Kokusho, the Evening Star (Commander) - Core

Kokusho, the Evening Star
Rank #1,262
103decks
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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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Zuko's Conviction
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Supernatural Stamina
85%inclusion88 decks103 decks
78%synergy
Undying Malice
83%inclusion85 decks103 decks
73%synergy
Feign Death
81%inclusion83 decks103 decks
73%synergy
Undying Evil
72%inclusion74 decks103 decks
69%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
73%inclusion75 decks103 decks
66%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
67%inclusion69 decks103 decks
62%synergy
Nasty End
63%inclusion65 decks103 decks
60%synergy
Not Dead After All
71%inclusion73 decks103 decks
60%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
61%inclusion63 decks103 decks
57%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
65%inclusion67 decks103 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
67%inclusion69 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Reanimate
66%inclusion68 decks103 decks
27%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
62%inclusion64 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Village Rites
61%inclusion63 decks103 decks
37%synergy
Saw in Half
61%inclusion63 decks103 decks
53%synergy
Crypt Ghast
58%inclusion60 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Viscera Seer
57%inclusion59 decks103 decks
40%synergy
Feed the Swarm
56%inclusion58 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
55%inclusion57 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Return to Action
54%inclusion56 decks103 decks
53%synergy
Game Changers
Necropotence
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
53%inclusion55 decks103 decks
43%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
52%inclusion54 decks103 decks
29%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
46%inclusion47 decks103 decks
38%synergy
Illuminor Szeras
45%inclusion46 decks103 decks
41%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
45%inclusion46 decks103 decks
43%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
38%inclusion34 decks89 decks
31%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
37%inclusion38 decks103 decks
35%synergy
Plaguecrafter
36%inclusion37 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
36%inclusion37 decks103 decks
34%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
35%inclusion36 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
33%inclusion34 decks103 decks
22%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
33%inclusion34 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Accursed Marauder
31%inclusion28 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Activated Sleeper
29%inclusion30 decks103 decks
28%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
29%inclusion30 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
28%inclusion29 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Burnished Hart
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Carrion Feeder
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
21%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Warren Soultrader
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
18%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
21%synergy
Phyrexian Delver
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
20%synergy
Disciple of Griselbrand
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
18%synergy
Grim Haruspex
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Merciless Executioner
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Reaper
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Dread Presence
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Dark Confidant
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Woe Strider
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Roaming Throne
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Darkstar Augur
13%inclusion11 decks86 decks
11%synergy
Hell's Caretaker
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
-4%synergy
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
2%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Erebos, God of the Dead
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Leaden Myr
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-10%synergy
Blood Artist
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-24%synergy
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Malakir Rebirth
63%inclusion65 decks103 decks
41%synergy
Demonic Gifts
53%inclusion55 decks103 decks
52%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
45%inclusion46 decks103 decks
44%synergy
Deadly Dispute
44%inclusion45 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Sacrifice
40%inclusion41 decks103 decks
35%synergy
Presumed Dead
38%inclusion39 decks103 decks
37%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
35%inclusion36 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Withering Torment
34%inclusion25 decks73 decks
3%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
30%inclusion31 decks103 decks
27%synergy
Infernal Grasp
30%inclusion31 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Wake the Dead
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
26%synergy
Flare of Malice
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Grim Return
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Culling the Weak
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Tragic Slip
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Go for the Throat
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Defile
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
-16%synergy
Imp's Mischief
17%inclusion18 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Fell the Profane
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
7%synergy
Hagra Mauling
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Stinging Study
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Altar's Reap
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Goryo's Vengeance
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Bitter Triumph
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Costly Plunder
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Snuff Out
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Cabal Ritual
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
-6%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
-14%synergy
Rescue from the Underworld
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Baleful Mastery
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Doom Blade
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Soul Shatter
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Makeshift Mannequin
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Caustic Exhale
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
6%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
42%inclusion43 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Sign in Blood
40%inclusion41 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Footsteps of the Goryo
40%inclusion41 decks103 decks
39%synergy
Victimize
37%inclusion38 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Morbid Curiosity
37%inclusion38 decks103 decks
36%synergy
Dread Return
35%inclusion36 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Night's Whisper
34%inclusion35 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Read the Bones
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Mutilate
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Come Back Wrong
30%inclusion27 decks89 decks
28%synergy
Blood for Bones
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
22%synergy
Damnation
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Bubbling Muck
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Exsanguinate
20%inclusion21 decks103 decks
-4%synergy
Necromantic Selection
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Eaten Alive
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
15%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
17%inclusion11 decks64 decks
0%synergy
Zombify
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
15%synergy
Deadly Tempest
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Diabolic Intent
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Bone Shards
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Exhume
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Innocent Blood
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Decree of Pain
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Living Death
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
-3%synergy
Stitch Together
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Restart Sequence
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Behold the Sinister Six!
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Crux of Fate
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Buried Alive
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Ambition's Cost
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Blade of Selves
46%inclusion47 decks103 decks
44%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
40%inclusion41 decks103 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
33%inclusion34 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Strionic Resonator
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Netherborn Altar
17%inclusion18 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Bontu's Monument
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
-11%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
3%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
15%inclusion4 decks26 decks
-4%synergy
Cauldron of Souls
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Skullclamp
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Expedition Map
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Resurrection Orb
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
7%synergy
The Masamune
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Doc Ock's Tentacles
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Lithoform Engine
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Helm of the Host
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Whip of Erebos
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
50%inclusion51 decks103 decks
38%synergy
Animate Dead
50%inclusion51 decks103 decks
32%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
42%inclusion43 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Black Market Connections
29%inclusion30 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
29%inclusion30 decks103 decks
28%synergy
Wound Reflection
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
24%synergy
Vampiric Rites
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Minion's Return
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
18%synergy
Strands of Night
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Necromancy
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Greed
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Dance of the Dead
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Heartless Summoning
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Black Market
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Sidequest: Hunt the Mark
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
11%synergy
Grave Pact
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
-8%synergy
Exquisite Blood
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
-3%synergy
Unhallowed Pact
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Corroding Dragonstorm
9.1%inclusion3 decks33 decks
9%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
9.1%inclusion3 decks33 decks
7%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Unholy Indenture
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Necrogen Communion
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Attrition
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Eye of Nidhogg
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
7%synergy
Palace Siege
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Bitterblossom
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-6%synergy
Dark Prophecy
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Quest for the Necropolis
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
47%inclusion48 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
41%inclusion42 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Bojuka Bog
38%inclusion39 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
38%inclusion39 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
32%inclusion6 decks19 decks
24%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
31%inclusion32 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
High Market
29%inclusion30 decks103 decks
22%synergy
Reliquary Tower
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
-4%synergy
Command Beacon
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
-8%synergy
War Room
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
17%inclusion18 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Witch's Cottage
17%inclusion18 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Thespian's Stage
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-4%synergy
Barren Moor
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Miren, the Moaning Well
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion88 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Arcane Signet
78%inclusion80 decks103 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
53%inclusion55 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Thought Vessel
50%inclusion52 decks103 decks
24%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
46%inclusion47 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion32 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Thran Dynamo
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Worn Powerstone
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
18%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
6%synergy
The Soul Stone
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Gilded Lotus
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Hedron Archive
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Caged Sun
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Dragonstorm Globe
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
6%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
1%synergy
The Eternity Elevator
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Mox Jasper
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
93%inclusion96 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
63%inclusion65 decks103 decks
41%synergy
Myriad Landscape
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Hagra Mauling
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Urza's Cave
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
6%synergy