Emet-Selch, Ascian (Commander) - Budget Core

Original Name:

K'rrik, Son of YawgmothK'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

Emet-Selch, Ascian
Rank #49
36decks
Background image for The Best Horror Combos in Commander
Ethan Coover
Oct 20, 2025
The Best Horror Combos in Commander
There are plenty of Horror creatures in Magic, but which are the best at comboing? In honor of Halloween, Ethan Coover lists the best 10.
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Basilica Screecher
58%inclusion21 decks36 decks
56%synergy
Pontiff of Blight
56%inclusion20 decks36 decks
52%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
56%inclusion20 decks36 decks
52%synergy
Demon's Horn
56%inclusion20 decks36 decks
51%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
56%inclusion20 decks36 decks
50%synergy
Font of Agonies
53%inclusion19 decks36 decks
48%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
53%inclusion19 decks36 decks
47%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
47%inclusion17 decks36 decks
44%synergy
Consuming Corruption
58%inclusion19 decks33 decks
41%synergy
Prism Ring
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
39%synergy
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
67%inclusion24 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Feed the Swarm
58%inclusion21 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Read the Bones
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
31%synergy
Greed
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
34%synergy
Murder
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
31%synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
36%synergy
Breathe Your Last
39%inclusion13 decks33 decks
37%synergy
Asmodeus the Archfiend
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
35%synergy
Thrull Parasite
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
37%synergy
Creatures
Sangromancer
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
27%synergy
Grim Servant
38%inclusion13 decks34 decks
33%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
29%synergy
Syndicate Enforcer
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
36%synergy
Blood Celebrant
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
32%synergy
Dimir House Guard
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
29%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
31%synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Vampire Scrivener
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
33%synergy
Pestilence Demon
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Starscape Cleric
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
24%synergy
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
23%synergy
Magus of the Mirror
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
24%synergy
Accursed Marauder
24%inclusion8 decks33 decks
3%synergy
Wurmcoil Larva
24%inclusion8 decks34 decks
23%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Murderous Rider
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Sanguine Syphoner
22%inclusion4 decks18 decks
21%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Reiver Demon
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Forsaken Miner
18%inclusion6 decks34 decks
10%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Diamond Mare
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Leaden Myr
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Massacre Wurm
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Blood Pet
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Viscera Seer
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Dreamdrinker Vampire
15%inclusion5 decks33 decks
15%synergy
Tivash, Gloom Summoner
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Agate-Blade Assassin
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Blood Hustler
12%inclusion4 decks34 decks
11%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Banehound
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Infernal Sovereign
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Skirge Familiar
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Vampire Soulcaller
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
11%synergy
Netherborn Phalanx
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Plaguecrafter
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-9%synergy
Vile Entomber
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Shard of the Nightbringer
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Burglar Rat
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Grimdancer
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-4%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-12%synergy
Chancellor of the Dross
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Armor of Shadows
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
34%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
31%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Village Rites
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Undying Malice
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Defile
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
-10%synergy
Not Dead After All
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Victim of Night
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-9%synergy
Oblivion's Hunger
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Succumb to Temptation
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Professor's Warning
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Tragic Slip
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-4%synergy
Give In to Violence
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Wither and Bloom
15%inclusion5 decks33 decks
15%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
-10%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Offer Immortality
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Hero's Downfall
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Stab
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
10%synergy
Deadly Dispute
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-12%synergy
Blood Pact
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Cremate
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Crypt Incursion
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Necrologia
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Alchemist's Gift
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-58%synergy
Baleful Mastery
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Consuming Ashes
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
6%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
4%synergy
Vraska's Fall
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Grasp of Darkness
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Unlikely Aid
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Blood Curdle
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Skulduggery
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Cling to Dust
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Gravepurge
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Orcish Medicine
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Vraska's Contempt
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Anoint with Affliction
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Vendetta
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Battle-Rage Blessing
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Altar's Reap
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
31%synergy
Blood Tithe
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
29%synergy
Syphon Mind
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Mutilate
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Exsanguinate
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Ambition's Cost
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
22%synergy
Invoke Despair
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
20%synergy
Diresight
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Risky Shortcut
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Dread Return
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Duress
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Essence Harvest
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
18%synergy
Ancient Craving
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Corrupt
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Necromantic Selection
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Night's Whisper
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
-10%synergy
Profane Transfusion
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Decree of Pain
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Army of the Damned
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Their Number Is Legion
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Promise of Power
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Persist
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Zof Consumption
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Mire in Misery
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Sanguimancy
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Final Parting
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-7%synergy
Unearth
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Crippling Fear
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Gravedig
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
5%synergy
Lively Dirge
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
2%synergy
Extract a Confession
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
5%synergy
Agonizing Syphon
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Shamble Back
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Cloudkill
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Repay in Kind
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Foreboding Fruit
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Painful Lesson
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Profane Command
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Consume Spirit
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Walk the Plank
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Annihilating Glare
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Zombify
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Wander in Death
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Bitter Revelation
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
30%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Pact Weapon
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Sinister Monolith
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Soul Conduit
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Loxodon Warhammer
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-23%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Helm of Awakening
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Drossclaw
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
6%synergy
Zephyr Boots
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Glass-Cast Heart
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Cliffhaven Kitesail
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-54%synergy
Collector's Vault
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Lashwrithe
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Haunted Cloak
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Pestilence
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
22%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
23%synergy
Underworld Connections
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Vampiric Rites
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Gonti's Machinations
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Agent of the Shadow Thieves
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
-2%synergy
Vampiric Link
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
-26%synergy
Strands of Night
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Eternal Thirst
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Retreat to Hagra
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Trespasser's Curse
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Curse of Leeches
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Molting Snakeskin
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Fear
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Dogged Pursuit
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Grasping Shadows
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Leshrac's Sigil
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Derelict Attic // Widow's Walk
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Nowhere to Run
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
3%synergy
The Creation of Avacyn
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
6%synergy
Dark Tutelage
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Cartouche of Ambition
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Palace Siege
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Null Profusion
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Sanguine Bond
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-7%synergy
Gruesome Deformity
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Midnight Covenant
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Parasitic Impetus
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Grisly Transformation
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Twisted Embrace
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Aspect of Lamprey
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Phyresis
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Etchings
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Triskaidekaphobia
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Heartless Summoning
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Open the Graves
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Mogis's Favor
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Underworld Dreams
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
18%synergy
Radiant Fountain
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
29%synergy
Witch's Cottage
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Mortuary Mire
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Barren Moor
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Memorial to Folly
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
8%synergy
The Dross Pits
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Bojuka Bog
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-38%synergy
Reliquary Tower
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-23%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
64%inclusion23 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Sol Ring
53%inclusion19 decks36 decks
-34%synergy
Mind Stone
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Pristine Talisman
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
25%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Paradise Plume
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
24%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Worn Powerstone
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-11%synergy
Prismatic Lens
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Fractured Powerstone
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Sisay's Ring
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Hedron Archive
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
4%synergy
The Irencrag
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Heraldic Banner
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Honored Heirloom
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion35 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
-2%synergy
Zof Consumption
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Pelakka Predation
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Command Tower
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
0%synergy