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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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Shadowborn Apostle
100% of 36 decks +99% synergy
Taborax, Hope's Demise
89% of 36 decks +88% synergy
Harvester of Souls
83% of 36 decks +76% synergy
Echoing Return
69% of 36 decks +66% synergy
Reaper from the Abyss
64% of 36 decks +62% synergy
Secret Salvage
58% of 36 decks +57% synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
61% of 36 decks +56% synergy
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
56% of 36 decks +52% synergy
Thrumming Stone
47% of 36 decks +43% synergy
Demon of Loathing
42% of 36 decks +41% synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
56% of 36 decks +31% synergy
Dark Ritual
56% of 36 decks -10% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
56% of 36 decks +33% synergy
Feed the Swarm
50% of 36 decks -2% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
50% of 36 decks +38% synergy
Sign in Blood
50% of 36 decks +13% synergy
Tragic Slip
50% of 36 decks +29% synergy
Grim Haruspex
42% of 36 decks +32% synergy
Dreadfeast Demon
39% of 36 decks +38% synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
39% of 36 decks +33% synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
11% of 36 decks -19% synergy
Creatures
Blood Artist
36% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Sower of Discord
33% of 36 decks +32% synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
28% of 36 decks +23% synergy
Indulgent Tormentor
28% of 36 decks +26% synergy
Demon of Death's Gate
28% of 36 decks +27% synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
25% of 36 decks +20% synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
25% of 36 decks +11% synergy
Pestilence Demon
22% of 36 decks +20% synergy
Dreadhound
22% of 36 decks +20% synergy
Overseer of the Damned
22% of 36 decks +19% synergy
Viscera Seer
22% of 36 decks +6% synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
19% of 36 decks -6% synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
19% of 36 decks -33% synergy
Shadow-Rite Priest
19% of 36 decks +19% synergy
Bloodgift Demon
19% of 36 decks +16% synergy
Archfiend of Spite
17% of 36 decks +16% synergy
Shadowborn Demon
17% of 36 decks +16% synergy
Nightmare Shepherd
17% of 36 decks +15% synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
14% of 36 decks -7% synergy
Xathrid Necromancer
14% of 36 decks +13% synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
11% of 36 decks +3% synergy
Falkenrath Noble
11% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
11% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Shadowgrange Archfiend
11% of 36 decks +10% synergy
Infernal Sovereign
11% of 36 decks +10% synergy
Eater of Hope
8% of 36 decks +8% synergy
Lord of the Void
8% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
8% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
8% of 36 decks -9% synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
8% of 36 decks -10% synergy
Great Unclean One
8% of 36 decks +6% synergy
Burning-Rune Demon
8% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Rakshasa Debaser
8% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Desecration Demon
8% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Venomcrawler
8% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Leaden Myr
8% of 36 decks +2% synergy
Master of Dark Rites
8% of 25 decks +7% synergy
Crabomination
7% of 14 decks +6% synergy
Seizan, Perverter of Truth
6% of 36 decks +1% synergy
Goremand
6% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Demon of Dark Schemes
6% of 36 decks +4% synergy
Krav, the Unredeemed
6% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
6% of 36 decks +4% synergy
Shriekmaw
6% of 36 decks +3% synergy
Spirit of the Night
6% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Plague Drone
6% of 36 decks +4% synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
6% of 36 decks -4% synergy
Crypt Ghast
6% of 36 decks -42% synergy
Butcher of Malakir
6% of 36 decks -2% synergy
Stronghold Overseer
6% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Instants
Overkill
100% of 1 decks +91% synergy
Defile
36% of 36 decks -2% synergy
Go for the Throat
31% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Songs of the Damned
31% of 36 decks +25% synergy
Body Count
31% of 36 decks +29% synergy
