Anowon, the Ruin Thief (Commander) - Budget Upgraded Mill

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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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Aberrant Return
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Unwelcome Sprite
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Flitterwing Nuisance
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Dream Harvest
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Frogtosser Banneret
100%inclusion16 decks16 decks
98%synergy
Merfolk Windrobber
100%inclusion16 decks16 decks
98%synergy
Soaring Thought-Thief
100%inclusion16 decks16 decks
97%synergy
Notorious Throng
100%inclusion16 decks16 decks
94%synergy
Enigma Thief
94%inclusion15 decks16 decks
93%synergy
Oona's Blackguard
94%inclusion15 decks16 decks
89%synergy
Stinkdrinker Bandit
88%inclusion14 decks16 decks
86%synergy
Triton Shorestalker
94%inclusion15 decks16 decks
84%synergy
Sygg, River Cutthroat
88%inclusion14 decks16 decks
83%synergy
Slither Blade
94%inclusion15 decks16 decks
81%synergy
Top Cards
Changeling Outcast
94%inclusion15 decks16 decks
74%synergy
Invisible Stalker
88%inclusion14 decks16 decks
81%synergy
Extract from Darkness
81%inclusion13 decks16 decks
74%synergy
Marang River Prowler
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
73%synergy
Soul Manipulation
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
72%synergy
Aetherize
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
64%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
71%synergy
Faerie Vandal
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
72%synergy
Zareth San, the Trickster
69%inclusion11 decks16 decks
66%synergy
Oona, Queen of the Fae
69%inclusion11 decks16 decks
64%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
94%inclusion15 decks16 decks
82%synergy
Opposition Agent
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-2%synergy
Creatures
Consuming Aberration
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
48%synergy
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
59%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
43%synergy
Thieves' Guild Enforcer
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
54%synergy
Master Thief
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
56%synergy
Sure-Footed Infiltrator
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
55%synergy
Whirler Rogue
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
49%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
43%synergy
Krydle of Baldur's Gate
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
41%synergy
Thieving Skydiver
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
41%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
33%synergy
Latchkey Faerie
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
37%synergy
Nightveil Sprite
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
33%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Marsh Flitter
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
31%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
27%synergy
Nighthowler
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
25%synergy
Mercurial Spelldancer
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
30%synergy
Azure Beastbinder
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
28%synergy
Shoreline Looter
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
28%synergy
Ghostly Pilferer
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
28%synergy
Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
24%synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
23%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
22%synergy
Expedition Skulker
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
19%synergy
Inkfathom Infiltrator
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Looter il-Kor
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
17%synergy
Quag Vampires
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Shadow Stinger
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
The Mindskinner
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Balustrade Spy
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Inkfathom Witch
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Schema Thief
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
8%synergy
Emrakul's Messenger
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Harbor Bandit
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Vedalken Infiltrator
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Halo Forager
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
7%synergy
Prosperous Thief
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Gray Harbor Merfolk
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Illvoi Infiltrator
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Mocking Sprite
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Mercurial Pretender
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Undercover Operative
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Network Disruptor
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Quickling
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Instants
Murder
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
55%synergy
Price of Fame
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
45%synergy
Drown in the Loch
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
25%synergy
Silumgar's Command
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
37%synergy
Didn't Say Please
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
32%synergy
Counterspell
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
-18%synergy
Spinal Embrace
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
31%synergy
Fated Return
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
30%synergy
Fact or Fiction
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
15%synergy
Thought Collapse
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
22%synergy
Negate
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-14%synergy
Anticognition
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
10%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Cancel
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
10%synergy
Waste Management
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Crypt Incursion
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Fell the Profane
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-9%synergy
Pongify
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-9%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Spell Snuff
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-24%synergy
Dissolve
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Syncopate
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Memory Plunder
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Faerie Fencing
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Overwhelming Denial
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Charm
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Sugar Rush
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Doom Blade
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Dismiss
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Dispel
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Countersquall
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Reality Shift
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-8%synergy
Rain of Revelation
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Resculpt
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-1%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Saw It Coming
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Jwari Disruption
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-10%synergy
Death Denied
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Contradict
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Denial
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-19%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Sudden Edict
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Rewind
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Archive Trap
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Withering Torment
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-10%synergy
See Double
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Essence Scatter
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Distant Melody
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
44%synergy
Open into Wonder
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
49%synergy
Stolen Identity
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
35%synergy
Rise from the Grave
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
37%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
33%synergy
Necromantic Selection
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
34%synergy
Endless Obedience
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
31%synergy
Feed the Swarm
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Singularity Rupture
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
