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Venom, Eddie Brock

Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Venom. If that creature was a Villain, draw a card.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
Marvel's Spider-Man Eternal
Price
$9.72
EDHREC rank
#14080
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Venom, Eddie Brock card art
Venom, Eddie Brock lands as a three-mana 3/3 that puts a +1/+1 counter on itself every turn and pumps the rest of your symbiote team — the rate is solid and the anthem effect scales hard in the right shell. Pair it with Animation Module and the counter triggers start generating Servo tokens, turning a midrange beater into a board-wide engine; Venom, Deadly Devourer unlocks the full combo potential.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Venom, Deadly Devourer

Venom, Deadly Devourer

30.2% of decks · synergy 0.30

Venom, Deadly Devourer runs Venom, Eddie Brock in roughly 30% of decks because Eddie is one of the cleanest counter-generators in the symbiote tribe — every upkeep trigger feeds Deadly Devourer's escalating stat bonuses and keeps the lethal-damage clock ticking without spending additional mana.

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Eddie Brock

24.0% of decks · synergy 0.23

Eddie Brock decks slot in Venom, Eddie Brock as a self-sustaining threat that mirrors the commander's counter-stacking gameplan — the anthem effect means every new symbiote that enters the battlefield gets bigger immediately, compounding Eddie Brock's own power growth.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Venom, Eddie Brock does its best work — the symbiote tribal synergies, counter-stacking payoffs, and multi-turn value generation all play to a 100-card singleton format where the card has time to snowball. Legacy and Vintage are legal but entirely uninterested; a three-mana 3/3 with incremental upside has no path to a turn-one or turn-two competitive environment. Oathbreaker is legal and offers a narrower tribal home, but the pool of symbiote support is shallow enough outside Commander that the card underperforms there too.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

If the tribal anthem is what you're after, Metallic Mimic fills a similar role at a fraction of the cost — name Symbiote on entry and every subsequent creature enters bigger, though you lose the self-contained counter generation. For the counter-per-turn engine specifically, Inspiring Call or Hardened Scales don't replicate Venom, Eddie Brock's body and anthem but extend the same counter synergies at under $1 combined, making them complements rather than true replacements.

Price Context

Current price

$9.72 mid tier

At $9.72, Venom, Eddie Brock sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a real slot commitment, reasonable enough that it's not a barrier for most Commander players. It's a marquee card in a licensed crossover set with a concentrated player base, so demand stays narrow but stable; don't expect it to crater, and don't expect it to spike without a new symbiote release driving renewed interest.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.