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Nick Price
Oct 8, 2025
Nick Price
The Top 10 Most Played Grixis Cards in Commander
Which Grixis (blue, black, and red) cards see the most play in Commander? Let's find out, with our latest Top 10 Most Played.
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Nazgûl
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
95%synergy
Reanimate
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
76%synergy
Witch-king of Angmar
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
74%synergy
Barad-dûr
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
72%synergy
Call of the Ring
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
71%synergy
The Black Gate
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
71%synergy
Wheel of Fortune
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
71%synergy
Toxic Deluge
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Game Changers
Ancient Tomb
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
87%synergy
The One Ring
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
87%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
82%synergy
Demonic Tutor
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
58%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
57%synergy
Mana Vault
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
51%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Chrome Mox
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
51%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
44%synergy
Underworld Breach
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Creatures
Norman Osborn
100%inclusion2 decks2 decks
98%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
51%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
55%synergy
Anger
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
49%synergy
Wonder
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Lord of the Nazgûl
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Bone Miser
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Warren Soultrader
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Gollum, Patient Plotter
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Saruman, the White Hand
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Notion Thief
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Flesh Duplicate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Bilbo, Retired Burglar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Roaming Throne
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Warg Rider
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Filth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
The Mouth of Sauron
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Glint-Horn Buccaneer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Ancient Brass Dragon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Spark Double
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Sauron, the Necromancer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Dualcaster Mage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Ancient Silver Dragon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Moria Scavenger
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Sakashima the Impostor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Mockingbird
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Phantasmal Image
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
The Locust God
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Terror of the Peaks
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Ancient Copper Dragon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Witch-king, Sky Scourge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Magmakin Artillerist
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
The Balrog of Moria
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Corsairs of Umbar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
26%synergy
Mana Drain
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
44%synergy
Swan Song
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
41%synergy
Deadly Rollick
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
44%synergy
Arcane Denial
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Chaos Warp
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Saruman's Trickery
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Soothing of Sméagol
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Deflecting Swat
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
22%synergy
Pact of Negation
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Force of Will
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Sauron's Ransom
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Entomb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Return the Favor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Demonic Consultation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Cackling Counterpart
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Bedevil
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Saw in Half
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Nasty End
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Dismember
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Withering Torment
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Chain of Vapor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-8%synergy
Untimely Malfunction
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Orcish Medicine
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Cabal Ritual
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Strix Serenade
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Big Score
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Cast into the Fire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Sorceries
Windfall
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Living Death
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Buried Alive
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Claim the Precious
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Feed the Swarm
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Ringsight
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Jeska's Will
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Imperial Seal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Victimize
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Unearth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Heat Shimmer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Day's Undoing
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Twinflame
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Molten Duplication
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Gamble
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Too Greedily, Too Deep
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Stitch Together
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Reforge the Soul
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Electroduplicate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Persist
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Sam's Desperate Rescue
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Quasiduplicate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Whispering Madness
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Ozolith
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Mithril Coat
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Shadowspear
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Library of Leng
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Blade of Selves
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-10%synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Jet Medallion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Enchantments
One Ring to Rule Them All
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
56%synergy
In the Darkness Bind Them
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Animate Dead
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Necromancy
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Spiteful Banditry
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Waste Not
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Rhystic Study
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Mystic Remora
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
March from the Black Gate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
There and Back Again
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Dance of the Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Leyline of Transformation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Planeswalkers
Narset, Parter of Veils
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
46%synergy
Wasteland
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Urza's Saga
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Bojuka Bog
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Mines of Moria
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Field of the Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Reliquary Tower
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-15%synergy
Strip Mine
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Rivendell
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Mistrise Village
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Rogue's Passage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Sol Ring
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Fellwar Stone
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Relic of Sauron
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Mox Diamond
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Phial of Galadriel
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
The Soul Stone
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Grim Monolith
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Cursed Mirror
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Mox Amber
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Dimir Signet
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-17%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Lands
Steam Vents
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Underground Sea
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
85%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Island
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Volcanic Island
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
85%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
66%synergy
Watery Grave
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Command Tower
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Badlands
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
85%synergy
Blood Crypt
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Scalding Tarn
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
48%synergy
Polluted Delta
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
46%synergy
Mount Doom
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
53%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
53%synergy
Mana Confluence
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
48%synergy
City of Brass
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
47%synergy
Flooded Strand
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
49%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Wooded Foothills
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Luxury Suite
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Arid Mesa
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Thundering Falls
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Training Center
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Misty Rainforest
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Reflecting Pool
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Xander's Lounge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-1%synergy
Cavern of Souls
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Marsh Flats
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Haunted Ridge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Raucous Theater
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Underground River
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-7%synergy
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Snow-Covered Mountain
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-7%synergy
Prismatic Vista
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Undercity Sewers
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Fabled Passage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Shivan Reef
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-36%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
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