Deadly Dispute
25% of 36 decks +2% synergy
Doom Blade
25% of 36 decks +17% synergy
Hero's Downfall
19% of 36 decks +12% synergy
Armor of Shadows
17% of 36 decks +14% synergy
Altar's Reap
17% of 36 decks +14% synergy
Murder
17% of 36 decks +6% synergy
Consuming Corruption
14% of 14 decks -2% synergy
Undying Malice
14% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Not Dead After All
11% of 36 decks +0% synergy
Death Denied
11% of 36 decks +10% synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
11% of 36 decks +10% synergy
Infernal Grasp
8% of 36 decks -17% synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
8% of 36 decks +4% synergy
Fell the Profane
7% of 14 decks -11% synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
7% of 14 decks +5% synergy
Bone Harvest
6% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Costly Plunder
6% of 36 decks +3% synergy
Gravepurge
6% of 36 decks +4% synergy
Professor's Warning
6% of 36 decks +4% synergy
Nasty End
6% of 36 decks +2% synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Tutor
36% of 36 decks +21% synergy
Victimize
28% of 36 decks +3% synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
22% of 36 decks +17% synergy
Read the Bones
19% of 36 decks +0% synergy
Mutilate
19% of 36 decks -1% synergy
Forever Young
14% of 36 decks +12% synergy
Decree of Pain
14% of 36 decks +8% synergy
Dread Return
11% of 36 decks -2% synergy
Bubbling Muck
11% of 36 decks -4% synergy
Bone Shards
11% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
8% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Toxic Deluge
8% of 36 decks -29% synergy
Necromantic Selection
8% of 36 decks +6% synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
6% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Pitiless Carnage
6% of 18 decks +4% synergy
Night's Whisper
6% of 36 decks -18% synergy
Living Death
6% of 36 decks -5% synergy
Eaten Alive
6% of 36 decks +2% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
31% of 36 decks -1% synergy
Desecrated Tomb
19% of 36 decks +17% synergy
Vat of Rebirth
19% of 36 decks +15% synergy
Skullclamp
19% of 36 decks -2% synergy
Relic Vial
19% of 36 decks +19% synergy
Ashnod's Altar
17% of 36 decks -3% synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14% of 36 decks -3% synergy
Mirror Box
8% of 36 decks +8% synergy
Mask of Avacyn
8% of 36 decks +8% synergy
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
8% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
6% of 36 decks +4% synergy
Lightning Greaves
6% of 36 decks -28% synergy
Enchantments
Liliana's Contract
36% of 36 decks +34% synergy
Black Market
33% of 36 decks +12% synergy
Open the Graves
31% of 36 decks +27% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
31% of 36 decks +15% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22% of 36 decks -18% synergy
Dark Privilege
19% of 36 decks +18% synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
17% of 36 decks +13% synergy
Vampiric Rites
17% of 36 decks +11% synergy
No Rest for the Wicked
14% of 36 decks +13% synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
11% of 36 decks +1% synergy
Gift of Doom
8% of 36 decks +7% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8% of 36 decks -2% synergy
Grave Pact
6% of 36 decks -13% synergy
Shadows of the Past
6% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
33% of 36 decks -13% synergy
Witch's Cottage
28% of 36 decks +3% synergy
Reliquary Tower
28% of 36 decks -4% synergy
Westvale Abbey
22% of 36 decks +16% synergy
Mortuary Mire
22% of 36 decks +9% synergy
Temple of the False God
8% of 36 decks +0% synergy
Cabal Stronghold
6% of 36 decks -31% synergy
Barren Moor
6% of 36 decks -6% synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
6% of 36 decks -5% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
75% of 36 decks -12% synergy
Arcane Signet
64% of 36 decks +1% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
39% of 36 decks +15% synergy
Commander's Sphere
33% of 36 decks +23% synergy
Thought Vessel
33% of 36 decks +6% synergy
Mind Stone
25% of 36 decks -7% synergy
Fellwar Stone
11% of 36 decks -4% synergy
Caged Sun
8% of 36 decks -5% synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
6% of 36 decks +2% synergy
Springleaf Drum
6% of 36 decks +4% synergy
Lands
Swamp
100% of 36 decks +5% synergy
Myriad Landscape
19% of 36 decks -8% synergy
Fell the Profane
7% of 14 decks -11% synergy