever you cast an enchantment spell. - Setessan Champion$3.65
Grows and draws a card whenever an enchantment enters under your control. - Doomwake Giant$0.21
Gives creatures your opponents control -1/-1 whenever it or another enchantment enters.
If you want to spend more
These are strong but sit outside a budget upgrade. Prices are the cheapest paper printing.
- Yuna, Hope of Spira$4.43
Returns an enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield at your end step and gives enchantment creatures trample, lifelink and ward.
Enduring Enchantments already has the draw engines. The upgrade is cheap enchantment creatures that buff, drain and copy, and enchantments that fill the graveyard for Anikthea to bring back, in place of cards almost nobody plays. These fourteen swaps cost about $40 in total.
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Build with The Oracle →Frequently asked questions
What are the best upgrades for the Enduring Enchantments precon?
Using data from 13,361 Anikthea decks, the highest-scoring additions are Weaver of Harmony (for Cunning Rhetoric), Sterling Grove (for Omen of the Sun) and Sphere of Safety (for Rampant Growth). The full list has 14 swaps, each scored with synergy, inclusion and lift.
How much does it cost to upgrade Enduring Enchantments?
All 14 swaps cost about $40.48 at the cheapest paper printings (TCGplayer market prices via Scryfall, 2026-10-27). If you want to spend more, the guide also covers Yuna, Hope of Spira ($4.43).
What should I cut from Enduring Enchantments?
The weakest cards for this commander are Cunning Rhetoric, Dreadhorde Invasion and Love Song of Night and Day. The guide explains the reason for every cut, and swaps each one for a card that scores higher.
Which cards should I keep in Enduring Enchantments?
Keep Sanctum Weaver, Eidolon of Blossoms, Sythis, Harvest's Hand, Setessan Champion and Doomwake Giant. These are the cards doing the deck's heavy lifting.
What does Anikthea do?
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos costs {2}{W}{B}{G} and is a 4/4 enchantment creature with menace. Other enchantment creatures you control have menace, and whenever Anikthea enters or attacks you exile a non-Aura enchantment card from your graveyard and create a token copy of it that is a 3/3 black Zombie creature in addition to its other types. Every enchantment that hits the graveyard comes back as a body.
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How the numbers work
Inclusion is the share of Anikthea, Hand of Erebos decks (13,361 of them when this was written, 2026-10-27) that play the card. Synergy is how much more often they play it than other decks in the same colours. Oracle score is synergy × 0.6 plus inclusion × 0.4, the same blend The Oracle uses to rank cards for a deck. Lift compares how often the card appears in these decks with how often it could, capped at 8× here; it is shown for context and does not change the score.
Two cautions. Players who run the precon unmodified count as Anikthea decks, which flatters every card the precon contains. Lift is moderate for most of these cards because they are played in many enchantment decks, so use lift to compare cards, not to judge one in isolation. A card the commander's decks do not usually play counts as 0 in the average score. Prices are the cheapest non-foil paper printing on TCGplayer (via Scryfall), in USD, and move daily.