Rowan, Scion of War (Commander) - Budget Optimized Self-Damage

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Julia Maddalena
Sep 5, 2025
Fire and Ice: What Cards are Hot and Cold for September 5th?
On this edition of Fire and Ice, we're seeing what's hot and cold for Rowan, Scion of War and Najeela, the Blade-Blossom.
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Carnage, Crimson Chaos
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Electro, Assaulting Battery
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Ominous Asylum
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Morlun, Devourer of Spiders
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
The Spot's Portal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
High Synergy Cards
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
96%synergy
Comet Storm
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
81%synergy
Exsanguinate
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
74%synergy
Immolating Souleater
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Claim the Firstborn
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Blood Celebrant
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Wall of Blood
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Storm-Kiln Artist
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
55%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
52%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Game Changers
Necropotence
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Glacial Chasm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Gamble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Creatures
Arco-Flagellant
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Myr Convert
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Street Wraith
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Priest of Gix
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Darkstar Augur
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Souldrinker
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Boggart Trawler
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Treasonous Ogre
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
_____ Goblin
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Phyrexian Delver
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Infernal Sovereign
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Mischievous Poltergeist
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Deepwood Ghoul
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Moltensteel Dragon
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Priest of Urabrask
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Merciless Enforcers
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Professional Face-Breaker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Initiates of the Ebon Hand
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Hoarding Broodlord
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Grim Servant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Erebos, God of the Dead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dark Confidant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Torch Courier
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Simian Spirit Guide
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Doom Whisperer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Imperial Recruiter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Defiler of Instinct
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Witch of the Moors
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Dualcaster Mage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Twilight Prophet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Crypt Ghast
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Changeling Outcast
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Greven, Predator Captain
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Goldhound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Skirk Prospector
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Thermopod
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Fire Covenant
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Rakdos Charm
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Burnt Offering
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
Infernal Grasp
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
36%synergy
Big Score
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Commune with Lava
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Chaos Warp
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-16%synergy
Searing Touch
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Desperate Ritual
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Lightning Bolt
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Deadly Dispute
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Seething Song
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Pyretic Ritual
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Explosive Welcome
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Bolt Bend
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Feign Death
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Withering Torment
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Cruel Truths
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Transpose
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Plunge into Darkness
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Demonic Gifts
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ebony Charm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Return the Favor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Expedite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Not Dead After All
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Reiterate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
March of Reckless Joy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Undying Evil
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Electrodominance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Terminate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-23%synergy
Bitter Triumph
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Undying Malice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Necrologia
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Gut Shot
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Act of Aggression
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shock
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Baleful Mastery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Red Elemental Blast
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Demon's Due
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Hostile Negotiations
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Blood Pact
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Char
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Crimson Wisps
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sorceries
Peer into the Abyss
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Profane Transfusion
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Feed the Swarm
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Cut // Ribbons
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Apex of Power
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Jaya's Immolating Inferno
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Crackle with Power
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Inspired Tinkering
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Traitorous Greed
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Past in Flames
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Battle at the Bridge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Faithless Looting
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Doomsday
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Ancient Craving
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Involuntary Employment
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Night's Whisper
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Ambition's Cost
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Mana Geyser
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Beseech the Queen
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Tentative Connection
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Stargaze
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Diabolic Revelation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Will of the Jeskai
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Zenith Festival
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Circle of Power
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Soul Burn
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Increasing Ambition
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Titan's Revenge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lively Dirge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Electroduplicate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Vengeful Possession
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Victimize
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Repay in Kind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Inner Fire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lava Spike
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dread Return
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Vandalblast
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-14%synergy
Persist
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Feed the Infection
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Pain's Reward
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Insult // Injury
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Fevered Suspicion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Seize the Spoils
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Read the Bones
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Netherborn Altar
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Greaves
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Lashwrithe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Phyrexian Processor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Hand of Vecna
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Vexing Bauble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Lich's Tomb
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Cryptolith Fragment
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Ring of Three Wishes
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Planar Bridge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Soul Conduit
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Pact Weapon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Tutelage
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Descent into Avernus
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Bitter Reunion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Greed
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Roiling Vortex
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Mass Hysteria
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Lich's Mastery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lurking Evil
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Arguel's Blood Fast
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nefarious Lich
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nowhere to Run
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Goblin Bombardment
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Fires of Mount Doom
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Utility Lands
Ifnir Deadlands
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Barbarian Ring
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Cabal Pit
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Ramunap Ruins
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Bojuka Bog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-19%synergy
Ghost Quarter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Witch's Cottage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Emergence Zone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Barad-dûr
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Peat Bog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Sandstone Needle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Arcane Signet
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-33%synergy
Rakdos Signet
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Staff of Compleation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Springleaf Drum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-14%synergy
Phyrexian Lens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
38%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
-20%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-30%synergy
Blood Crypt
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Mount Doom
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Drossforge Bridge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Graven Cairns
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-12%synergy
Ash Barrens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Horizon of Progress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-45%synergy
Temple of Malice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-18%synergy
Blazemire Verge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-13%synergy
Evolving Wilds
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Tainted Peak
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-25%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Sundering Eruption
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-16%synergy