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Arnaud Gompertz
Sep 3, 2025
Arnaud Gompertz
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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Raven Eagle
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
65%synergy
June, Bounty Hunter
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Phoenix Fleet Airship
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Changeling Outcast
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
95%synergy
Viridian Longbow
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
87%synergy
Vampire Cutthroat
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
85%synergy
Grim Hireling
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
83%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
78%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
74%synergy
Oona's Blackguard
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
74%synergy
Big Game Hunter
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
73%synergy
Rogue's Passage
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
69%synergy
Withering Torment
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
69%synergy
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Defile
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Dark Ritual
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Feed the Swarm
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Sign in Blood
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
51%synergy
Soul Shatter
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
63%synergy
Night's Whisper
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
51%synergy
Ravenloft Adventurer
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Go for the Throat
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
39%synergy
Shadow Alley Denizen
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Deadly Dispute
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
39%synergy
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Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Zhentarim Bandit
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Royal Assassin
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Desmond Miles
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
60%synergy
Hoard Robber
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
50%synergy
Hooded Blightfang
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Nightshade Assassin
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Audacious Thief
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Massacre Girl
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
42%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
44%synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
39%synergy
Rev, Tithe Extractor
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
48%synergy
Frogtosser Banneret
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Forsaken Miner
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Nekrataal
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
47%synergy
Silumgar Assassin
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Marionette Master
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Gisa, the Hellraiser
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Orochi Soul-Reaver
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Boggart Trawler
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Kaervek, the Punisher
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Vincent Valentine
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Reno and Rude
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Marsh Flitter
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Silent Assassin
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Merciless Harlequin
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Undercity Scrounger
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-27%synergy
Mastermind Plum
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Virtus the Veiled
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Massacre Wurm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Crypt Ghast
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-23%synergy
Dogged Detective
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Stalactite Stalker
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Popular Egotist
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Vein Ripper
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Unscrupulous Contractor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wasteland Raider
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Accursed Marauder
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-4%synergy
Instants
Vona's Hunger
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
58%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Doom Blade
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
42%synergy
Infernal Grasp
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Tragic Slip
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Force of Despair
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Malicious Affliction
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Flare of Malice
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Cut Down
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Bitter Triumph
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Suspended Sentence
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Feed the Cycle
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Desperate Measures
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Shoot the Sheriff
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Consuming Corruption
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Hagra Mauling
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Imp's Mischief
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Snuff Out
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Heartless Act
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Village Rites
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Not Dead After All
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Songs of the Damned
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Fanatical Offering
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Deadly Derision
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Poison the Cup
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Slaughter Pact
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Costly Plunder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Liliana's Triumph
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Lethal Scheme
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Cast Down
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Curtains' Call
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Blood Pact
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
V.A.T.S.
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Victim of Night
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Dismember
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
In Garruk's Wake
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
58%synergy
Make an Example
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
48%synergy
Exsanguinate
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Read the Bones
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Profane Command
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Decode Transmissions
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Risky Research
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Virtus's Maneuver
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Will of the Abzan
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
8%synergy
Blood Money
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Diresight
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Mire in Misery
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Back in Town
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Agonizing Remorse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Victimize
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-13%synergy
Mind Shatter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Finale of Eternity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Battle at the Bridge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Predators' Hour
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Unearth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Appetite for Brains
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Choice of Damnations
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vicious Rumors
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Go Blank
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mutilate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Killing Wave
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Mind Twist
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Smallpox
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Grim Bounty
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Claim the Precious
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Walk the Plank
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Gix's Command
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Decree of Pain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Contract Killing
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Syphon Mind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Devour Intellect
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Pelakka Predation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Dark Deal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Eaten Alive
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Arterial Flow
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Vorpal Sword
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Jet Medallion
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Thieves' Tools
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Lightning Greaves
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Quietus Spike
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Bontu's Monument
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Adrestia
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Mask of Memory
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Sword of Wealth and Power
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sword of Once and Future
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Glaring Spotlight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
The Immortal Sun
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Cloak and Dagger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Cranial Plating
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Tithing Blade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Blade of the Bloodchief
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Shadowspear
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Arc Spitter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Currency Converter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lothlórien Blade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sword of Forge and Frontier
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Commander's Plate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Pathway Arrows
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tempting Contract
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dolmen Gate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Spare Dagger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Enchantments
Bitterblossom
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Black Market
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Revel in Riches
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Black Market Connections
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
27%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Nowhere to Run
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Into the Pit
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Waste Not
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Greed
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Mind Slash
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Call of the Ring
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Wound Reflection
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Dauthi Embrace
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Painful Quandary
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Raiders' Wake
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Oppression
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Vraska, Scheming Gorgon
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Utility Lands
Access Tunnel
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Bojuka Bog
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Reliquary Tower
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Witch's Cottage
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
13%synergy
War Room
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
21%synergy
Soulstone Sanctuary
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Treasure Vault
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Cabal Coffers
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-30%synergy
Detection Tower
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Three Tree City
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Sandstorm Verge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Ghost Quarter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Barren Moor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
The Black Gate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Mutavault
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Emergence Zone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Cryptic Caves
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Blighted Fen
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Mind Stone
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Arcane Signet
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-38%synergy
Heraldic Banner
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Thought Vessel
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Nyx Lotus
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Boggart Trawler
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Hagra Mauling
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Pelakka Predation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Path of Ancestry
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
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