Ardyn Izunia (Commander) - Optimized

Original Name:

Varragoth, Bloodsky SireVarragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Jeremy Rowe
May 15, 2025
Building a Demon Typal Deck with Ardyn, the Usurper
Let's build a mono-black Demon typal Commander deck around Ardyn, the Usurper, a new legend from the upcoming Final Fantasy set.
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
The Dawning Archaic
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Defiling Daemogoth
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Petrified Hamlet
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Sickening Dreams
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Ornithopter
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Culling the Weak
41%inclusion39 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Mishra's Bauble
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
24%synergy
Dark Sphere
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Rain of Filth
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Bubbling Muck
38%inclusion36 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Memnite
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
22%synergy
Slaughter Pact
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
22%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
85%inclusion80 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Jet Medallion
43%inclusion40 decks94 decks
-19%synergy
Imp's Mischief
41%inclusion39 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Exsanguinate
40%inclusion38 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Reanimate
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Cabal Ritual
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Exquisite Blood
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Crypt Ghast
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
-15%synergy
Lightning Greaves
32%inclusion30 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Toxic Deluge
31%inclusion29 decks94 decks
-6%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
57%inclusion54 decks94 decks
30%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
47%inclusion44 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Opposition Agent
45%inclusion42 decks94 decks
35%synergy
Ad Nauseam
38%inclusion36 decks94 decks
36%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Imperial Seal
32%inclusion30 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Mana Vault
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Ancient Tomb
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Necropotence
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Chrome Mox
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Creatures
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
-22%synergy
Walking Ballista
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
22%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Endless One
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
21%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Blood Pet
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Stonecoil Serpent
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Blood Artist
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
-13%synergy
Phyrexian Walker
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Hangarback Walker
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Shield Sphere
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Gravecrawler
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Ugin's Conjurant
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Marketback Walker
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-8%synergy
Shifting Wall
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Cryptic Trilobite
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Skirge Familiar
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-11%synergy
Maralen of the Mornsong
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
-6%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
-10%synergy
Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-16%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-10%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Dread Presence
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Phyrexian Marauder
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Warren Soultrader
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Dream Devourer
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Doom Whisperer
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Burnished Hart
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Carrion Feeder
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Instants
Deadly Rollick
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Songs of the Damned
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Sacrifice
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Defile
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
-16%synergy
Infernal Grasp
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Entomb
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
-14%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
-6%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Murder
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Snuff Out
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Darkness
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Bitter Triumph
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Force of Despair
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Withering Boon
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Village Rites
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-17%synergy
Consuming Corruption
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-14%synergy
Deadly Dispute
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-19%synergy
Feign Death
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Tragic Slip
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Dismember
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Fell the Profane
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Cut Down
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Saw in Half
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Baleful Mastery
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Hero's Downfall
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Fatal Push
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Heartless Act
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceries
Torment of Hailfire
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Feed the Swarm
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
-22%synergy
Grim Tutor
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Diabolic Intent
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
-11%synergy
Damnation
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Profane Tutor
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Night's Whisper
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Duress
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Victimize
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Buried Alive
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Mutilate
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-7%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
-8%synergy
Beseech the Queen
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Thoughtseize
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Demonic Counsel
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Decree of Pain
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Living Death
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Unmarked Grave
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Dread Return
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-6%synergy
Inquisition of Kozilek
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Persist
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Dark Petition
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Fortuitous Find
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Raise Dead
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Unearth
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Chain of Smog
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Villainous Wrath
5.1%inclusion3 decks59 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Bontu's Monument
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Expedition Map
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Spellbook
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Urza's Bauble
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Zuran Orb
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
0%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Welding Jar
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-7%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Defense Grid
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Whip of Erebos
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Lodestone Bauble
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Engineered Explosives
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Mithril Coat
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
5%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
10%inclusion8 decks77 decks
-10%synergy
Vexing Bauble
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Shadowspear
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Feldon's Cane
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Claws of Gix
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Chalice of the Void
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Fountain of Youth
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Sword of the Animist
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Skullclamp
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-15%synergy
Winter Moon
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Accorder's Shield
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Clown Car
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Darksteel Relic
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Eye of Vecna
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Chimeric Mass
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Bone Saw
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Hand of Vecna
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Herbal Poultice
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Vorpal Sword
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Crucible of Worlds
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Cathar's Shield
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Briber's Purse
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Mindcrank
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Altar of Dementia
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
0%synergy
The Book of Vile Darkness
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Commander's Plate
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
-14%synergy
Black Market Connections
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Animate Dead
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Mornsong Aria
16%inclusion5 decks32 decks
14%synergy
Greed
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Wound Reflection
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Liliana's Contract
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Underworld Dreams
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Grave Pact
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-11%synergy
Bitterblossom
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Feast of Sanity
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Grievous Wound
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Black Market
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-15%synergy
Call of the Ring
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Painful Quandary
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Leyline of the Void
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Thran Vigil
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Necromancy
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
62%inclusion58 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
48%inclusion45 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Bojuka Bog
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
-21%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
-10%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Urza's Saga
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Lake of the Dead
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Crystal Vein
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Emergence Zone
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Glacial Chasm
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Ebon Stronghold
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Peat Bog
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Witch's Cottage
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
War Room
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Barren Moor
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
City of Traitors
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Thespian's Stage
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Vault of Whispers
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Maze of Ith
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Vesuva
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Barad-dûr
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Mire
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Dark Depths
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion83 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
45%inclusion42 decks94 decks
-17%synergy
Lotus Petal
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
28%synergy
Mox Amber
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Mind Stone
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
-6%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Paradise Mantle
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Mox Opal
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Mox Diamond
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Thought Vessel
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Jeweled Amulet
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Lotus Bloom
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Mox Tantalite
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Springleaf Drum
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Caged Sun
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Astral Cornucopia
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Sol Talisman
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
The Soul Stone
6.5%inclusion4 decks62 decks
-8%synergy
Grim Monolith
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
91%inclusion86 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Myriad Landscape
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
-7%synergy
Cavern of Souls
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Urza's Cave
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
-14%synergy
Fell the Profane
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Command Tower
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
0%synergy