Anowon, the Ruin Thief (Commander) - Budget Core

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Sep 18, 2025
How To Play Vampires Differently in Commander
If you want to play a Vampire deck but are concerned that it'll be the same as every other Vampire deck, this is the article for you.
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Moxfield
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Soaring Thought-Thief
82%inclusion36 decks44 decks
79%synergy
Merfolk Windrobber
68%inclusion30 decks44 decks
66%synergy
Marang River Prowler
66%inclusion29 decks44 decks
64%synergy
Stinkdrinker Bandit
64%inclusion28 decks44 decks
62%synergy
Frogtosser Banneret
64%inclusion28 decks44 decks
62%synergy
Oona's Blackguard
64%inclusion28 decks44 decks
59%synergy
Faerie Vandal
61%inclusion27 decks44 decks
58%synergy
Sure-Footed Infiltrator
59%inclusion26 decks44 decks
58%synergy
Military Intelligence
57%inclusion25 decks44 decks
55%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
57%inclusion25 decks44 decks
55%synergy
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Triton Shorestalker
64%inclusion28 decks44 decks
54%synergy
Slither Blade
64%inclusion28 decks44 decks
51%synergy
Thieves' Guild Enforcer
55%inclusion24 decks44 decks
52%synergy
Zareth San, the Trickster
55%inclusion24 decks44 decks
52%synergy
Enigma Thief
52%inclusion23 decks44 decks
51%synergy
Nightveil Sprite
52%inclusion23 decks44 decks
48%synergy
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
50%inclusion22 decks44 decks
46%synergy
Changeling Outcast
50%inclusion22 decks44 decks
31%synergy
Invisible Stalker
48%inclusion21 decks44 decks
41%synergy
Latchkey Faerie
48%inclusion21 decks44 decks
47%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
32%inclusion14 decks44 decks
20%synergy
Creatures
Blackbloom Rogue
48%inclusion21 decks44 decks
47%synergy
Consuming Aberration
45%inclusion20 decks44 decks
31%synergy
Looter il-Kor
45%inclusion20 decks44 decks
43%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
43%inclusion19 decks44 decks
39%synergy
Master Thief
41%inclusion18 decks44 decks
40%synergy
Krydle of Baldur's Gate
36%inclusion16 decks44 decks
33%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
34%inclusion15 decks44 decks
21%synergy
Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake
33%inclusion14 decks43 decks
32%synergy
Whirler Rogue
32%inclusion14 decks44 decks
31%synergy
Oona, Queen of the Fae
30%inclusion13 decks44 decks
25%synergy
Aetherblade Agent
30%inclusion13 decks44 decks
29%synergy
Marsh Flitter
27%inclusion12 decks44 decks
27%synergy
Nighthowler
27%inclusion12 decks44 decks
21%synergy
Expedition Skulker
25%inclusion11 decks44 decks
25%synergy
Balustrade Spy
25%inclusion11 decks44 decks
25%synergy
Prosperous Thief
25%inclusion11 decks44 decks
14%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
25%inclusion11 decks44 decks
22%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
25%inclusion11 decks44 decks
19%synergy
Shoreline Looter
24%inclusion8 decks34 decks
20%synergy
Halo Forager
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
17%synergy
Silver-Fur Master
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
11%synergy
Ghostly Pilferer
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
19%synergy
Deathcult Rogue
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
22%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
16%synergy
Sygg, River Cutthroat
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
16%synergy
Zulaport Duelist
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
20%synergy
Thieving Skydiver
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
17%synergy
Black Cat, Cunning Thief
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Azula, Cunning Usurper
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
18%inclusion8 decks44 decks
16%synergy
Hoard Robber
18%inclusion8 decks44 decks
18%synergy
Shadow Stinger
18%inclusion8 decks44 decks
18%synergy
Mercurial Spelldancer
18%inclusion8 decks44 decks
17%synergy
Visage Bandit
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
16%synergy
Emrakul's Messenger
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
14%synergy
Vedalken Infiltrator
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
16%synergy
Inkfathom Infiltrator
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
15%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
12%synergy
Expedition Lookout
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
16%synergy
Gray Harbor Merfolk
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
15%synergy
Locke Cole
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Ravine Raider
15%inclusion5 decks34 decks
15%synergy
Mocking Sprite
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
9%synergy
Draugr Thought-Thief
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
14%synergy
Flitting Guerrilla
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
13%synergy
Nimana Skydancer
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
13%synergy
Whisper Agent
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
13%synergy
Marvo, Deep Operative
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
12%synergy
Scourge of Fleets
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
11%synergy
Audacious Thief
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Negate
43%inclusion19 decks44 decks
11%synergy
Price of Fame
43%inclusion19 decks44 decks
38%synergy
Murder
43%inclusion19 decks44 decks
36%synergy
Aetherize
39%inclusion17 decks44 decks
28%synergy
Soul Manipulation
36%inclusion16 decks44 decks
34%synergy
Spinal Embrace
27%inclusion12 decks44 decks
27%synergy
Fact or Fiction
25%inclusion11 decks44 decks
15%synergy
Silumgar's Command
25%inclusion11 decks44 decks
24%synergy
Drown in the Loch
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
4%synergy
Anticognition
18%inclusion8 decks44 decks
18%synergy
Into the Story
18%inclusion8 decks44 decks
17%synergy
Thought Scour
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
9%synergy
Counterspell
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
-40%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
12%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
-3%synergy
Thought Collapse
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
11%synergy
Fated Return
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
10%synergy
Heartless Act
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
10%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
-5%synergy
Thieves' Fortune
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
11%synergy
Didn't Say Please
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Run Away Together
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
4%synergy
You See a Guard Approach
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
9%synergy
Doom Blade
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Cancel
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Unsummon
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Mana Leak
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Tyrant's Scorn
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-3%synergy
Take the Fall
7.7%inclusion3 decks39 decks
7%synergy
Stab
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
4%synergy
Psychic Strike
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
4%synergy
Memory Plunder
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Charm
