Judith, Carnage Connoisseur (Commander) - Lifegain

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Arnaud Gompertz
Oct 29, 2025
Five Painfully Simple Ways to Play Weird Rakdos
Arnaud continues his Branching Out series by looking at some off-kilter ideas for brewing fun decks in Rakdos (black and red).
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Bot Bashing Time
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3%synergy
Jennika's Technique
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3%synergy
Manhole Missile
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3%synergy
Shellshock
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2%synergy
Cool but Rude
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1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
End the Festivities
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76%synergy
Electrickery
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73%synergy
Tectonic Hazard
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72%synergy
Blazing Volley
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70%synergy
Smash to Dust
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61%synergy
Storm-Kiln Artist
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55%synergy
Guttersnipe
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Young Pyromancer
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51%synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
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51%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
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48%synergy
Top Cards
Blasphemous Act
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35%synergy
Dark Ritual
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21%synergy
Deadly Dispute
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31%synergy
Village Rites
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41%synergy
Mahadi, Emporium Master
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41%synergy
Sign in Blood
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29%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
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40%synergy
Fire Covenant
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42%synergy
Sanguine Bond
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44%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
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43%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
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27%synergy
Jeska's Will
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6%synergy
Necropotence
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9%synergy
Demonic Tutor
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-4%synergy
Ancient Tomb
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1%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
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-4%synergy
The One Ring
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2%synergy
Underworld Breach
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0%synergy
Gamble
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-4%synergy
Creatures
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
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41%synergy
Tor Wauki the Younger
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33%synergy
Kessig Flamebreather
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29%synergy
Pestilent Spirit
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32%synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
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23%synergy
Coruscation Mage
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20%synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
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18%synergy
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
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23%synergy
Firebrand Archer
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20%synergy
Urabrask
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22%synergy
Electrostatic Field
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19%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
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20%synergy
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
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17%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
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5%synergy
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
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17%synergy
Birgi, God of Storytelling
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11%synergy
Blood Artist
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1%synergy
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
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16%synergy
Hexing Squelcher
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Erebor Flamesmith
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15%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
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12%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
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8%synergy
Longshot, Rebel Bowman
14%inclusion12 decks83 decks
12%synergy
Charmbreaker Devils
13%inclusion34 decks265 decks
12%synergy
Brash Taunter
13%inclusion34 decks265 decks
3%synergy
Treasonous Ogre
12%inclusion32 decks265 decks
9%synergy
Roaming Throne
11%inclusion29 decks265 decks
5%synergy
Mayhem Devil
11%inclusion29 decks265 decks
-13%synergy
Neheb, the Eternal
11%inclusion29 decks265 decks
5%synergy
Fang Dragon
11%inclusion29 decks265 decks
11%synergy
Thermo-Alchemist
11%inclusion28 decks265 decks
5%synergy
Ashling, Flame Dancer
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8%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
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-3%synergy
Electro, Assaulting Battery
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4%synergy
Barbed Servitor
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8%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
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-11%synergy
Dualcaster Mage
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0%synergy
Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
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4%synergy
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
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1%synergy
Goliath Daydreamer
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7%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
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-5%synergy
Toralf, God of Fury
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7%synergy
Gimli, Counter of Kills
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7%synergy
Backdraft Hellkite
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6%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
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1%synergy
Viscera Seer
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-3%synergy
Warren Soultrader
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-1%synergy
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
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0%synergy
Stuffy Doll
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4%synergy
Runaway Steam-Kin
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Instants
Lightning Bolt
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27%synergy
Blood for the Blood God!
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36%synergy
Not Dead After All
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34%synergy
Abrade
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21%synergy
Wail of the Nim
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39%synergy
Chaos Warp
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-10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
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19%synergy
Undying Malice
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26%synergy
Rakdos Charm
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-11%synergy
Feign Death
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25%synergy
Cast into the Fire
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29%synergy
Delayed Blast Fireball
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25%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
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25%synergy
Seething Song
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17%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
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25%synergy
Big Score
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6%synergy
Demand Answers
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11%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
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18%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
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4%synergy
Deflecting Swat
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1%synergy
Price of Progress
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18%synergy
Withering Torment
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-4%synergy
Imp's Mischief
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9%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
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4%synergy
Shock
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15%synergy
Fire Magic
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14%synergy
Untimely Malfunction
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-2%synergy
Return the Favor
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10%synergy
Deadly Rollick
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-5%synergy
Armor of Shadows
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13%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
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8%synergy
Tibalt's Trickery
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0%synergy
Flick a Coin
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12%synergy
Costly Plunder
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10%synergy
Bedevil
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-22%synergy
Valakut Awakening
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4%synergy
Gut Shot
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10%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
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9%synergy
Nasty End
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6%synergy
Cabal Ritual
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2%synergy
Terminate
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-30%synergy
Smite the Deathless
9.4%inclusion25 decks265 decks
9%synergy
Fanatical Offering
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7%synergy
Starstorm
9.4%inclusion25 decks265 decks
9%synergy
Kolaghan's Command
9.4%inclusion25 decks265 decks
4%synergy
Culling the Weak
9.1%inclusion24 decks265 decks
3%synergy
Altar's Reap
9.1%inclusion24 decks265 decks
7%synergy
Pyroblast
8.7%inclusion23 decks265 decks
0%synergy
Pyretic Ritual
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3%synergy
Reverberate
8.3%inclusion22 decks265 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Night's Whisper
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26%synergy
Fiery Confluence
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40%synergy
Feed the Swarm
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0%synergy
Faithless Looting
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13%synergy
Scouring Sands
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37%synergy
Chain Reaction
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34%synergy
Star of Extinction
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36%synergy
Mizzix's Mastery
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29%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
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29%synergy
Vandalblast
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-1%synergy
Mana Geyser
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15%synergy
Read the Bones
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15%synergy
Boiling Earth
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26%synergy
Iroh's Demonstration
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25%synergy
Mizzium Mortars
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21%synergy
Boltwave
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12%synergy
Past in Flames
18%inclusion47 decks265 decks
15%synergy
Barrage of Boulders
17%inclusion45 decks265 decks
16%synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
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11%synergy
Fear, Fire, Foes!
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15%synergy
Grab the Prize
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5%synergy
Reanimate
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-8%synergy
Prisoner's Dilemma
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11%synergy
Ghired's Belligerence
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13%synergy
Diabolic Intent
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5%synergy
Grapeshot
13%inclusion35 decks265 decks
8%synergy
Acidic Soil
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12%synergy
Hazardous Blast
12%inclusion31 decks265 decks
11%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
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7%synergy
Flame Rift
11%inclusion30 decks265 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Plunge
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8%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
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2%synergy
Earthquake
10%inclusion26 decks265 decks
8%synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
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6%synergy
Overmaster
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7%synergy
Victimize
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-6%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
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0%synergy
Exsanguinate
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-2%synergy
Cosmotronic Wave
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7%synergy
Circle of Power
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Anger of the Gods
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Into the Fire
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6%synergy
Seize the Spoils
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1%synergy
Toxic Deluge
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Mob Verdict
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6%synergy
Sundering Eruption
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2%synergy
Light Up the Stage
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-2%synergy
Jaya's Immolating Inferno
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4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
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0%synergy
Volcanic Vision
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5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
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9%synergy
Lightning Greaves
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4%synergy
Mithril Coat
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24%synergy
Ruby Medallion
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15%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
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5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
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3%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
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9%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
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13%synergy
