The Lord of Pain (Commander) - Optimized

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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
Electro, Assaulting Battery
10% of 10 decks +9% synergy
Pain for All
8% of 39 decks +6% synergy
Redirect Lightning
4% of 24 decks +3% synergy
The Soul Stone
4% of 28 decks +2% synergy
Spider-Punk
3% of 33 decks +3% synergy
High Synergy Cards
Vial Smasher the Fierce
61% of 103 decks +56% synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
64% of 103 decks +55% synergy
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
61% of 103 decks +54% synergy
Kederekt Parasite
65% of 103 decks +54% synergy
Razorkin Needlehead
66% of 103 decks +53% synergy
Mogis, God of Slaughter
61% of 103 decks +52% synergy
Wound Reflection
54% of 103 decks +49% synergy
Fiery Emancipation
53% of 103 decks +47% synergy
Kaervek the Merciless
56% of 103 decks +47% synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
53% of 103 decks +46% synergy
Top Cards
Blasphemous Act
75% of 103 decks +24% synergy
Dark Ritual
61% of 103 decks +20% synergy
Chaos Warp
57% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Lightning Greaves
55% of 103 decks +21% synergy
Basilisk Collar
54% of 103 decks +45% synergy
Rakdos Charm
52% of 103 decks +10% synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
49% of 103 decks +32% synergy
Exquisite Blood
48% of 103 decks +40% synergy
Painful Quandary
48% of 103 decks +41% synergy
Twinflame Tyrant
48% of 101 decks +43% synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
50% of 103 decks +31% synergy
Jeska's Will
49% of 103 decks +23% synergy
Deflecting Swat
47% of 103 decks +27% synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
44% of 103 decks +33% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
43% of 103 decks +28% synergy
The One Ring
29% of 103 decks +21% synergy
Ancient Tomb
19% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Bolas's Citadel
17% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Mana Vault
17% of 103 decks +11% synergy
Necropotence
13% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Creatures
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
47% of 101 decks +41% synergy
Heartless Hidetsugu
41% of 103 decks +37% synergy
Fate Unraveler
41% of 103 decks +33% synergy
Gleeful Arsonist
40% of 103 decks +28% synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
40% of 103 decks +34% synergy
Stormfist Crusader
39% of 103 decks +28% synergy
Blood Seeker
39% of 103 decks +32% synergy
Scrawling Crawler
34% of 101 decks +25% synergy
Brash Taunter
33% of 103 decks +23% synergy
Harsh Mentor
32% of 103 decks +25% synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
29% of 103 decks +18% synergy
Nightshade Harvester
29% of 103 decks +24% synergy
Blood Artist
27% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Massacre Wurm
27% of 103 decks +20% synergy
Rampaging Ferocidon
25% of 103 decks +19% synergy
Scytheclaw Raptor
25% of 103 decks +24% synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
25% of 103 decks +22% synergy
Screaming Nemesis
25% of 103 decks +23% synergy
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
22% of 103 decks +16% synergy
Archfiend of Despair
20% of 103 decks +17% synergy
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
20% of 103 decks +15% synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
20% of 103 decks +15% synergy
Zo-Zu the Punisher
20% of 103 decks +17% synergy
Obosh, the Preypiercer
19% of 103 decks +18% synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
19% of 103 decks -3% synergy
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
16% of 103 decks +10% synergy
Sower of Discord
16% of 103 decks +13% synergy
Enduring Tenacity
16% of 103 decks +14% synergy
Rug of Smothering
16% of 103 decks +12% synergy
Mayhem Devil
16% of 103 decks -9% synergy
Shadow of Mortality
15% of 103 decks +14% synergy
Crypt Ghast
15% of 103 decks +12% synergy
Deadpool, Trading Card
14% of 85 decks +10% synergy
Fiendish Duo
14% of 103 decks +12% synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
14% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Keen Duelist
13% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Star Athlete
13% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Fear of Burning Alive
12% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Barbflare Gremlin
12% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Florian, Voldaren Scion
12% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Magus of the Wheel
12% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Angrath's Marauders
12% of 103 decks +10% synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
12% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Chandra's Incinerator
11% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Persistent Constrictor
10% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
10% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Roaming Throne
10% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
10% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
10% of 62 decks -3% synergy
Kefka, Dancing Mad
9% of 67 decks +4% synergy
Instants
Deadly Rollick
46% of 103 decks +26% synergy
Bedevil
45% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Blood for the Blood God!
