Lurrus of the Dream-Den (Commander) - Budget Aristocrats

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Arnaud Gompertz
Jul 23, 2025
Can You Build Orzhov In Commander Without Resorting to Aristocrats?
On this edition of Branching Out, Arnaud dives into the House of Orzhov to find some Commander decks that go against the grain.
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MTGStocks
Angelic Renewal
70% of 30 decks +69% synergy
Viscera Seer
90% of 30 decks +68% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
90% of 30 decks +66% synergy
Selfless Savior
67% of 30 decks +64% synergy
Cruel Celebrant
90% of 30 decks +63% synergy
Corpse Knight
73% of 30 decks +61% synergy
Snarling Gorehound
62% of 26 decks +60% synergy
Mire Triton
60% of 30 decks +60% synergy
Cathar Commando
67% of 30 decks +59% synergy
Benalish Sleeper
60% of 30 decks +58% synergy
Top Cards
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
90% of 30 decks +55% synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
68% of 28 decks +50% synergy
Village Rites
67% of 30 decks +44% synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
67% of 30 decks +56% synergy
Unearth
63% of 30 decks +58% synergy
Accursed Marauder
63% of 19 decks +56% synergy
Vampiric Rites
60% of 30 decks +52% synergy
Seal of Cleansing
60% of 30 decks +57% synergy
Sun Titan
60% of 30 decks +47% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
60% of 30 decks +49% synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
7% of 30 decks -8% synergy
Creatures
Bounty Agent
57% of 30 decks +55% synergy
Blood Artist
57% of 30 decks +24% synergy
Kami of False Hope
57% of 30 decks +54% synergy
Dockside Chef
57% of 30 decks +53% synergy
Triarch Praetorian
53% of 30 decks +53% synergy
Vraan, Executioner Thane
53% of 30 decks +49% synergy
Children of Korlis
53% of 30 decks +50% synergy
Priest of Fell Rites
53% of 30 decks +50% synergy
Grim Haruspex
50% of 30 decks +40% synergy
Leonin Relic-Warder
50% of 30 decks +47% synergy
Carrion Feeder
50% of 30 decks +41% synergy
Cynical Loner
47% of 17 decks +45% synergy
Spirited Companion
47% of 30 decks +42% synergy
Alseid of Life's Bounty
47% of 30 decks +44% synergy
Midnight Reaper
47% of 30 decks +40% synergy
Fleshtaker
43% of 30 decks +40% synergy
Westfold Rider
37% of 30 decks +36% synergy
Knight of the White Orchid
37% of 30 decks +29% synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
37% of 30 decks +36% synergy
Mentor of the Meek
37% of 30 decks +32% synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
33% of 30 decks +24% synergy
Undead Butler
33% of 30 decks +33% synergy
Benevolent Bodyguard
33% of 30 decks +31% synergy
Gravebreaker Lamia
30% of 30 decks +30% synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
30% of 30 decks +28% synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
28% of 18 decks +22% synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
27% of 30 decks +18% synergy
Selfless Spirit
27% of 30 decks +15% synergy
Marionette Apprentice
26% of 19 decks +16% synergy
Remorseful Cleric
23% of 30 decks +21% synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
23% of 30 decks +20% synergy
Restoration Specialist
20% of 30 decks +20% synergy
Morbid Opportunist
17% of 30 decks +7% synergy
Gnawing Vermin
17% of 30 decks +17% synergy
Wall of Omens
17% of 30 decks +15% synergy
Welcoming Vampire
17% of 30 decks +2% synergy
Teysa Karlov
17% of 30 decks +0% synergy
Nullpriest of Oblivion
17% of 30 decks +15% synergy
Helpful Hunter
17% of 18 decks +15% synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
13% of 30 decks +11% synergy
Woe Strider
13% of 30 decks +9% synergy
Cartel Aristocrat
13% of 30 decks +11% synergy
Golgari Thug
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Serrated Scorpion
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Smothering Abomination
13% of 30 decks +11% synergy
Loyal Warhound
13% of 30 decks +10% synergy
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
13% of 30 decks +7% synergy
Deathcap Marionette
11% of 28 decks +11% synergy
Dauntless Dismantler
11% of 28 decks +9% synergy
Indebted Spirit
11% of 19 decks +7% synergy
Instants
Despark
53% of 30 decks +22% synergy
Swords to Plowshares
40% of 30 decks -25% synergy
Deadly Dispute
30% of 30 decks +9% synergy
Mortify
30% of 30 decks +8% synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
20% of 30 decks +14% synergy
Utter End
20% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Path to Exile
17% of 30 decks -32% synergy
Rally the Ancestors
13% of 30 decks +12% synergy
Fanatical Offering
11% of 28 decks +8% synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
11% of 19 decks +8% synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
10% of 30 decks +10% synergy
Price of Fame
10% of 30 decks +10% synergy
Darkblast
10% of 30 decks +10% synergy
Kaya's Guile
10% of 30 decks +7% synergy
Fracture
10% of 30 decks -10% synergy
Tragic Slip
10% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Generous Gift
10% of 30 decks -16% synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
7% of 30 decks +3% synergy
Dire Tactics
7% of 30 decks +4% synergy
Songs of the Damned
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Altar's Reap
7% of 30 decks +5% synergy
Body Count
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Stroke of Midnight
7% of 30 decks -8% synergy
Disenchant
7% of 30 decks +3% synergy
Corpse Churn
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Final Payment
7% of 30 decks +5% synergy
Consuming Corruption
5% of 19 decks +5% synergy
Sorceries
Dusk // Dawn
47% of 30 decks +42% synergy
Lively Dirge
46% of 24 decks +43% synergy
Dewdrop Cure
42% of 19 decks +40% synergy
Rite of Oblivion
40% of 30 decks +30% synergy
Raise the Past
40% of 15 decks +36% synergy
Victimize
37% of 30 decks +18% synergy
Patch Up
33% of 30 decks +33% synergy
Ascend from Avernus
23% of 30 decks +19% synergy
Kaya's Wrath
23% of 30 decks +15% synergy
Helping Hand
21% of 29 decks +19% synergy
Sevinne's Reclamation
20% of 30 decks +10% synergy
Damn
20% of 30 decks -13% synergy
Austere Command
17% of 30 decks -2% synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
17% of 30 decks +16% synergy
Immortal Servitude
17% of 30 decks +14% synergy
Return to the Ranks
13% of 30 decks +12% synergy
Dread Return
13% of 30 decks +10% synergy
Bone Shards
13% of 30 decks +11% synergy
Buried Alive
13% of 30 decks +8% synergy
Final Parting
13% of 30 decks +12% synergy
Unmarked Grave
10% of 30 decks +7% synergy
Read the Bones
10% of 30 decks -1% synergy
Slaughter the Strong
10% of 30 decks +9% synergy
Eaten Alive
10% of 30 decks +9% synergy
Call a Surprise Witness
8% of 26 decks +7% synergy
Bone Splinters
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
7% of 30 decks +5% synergy
Fell the Mighty
7% of 30 decks +5% synergy
Debt to the Deathless
7% of 30 decks -3% synergy
Revival // Revenge
7% of 30 decks +2% synergy
Fumigate
7% of 30 decks -1% synergy
Recommission
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Deluge of Doom
6% of 17 decks +6% synergy
Jolted Awake
5% of 19 decks +5% synergy
Season of Loss
5% of 19 decks +4% synergy
Gravedig
5% of 19 decks +5% synergy
Season of the Burrow
5% of 19 decks +4% synergy
Diresight
5% of 19 decks +2% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
53% of 30 decks +38% synergy
Executioner's Capsule
50% of 30 decks +49% synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
40% of 30 decks +38% synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
37% of 30 decks +36% synergy
Norn's Wellspring
33% of 30 decks +30% synergy
Ravenous Amulet
20% of 15 decks +19% synergy
Desecrated Tomb
17% of 30 decks +15% synergy
Dross Skullbomb
17% of 30 decks +16% synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
17% of 30 decks +16% synergy
Skullclamp
17% of 30 decks -11% synergy
Candy Trail
17% of 30 decks +16% synergy
Vorpal Sword
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Mishra's Bauble
13% of 30 decks +12% synergy
Dispeller's Capsule
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Tarrian's Journal
11% of 28 decks +7% synergy
Stone of Erech
10% of 30 decks +9% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10% of 30 decks -16% synergy
Dusk Rose Reliquary
7% of 28 decks +6% synergy
Vat of Rebirth
7% of 30 decks +3% synergy
Necrogen Spellbomb
7% of 30 decks +7% synergy
Culling Dais
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Basilica Skullbomb
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Altar of Dementia
7% of 30 decks +2% synergy
Codex Shredder
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Fountainport Bell
6% of 18 decks +5% synergy
Enchantments
Hidden Stockpile
40% of 30 decks +36% synergy
Darksteel Mutation
37% of 30 decks +27% synergy
Soul Snare
37% of 30 decks +35% synergy
Assemble the Players
35% of 26 decks +33% synergy
Mire's Grasp
33% of 30 decks +33% synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
33% of 30 decks +27% synergy
Animate Dead