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Filter Out
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Spell Pierce
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
1%synergy
Cast Down
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Saw It Coming
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Winter's Intervention
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Long River's Pull
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Distant Melody
43%inclusion19 decks44 decks
31%synergy
Extract from Darkness
36%inclusion16 decks44 decks
29%synergy
Open into Wonder
32%inclusion14 decks44 decks
31%synergy
Endless Obedience
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
22%synergy
Stolen Identity
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
21%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
18%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
-15%synergy
Necromantic Selection
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
17%synergy
Crippling Fear
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
8%synergy
Rise from the Grave
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
13%synergy
Notorious Throng
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
8%synergy
Back in Town
13%inclusion5 decks39 decks
12%synergy
Fell
12%inclusion4 decks34 decks
9%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
9%synergy
Villainous Wrath
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Ravenform
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Singularity Rupture
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-3%synergy
Chart a Course
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Kaito's Pursuit
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Tegwyll's Scouring
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
3%synergy
Sign in Blood
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
1%synergy
Fractured Sanity
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
-3%synergy
Aether Gale
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Notion Rain
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
3%synergy
Enter the Enigma
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Heist
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
4%synergy
Seize the Secrets
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
34%inclusion15 decks44 decks
32%synergy
Whispersteel Dagger
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
22%synergy
Heirloom Blade
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
20%synergy
Scytheclaw
18%inclusion8 decks44 decks
18%synergy
Thief's Knife
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Obelisk of Urd
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
13%synergy
Cloak and Dagger
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
10%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
-5%synergy
Rogue's Gloves
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
9%synergy
Mask of Riddles
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
8%synergy
Bident of Thassa
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
-1%synergy
The Water Crystal
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-2%synergy
Keening Stone
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Mask of Memory
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Assassin Gauntlet
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
4%synergy
Smoke Bomb
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
5%synergy
The Key to the Vault
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Reconnaissance Mission
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
13%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
10%synergy
Double Down
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
15%synergy
Curiosity
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
10%synergy
Aqueous Form
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
4%synergy
Rogue Class
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Combat Research
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
10%synergy
The Clone Saga
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Disturbing Conversion
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Invisibility
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Kaito, Dancing Shadow
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
12%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
50%inclusion22 decks44 decks
23%synergy
Access Tunnel
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
2%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
1%synergy
Bojuka Bog
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
-32%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Dimir Signet
55%inclusion24 decks44 decks
-6%synergy
Arcane Signet
48%inclusion21 decks44 decks
-36%synergy
Sol Ring
45%inclusion20 decks44 decks
-43%synergy
Dimir Locket
39%inclusion17 decks44 decks
36%synergy
Mind Stone
39%inclusion17 decks44 decks
9%synergy
Commander's Sphere
36%inclusion16 decks44 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
30%inclusion13 decks44 decks
24%synergy
Sky Diamond
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
-45%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
1%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
1%synergy
Heraldic Banner
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
4%synergy
Thought Vessel
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
-25%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion44 decks44 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion44 decks44 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
59%inclusion26 decks44 decks
-29%synergy
Dismal Backwater
52%inclusion23 decks44 decks
36%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
48%inclusion21 decks44 decks
47%synergy
Myriad Landscape
45%inclusion20 decks44 decks
23%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
45%inclusion20 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
41%inclusion18 decks44 decks
34%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
41%inclusion18 decks44 decks
35%synergy
Sunken Hollow
39%inclusion17 decks44 decks
-27%synergy
Path of Ancestry
39%inclusion17 decks44 decks
11%synergy
Temple of Deceit
34%inclusion15 decks44 decks
-2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
34%inclusion15 decks44 decks
-6%synergy
Choked Estuary
32%inclusion14 decks44 decks
-16%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
32%inclusion14 decks44 decks
27%synergy
Waterfront District
20%inclusion9 decks44 decks
17%synergy
Exotic Orchard
18%inclusion8 decks44 decks
-15%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Evolving Wilds
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
-1%synergy
River of Tears
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Isle
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
-33%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
4%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
3%synergy
Thriving Isle
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Thriving Moor
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-3%synergy
Crossroads Village
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Fetid Pools
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
-10%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
2%synergy
Base Camp
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Soured Springs
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
2%synergy