Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper (Commander) - Upgraded Shadowborn Apostles

Jeff Dunn
The 10 Best Mel Commanders
Mel commanders are lauded as the best-designed legendaries, or as perfect enablers for digging out edge case interactions. Here are the top ten!
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Shadowborn Apostle
100% of 33 decks +100% synergy
Bloodbond March
94% of 33 decks +94% synergy
Thrumming Stone
82% of 33 decks +81% synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
73% of 33 decks +71% synergy
Echoing Return
70% of 33 decks +70% synergy
Secret Salvage
58% of 33 decks +57% synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
58% of 33 decks +56% synergy
Taborax, Hope's Demise
52% of 33 decks +51% synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
52% of 33 decks +51% synergy
Harvester of Souls
52% of 33 decks +49% synergy
Top Cards
Skullclamp
55% of 33 decks +37% synergy
Phyrexian Altar
52% of 33 decks +42% synergy
Xathrid Necromancer
48% of 33 decks +48% synergy
Cryptolith Rite
42% of 33 decks +40% synergy
Impact Tremors
39% of 33 decks +32% synergy
Cultivate
39% of 33 decks -3% synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
36% of 33 decks +36% synergy
Purphoros, God of the Forge
36% of 33 decks +32% synergy
Grave Pact
36% of 33 decks +32% synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
36% of 33 decks +21% synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
64% of 33 decks +45% synergy
Bolas's Citadel
33% of 33 decks +31% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
27% of 33 decks +13% synergy
Creatures
Eternal Witness
36% of 33 decks +4% synergy
Shadow-Rite Priest
33% of 33 decks +33% synergy
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
33% of 33 decks +33% synergy
Infernal Sovereign
33% of 33 decks +33% synergy
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
30% of 33 decks +30% synergy
Rotlung Reanimator
27% of 33 decks +27% synergy
Herald of Slaanesh
27% of 33 decks +27% synergy
Reaper from the Abyss
27% of 33 decks +27% synergy
Archfiend of Despair
27% of 33 decks +27% synergy
Bloodthirster
27% of 33 decks +26% synergy
Grim Haruspex
27% of 33 decks +22% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
24% of 33 decks +13% synergy
Orca, Siege Demon
21% of 33 decks +21% synergy
Lord of the Void
21% of 33 decks +21% synergy
Blood Artist
21% of 33 decks +10% synergy
Mahadi, Emporium Master
21% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Ignoble Hierarch
21% of 33 decks -36% synergy
Demon of Death's Gate
18% of 33 decks +18% synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
15% of 33 decks +15% synergy
Overseer of the Damned
15% of 33 decks +14% synergy
Master of Cruelties
15% of 33 decks +13% synergy
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
15% of 33 decks +11% synergy
Mayhem Devil
15% of 33 decks -8% synergy
Defiler of Flesh
12% of 33 decks +12% synergy
Viscera Seer
12% of 33 decks -2% synergy
Ziatora, the Incinerator
12% of 33 decks -7% synergy
Birds of Paradise
12% of 33 decks -23% synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
12% of 33 decks -27% synergy
Sanguinary Priest
9% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Rakdos, the Showstopper
9% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Dreadhound
9% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
9% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Burning-Rune Demon
9% of 33 decks +8% synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
9% of 33 decks +8% synergy
Sire of Insanity
9% of 33 decks +8% synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
9% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
9% of 33 decks +3% synergy
Instants
Heroic Intervention
33% of 33 decks +8% synergy
Beast Within
33% of 33 decks -7% synergy
Assassin's Trophy
33% of 33 decks -8% synergy
Dark Ritual
27% of 33 decks +15% synergy
Village Rites
21% of 33 decks +10% synergy
Chaos Warp
21% of 33 decks -8% synergy
Nature's Claim
12% of 33 decks +4% synergy
Putrefy
12% of 33 decks -3% synergy
Deflecting Swat
12% of 33 decks -4% synergy
Deadly Dispute
12% of 33 decks -5% synergy
Terminate
12% of 33 decks -16% synergy
Culling the Weak
9% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
9% of 33 decks +4% synergy
Worldly Tutor
9% of 33 decks -3% synergy
Sorceries
Kodama's Reach
36% of 33 decks +6% synergy
Farseek
36% of 33 decks -8% synergy
Three Visits
30% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Nature's Lore
30% of 33 decks -4% synergy
Rampant Growth
30% of 33 decks -6% synergy
Toxic Deluge
27% of 33 decks +11% synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
21% of 33 decks +20% synergy
Diabolic Intent
18% of 33 decks +7% synergy
Living Death
15% of 33 decks +6% synergy
Grim Tutor
12% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Skyshroud Claim
12% of 33 decks +6% synergy
Blasphemous Act
12% of 33 decks -28% synergy
Sign in Blood
9% of 33 decks +6% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
9% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Painful Truths