19%synergy
Unearth
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
15%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
8%synergy
Crippling Fear
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Fractured Sanity
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
7%synergy
Lullmage's Domination
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Heist
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Back in Town
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Dread Return
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Bad Deal
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Writ of Return
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Knowledge Exploitation
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Last Thoughts
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Midnight Recovery
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Merchant Scroll
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Mind Grind
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Blatant Thievery
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Stealth Mission
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Hidden Strings
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Undercity Plague
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Psychic Drain
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Zombify
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Sea God's Scorn
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Sadistic Sacrament
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Disentomb
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-3%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Necromantic Summons
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Whispersteel Dagger
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
56%synergy
Obelisk of Urd
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
55%synergy
Heirloom Blade
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
43%synergy
Bonehoard
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Bident of Thassa
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
21%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
24%synergy
Mindcrank
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
7%synergy
Vorpal Sword
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
16%synergy
Cloak and Dagger
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Scytheclaw
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Rogue's Gloves
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Quietus Spike
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
The Key to the Vault
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
6%synergy
The Water Crystal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-2%synergy
Genji Glove
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
The Indomitable
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Icon of Ancestry
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-8%synergy
Haunted Cloak
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Spellbook
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Grindstone
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Horn of the Mark
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Mask of Riddles
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-18%synergy
Lightning Greaves
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-21%synergy
Keening Stone
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Mask of Memory
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Aether Syphon
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Specter's Shroud
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Dragonfire Blade
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Codex Shredder
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Trepanation Blade
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Thieves' Tools
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Military Intelligence
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
55%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
27%synergy
Rogue Class
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
27%synergy
Double Down
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
23%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
17%synergy
Reconnaissance Mission
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Court of Cunning
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
7%synergy
Jace's Erasure
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Propaganda
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Coastal Piracy
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
9%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Lunar Force
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Aqueous Form
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-1%synergy
Extravagant Replication
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Chronic Flooding
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
March of the Machines
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Court of Ambition
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Fraying Sanity
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Insight
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Bandit's Talent
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Navigator's Ruin
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Psychic Surgery
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-7%synergy
Death in Heaven
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Grievous Wound
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Nowhere to Run
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
88%inclusion14 decks16 decks
60%synergy
Reliquary Tower
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-18%synergy
Bojuka Bog
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-26%synergy
Access Tunnel
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
7%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Barren Moor
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Buried Ruin
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
94%inclusion15 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Signet
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
-9%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion11 decks16 decks
9%synergy
Commander's Sphere
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
39%synergy
Dimir Locket
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
28%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
20%synergy
Mind Stone
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-40%synergy
Thought Vessel
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-19%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-2%synergy
Honored Heirloom
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-25%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion16 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion16 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
88%inclusion14 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
69%inclusion11 decks16 decks
30%synergy
Myriad Landscape
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
34%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
49%synergy
Dismal Backwater
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
40%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
51%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
52%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
43%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
-9%synergy
Choked Estuary
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
-17%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
19%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
-8%synergy
Path of Ancestry
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
-3%synergy
Sunken Hollow
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
-41%synergy
Tainted Isle
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-26%synergy
Temple of Deceit
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-17%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
13%synergy
Evolving Wilds
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-9%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-19%synergy
Waterfront District
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Fetid Pools
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-10%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Thriving Isle
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Rupture Spire
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-47%synergy
River of Tears
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Jwari Disruption
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Maestros Theater
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Opal Palace
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Shimmering Grotto
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-1%synergy
Hidden Grotto
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-17%synergy
Crystal Grotto
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy