Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Mondrak, Glory Dominus

Mana value4EDHREC#410

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The Commander

If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.

{1} {W/P} {W/P} , Sacrifice two other artifacts and/or creatures: Put an indestructible counter on Mondrak. ( {W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)

Guide

Gameplan

Mondrak doubles every token you make, snowballing wide boards of creatures, Treasures, and counters that overwhelm the table. You ramp into Mondrak by turn 3-4, deploy token engines, then go wide and swing or sacrifice for value. The indestructible ability protects your commander from wraths so the engine keeps running.

Strengths

Doubles every token type—creatures, Treasure, Clues, Food, +1/+1 counters via populate-style effects
Can make itself indestructible to survive board wipes and targeted removal
Mono-white gives access to cheap, efficient token producers and strong anthem effects
Generates explosive turns that close games quickly once stabilized

Weaknesses

Without Mondrak on the battlefield the deck is far less threatening; high reliance on the commander
Vulnerable to board wipes before you've banked indestructible counters
Mono-white struggles for card advantage and lacks interaction outside removal
Token strategies fold to a single sweeper or graveyard/exile hate

Key Cards

Anointed Procession — Stacks multiplicatively with Mondrak, quadrupling your token output.
Elspeth, Sun's Champion — Makes three Soldiers per activation—six with Mondrak—and offers a board-wide finisher.
Ophiomancer — Each upkeep makes a deathtouch Snake (two with Mondrak), fueling sacrifice and blocking.
Smothering Tithe — Floods you with Treasure tokens that double, ramping into huge plays.
Cathars' Crusade — Every token entering pumps your whole team with doubled +1/+1 counters.
Skullclamp — Solves white's card draw by sacrificing cheap doubled tokens for two cards each.

Upgrade Path

Add a second token doubler (Anointed Procession, Parallel Lives via populate proxies aren't white—stay in Doubling Season-adjacent white pieces) to compound output, and lean on Skullclamp and Welcoming Vampire for card advantage white otherwise lacks. Include fast mana like Sol Ring, Smothering Tithe, and an Aetherflux/Approach alternate plan, plus protection (Teferi's Protection, Flawless Maneuver) to keep Mondrak alive. Tighten the curve and add a combo finisher such as a sacrifice-loop with Blood Artist effects to win without combat.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Alpha strike with a massive doubled token army, often boosted by anthems
▸Aristocrats drain via Blood Artist / Zulaport Cutthroat triggers from sacrificing tokens
▸Combat damage through trample/flying tokens after Cathars' Crusade pumps
▸Overrun-style finishers like Craterhoof Behemoth or Triumph of the Hordes

Archetypes

Tokens / Go-Wide — Mondrak literally doubles every token, making swarm strategies his bread and butter.
Aristocrats — Doubled token bodies fuel sacrifice outlets and drain effects like Blood Artist.
+1/+1 Counters — Token doublers plus Cathars' Crusade turn a wide board into an overwhelming one.
Stax / Tax — White hatebears and Smothering Tithe let you tax opponents while your engine churns.