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
Marauding Blight-Priest
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
41%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
40%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
35%synergy
Starscape Cleric
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
34%synergy
Army of the Damned
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
33%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
29%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
Mirkwood Bats
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
62%inclusion18 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Blood Artist
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Viscera Seer
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Accursed Marauder
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Victimize
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Feed the Swarm
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Creatures
Ogre Slumlord
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Ophiomancer
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Midnight Reaper
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Grim Haruspex
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Chittering Witch
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
21%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
Epicure of Blood
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Cult Conscript
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Grave Titan
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Gravecrawler
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
7%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
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Grendel, Spawn of Knull
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Nazar, the Velvet Fang
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Murderous Rider
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Dread Presence
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Massacre Wurm
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Carrion Feeder
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Death-Priest of Myrkul
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Grim Servant
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%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
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
3%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
Withering Torment
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Undying Malice
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Consuming Corruption
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Defile
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-17%synergy
Dark Ritual
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-46%synergy
Tragic Slip
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-10%synergy
Murder
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Feign Death
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Imp's Mischief
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-13%synergy
Undying Evil
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
7%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
Overkill
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
2%synergy
Flare of Malice
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Breathe Your Last
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 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
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
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
Abnormal Endurance
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Read the Bones
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Sign in Blood
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
-5%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
-4%synergy
Villainous Wrath
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%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 Beckoning
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Necrotic Hex
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Blood for Bones
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Final Vengeance
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Worthy Cost
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Macabre Reconstruction
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 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
Mutilate
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-12%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
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
Deadly Tempest
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%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
Bontu's Monument
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Panharmonicon
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Lightning Greaves
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-20%synergy
Altar of Bhaal
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%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
Skullclamp
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Demon's Horn
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Black Market
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Open the Graves
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-23%synergy
Blight Mound
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
11%inclusion3 decks28 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
Oversold Cemetery
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%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
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
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Temple of the False God
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Barren Moor
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
High Market
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Westvale Abbey
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-7%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Arid Archway
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 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
Rogue's Passage
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
-21%synergy
Arcane Signet
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
-25%synergy
Crowded Crypt
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-3%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
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
3%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