Ayara, First of Locthwain (Commander) - Budget Lifegain

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Jeremy Rowe
Oct 31, 2025
Where Do Typal Decks Fit in the New Bracket System?
With the new changes to the Commander Bracket System, how are typal decks affected? Where do creature type decks fit in? Let's discuss.
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Abhorrent Overlord
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
40%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
35%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
35%synergy
Army of the Damned
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
33%synergy
Starscape Cleric
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
33%synergy
Sengir Autocrat
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Vampiric Rites
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
28%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
28%synergy
Chittering Witch
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
62%inclusion18 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Viscera Seer
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Accursed Marauder
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Victimize
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Blood Artist
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Sanguine Bond
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-12%synergy
Creatures
Mirkwood Bats
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
24%synergy
Grim Haruspex
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Epicure of Blood
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Midnight Reaper
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Ophiomancer
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Massacre Girl
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Cult Conscript
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Woe Strider
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Grave Titan
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Nazar, the Velvet Fang
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Grim Servant
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Dread Presence
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Gravecrawler
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Witch of the Moors
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Carrion Feeder
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Vraan, Executioner Thane
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Ozox, the Clattering King
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Murderous Rider
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Limbs
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Vicious Conquistador
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Skymarch Bloodletter
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Delver
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Persistent Specimen
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Shriekmaw
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Loyal Subordinate
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Massacre Wurm
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Not Dead After All
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Szat's Will
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Consuming Corruption
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Undying Malice
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Defile
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-17%synergy
Dark Ritual
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-45%synergy
Withering Torment
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-12%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Tragic Slip
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Murder
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Dispute
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-13%synergy
Doom Blade
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Grasp
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-15%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Feign Death
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Flare of Malice
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Breathe Your Last
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Bake into a Pie
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Thrilling Encore
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Demonic Gifts
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Cut Down
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Undying Evil
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-7%synergy
Orcish Medicine
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Imp's Mischief
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Waste Management
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Necrotic Wound
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Final Flourish
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Tergrid's Shadow
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Altar's Reap
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Shelob's Ambush
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Suffocating Fumes
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Raise the Draugr
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Nightmare's Thirst
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Cremate
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Cast Down
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-17%synergy
Sign in Blood
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Dread Return
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Unearth
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Night's Whisper
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Exsanguinate
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-7%synergy
Corrupt
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Bone Shards
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Decree of Pain
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Forever Young
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Blood for Bones
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Worthy Cost
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Macabre Reconstruction
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
7%synergy
Cemetery Recruitment
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Unbreakable Bond
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Killing Wave
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Duress
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Bubbling Muck
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Soul Salvage
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Blood Beckoning
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Mutilate
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-13%synergy
Dark Salvation
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Their Number Is Legion
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Living Death
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
From Under the Floorboards
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Necrotic Hex
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Syphon Mind
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Aid the Fallen
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Flay Essence
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Macabre Waltz
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Zof Consumption
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Back for Seconds
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Invoke Despair
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Bontu's Monument
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Altar of Bhaal
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Panharmonicon
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Basilisk Collar
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Jet Medallion
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-49%synergy
Lightning Greaves
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-23%synergy
Campfire
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Lantern
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Glass-Cast Heart
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Whip of Erebos
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Blood Fountain
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Demon's Horn
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Dreadhorde Invasion
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Open the Graves
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Black Market
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-27%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
9%synergy
Curse of the Restless Dead
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Dark Tutelage
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Greed
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Trespasser's Curse
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Palace Siege
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Tainted Remedy
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Curse of Disturbance
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Omen of the Dead
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Mind Slash
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Fallen Ideal
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Court of Ambition
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Minion's Return
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Blight Mound
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Black Market Connections
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Warlock Class
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Ill-Gotten Inheritance
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Exquisite Blood
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Underworld Dreams
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Call of the Ring
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Arguel's Blood Fast
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Painful Quandary
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Oubliette
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Triskaidekaphobia
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Unhallowed Pact
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Unholy Indenture
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Dark Prophecy
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Necrogen Communion
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Witch's Cottage
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Bojuka Bog
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Memorial to Folly
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Temple of the False God
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Westvale Abbey
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
0%synergy
High Market
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Reliquary Tower
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-21%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Arid Archway
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Hostile Hostel
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Piranha Marsh
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Radiant Fountain
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
War Room
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-10%synergy
The Dross Pits
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Barad-dûr
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Blighted Fen
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
-21%synergy
Arcane Signet
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
-32%synergy
Crowded Crypt
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Pristine Talisman
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Caged Sun
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Commander's Sphere
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Heraldic Banner
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion29 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Evolving Wilds
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Opal Palace
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Zof Consumption
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Obscura Storefront
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Voldaren Estate
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy