Kokusho, the Evening Star (Commander) - Budget

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Arnaud Gompertz
Sep 3, 2025
How to Build Golgari Without Being Golboring
Like to think outside the color box in Commander? This edition of Branching Out gives you some great ideas for unique Golgari builds.
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Twilight Diviner
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Grave Venerations
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Aberrant Return
4.5%inclusion1 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Moonshadow
4.5%inclusion1 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Unbury
4.5%inclusion1 decks22 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Supernatural Stamina
78%inclusion101 decks129 decks
71%synergy
Undying Malice
78%inclusion100 decks129 decks
68%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
72%inclusion93 decks129 decks
65%synergy
Return to Action
64%inclusion83 decks129 decks
63%synergy
Feign Death
69%inclusion89 decks129 decks
61%synergy
Undying Evil
64%inclusion82 decks129 decks
60%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
64%inclusion83 decks129 decks
60%synergy
Nasty End
61%inclusion79 decks129 decks
58%synergy
Demonic Gifts
58%inclusion75 decks129 decks
57%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
57%inclusion74 decks129 decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
74%inclusion96 decks129 decks
49%synergy
Not Dead After All
67%inclusion86 decks129 decks
55%synergy
Viscera Seer
62%inclusion80 decks129 decks
45%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
59%inclusion76 decks129 decks
49%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
55%inclusion71 decks129 decks
32%synergy
Feed the Swarm
55%inclusion71 decks129 decks
4%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
54%inclusion70 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Deadly Dispute
52%inclusion67 decks129 decks
27%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
51%inclusion66 decks129 decks
47%synergy
Dark Ritual
50%inclusion65 decks129 decks
-16%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
8.5%inclusion11 decks129 decks
-20%synergy
Creatures
Apprentice Necromancer
49%inclusion63 decks129 decks
47%synergy
Plaguecrafter
46%inclusion59 decks129 decks
26%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
45%inclusion58 decks129 decks
29%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
44%inclusion57 decks129 decks
42%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
40%inclusion52 decks129 decks
17%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
40%inclusion52 decks129 decks
38%synergy
Accursed Marauder
40%inclusion48 decks120 decks
19%synergy
Burnished Hart
37%inclusion48 decks129 decks
30%synergy
Illuminor Szeras
35%inclusion45 decks129 decks
31%synergy
Activated Sleeper
34%inclusion44 decks129 decks
33%synergy
Carrion Feeder
33%inclusion43 decks129 decks
22%synergy
Disciple of Griselbrand
30%inclusion39 decks129 decks
29%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
29%inclusion37 decks129 decks
10%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
28%inclusion36 decks129 decks
17%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
28%inclusion36 decks129 decks
22%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
27%inclusion35 decks129 decks
20%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
25%inclusion32 decks129 decks
20%synergy
Woe Strider
23%inclusion30 decks129 decks
19%synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
23%inclusion30 decks129 decks
18%synergy
Merciless Executioner
22%inclusion28 decks129 decks
15%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
19%inclusion23 decks118 decks
12%synergy
Midnight Reaper
19%inclusion25 decks129 decks
11%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
18%inclusion23 decks129 decks
-8%synergy
Crypt Ghast
18%inclusion23 decks129 decks
-30%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
18%inclusion23 decks129 decks
1%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
17%inclusion22 decks129 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Delver
16%inclusion21 decks129 decks
15%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
16%inclusion21 decks129 decks
-3%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Hell's Caretaker
15%inclusion19 decks129 decks
14%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
14%inclusion18 decks129 decks
7%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
13%inclusion17 decks129 decks
8%synergy
Darkstar Augur
13%inclusion15 decks115 decks
11%synergy
Dread Presence
12%inclusion16 decks129 decks
-2%synergy
Grim Haruspex
12%inclusion16 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Leaden Myr
12%inclusion15 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Perigee Beckoner
11%inclusion6 decks53 decks
10%synergy
Blood Artist
10%inclusion13 decks129 decks
-22%synergy
Dockside Chef
10%inclusion13 decks129 decks
8%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
10%inclusion13 decks129 decks
-9%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
9.3%inclusion12 decks129 decks
8%synergy
Massacre Wurm
9.3%inclusion12 decks129 decks
-8%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
7.0%inclusion9 decks129 decks
-13%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
7.0%inclusion9 decks129 decks
-16%synergy
Demon's Disciple
7.0%inclusion9 decks129 decks
-1%synergy
Dusk Mangler
7.0%inclusion9 decks129 decks
6%synergy
Dark Confidant
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
-1%synergy
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Ophiomancer
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
-10%synergy
Massacre Girl
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
-1%synergy
Instants
Presumed Dead
50%inclusion65 decks129 decks
50%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
50%inclusion64 decks129 decks
37%synergy
Saw in Half
36%inclusion46 decks129 decks
28%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
34%inclusion44 decks129 decks
31%synergy
Grim Return
33%inclusion42 decks129 decks
31%synergy
Wake the Dead
30%inclusion39 decks129 decks
29%synergy
Altar's Reap
29%inclusion37 decks129 decks
26%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
29%inclusion37 decks129 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
29%inclusion37 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Go for the Throat
26%inclusion34 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Defile
25%inclusion32 decks129 decks
-12%synergy
Costly Plunder
21%inclusion27 decks129 decks
18%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
20%inclusion26 decks129 decks
19%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
20%inclusion24 decks120 decks
18%synergy
Tragic Slip
19%inclusion25 decks129 decks
-1%synergy
Sacrifice
19%inclusion24 decks129 decks
14%synergy
Withering Torment
19%inclusion18 decks97 decks
-13%synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Murder
16%inclusion20 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Doom Blade
16%inclusion20 decks129 decks
8%synergy
Rescue from the Underworld
16%inclusion20 decks129 decks
15%synergy
Flare of Malice
13%inclusion16 decks122 decks
0%synergy
Imp's Mischief
12%inclusion16 decks129 decks
-12%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
11%inclusion14 decks129 decks
7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.5%inclusion11 decks129 decks
2%synergy
Fanatical Offering
8.5%inclusion11 decks129 decks
7%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
7.0%inclusion9 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Makeshift Mannequin
7.0%inclusion9 decks129 decks
7%synergy
Consuming Corruption
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-9%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
2%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
-3%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
-13%synergy
Stinging Study
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Merciless Resolve
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Dread Return
48%inclusion62 decks129 decks
36%synergy
Read the Bones
45%inclusion58 decks129 decks
28%synergy
Sign in Blood
45%inclusion58 decks129 decks
9%synergy
Morbid Curiosity
45%inclusion58 decks129 decks
44%synergy
Footsteps of the Goryo
43%inclusion56 decks129 decks
43%synergy
Mutilate
41%inclusion53 decks129 decks
23%synergy
Victimize
40%inclusion51 decks129 decks
13%synergy
Night's Whisper
30%inclusion39 decks129 decks
6%synergy
Reanimate
29%inclusion38 decks129 decks
-10%synergy
Come Back Wrong
29%inclusion34 decks117 decks
26%synergy
Blood for Bones
29%inclusion37 decks129 decks
28%synergy
Zombify
22%inclusion28 decks129 decks
20%synergy
Necromantic Selection
20%inclusion26 decks129 decks
18%synergy
Exsanguinate
18%inclusion23 decks129 decks
-7%synergy
Deadly Tempest
17%inclusion22 decks129 decks
15%synergy
Eaten Alive
16%inclusion21 decks129 decks
13%synergy
Innocent Blood
15%inclusion19 decks129 decks
9%synergy
Bone Shards
13%inclusion17 decks129 decks
10%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Decree of Pain
12%inclusion16 decks129 decks
7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
12%inclusion16 decks129 decks
-25%synergy
Exhume
12%inclusion16 decks129 decks
10%synergy
Bubbling Muck
10%inclusion13 decks129 decks
-6%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
9.3%inclusion12 decks129 decks
-5%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
9.3%inclusion12 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
-8%synergy
Crux of Fate
8.5%inclusion11 decks129 decks
7%synergy
Living Death
8.5%inclusion11 decks129 decks
-2%synergy
Severed Strands
7.8%inclusion10 decks129 decks
7%synergy
Restart Sequence
7.6%inclusion9 decks119 decks
7%synergy
Tip the Scales
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Bone Splinters
7.0%inclusion9 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Offering
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
6%synergy
Blood Money
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Syphon Mind
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