32% of 103 decks +24% synergy
Terminate
31% of 103 decks -9% synergy
Withering Torment
30% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Seething Song
25% of 103 decks +15% synergy
Infernal Grasp
22% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Tibalt's Trickery
20% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Untimely Malfunction
19% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Lightning Bolt
19% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Bolt Bend
19% of 103 decks +10% synergy
Blood Pact
17% of 103 decks +13% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
17% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Fell the Profane
15% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Suspended Sentence
14% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Abrade
14% of 103 decks -8% synergy
Return the Favor
11% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Saw in Half
11% of 103 decks +0% synergy
Valakut Awakening
10% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Curtains' Call
9% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Imp's Mischief
9% of 103 decks -0% synergy
Pyroblast
9% of 103 decks -1% synergy
Risk Factor
8% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Not Dead After All
8% of 103 decks -2% synergy
Kolaghan's Command
8% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Guff Rewrites History
8% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Red Elemental Blast
8% of 103 decks -2% synergy
Cabal Ritual
8% of 103 decks -1% synergy
Darkness
8% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Big Score
8% of 103 decks -11% synergy
Baleful Mastery
6% of 103 decks +3% synergy
Murder
6% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Transforming Flourish
6% of 90 decks +5% synergy
Sorceries
Vandalblast
36% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Toxic Deluge
36% of 103 decks +17% synergy
Sign in Blood
35% of 103 decks +12% synergy
Feed the Swarm
31% of 103 decks -13% synergy
Grim Tutor
26% of 103 decks +21% synergy
Grab the Prize
24% of 103 decks +14% synergy
Damnation
24% of 103 decks +17% synergy
Exsanguinate
23% of 103 decks +14% synergy
Sadistic Shell Game
23% of 103 decks +18% synergy
Reanimate
22% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Disrupt Decorum
18% of 103 decks +10% synergy
Wheel of Fortune
18% of 103 decks +12% synergy
Blasphemous Edict
17% of 101 decks +7% synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
17% of 103 decks +10% synergy
Night's Whisper
17% of 103 decks -2% synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
16% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Torment of Hailfire
15% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Mana Geyser
15% of 103 decks +3% synergy
Faithless Looting
14% of 103 decks -15% synergy
Decree of Pain
12% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Light Up the Stage
11% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Prisoner's Dilemma
11% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Imperial Seal
10% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Dreadbore
10% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Come Back Wrong
9% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Read the Bones
9% of 103 decks -5% synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
8% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Insatiable Avarice
8% of 103 decks +3% synergy
Chandra's Ignition
8% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Risky Shortcut
7% of 100 decks +4% synergy
Boltwave
7% of 101 decks +1% synergy
Winds of Change
7% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Reforge the Soul
7% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Gamble
6% of 103 decks -5% synergy
Sundering Eruption
6% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Fraying Omnipotence
6% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Living Death
6% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Profane Tutor
6% of 103 decks +3% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
40% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Shadowspear
33% of 103 decks +29% synergy
Whip of Erebos
27% of 103 decks +21% synergy
Howling Mine
26% of 103 decks +25% synergy
Jet Medallion
24% of 103 decks +18% synergy
Ruby Medallion
24% of 103 decks +15% synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
20% of 103 decks +17% synergy
Mithril Coat
16% of 103 decks +11% synergy
Ankh of Mishra
14% of 103 decks +11% synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
10% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Helm of Awakening
10% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Crawlspace
10% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8% of 103 decks -8% synergy
Font of Mythos
8% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Resurrection Orb
8% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Grafted Exoskeleton
8% of 103 decks +7% synergy
The Darkness Crystal
6% of 67 decks +2% synergy
Manifold Key
6% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
6% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Mindcrank
6% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
6% of 103 decks -1% synergy
Enchantments
Spiteful Visions
47% of 103 decks +39% synergy
Underworld Dreams
38% of 103 decks +30% synergy
Black Market Connections
36% of 103 decks +19% synergy
Descent into Avernus
31% of 103 decks +21% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
30% of 103 decks +6% synergy
City on Fire
30% of 103 decks +24% synergy
Manabarbs
27% of 103 decks +21% synergy
No Mercy
25% of 103 decks +22% synergy
Grievous Wound
24% of 103 decks +21% synergy
Spellshock
21% of 103 decks +19% synergy
Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
21% of 103 decks +15% synergy
Sanguine Bond
21% of 103 decks +17% synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
20% of 103 decks +15% synergy
Roiling Vortex
20% of 103 decks +13% synergy
Polluted Bonds
15% of 103 decks +12% synergy
Gratuitous Violence
14% of 103 decks +11% synergy
The Rollercrusher Ride
14% of 103 decks +12% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
13% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Enchanter's Bane
13% of 103 decks +11% synergy
Dictate of the Twin Gods
13% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Citadel of Pain
12% of 103 decks +10% synergy
Sulfuric Vortex
11% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Theater of Horrors
10% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Vampiric Link
10% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Blood Moon
10% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Phyresis
10% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Furnace of Rath
9% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Powerbalance
9% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Animate Dead
9% of 103 decks -2% synergy
Havoc Festival
8% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Curse of Opulence
7% of 103 decks +0% synergy
Necromancy
6% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Mana Flare
6% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
6% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Burning Earth
6% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Protection Racket
6% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Planeswalkers
Chandra, Awakened Inferno
19% of 103 decks +16% synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
6% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Utility Lands
Witch's Clinic
45% of 103 decks +38% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
43% of 103 decks +23% synergy
Bojuka Bog
42% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Spinerock Knoll
33% of 103 decks +24% synergy
Cabal Coffers
32% of 103 decks +22% synergy
Leechridden Swamp
29% of 103 decks +21% synergy
Shivan Gorge
26% of 103 decks +18% synergy
Reliquary Tower
20% of 103 decks +3% synergy
Temple of the False God
17% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Command Beacon
16% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Rogue's Passage
13% of 103 decks -6% synergy
Maze of Ith
11% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
10% of 103 decks +9% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
10% of 103 decks +0% synergy
Urza's Saga
9% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
7% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Restless Vents
6% of 103 decks +0% synergy
Castle Locthwain
6% of 103 decks -1% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
94% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Arcane Signet
86% of 103 decks +3% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
61% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Rakdos Signet
60% of 103 decks -1% synergy
Thought Vessel
38% of 103 decks +20% synergy
Fellwar Stone
36% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Mind Stone
21% of 103 decks -10% synergy
Commander's Sphere
17% of 103 decks -2% synergy
Cursed Mirror
16% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Gilded Lotus
16% of 103 decks +13% synergy
Thran Dynamo
12% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Worn Powerstone
10% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Chrome Mox
10% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Séance Board
9% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Lotus Petal
6% of 103 decks -2% synergy
Lands
Swamp
98% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Mountain
98% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Command Tower
91% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
74% of 103 decks +13% synergy
Blood Crypt
71% of 103 decks +26% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
68% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
66% of 103 decks +34% synergy
Luxury Suite
60% of 103 decks +20% synergy
Graven Cairns
59% of 103 decks +32% synergy
Tainted Peak
59% of 103 decks +19% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
57% of 103 decks +12% synergy
Blazemire Verge
55% of 103 decks +26% synergy
Foreboding Ruins
50% of 103 decks +3% synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
45% of 103 decks +10% synergy
Exotic Orchard
43% of 103 decks +11% synergy
Haunted Ridge
43% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
41% of 103 decks +22% synergy
Canyon Slough
34% of 103 decks +15% synergy
Temple of Malice
30% of 103 decks -4% synergy
Badlands
29% of 103 decks +16% synergy
Raucous Theater
28% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Blightstep Pathway
27% of 103 decks +3% synergy
Bloodfell Caves
25% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Mount Doom
25% of 103 decks +8% synergy
Geothermal Bog
21% of 103 decks +12% synergy
Evolving Wilds
20% of 103 decks -1% synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
18% of 103 decks -16% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
17% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
16% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Marsh Flats
16% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Fell the Profane
15% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Arid Mesa
15% of 103 decks +6% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
15% of 103 decks -2% synergy
Myriad Landscape
13% of 103 decks -8% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
13% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Scalding Tarn
13% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Polluted Delta
12% of 103 decks +3% synergy
Prismatic Vista
11% of 103 decks +5% synergy
Wooded Foothills
11% of 103 decks +3% synergy
City of Brass
10% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Valakut Awakening
10% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Ash Barrens
10% of 103 decks +2% synergy
Reflecting Pool
10% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Demolition Field
10% of 103 decks +7% synergy
Fabled Passage
9% of 103 decks +0% synergy
Jagged Barrens
9% of 103 decks +0% synergy
Path of Ancestry
9% of 103 decks -7% synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
8% of 103 decks +4% synergy
Sundering Eruption
6% of 103 decks +1% synergy
Mana Confluence
6% of 103 decks -1% synergy