Primal Amulet
13%inclusion34 decks265 decks
12%synergy
Jet Medallion
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5%synergy
Darksteel Plate
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9%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
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-1%synergy
Skullclamp
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-1%synergy
Sword of Wealth and Power
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5%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
6.0%inclusion16 decks265 decks
6%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
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-1%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
40%inclusion106 decks265 decks
16%synergy
Fiery Inscription
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34%synergy
Black Market Connections
27%inclusion72 decks265 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Bombardment
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22%synergy
Exquisite Blood
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15%synergy
Repercussion
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18%synergy
City on Fire
17%inclusion45 decks265 decks
10%synergy
Artist's Talent
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7%synergy
Return the Past
11%inclusion30 decks265 decks
11%synergy
Vampiric Rites
11%inclusion29 decks265 decks
8%synergy
Fiery Emancipation
11%inclusion29 decks265 decks
5%synergy
Black Market
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6%synergy
Revel in Riches
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3%synergy
Goblin Bombardment
9.4%inclusion25 decks265 decks
0%synergy
Virtue of Courage
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6%synergy
Impact Tremors
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-4%synergy
Descent into Avernus
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-3%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
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2%synergy
Greed
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5%synergy
Double Vision
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6%synergy
Rite of the Dragoncaller
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5%synergy
Theater of Horrors
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-2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Professor Onyx
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10%synergy
Chandra, Hope's Beacon
7.5%inclusion20 decks265 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
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0%synergy
Reliquary Tower
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8%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
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3%synergy
Lindblum, Industrial Regency
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12%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
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7%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
13%inclusion19 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
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6%synergy
Cabal Coffers
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2%synergy
Command Beacon
11%inclusion30 decks265 decks
5%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
10%inclusion26 decks265 decks
1%synergy
War Room
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6%synergy
Temple of the False God
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-2%synergy
Fire Nation Palace
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1%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
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3%synergy
Emergence Zone
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3%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
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5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
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-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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8%synergy
Arcane Signet
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6%synergy
Rakdos Signet
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2%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
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2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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-1%synergy
Mind Stone
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-7%synergy
Thought Vessel
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2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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3%synergy
Séance Board
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8%synergy
Fire Diamond
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2%synergy
Pyromancer's Goggles
10%inclusion26 decks265 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
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1%synergy
Glittering Stockpile
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5%synergy
Lands
Mountain
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2%synergy
Swamp
99%inclusion262 decks265 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
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7%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
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6%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
68%inclusion181 decks265 decks
5%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
54%inclusion143 decks265 decks
8%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
51%inclusion134 decks265 decks
4%synergy
Blood Crypt
47%inclusion124 decks265 decks
1%synergy
Haunted Ridge
44%inclusion116 decks265 decks
8%synergy
Luxury Suite
42%inclusion111 decks265 decks
4%synergy
Tainted Peak
40%inclusion105 decks265 decks
-3%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
35%inclusion94 decks265 decks
0%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
35%inclusion93 decks265 decks
3%synergy
Blazemire Verge
35%inclusion77 decks220 decks
5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
34%inclusion91 decks265 decks
19%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
34%inclusion89 decks265 decks
1%synergy
Temple of Malice
33%inclusion87 decks265 decks
-1%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
29%inclusion78 decks265 decks
7%synergy
Graven Cairns
28%inclusion75 decks265 decks
-2%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
28%inclusion74 decks265 decks
25%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion68 decks265 decks
-5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion67 decks265 decks
7%synergy
Raucous Theater
23%inclusion60 decks265 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion59 decks265 decks
1%synergy
Canyon Slough
20%inclusion54 decks265 decks
1%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
20%inclusion52 decks265 decks
-1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion49 decks265 decks
3%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
18%inclusion47 decks265 decks
-1%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
15%inclusion36 decks242 decks
8%synergy
Mount Doom
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-3%synergy
Valakut Awakening
12%inclusion32 decks265 decks
4%synergy
Badlands
11%inclusion28 decks265 decks
-3%synergy
Fabled Passage
10%inclusion27 decks265 decks
2%synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
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6%synergy
Path of Ancestry
8.7%inclusion23 decks265 decks
-7%synergy
Geothermal Bog
8.7%inclusion23 decks265 decks
-1%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
8.6%inclusion21 decks244 decks
0%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
8.3%inclusion22 decks265 decks
2%synergy
Akoum Refuge
7.5%inclusion20 decks265 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.4%inclusion18 decks244 decks
-5%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.2%inclusion19 decks265 decks
2%synergy
Sundering Eruption
7.0%inclusion17 decks244 decks
2%synergy
Marsh Flats
6.4%inclusion17 decks265 decks
-2%synergy
Polluted Delta
6.4%inclusion17 decks265 decks
-2%synergy
Jagged Barrens
6.1%inclusion16 decks264 decks
-2%synergy
Arid Mesa
6.0%inclusion16 decks265 decks
-2%synergy
City of Brass
6.0%inclusion16 decks265 decks
0%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.7%inclusion15 decks265 decks
-2%synergy
Forbidden Orchard
5.7%inclusion15 decks265 decks
4%synergy