The Shadow Lord (Commander) - Core

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The Shadow Lord
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Nick Benstead
Dec 2, 2025
Nick Benstead
Sisters of Stone Death: A Hidden Commander Gem?
Sisters of Stone Death may be a very high-cost commander, but that doesn't mean you can't build a fun Commander deck around it.
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Dream Beavers
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
20%synergy
Shredder's Technique
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
9%synergy
Defiling Daemogoth
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
9%synergy
Burrog Banemaker
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Postmortem Professor
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Tormented Soul
75%inclusion282 decks375 decks
72%synergy
Changeling Outcast
77%inclusion289 decks375 decks
72%synergy
Battlefly Swarm
63%inclusion238 decks375 decks
62%synergy
Vault Skirge
59%inclusion223 decks375 decks
58%synergy
Faerie Dreamthief
51%inclusion193 decks375 decks
49%synergy
Vampire Cutthroat
51%inclusion193 decks375 decks
49%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
52%inclusion194 decks375 decks
49%synergy
Dauthi Slayer
49%inclusion184 decks375 decks
47%synergy
Dauthi Horror
46%inclusion173 decks375 decks
45%synergy
Nether Traitor
53%inclusion198 decks375 decks
44%synergy
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
70%inclusion262 decks375 decks
19%synergy
Dark Ritual
67%inclusion251 decks375 decks
0%synergy
Feed the Swarm
66%inclusion248 decks375 decks
16%synergy
Crypt Ghast
51%inclusion193 decks375 decks
4%synergy
Defile
51%inclusion191 decks375 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
48%inclusion181 decks375 decks
33%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
47%inclusion178 decks375 decks
43%synergy
Grim Hireling
46%inclusion172 decks375 decks
42%synergy
Gingerbrute
45%inclusion167 decks375 decks
43%synergy
Font of Agonies
43%inclusion161 decks375 decks
38%synergy
Game Changers
Orcish Bowmasters
8.0%inclusion30 decks375 decks
-5%synergy
Necropotence
7.7%inclusion29 decks375 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
Stirge
41%inclusion153 decks375 decks
40%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
40%inclusion151 decks375 decks
35%synergy
Prickly Boggart
39%inclusion147 decks375 decks
38%synergy
Pilfering Imp
35%inclusion130 decks375 decks
34%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
34%inclusion126 decks375 decks
30%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
33%inclusion125 decks375 decks
14%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
33%inclusion122 decks375 decks
29%synergy
Basilica Screecher
33%inclusion122 decks375 decks
30%synergy
Vampire of the Dire Moon
32%inclusion121 decks375 decks
30%synergy
Eye Collector
31%inclusion117 decks375 decks
30%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
29%inclusion107 decks375 decks
27%synergy
Eyetwitch
28%inclusion104 decks375 decks
27%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
27%inclusion103 decks375 decks
24%synergy
Hope of Ghirapur
27%inclusion102 decks375 decks
26%synergy
Dauthi Ghoul
27%inclusion100 decks375 decks
26%synergy
Dauthi Warlord
26%inclusion99 decks375 decks
26%synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
26%inclusion61 decks232 decks
24%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
26%inclusion53 decks203 decks
21%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
26%inclusion97 decks375 decks
20%synergy
Blight Keeper
25%inclusion94 decks375 decks
25%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
25%inclusion92 decks375 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
25%inclusion92 decks375 decks
13%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
23%inclusion88 decks375 decks
11%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
23%inclusion87 decks375 decks
-2%synergy
Nightshade Stinger
23%inclusion87 decks375 decks
23%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
23%inclusion35 decks154 decks
19%synergy
Gurgling Anointer
22%inclusion82 decks375 decks
21%synergy
Deep-Cavern Bat
22%inclusion82 decks375 decks
21%synergy
Ophiomancer
22%inclusion81 decks375 decks
5%synergy
Vashta Nerada
21%inclusion80 decks375 decks
19%synergy
Shadow Alley Denizen
20%inclusion76 decks375 decks
18%synergy
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
20%inclusion74 decks375 decks
14%synergy
Dread Presence
19%inclusion71 decks375 decks
5%synergy
Dauthi Cutthroat
18%inclusion67 decks375 decks
17%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
18%inclusion66 decks375 decks
5%synergy
Foulmire Knight
17%inclusion64 decks375 decks
16%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
17%inclusion20 decks120 decks
11%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
17%inclusion62 decks375 decks
6%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
16%inclusion60 decks375 decks
14%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
16%inclusion59 decks375 decks
-6%synergy
Bone Miser
16%inclusion59 decks375 decks
14%synergy
Etherium Pteramander
16%inclusion56 decks359 decks
15%synergy
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
15%inclusion58 decks375 decks
15%synergy
Rev, Tithe Extractor
14%inclusion40 decks287 decks
12%synergy
Starscream, Power Hungry
13%inclusion48 decks375 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion44 decks361 decks
3%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
12%inclusion45 decks375 decks
7%synergy
Skirge Familiar
12%inclusion44 decks375 decks
7%synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
11%inclusion42 decks375 decks
7%synergy
Forsworn Paladin
11%inclusion41 decks375 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Infernal Grasp
