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Chris Guest
Aug 7, 2025
The Top 40 Monocolored Commanders
What are the most popular monocolored commanders of all time? Let's look at the 40 most played, according to EDHREC.
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Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
Timeline Culler
22% of 9 decks +17% synergy
The Endstone
11% of 9 decks +10% synergy
Hullcarver
11% of 9 decks +10% synergy
Hylderblade
11% of 9 decks +11% synergy
Hymn of the Faller
11% of 9 decks +10% synergy
High Synergy Cards
Demon's Horn
81% of 280 decks +77% synergy
Pontiff of Blight
79% of 280 decks +75% synergy
Font of Agonies
80% of 280 decks +75% synergy
Basilica Screecher
73% of 280 decks +71% synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
74% of 280 decks +70% synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
71% of 280 decks +67% synergy
Prism Ring
68% of 280 decks +66% synergy
Thrull Parasite
64% of 280 decks +61% synergy
Greed
69% of 280 decks +61% synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
66% of 280 decks +61% synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
89% of 280 decks +37% synergy
Sign in Blood
76% of 280 decks +39% synergy
Consuming Corruption
69% of 219 decks +53% synergy
Read the Bones
67% of 280 decks +48% synergy
Sangromancer
67% of 280 decks +55% synergy
Sanguine Bond
66% of 280 decks +53% synergy
Dark Ritual
65% of 280 decks -1% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
64% of 280 decks +49% synergy
Feed the Swarm
62% of 280 decks +10% synergy
Blood Celebrant
61% of 280 decks +56% synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
46% of 280 decks +16% synergy
Creatures
Nighthawk Scavenger
60% of 280 decks +54% synergy
Reiver Demon
60% of 280 decks +57% synergy
Asmodeus the Archfiend
58% of 280 decks +53% synergy
Pestilence Demon
56% of 280 decks +54% synergy
Magus of the Mirror
56% of 280 decks +54% synergy
Dread Presence
55% of 280 decks +40% synergy
Dimir House Guard
54% of 280 decks +50% synergy
Syndicate Enforcer
54% of 280 decks +54% synergy
Grim Servant
53% of 222 decks +48% synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
48% of 280 decks +42% synergy
Accursed Marauder
39% of 219 decks +19% synergy
Shard of the Nightbringer
36% of 280 decks +31% synergy
Starscape Cleric
34% of 193 decks +31% synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
31% of 280 decks +23% synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
28% of 280 decks +24% synergy
Vampire Scrivener
26% of 280 decks +25% synergy
Blood Pet
26% of 280 decks +18% synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
25% of 280 decks +11% synergy
Dreamdrinker Vampire
25% of 216 decks +25% synergy
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
24% of 280 decks +23% synergy
Sanguine Syphoner
23% of 92 decks +22% synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
21% of 280 decks +15% synergy
Diamond Mare
21% of 280 decks +20% synergy
Necrotic Ooze
21% of 280 decks +16% synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
20% of 280 decks +18% synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
20% of 280 decks +9% synergy
Ancient Cellarspawn
20% of 133 decks +17% synergy
Netherborn Phalanx
17% of 280 decks +16% synergy
Defiler of Flesh
17% of 280 decks +12% synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
16% of 280 decks +11% synergy
Soul-Shackled Zombie
16% of 88 decks +15% synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
15% of 280 decks -11% synergy
Retrofitted Transmogrant
15% of 217 decks +14% synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
15% of 280 decks +13% synergy
Skirge Familiar
15% of 280 decks +9% synergy
Blood Artist
14% of 280 decks -17% synergy
Disciple of Bolas
14% of 280 decks +9% synergy
Viscera Seer
14% of 280 decks -3% synergy
Zenos yae Galvus
13% of 15 decks +9% synergy
Zodiark, Umbral God
13% of 15 decks +3% synergy
