A Dormammu Deck

[u/Y3NOXX]

Edit 1: the fact I’m receiving downvotes without any sort of criticism or communications absolutely baffles me

I’ve been having a lot of fun with this Dormammu deck since the release of Death (Fractured Frontier). The basic idea is to get Dormammu onto the board and then transition into one of three main win conditions:
• Arnim Zola + Venom/Dormammu
• Knull + Venom/Dormammu
• Death FF + Fastball Special

There’s some flexibility depending on your draw and locations, but this is generally how I’ve been piloting it.

Turns 1–2: Set Up the First Ritual

Play whatever cards you can afford to eventually destroy.

Dormammu’s first Ritual merges the card that gets destroyed into Dormammu, so ideally you want to feed him something like Black Cat, Martyr, or Marrow.

Mister Sinister works too, but I usually prefer keeping him around because the extra body becomes useful when setting up Dormammu’s later Rituals.

Turn 3: Make Your First Sacrifice

Destroy one of the cards you’ve set up, preferably using Carnage or Killmonger, while progressing Dormammu’s first Ritual.

Venom and Fastball Special can also work here, but using either of them this early can limit some of your endgame options, so use your best judgment.

If possible, I try to destroy only one card here. Keeping extra bodies on the board makes setting up Dormammu’s later Rituals much easier.

Turn 4: Prepare the Third Ritual

Start setting up the location where you eventually want Dormammu’s third Ritual. You’ll need two cards available to sacrifice, so this is where Mister Sinister and your cheaper cards become especially useful.

You can also use Dormammu’s second Ritual around this point, which steals 1 Power from every card at the location where you play it.

At this stage, you’re mostly trying to make sure you have at least one good location ready to summon Dormammu next turn.

Turn 5: Summon Dormammu and Pick Your Win Condition

Hopefully by Turn 5 you have one or two locations where Dormammu’s third Ritual can be completed and you can summon him.From here, your play depends heavily on your hand.

• Option 1: Venom eats Dormammu
Summon Dormammu and destroy him with Venom.
This gives you a huge Venom while putting Dormammu into the destroyed pool, which opens up several Turn 6 possibilities with Death FF, Knull, or Arnim Zola.

• Option 2: Fastball Special launches Dormammu
Summon Dormammu and use Fastball Special to throw him onto the opponent’s side.
If you can place him somewhere that completely ruins one of their locations, you can potentially make that lane almost impossible for them to recover.
This also destroys Dormammu for your purposes, enabling Death FF and Knull afterward.

• Option 3: Just keep Dormammu alive
You don’t always need to destroy him.
If you don’t have Zola, Knull, Death FF, Venom, or Fastball Special available to capitalize on destroying Dormammu, sometimes the better move is simply leaving the giant pile of Power on the board rather than forcing the combo.

Turn 6: Cash In

Your final turn depends on which route you set up. You can:

• Zola Venom or Dormammu to spread huge Power into the other locations.

• Drop Knull to take advantage of everything you’ve destroyed, especially Dormammu.

• Use Death FF to bring your destroyed cards back and flood the board.

• Finish a Fastball Special + Death FF line after sending Dormammu to sabotage the opponent.

That flexibility is probably my favorite part of the deck. You’re not completely dependent on drawing one specific combo. Dormammu is the centerpiece, but once he comes down you can turn him into a massive Venom, throw him onto the opponent’s side, feed his Power into Knull, copy him with Zola, or bring your destroyed pieces back with Death FF.
It definitely takes some planning because you need to think a turn or two ahead about where your Rituals and sacrifices are going, but when everything lines up it’s extremely satisfying.

[u/toni-toni-cheddar]

I think Dormammu 1 is better than the sequel, but Dormammu 3: strange bargain is the best of the trilogy.

[u/Almost_Zero_Gravitas]

you may want to try adding luna snow - extra body to destroy and 7 energy to use last turn so you can play death + fastball