The Lord of Pain (Commander) - Expensive Lifegain

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Mike Carrozza
Aug 27, 2025
Am I The Bolas? - Reputation
Getting unfairly targeted because you've won games? Let's talk about reputation in playgroups, and how to get around being the "bad guy."
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
100% of 4 decks +93% synergy
Game Changers
Ancient Tomb
100% of 4 decks +90% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
100% of 4 decks +85% synergy
Demonic Tutor
100% of 4 decks +81% synergy
Deflecting Swat
75% of 4 decks +55% synergy
Jeska's Will
75% of 4 decks +50% synergy
Mox Diamond
50% of 4 decks +46% synergy
Imperial Seal
50% of 4 decks +45% synergy
Opposition Agent
50% of 4 decks +44% synergy
Mana Vault
50% of 4 decks +44% synergy
Chrome Mox
50% of 4 decks +44% synergy
Creatures
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
75% of 4 decks +68% synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
75% of 4 decks +66% synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
67% of 3 decks +61% synergy
Blood Artist
50% of 4 decks +32% synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
50% of 4 decks +44% synergy
Deadpool, Trading Card
50% of 2 decks +45% synergy
Chandra's Incinerator
50% of 4 decks +49% synergy
Gisa, the Hellraiser
50% of 4 decks +48% synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
50% of 4 decks +46% synergy
Archfiend of Despair
50% of 4 decks +47% synergy
Heartless Hidetsugu
50% of 4 decks +46% synergy
Sower of Discord
50% of 4 decks +47% synergy
Kaervek the Merciless
50% of 4 decks +40% synergy
Mogis, God of Slaughter
50% of 4 decks +41% synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
50% of 4 decks +39% synergy
Twinflame Tyrant
33% of 3 decks +29% synergy
Professional Face-Breaker
25% of 4 decks +10% synergy
Seizan, Perverter of Truth
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Maralen of the Mornsong
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Stormfist Crusader
25% of 4 decks +14% synergy
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Harsh Mentor
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Leech Gauntlet
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Vial Smasher the Fierce
25% of 4 decks +20% synergy
Silent Arbiter
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Dark Confidant
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Angrath's Marauders
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
25% of 4 decks +14% synergy
Rampaging Ferocidon
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Mayhem Devil
25% of 4 decks +1% synergy
Sunspine Lynx
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
25% of 4 decks +22% synergy
Magus of the Moon
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Obosh, the Preypiercer
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
25% of 4 decks +16% synergy
Stigma Lasher
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Knight of Dusk's Shadow
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Scytheclaw Raptor
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Sangromancer
25% of 4 decks +22% synergy
Enduring Tenacity
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Worldgorger Dragon
25% of 4 decks +22% synergy
Razorkin Needlehead
25% of 4 decks +12% synergy
Fiendish Duo
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Quakebringer
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
25% of 4 decks +8% synergy
Giant Cindermaw
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Giggling Skitterspike
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
75% of 4 decks +34% synergy
Deadly Rollick
50% of 4 decks +30% synergy
Untimely Malfunction
50% of 4 decks +32% synergy
Red Elemental Blast
50% of 4 decks +40% synergy
Withering Torment
50% of 4 decks +27% synergy
Fell the Profane
25% of 4 decks +13% synergy
Chaos Warp
25% of 4 decks -24% synergy
Demonic Gifts
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Entomb
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Return the Favor
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Desperate Ritual
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Not Dead After All
25% of 4 decks +16% synergy
Boil
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Consuming Corruption
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Lightning Bolt
25% of 4 decks +8% synergy
Cabal Ritual
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Rakdos Charm
25% of 4 decks -18% synergy
Soul Shatter
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Terminate
25% of 4 decks -15% synergy
Seething Song
25% of 4 decks +15% synergy
Supernatural Stamina
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Tibalt's Trickery
25% of 4 decks +12% synergy
Risk Factor
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Undying Malice
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Demonic Consultation
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Return to Action
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Presumed Dead
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25% of 4 decks +10% synergy
Fake Your Own Death
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Bolt Bend
25% of 4 decks +16% synergy
Blood Pact
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Molten Influence
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Price of Progress
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Pyroblast
25% of 4 decks +15% synergy
Abnormal Endurance
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Saw in Half
25% of 4 decks +14% synergy
Feign Death
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Sorceries
Blasphemous Act
75% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Exsanguinate
50% of 4 decks +41% synergy
Risky Shortcut
50% of 2 decks +47% synergy
Toxic Deluge
50% of 4 decks +31% synergy
Sign in Blood
50% of 4 decks +27% synergy
Blasphemous Edict
33% of 3 decks +23% synergy
Aether Snap
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Explosive Singularity
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Feed the Swarm
25% of 4 decks -19% synergy
Wheel of Fortune
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
25% of 4 decks +16% synergy
Beseech the Mirror
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Damnation
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Grim Tutor
25% of 4 decks +20% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
75% of 4 decks +40% synergy
The One Ring
50% of 4 decks +42% synergy
Whip of Erebos
50% of 4 decks +44% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
50% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Chimil, the Inner Sun
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Winter Orb
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Defense Grid