Massacre Wurm
12% of 280 decks -4% synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
12% of 205 decks +10% synergy
Twilight Prophet
12% of 280 decks +6% synergy
Murderous Rider
12% of 280 decks +5% synergy
Monoist Sentry
11% of 9 decks +11% synergy
Susurian Voidborn
11% of 9 decks +8% synergy
Crypt Ghast
11% of 280 decks -37% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
11% of 280 decks -12% synergy
Hoarding Broodlord
11% of 280 decks +6% synergy
Vile Entomber
11% of 280 decks +5% synergy
Instants
Defile
51% of 280 decks +13% synergy
Undying Malice
45% of 280 decks +36% synergy
Not Dead After All
43% of 280 decks +33% synergy
Breathe Your Last
41% of 217 decks +38% synergy
Armor of Shadows
39% of 280 decks +36% synergy
Drag to the Underworld
34% of 280 decks +32% synergy
Offer Immortality
27% of 280 decks +24% synergy
Succumb to Temptation
25% of 280 decks +23% synergy
Give In to Violence
20% of 132 decks +20% synergy
Supernatural Stamina
20% of 280 decks +13% synergy
Withering Torment
19% of 135 decks -13% synergy
Murder
18% of 280 decks +8% synergy
Wither and Bloom
18% of 216 decks +17% synergy
Tragic Slip
15% of 280 decks -5% synergy
Village Rites
14% of 280 decks -10% synergy
Stab
14% of 87 decks +12% synergy
Victim of Night
12% of 280 decks +10% synergy
Grasp of Darkness
12% of 280 decks +10% synergy
Go for the Throat
12% of 280 decks -12% synergy
Doom Blade
12% of 280 decks +4% synergy
Moonlight Bargain
12% of 280 decks +11% synergy
Professor's Warning
12% of 280 decks +10% synergy
Infernal Grasp
11% of 280 decks -14% synergy
Long Goodbye
11% of 249 decks +10% synergy
Dark Endurance
11% of 9 decks +10% synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
11% of 280 decks +8% synergy
Cut Down
11% of 280 decks +6% synergy
Necrologia
11% of 280 decks +9% synergy
Crypt Incursion
11% of 280 decks +8% synergy
Hero's Downfall
9% of 280 decks +2% synergy
Erebos's Intervention
9% of 280 decks +6% synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
8% of 280 decks +6% synergy
Oblivion's Hunger
8% of 280 decks +7% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
8% of 280 decks -4% synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
7% of 14 decks +4% synergy
Imp's Mischief
6% of 280 decks -16% synergy
Feign Death
6% of 280 decks -2% synergy
Alesha's Legacy
6% of 18 decks +4% synergy
Desperate Measures
6% of 18 decks +5% synergy
Cremate
5% of 280 decks +4% synergy
Blood Pact
5% of 280 decks +1% synergy
Baleful Mastery
5% of 280 decks -5% synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
5% of 220 decks +3% synergy
Sorceries
Tendrils of Agony
57% of 280 decks +55% synergy
Syphon Mind
55% of 280 decks +41% synergy
Repay in Kind
50% of 280 decks +48% synergy
Ambition's Cost
50% of 280 decks +46% synergy
Razaketh's Rite
49% of 280 decks +47% synergy
Blood Tithe
44% of 280 decks +42% synergy
Ancient Craving
41% of 280 decks +39% synergy
Promise of Power
41% of 280 decks +39% synergy
Exsanguinate
39% of 280 decks +15% synergy
Essence Harvest
25% of 280 decks +24% synergy
Profane Transfusion
23% of 280 decks +21% synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
21% of 192 decks +19% synergy
Peer into the Abyss
20% of 280 decks +9% synergy
Victimize
20% of 280 decks -5% synergy
Night's Whisper
19% of 280 decks -5% synergy
Mastermind's Acquisition
18% of 280 decks +16% synergy
Dark Petition
15% of 280 decks +11% synergy
Resentful Revelation
14% of 14 decks +12% synergy
Final Parting
14% of 280 decks +9% synergy
Mutilate
14% of 280 decks -7% synergy
Brainspoil
13% of 280 decks +13% synergy
Corrupt
13% of 280 decks +10% synergy
Behold the Beyond
12% of 280 decks +12% synergy
Dread Return
11% of 280 decks -1% synergy
Ill-Gotten Gains
11% of 280 decks +10% synergy
Invoke Despair
10% of 280 decks +7% synergy
Coiling Rebirth
10% of 192 decks +8% synergy
Necromantic Selection
9% of 280 decks +7% synergy
Diresight
9% of 194 decks +6% synergy
