Ayara, First of Locthwain (Commander) - Budget Lifegain

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Chris Guest
Aug 7, 2025
The Top 40 Monocolored Commanders
What are the most popular monocolored commanders of all time? Let's look at the 40 most played, according to EDHREC.
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Villainous Wrath
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Abhorrent Overlord
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
37%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
35%synergy
Vampiric Rites
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
32%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
32%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
32%synergy
Army of the Damned
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
30%synergy
Sanguine Bond
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
52%inclusion15 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Chittering Witch
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Accursed Marauder
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Blood Artist
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Village Rites
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Viscera Seer
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Read the Bones
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
24%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Creatures
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
24%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Grim Haruspex
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
24%synergy
Midnight Reaper
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Starscape Cleric
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Sengir Autocrat
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Epicure of Blood
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Cult Conscript
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
19%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
Ravenous Chupacabra
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Woe Strider
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Massacre Girl
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Vraan, Executioner Thane
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Ozox, the Clattering King
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
19%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Gravecrawler
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Dread Presence
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Persistent Specimen
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Carrion Feeder
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Piper of the Swarm
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Bloodsoaked Champion
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Nazar, the Velvet Fang
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
15%synergy
Grim Servant
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%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
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Shriekmaw
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Loyal Subordinate
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Witch of the Moors
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Sangromancer
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Massacre Wurm
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Instants
Not Dead After All
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Consuming Corruption
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Dark Ritual
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
-42%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Undying Malice
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Szat's Will
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Withering Torment
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
-11%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Defile
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-21%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Murder
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Undying Evil
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
Feign Death
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Tragic Slip
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-7%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Thrilling Encore
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
8%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Cremate
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Demonic Gifts
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Cut Down
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Orcish Medicine
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Imp's Mischief
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Sugar Rush
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Tergrid's Shadow
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Altar's Reap
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Suffocating Fumes
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Raise the Draugr
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Waste Management
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Nightmare's Thirst
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Gravepurge
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Cast Down
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Crypt Incursion
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Umbral Juke
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Taken by Nightmares
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Stab
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Winter's Intervention
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Suspended Sentence
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
9%synergy
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
Forever Young
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Bone Shards
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Decree of Pain
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
4%synergy
From Under the Floorboards
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Syphon Mind
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Macabre Waltz
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Blood for Bones
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Final Vengeance
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
8%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Macabre Reconstruction
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Cemetery Recruitment
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Bone Splinters
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Shamble Back
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Duress
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Bubbling Muck
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Soul Salvage
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Dread Summons
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Mutilate
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-13%synergy
Killing Wave
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Their Number Is Legion
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Resourceful Return
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Living Death
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Necrotic Hex
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Aid the Fallen
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Flay Essence
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Zof Consumption
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Back for Seconds
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Dark Salvation
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Invoke Despair
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Bontu's Monument
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
-4%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
Excalibur II
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Lightning Greaves
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-23%synergy
Demon's Horn
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Campfire
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Lantern
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Whip of Erebos
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Witch's Oven
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Blood Fountain
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Jet Medallion
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-52%synergy
Basilisk Collar
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Leyline Axe
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Saw
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Ghoulish Procession
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Open the Graves
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Black Market
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Dark Tutelage
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-27%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Curse of the Restless Dead
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
Hopeless Nightmare
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Curse of Disturbance
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Underworld Dreams
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Painful Quandary
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Promise of Aclazotz
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Omen of the Dead
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Bonds
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Mind Slash
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Fallen Ideal
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Court of Ambition
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Minion's Return
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%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
Call of the Ring
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Blight Mound
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Oubliette
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Black Market Connections
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-16%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
Midnight Snack
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Grievous Wound
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
7%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
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Bojuka Bog
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Mortuary Mire
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Memorial to Folly
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Temple of the False God
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
3%synergy
High Market
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-18%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Barad-dûr
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
0%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-29%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%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
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Blighted Fen
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
-21%synergy
Arcane Signet
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
-25%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Crowded Crypt
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Pristine Talisman
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-15%synergy
Caged Sun
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Commander's Sphere
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Heraldic Banner
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion29 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Opal Palace
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Command Tower
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Zof Consumption
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy