Ayara, First of Locthwain (Commander) - Budget Optimized

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Ezra Sassaman
Mar 12, 2026
Ezra Sassaman
Fun Alternatives for the Top Ten Saltiest Commanders
Is your playgroup tired of your Tergrid deck? (Can't blame them.) Then check out this list of replacements for the saltiest commanders.
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Rat King, Verminister
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Tunnel Rats
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Splinter, the Mentor
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Army of the Damned
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
51%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
72%inclusion21 decks29 decks
49%synergy
Blood Artist
79%inclusion23 decks29 decks
48%synergy
Ophiomancer
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
42%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
41%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
38%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
38%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
37%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
52%inclusion15 decks29 decks
35%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
34%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
79%inclusion23 decks29 decks
28%synergy
Dark Ritual
69%inclusion20 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Bontu's Monument
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
30%synergy
Jet Medallion
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Victimize
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Feed the Swarm
52%inclusion15 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
52%inclusion15 decks29 decks
33%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
28%synergy
Sanguine Bond
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
33%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Demonic Tutor
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-17%synergy
Creatures
Priest of Forgotten Gods
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
33%synergy
Viscera Seer
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
24%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Gravecrawler
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
24%synergy
Grim Haruspex
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Midnight Reaper
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
24%synergy
Crypt Ghast
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-13%synergy
Sengir Autocrat
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Bloodghast
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Timeline Culler
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
22%synergy
Plaguecrafter
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Chittering Witch
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Forsaken Miner
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Grave Titan
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Starscape Cleric
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Warren Soultrader
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Oathsworn Vampire
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Nether Traitor
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Carrion Feeder
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Great Unclean One
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Accursed Marauder
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Lazotep Reaver
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Witch of the Moors
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Twilight Diviner
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Koh, the Face Stealer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Mai, Scornful Striker
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Joo Dee, One of Many
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Gutterbones
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Tenacious Dead
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Wriggling Grub
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Dread Presence
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Tragic Slip
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Defile
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Go for the Throat
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Dispute
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Murder
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Szat's Will
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
15%inclusion4 decks26 decks
14%synergy
Price of Fame
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Soul Shatter
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Wake the Dead
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Imp's Mischief
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Doom Blade
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Bitter Triumph
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-12%synergy
Baleful Mastery
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Desperate Measures
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
7%synergy
Plunge into Darkness
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Whisper of the Dross
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Rat Out
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Songs of the Damned
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Consuming Corruption
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Flare of Malice
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Slice from the Shadows
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Cabal Ritual
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
Lethal Scheme
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Cast Down
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Culling the Weak
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Altar's Reap
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Assassin's Ink
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Pile On
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Blood Pact
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Overkill
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
-2%synergy
Fight On!
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Tutor
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Plague of Vermin
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Reanimate
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
-12%synergy
Toxic Deluge
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Sign in Blood
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Exsanguinate
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Intent
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Final Parting
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Lively Dirge
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Mutilate
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Night's Whisper
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
Tragic Trajectory
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Crawl from the Cellar
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Bubbling Muck
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-7%synergy
Ancient Craving
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Buried Alive
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Annihilating Glare
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Revenge of the Rats
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Unearth
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Eaten Alive
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Zof Consumption
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Necromantic Selection
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Stitch Together
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Ghouls' Night Out
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Duress
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Blood Money
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Dread Return
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Zombie Apocalypse
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Agony
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Living Death
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Hymn of the Faller
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Skullclamp
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Lightning Greaves
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
-4%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Panharmonicon
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Winter Moon
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-21%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Thornbite Staff
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Culling Dais
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Spawning Pit
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Whip of Erebos
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Black Market
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Exquisite Blood
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Grave Venerations
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Grave Pact
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Dark Prophecy
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Bitterblossom
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Mornsong Aria
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Open the Graves
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
9%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Liliana's Mastery
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Polluted Bonds
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Underworld Dreams
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
6%synergy
Curse of the Restless Dead
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Palace Siege
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Carnival of Souls
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Rite of Belzenlok
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Animate Dead
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
Black Market Connections
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-17%synergy
Dark Tutelage
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Greed
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Contamination
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Grievous Wound
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Court of Locthwain
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Warlock Class
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Blight Mound
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Waste Not
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-10%synergy
Vampiric Rites
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Lolth, Spider Queen
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Liliana of the Veil
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Liliana, Untouched by Death
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Liliana Vess
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Witch's Cottage
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Mortuary Mire
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Memorial to Folly
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Barren Moor
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-13%synergy
Westvale Abbey
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-18%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Cabal Coffers
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-41%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-7%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
High Market
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
War Room
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Barad-dûr
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Karn's Bastion
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Tectonic Edge
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Mudflat Village
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Blighted Fen
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-18%synergy
Hostile Hostel
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-12%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
-6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
83%inclusion24 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Arcane Signet
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
-17%synergy
Mind Stone
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Thought Vessel
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Crowded Crypt
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion29 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-12%synergy
Zof Consumption
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Demolition Field
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
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