Lively Dirge
9% of 233 decks +5% synergy
Duress
9% of 280 decks +2% synergy
Demonic Collusion
9% of 280 decks +8% synergy
Risky Shortcut
8% of 25 decks +6% synergy
Buried Alive
8% of 280 decks -4% synergy
Army of the Damned
7% of 280 decks +2% synergy
Rush of Dread
7% of 233 decks +3% synergy
In Garruk's Wake
7% of 280 decks +2% synergy
Beacon of Unrest
6% of 280 decks +2% synergy
Bubbling Muck
6% of 280 decks -10% synergy
Beseech the Queen
6% of 280 decks -1% synergy
Decree of Pain
5% of 280 decks -1% synergy
Fell
5% of 198 decks +1% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
55% of 280 decks +24% synergy
Elixir of Immortality
36% of 280 decks +34% synergy
Soul Conduit
22% of 280 decks +21% synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
19% of 280 decks +1% synergy
Jet Medallion
18% of 280 decks -40% synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
16% of 280 decks +6% synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
16% of 280 decks +13% synergy
The Darkness Crystal
13% of 15 decks -6% synergy
Pact Weapon
13% of 280 decks +11% synergy
Bontu's Monument
11% of 280 decks -16% synergy
Sinister Monolith
9% of 193 decks +8% synergy
Lightning Greaves
7% of 280 decks -26% synergy
Excalibur II
7% of 14 decks +7% synergy
Helm of Awakening
7% of 280 decks +5% synergy
Vorpal Sword
6% of 280 decks +2% synergy
Loxodon Warhammer
5% of 280 decks +4% synergy
Enchantments
Gonti's Machinations
48% of 280 decks +47% synergy
Pestilence
46% of 280 decks +43% synergy
Palace Siege
42% of 280 decks +40% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18% of 280 decks -23% synergy
Grievous Wound
14% of 138 decks +12% synergy
Vampiric Link
14% of 280 decks +13% synergy
Triskaidekaphobia
12% of 280 decks +12% synergy
Underworld Connections
10% of 280 decks +8% synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
10% of 280 decks -0% synergy
Derelict Attic // Widow's Walk
10% of 132 decks +9% synergy
Agent of the Shadow Thieves
9% of 280 decks +7% synergy
Revenge of Ravens
9% of 280 decks +6% synergy
Underworld Dreams
6% of 280 decks -0% synergy
Midnight Snack
6% of 94 decks +6% synergy
Leshrac's Sigil
6% of 280 decks +5% synergy
Eternal Thirst
5% of 280 decks +3% synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis Reignited
11% of 280 decks +8% synergy
Utility Lands
Radiant Fountain
54% of 280 decks +52% synergy
Barren Moor
48% of 280 decks +37% synergy
Bojuka Bog
29% of 280 decks -18% synergy
Rogue's Passage
26% of 280 decks +8% synergy
Adventurer's Inn
20% of 15 decks +19% synergy
Witch's Cottage
19% of 280 decks -6% synergy
Cabal Stronghold
18% of 280 decks -19% synergy
Reliquary Tower
12% of 280 decks -19% synergy
Mortuary Mire
12% of 280 decks -1% synergy
Temple of the False God
11% of 280 decks +3% synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
7% of 15 decks -8% synergy
Memorial to Folly
6% of 280 decks +2% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
83% of 280 decks -4% synergy
Mind Stone
70% of 280 decks +38% synergy
Arcane Signet
61% of 280 decks -2% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
54% of 280 decks +30% synergy
Everflowing Chalice
47% of 280 decks +41% synergy
Paradise Plume
47% of 280 decks +46% synergy
Prismatic Lens
39% of 280 decks +36% synergy
Worn Powerstone
23% of 280 decks +18% synergy
Pristine Talisman
21% of 280 decks +19% synergy
Fellwar Stone
21% of 280 decks +6% synergy
Hedron Archive
20% of 280 decks +15% synergy
Thran Dynamo
19% of 280 decks +12% synergy
Thought Vessel
13% of 280 decks -15% synergy
Unstable Obelisk
10% of 280 decks +9% synergy
Sisay's Ring
10% of 280 decks +10% synergy
Fractured Powerstone
10% of 280 decks +9% synergy
Ur-Golem's Eye
10% of 280 decks +9% synergy
Commander's Sphere
9% of 280 decks -1% synergy
Guardian Idol
8% of 280 decks +7% synergy
Lands
Swamp
100% of 280 decks +5% synergy
Myriad Landscape
20% of 280 decks -8% synergy
Boggart Trawler
5% of 219 decks -3% synergy