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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Moxfield
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MTGStocks
Abhorrent Overlord
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
40%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
38%synergy
Army of the Damned
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
37%synergy
Starscape Cleric
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
36%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
35%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
32%synergy
Sengir Autocrat
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Vampiric Rites
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Epicure of Blood
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Viscera Seer
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Victimize
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Blood Artist
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Feed the Swarm
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Read the Bones
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Sanguine Bond
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Creatures
Accursed Marauder
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
17%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
24%synergy
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
Morbid Opportunist
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Ophiomancer
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Grim Haruspex
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Chittering Witch
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Cult Conscript
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Midnight Reaper
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Massacre Girl
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Grave Titan
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
10%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
Fleshbag Marauder
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Witch of the Moors
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Vraan, Executioner Thane
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Nazar, the Velvet Fang
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Gravecrawler
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Murderous Rider
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Dread Presence
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Massacre Wurm
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Callous Bloodmage
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Carrion Feeder
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Death-Priest of Myrkul
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Grim Servant
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%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
Persistent Specimen
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Shriekmaw
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Not Dead After All
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Szat's Will
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Consuming Corruption
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Undying Malice
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-9%synergy
Defile
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-17%synergy
Tragic Slip
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Dark Ritual
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-49%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Murder
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Dispute
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-13%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
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Breathe Your Last
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Cut Down
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Bake into a Pie
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-7%synergy
Thrilling Encore
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Orcish Medicine
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Imp's Mischief
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Undying Evil
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Doom Blade
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-1%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
Waste Management
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Nightmare's Thirst
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Necrotic Wound
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-15%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Cremate
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
Erebos's Intervention
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Dread Return
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Unearth
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
6%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
Necrotic Hex
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
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Cemetery Recruitment
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%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
Unbreakable Bond
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Bubbling Muck
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Soul Salvage
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Blood Beckoning
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
Living Death
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
From Under the Floorboards
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
Lich-Knights' Conquest
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Flay Essence
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Tempest
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%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
Dark Salvation
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Invoke Despair
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Bontu's Monument
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Bhaal
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Panharmonicon
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Lightning Greaves
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-20%synergy
Jet Medallion
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-49%synergy
Basilisk Collar
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Campfire
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Glass-Cast Heart
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
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
Demon's Horn
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Enchantments
Open the Graves
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Black Market
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-27%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Curse of the Restless Dead
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Dark Tutelage
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Trespasser's Curse
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Tainted Remedy
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Curse of Disturbance
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Underworld Dreams
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Blight Mound
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Omen of the Dead
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Greed
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Slash
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Fallen Ideal
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Palace Siege
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%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
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
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
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
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Barren Moor
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-18%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
13%inclusion3 decks24 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
Arid Archway
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-29%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Hostile Hostel
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
Haunted Fengraf
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
The Dross Pits
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Barad-dûr
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Mire
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
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-28%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Crowded Crypt
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
19%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
Nyx Lotus
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Fellwar Stone
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion29 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Opal Palace
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Demolition Field
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-15%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