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Bolas's Citadel
25% of 4 decks +13% synergy
The Reaver Cleaver
25% of 4 decks +20% synergy
Mithril Coat
25% of 4 decks +20% synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Shadowspear
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Torpor Orb
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
25% of 4 decks +20% synergy
Mask of Avacyn
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Resurrection Orb
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Darksteel Plate
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Jet Medallion
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Champion's Helm
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Sword of Feast and Famine
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Grafted Exoskeleton
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Basilisk Collar
25% of 4 decks +15% synergy
Enchantments
Grievous Wound
75% of 4 decks +72% synergy
Exquisite Blood
75% of 4 decks +68% synergy
Black Market Connections
75% of 4 decks +58% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
75% of 4 decks +51% synergy
Descent into Avernus
50% of 4 decks +40% synergy
Fiery Emancipation
50% of 4 decks +44% synergy
Sanguine Bond
50% of 4 decks +46% synergy
Wound Reflection
50% of 4 decks +45% synergy
No Mercy
50% of 4 decks +47% synergy
Manabarbs
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Dance of the Dead
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Citadel of Pain
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Leyline of Punishment
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Underworld Breach
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Curse of Bloodletting
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Roiling Vortex
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
City on Fire
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Protection Racket
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Nether Void
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Maddening Hex
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Spellshock
25% of 4 decks +22% synergy
Pain Magnification
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Furnace of Rath
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Smoke
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Spiteful Visions
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Necropotence
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Blood Moon
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Phyresis
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Koskun Falls
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
The Rollercrusher Ride
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Havoc Festival
25% of 4 decks +22% synergy
Forsaken Wastes
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
25% of 4 decks +22% synergy
Painful Quandary
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Everlasting Torment
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Witch Hunt
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Chaosphere
25% of 4 decks +25% synergy
Planeswalkers
Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Chandra, Awakened Inferno
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
50% of 4 decks +14% synergy
Urza's Saga
50% of 4 decks +44% synergy
Cabal Coffers
50% of 4 decks +40% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
50% of 4 decks +31% synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
25% of 4 decks +20% synergy
Witch's Clinic
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Wasteland
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Sunscorched Desert
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Maze of Ith
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Crystal Vein
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Spinerock Knoll
25% of 4 decks +16% synergy
Emergence Zone
25% of 4 decks +22% synergy
Command Beacon
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Field of the Dead
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
25% of 4 decks +15% synergy
Castle Locthwain
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Rogue's Passage
25% of 4 decks +6% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Sol Ring
100% of 4 decks +13% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
75% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Fellwar Stone
75% of 4 decks +41% synergy
Mind Stone
50% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Grim Monolith
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Lotus Petal
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Rakdos Signet
25% of 4 decks -37% synergy
Mox Amber
25% of 4 decks +21% synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
25% of 4 decks +22% synergy
Lands
Blood Crypt
100% of 4 decks +55% synergy
Swamp
100% of 4 decks +3% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
100% of 4 decks +39% synergy
Luxury Suite
100% of 4 decks +60% synergy
Blazemire Verge
100% of 4 decks +71% synergy
Mountain
100% of 4 decks +3% synergy
Blightstep Pathway
100% of 4 decks +76% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
100% of 4 decks +68% synergy
Command Tower
75% of 4 decks -11% synergy
Badlands
75% of 4 decks +62% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
75% of 4 decks +11% synergy
Graven Cairns
75% of 4 decks +47% synergy
Foreboding Ruins
75% of 4 decks +29% synergy
Mount Doom
75% of 4 decks +57% synergy
Haunted Ridge
75% of 4 decks +40% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
75% of 4 decks +30% synergy
Raucous Theater
50% of 4 decks +29% synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
50% of 4 decks +31% synergy
Cavern of Souls
50% of 4 decks +45% synergy
Tainted Peak
50% of 4 decks +9% synergy
Prismatic Vista
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Fell the Profane
25% of 4 decks +13% synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
25% of 4 decks -10% synergy
Exotic Orchard
25% of 4 decks -7% synergy
Urza's Cave
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Horizon of Progress
25% of 4 decks +24% synergy
Jagged Barrens
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Wooded Foothills
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Reflecting Pool
25% of 4 decks +22% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25% of 4 decks +10% synergy
Gemstone Caverns
25% of 4 decks +20% synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
25% of 4 decks +16% synergy
Arid Mesa
25% of 4 decks +16% synergy
Scalding Tarn
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
Mana Confluence
25% of 4 decks +19% synergy
Marsh Flats
25% of 4 decks +16% synergy
Geothermal Bog
25% of 4 decks +15% synergy
Polluted Delta
25% of 4 decks +17% synergy
City of Brass
25% of 4 decks +18% synergy