-6%synergy
Final Vengeance
6.1%inclusion6 decks98 decks
4%synergy
Fearsome Awakening
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Zof Consumption
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Revival
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Ambition's Cost
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Blade of Selves
42%inclusion54 decks129 decks
41%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
41%inclusion53 decks129 decks
25%synergy
Jet Medallion
31%inclusion40 decks129 decks
-30%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
18%inclusion23 decks129 decks
15%synergy
Netherborn Altar
18%inclusion23 decks129 decks
16%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
16%inclusion21 decks129 decks
13%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
14%inclusion18 decks129 decks
-6%synergy
Strionic Resonator
13%inclusion17 decks129 decks
12%synergy
Skullclamp
12%inclusion15 decks129 decks
-10%synergy
Bontu's Monument
11%inclusion14 decks129 decks
-17%synergy
The Masamune
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Cauldron of Souls
9.3%inclusion12 decks129 decks
8%synergy
Culling Dais
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
6%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-14%synergy
Enchantments
Fungal Fortitude
50%inclusion65 decks129 decks
49%synergy
Sanguine Bond
47%inclusion61 decks129 decks
35%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
40%inclusion52 decks129 decks
0%synergy
Vampiric Rites
33%inclusion43 decks129 decks
27%synergy
Minion's Return
27%inclusion35 decks129 decks
26%synergy
Animate Dead
21%inclusion27 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Greed
20%inclusion26 decks129 decks
13%synergy
Wound Reflection
18%inclusion23 decks129 decks
14%synergy
Strands of Night
17%inclusion22 decks129 decks
16%synergy
Unhallowed Pact
17%inclusion22 decks129 decks
17%synergy
Black Market
16%inclusion21 decks129 decks
-5%synergy
Unholy Indenture
15%inclusion19 decks129 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
15%inclusion19 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Necrogen Communion
12%inclusion15 decks129 decks
10%synergy
Heartless Summoning
12%inclusion15 decks129 decks
7%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Corroding Dragonstorm
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Quest for the Necropolis
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Dark Tutelage
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Warlock Class
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
4%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
0%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Death's Majesty
7.8%inclusion10 decks129 decks
4%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
7.0%inclusion9 decks129 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
37%inclusion48 decks129 decks
-10%synergy
High Market
30%inclusion39 decks129 decks
23%synergy
Witch's Cottage
29%inclusion38 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
21%inclusion27 decks129 decks
8%synergy
Temple of the False God
21%inclusion27 decks129 decks
13%synergy
Reliquary Tower
19%inclusion25 decks129 decks
-11%synergy
Barren Moor
16%inclusion21 decks129 decks
6%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
1%synergy
War Room
10%inclusion13 decks129 decks
-6%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
8.5%inclusion11 decks129 decks
-27%synergy
Memorial to Folly
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Coffers
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
-50%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
83%inclusion107 decks129 decks
-3%synergy
Arcane Signet
77%inclusion99 decks129 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
60%inclusion78 decks129 decks
31%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
51%inclusion66 decks129 decks
28%synergy
Thought Vessel
36%inclusion47 decks129 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion42 decks129 decks
18%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion35 decks129 decks
18%synergy
Worn Powerstone
25%inclusion32 decks129 decks
21%synergy
Thran Dynamo
14%inclusion18 decks129 decks
8%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
12%inclusion16 decks129 decks
7%synergy
Gilded Lotus
11%inclusion14 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Hedron Archive
10%inclusion13 decks129 decks
6%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
8.5%inclusion11 decks129 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
4%synergy
Caged Sun
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
-6%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion126 decks129 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
40%inclusion52 decks129 decks
14%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
29%inclusion37 decks129 decks
6%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
-13%synergy
Zof Consumption
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
5%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-4%synergy