9% of 33 decks +3% synergy
Vandalblast
9% of 33 decks -2% synergy
Culling Ritual
9% of 33 decks -3% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
30% of 33 decks +16% synergy
Commander's Sphere
15% of 33 decks +4% synergy
Lightning Greaves
12% of 33 decks -14% synergy
Bontu's Monument
9% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
9% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Enchantments
Dictate of Erebos
30% of 33 decks +25% synergy
Nantuko Shrine
24% of 33 decks +24% synergy
Liliana's Contract
15% of 33 decks +15% synergy
Black Market
15% of 33 decks +13% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
15% of 33 decks +12% synergy
Black Market Connections
15% of 33 decks +7% synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
15% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Beastmaster Ascension
12% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Necropotence
12% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
12% of 33 decks +8% synergy
Parallel Lives
12% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Goblin Bombardment
12% of 33 decks -1% synergy
Elven Chorus
10% of 31 decks +9% synergy
Aluren
9% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Blight Mound
9% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
9% of 33 decks +4% synergy
Warstorm Surge
9% of 33 decks +3% synergy
Doubling Season
9% of 33 decks +2% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
9% of 33 decks -0% synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
48% of 33 decks +29% synergy
Reliquary Tower
36% of 33 decks +17% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
33% of 33 decks +22% synergy
Cabal Coffers
30% of 33 decks +25% synergy
Westvale Abbey
21% of 33 decks +20% synergy
Bojuka Bog
21% of 33 decks -7% synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
18% of 33 decks -4% synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
15% of 33 decks +15% synergy
Grim Backwoods
12% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
9% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
64% of 33 decks -18% synergy
Arcane Signet
58% of 33 decks -12% synergy
Rakdos Signet
15% of 33 decks +3% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
12% of 33 decks -0% synergy
Golgari Signet
12% of 33 decks -1% synergy
Chromatic Lantern
9% of 33 decks +1% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
9% of 33 decks -5% synergy
Lands
Command Tower
82% of 33 decks -8% synergy
Overgrown Tomb
70% of 33 decks +21% synergy
Ziatora's Proving Ground
70% of 33 decks +18% synergy
Blood Crypt
67% of 33 decks +20% synergy
Stomping Ground
67% of 33 decks +17% synergy
Luxury Suite
55% of 33 decks +23% synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
52% of 33 decks +18% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
52% of 33 decks +15% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
48% of 33 decks +13% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
45% of 33 decks +14% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
39% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Wooded Foothills
39% of 33 decks +4% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
36% of 33 decks +12% synergy
Spire Garden
36% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Savage Lands
33% of 33 decks -15% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
30% of 33 decks -11% synergy
Cinder Glade
30% of 33 decks -15% synergy
Raucous Theater
30% of 20 decks +14% synergy
Bayou
27% of 33 decks +14% synergy
Commercial District
25% of 20 decks +8% synergy
Tainted Wood
24% of 33 decks +16% synergy
Deathcap Glade
24% of 33 decks +8% synergy
Badlands
21% of 33 decks +8% synergy
Taiga
21% of 33 decks +8% synergy
Haunted Ridge
21% of 33 decks +6% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
21% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Karplusan Forest
21% of 33 decks +4% synergy
Rockfall Vale
21% of 33 decks -5% synergy
Exotic Orchard
21% of 33 decks -30% synergy
Underground Mortuary
20% of 20 decks +3% synergy
Tainted Peak
18% of 33 decks +12% synergy
Foreboding Ruins
18% of 33 decks +8% synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
15% of 33 decks +11% synergy
Arid Mesa
15% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Blooming Marsh
12% of 33 decks +9% synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
12% of 33 decks +7% synergy
Polluted Delta
12% of 33 decks +3% synergy
Twilight Mire
12% of 33 decks +2% synergy
Marsh Flats
12% of 33 decks +2% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
12% of 33 decks -12% synergy
Graven Cairns
9% of 33 decks +5% synergy
Haunted Mire
9% of 33 decks +3% synergy
Blightstep Pathway
9% of 33 decks +3% synergy
Darkbore Pathway
9% of 33 decks +2% synergy
Cragcrown Pathway
9% of 33 decks +2% synergy
Canyon Slough
9% of 33 decks +2% synergy
Sheltered Thicket
9% of 33 decks +0% synergy
Scalding Tarn
9% of 33 decks +0% synergy
Misty Rainforest
9% of 33 decks -1% synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
9% of 33 decks -3% synergy