42%inclusion158 decks375 decks
17%synergy
Withering Torment
36%inclusion114 decks314 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
33%inclusion122 decks375 decks
9%synergy
Consuming Corruption
31%inclusion113 decks362 decks
16%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
26%inclusion98 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Imp's Mischief
25%inclusion95 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
25%inclusion89 decks362 decks
6%synergy
Baleful Mastery
24%inclusion91 decks375 decks
16%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
19%inclusion30 decks154 decks
11%synergy
Flare of Malice
18%inclusion66 decks362 decks
5%synergy
Force of Despair
17%inclusion63 decks375 decks
9%synergy
Darkness
16%inclusion60 decks375 decks
6%synergy
Soul Shatter
15%inclusion55 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Shadow of the Grave
15%inclusion55 decks375 decks
14%synergy
Songs of the Damned
14%inclusion54 decks375 decks
9%synergy
Bitter Triumph
14%inclusion53 decks375 decks
4%synergy
Snuff Out
14%inclusion51 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Dismember
14%inclusion51 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
13%inclusion50 decks375 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion49 decks375 decks
-11%synergy
Village Rites
12%inclusion46 decks375 decks
-13%synergy
Deadly Dispute
12%inclusion45 decks375 decks
-14%synergy
Tragic Slip
12%inclusion44 decks375 decks
-8%synergy
Culling the Weak
11%inclusion41 decks375 decks
-5%synergy
Cabal Ritual
11%inclusion40 decks375 decks
-7%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
11%inclusion40 decks375 decks
2%synergy
Lethal Scheme
10%inclusion39 decks375 decks
8%synergy
Hagra Mauling
10%inclusion38 decks375 decks
6%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
10%inclusion38 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.8%inclusion33 decks375 decks
2%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
8.8%inclusion33 decks375 decks
7%synergy
Undying Malice
8.8%inclusion33 decks375 decks
-1%synergy
Not Dead After All
8.5%inclusion32 decks375 decks
-3%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
6.9%inclusion26 decks375 decks
-6%synergy
Cut Down
6.4%inclusion24 decks375 decks
2%synergy
Doom Blade
6.1%inclusion23 decks375 decks
-1%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
6.1%inclusion23 decks375 decks
5%synergy
Feign Death
5.9%inclusion22 decks375 decks
-2%synergy
Heartless Act
5.6%inclusion21 decks375 decks
4%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
5.3%inclusion20 decks375 decks
2%synergy
Slaughter Pact
5.1%inclusion19 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Exsanguinate
39%inclusion148 decks375 decks
15%synergy
Bubbling Muck
34%inclusion129 decks375 decks
19%synergy
Unearth
31%inclusion115 decks375 decks
22%synergy
Sign in Blood
29%inclusion107 decks375 decks
-7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
28%inclusion106 decks375 decks
-9%synergy
Mutilate
26%inclusion99 decks375 decks
9%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
22%inclusion83 decks375 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
21%inclusion80 decks375 decks
-18%synergy
Victimize
20%inclusion75 decks375 decks
-7%synergy
Damnation
19%inclusion73 decks375 decks
-1%synergy
Night's Whisper
19%inclusion70 decks375 decks
-6%synergy
Gix's Command
18%inclusion68 decks375 decks
16%synergy
Predators' Hour
15%inclusion58 decks375 decks
14%synergy
Decree of Pain
13%inclusion50 decks375 decks
8%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
13%inclusion49 decks375 decks
13%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion43 decks375 decks
-5%synergy
Living Death
11%inclusion42 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion29 decks286 decks
-6%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
10%inclusion36 decks375 decks
-2%synergy
Diabolic Intent
8.8%inclusion33 decks375 decks
-6%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
8.8%inclusion33 decks375 decks
-7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
8.8%inclusion33 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Syphon Mind
8.3%inclusion31 decks375 decks
-4%synergy
Dread Return
8.0%inclusion30 decks375 decks
-4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.7%inclusion29 decks375 decks
0%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
6.7%inclusion25 decks375 decks
2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
5.9%inclusion22 decks375 decks
-7%synergy
Duress
5.1%inclusion19 decks375 decks
-1%synergy
Call to the Netherworld
5.1%inclusion19 decks375 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Whip of Erebos
36%inclusion136 decks375 decks
25%synergy
Jet Medallion
36%inclusion134 decks375 decks
-26%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
34%inclusion126 decks375 decks
2%synergy
Lightning Greaves
34%inclusion126 decks375 decks
0%synergy
Vorpal Sword
29%inclusion108 decks375 decks
25%synergy
Bontu's Monument
25%inclusion92 decks375 decks
-4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
19%inclusion70 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Expedition Map
18%inclusion67 decks375 decks
6%synergy
Sword of the Animist
15%inclusion58 decks375 decks
12%synergy
Skullclamp
13%inclusion50 decks375 decks
-9%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
13%inclusion49 decks375 decks
9%synergy
Bag of Holding
13%inclusion48 decks375 decks
12%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
12%inclusion22 decks179 decks
-8%synergy
Dowsing Dagger
12%inclusion46 decks375 decks
11%synergy
Mask of Memory
11%inclusion41 decks375 decks
9%synergy
Spellbook
9.1%inclusion34 decks375 decks
8%synergy
Lashwrithe
8.8%inclusion33 decks375 decks
5%synergy
Venser's Journal
8.8%inclusion33 decks375 decks
7%synergy
Throne of the God-Pharaoh