33% of 30 decks +24% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
33% of 30 decks +16% synergy
Fungal Fortitude
32% of 28 decks +30% synergy
Necrogen Communion
30% of 30 decks +29% synergy
Abiding Grace
23% of 30 decks +22% synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
19% of 26 decks +18% synergy
Hyena Umbra
17% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Ossification
17% of 30 decks +14% synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
16% of 19 decks +13% synergy
Case of the Uneaten Feast
15% of 26 decks +13% synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
13% of 30 decks +11% synergy
Omen of the Dead
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Scion of Halaster
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Reprobation
13% of 30 decks +10% synergy
Dead Weight
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
No Rest for the Wicked
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Oversold Cemetery
13% of 30 decks +11% synergy
Sporogenic Infection
12% of 17 decks +11% synergy
Thran Vigil
10% of 30 decks +10% synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
10% of 30 decks +7% synergy
Blind Obedience
10% of 30 decks -9% synergy
Petrify
7% of 28 decks +5% synergy
Demonic Vigor
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Hopeful Vigil
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Ghoulish Procession
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Valkyrie's Call
7% of 15 decks +5% synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Planar Disruption
7% of 30 decks +4% synergy
Warlock Class
7% of 30 decks +5% synergy
Benevolent Blessing
7% of 30 decks +4% synergy
Heliod's Punishment
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Sinister Concoction
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Ripples of Undeath
5% of 19 decks -1% synergy
Charitable Levy
5% of 19 decks +4% synergy
Static Prison
5% of 19 decks +5% synergy
Muster the Departed
5% of 19 decks +3% synergy
Nowhere to Run
5% of 19 decks +4% synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
30% of 30 decks -14% synergy
Restless Fortress
17% of 30 decks +8% synergy
Dakmor Salvage
13% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Spymaster's Vault
11% of 19 decks +5% synergy
Barren Moor
10% of 30 decks +7% synergy
Buried Ruin
10% of 30 decks +8% synergy
Rogue's Passage
10% of 30 decks -10% synergy
Ghost Quarter
7% of 30 decks +4% synergy
Witch's Cottage
7% of 30 decks +3% synergy
Secluded Steppe
7% of 30 decks +3% synergy
Castle Locthwain
7% of 30 decks -4% synergy
Reliquary Tower
7% of 30 decks -15% synergy
Vault of the Archangel
7% of 30 decks -27% synergy
Castle Ardenvale
7% of 30 decks -0% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Mind Stone
73% of 30 decks +46% synergy
Orzhov Signet
70% of 30 decks +11% synergy
Arcane Signet
67% of 30 decks -15% synergy
Sol Ring
53% of 30 decks -32% synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
43% of 30 decks -10% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13% of 30 decks +7% synergy
Marble Diamond
13% of 30 decks +7% synergy
Fellwar Stone
13% of 30 decks -8% synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
10% of 30 decks +8% synergy
Commander's Sphere
7% of 30 decks -11% synergy
Chromatic Sphere
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Chromatic Star
7% of 30 decks +6% synergy
Lands
Swamp
100% of 30 decks +3% synergy
Plains
93% of 30 decks -4% synergy
Command Tower
77% of 30 decks -10% synergy
Temple of Silence
63% of 30 decks +21% synergy
Caves of Koilos
57% of 30 decks -1% synergy
Tainted Field
57% of 30 decks +4% synergy
Orzhov Basilica
50% of 30 decks +8% synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
40% of 30 decks -2% synergy
Scoured Barrens
37% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Evolving Wilds
33% of 30 decks +12% synergy
Myriad Landscape
30% of 30 decks +8% synergy
Isolated Chapel
27% of 30 decks -37% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
20% of 30 decks +5% synergy
Exotic Orchard
17% of 30 decks -8% synergy
Ash Barrens
17% of 30 decks +13% synergy
Concealed Courtyard
13% of 30 decks -7% synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
13% of 30 decks +5% synergy
Forlorn Flats
8% of 24 decks +3% synergy
Fetid Heath
7% of 30 decks -30% synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
7% of 30 decks -2% synergy
Sunlit Marsh
7% of 30 decks -5% synergy
Goldmire Bridge
7% of 30 decks +1% synergy
Hidden Grotto
5% of 19 decks +4% synergy