8.3%inclusion31 decks375 decks
8%synergy
Demon's Horn
7.2%inclusion27 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
6.9%inclusion26 decks375 decks
-3%synergy
Library of Leng
6.7%inclusion25 decks375 decks
6%synergy
Howling Mine
6.7%inclusion25 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
6.1%inclusion23 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
5.6%inclusion21 decks375 decks
0%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
31%inclusion116 decks375 decks
-9%synergy
Bitterblossom
23%inclusion85 decks375 decks
10%synergy
Underworld Dreams
19%inclusion70 decks375 decks
13%synergy
Black Market Connections
16%inclusion59 decks375 decks
-8%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
15%inclusion56 decks375 decks
5%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion53 decks375 decks
7%synergy
Painful Quandary
11%inclusion43 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Feast of Sanity
11%inclusion42 decks375 decks
11%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
11%inclusion40 decks375 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
10%inclusion39 decks375 decks
0%synergy
Animate Dead
10%inclusion38 decks375 decks
-7%synergy
Exquisite Blood
10%inclusion36 decks375 decks
-4%synergy
Bad Moon
8.5%inclusion32 decks375 decks
5%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
7.7%inclusion29 decks375 decks
5%synergy
Oubliette
7.2%inclusion27 decks375 decks
4%synergy
Dauthi Embrace
6.7%inclusion25 decks375 decks
5%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
6.4%inclusion24 decks375 decks
-11%synergy
Black Market
6.4%inclusion24 decks375 decks
-15%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
6.4%inclusion24 decks375 decks
-3%synergy
Oppression
5.6%inclusion21 decks375 decks
-2%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
5.4%inclusion17 decks316 decks
-1%synergy
Call of the Ring
5.3%inclusion20 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
7.5%inclusion28 decks375 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
63%inclusion235 decks375 decks
32%synergy
Bojuka Bog
48%inclusion181 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Cabal Coffers
46%inclusion171 decks375 decks
-9%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
35%inclusion133 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
29%inclusion109 decks375 decks
-8%synergy
Witch's Cottage
27%inclusion102 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
25%inclusion94 decks375 decks
-5%synergy
Rogue's Passage
18%inclusion66 decks375 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
17%inclusion64 decks375 decks
0%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
15%inclusion57 decks375 decks
0%synergy
Realm of Koh
15%inclusion15 decks102 decks
12%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
14%inclusion53 decks375 decks
4%synergy
War Room
13%inclusion49 decks375 decks
-3%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
11%inclusion43 decks375 decks
-14%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
11%inclusion41 decks362 decks
2%synergy
Barren Moor
10%inclusion39 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
9.3%inclusion35 decks375 decks
-2%synergy
Blinkmoth Nexus
8.5%inclusion32 decks375 decks
8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.2%inclusion27 decks375 decks
-6%synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
7.2%inclusion27 decks375 decks
4%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.9%inclusion26 decks375 decks
-1%synergy
Thespian's Stage
5.9%inclusion22 decks375 decks
0%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.8%inclusion10 decks172 decks
-5%synergy
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
5.6%inclusion21 decks375 decks
4%synergy
Deserted Temple
5.1%inclusion19 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
74%inclusion277 decks375 decks
-12%synergy
Thought Vessel
55%inclusion208 decks375 decks
30%synergy
Arcane Signet
54%inclusion204 decks375 decks
-7%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
25%inclusion94 decks375 decks
22%synergy
Mind Stone
24%inclusion89 decks375 decks
-5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
21%inclusion77 decks375 decks
-2%synergy
Heraldic Banner
19%inclusion71 decks375 decks
13%synergy
Caged Sun
15%inclusion58 decks375 decks
4%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion54 decks375 decks
0%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
10%inclusion37 decks375 decks
10%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
9.3%inclusion35 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Nyx Lotus
9.3%inclusion35 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
7.7%inclusion29 decks375 decks
3%synergy
The Soul Stone
7.6%inclusion11 decks145 decks
-7%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
6.7%inclusion25 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.7%inclusion25 decks375 decks
1%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
6.4%inclusion24 decks375 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.1%inclusion23 decks375 decks
-2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
94%inclusion351 decks375 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
26%inclusion98 decks375 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
25%inclusion89 decks362 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion85 decks375 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion44 decks361 decks
3%synergy
Demolition Field
11%inclusion42 decks375 decks
6%synergy
Hagra Mauling
10%inclusion38 decks375 decks
6%synergy
Urza's Cave
10%inclusion37 decks372 decks
2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
8.5%inclusion32 decks375 decks
2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.7%inclusion29 decks375 decks
0%synergy
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