Valentin, Dean of the Vein (Commander) - Budget

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Arnaud Gompertz
Sep 3, 2025
How to Build Golgari Without Being Golboring
Like to think outside the color box in Commander? This edition of Branching Out gives you some great ideas for unique Golgari builds.
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Moxfield
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Illegitimate Business
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Tainted Treats
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Dream Beavers
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dina, Soul Steeper
64%inclusion36 decks56 decks
60%synergy
Mortality Spear
64%inclusion36 decks56 decks
59%synergy
Blood Researcher
54%inclusion30 decks56 decks
53%synergy
Witherbloom Apprentice
45%inclusion25 decks56 decks
41%synergy
Tend the Pests
45%inclusion25 decks56 decks
41%synergy
Fertilid
41%inclusion23 decks56 decks
40%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
43%inclusion24 decks56 decks
40%synergy
Kazandu Nectarpot
41%inclusion23 decks56 decks
40%synergy
Inspiring Call
43%inclusion24 decks56 decks
38%synergy
Social Climber
38%inclusion21 decks56 decks
37%synergy
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Putrefy
50%inclusion28 decks56 decks
15%synergy
Prosperous Innkeeper
43%inclusion24 decks56 decks
35%synergy
Infuse with Vitality
38%inclusion21 decks56 decks
36%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
38%inclusion21 decks56 decks
14%synergy
Deadly Brew
38%inclusion21 decks56 decks
33%synergy
Herd Baloth
36%inclusion20 decks56 decks
35%synergy
Scavenging Ooze
36%inclusion20 decks56 decks
32%synergy
Jaddi Offshoot
36%inclusion20 decks56 decks
35%synergy
Honor Troll
36%inclusion20 decks56 decks
35%synergy
Evolution Witness
35%inclusion19 decks54 decks
32%synergy
Creatures
Winding Constrictor
34%inclusion19 decks56 decks
28%synergy
Tenured Inkcaster
32%inclusion18 decks56 decks
32%synergy
Basking Broodscale
31%inclusion17 decks54 decks
30%synergy
Virulent Emissary
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
22%synergy
Leyline Prowler
30%inclusion17 decks56 decks
28%synergy
Corpsejack Menace
30%inclusion17 decks56 decks
23%synergy
Spectrum Sentinel
30%inclusion17 decks56 decks
30%synergy
Fetid Gargantua
30%inclusion16 decks54 decks
29%synergy
Overgrown Arch
29%inclusion16 decks56 decks
28%synergy
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
29%inclusion16 decks56 decks
28%synergy
Accomplished Alchemist
27%inclusion15 decks56 decks
26%synergy
Armorcraft Judge
27%inclusion15 decks56 decks
26%synergy
Witherbloom Pledgemage
25%inclusion14 decks56 decks
25%synergy
Daemogoth Woe-Eater
23%inclusion13 decks56 decks
21%synergy
Callous Bloodmage
23%inclusion13 decks56 decks
23%synergy
Spike Feeder
23%inclusion13 decks56 decks
23%synergy
Deathgreeter
23%inclusion13 decks56 decks
22%synergy
Cursed Wombat
22%inclusion12 decks54 decks
21%synergy
Gala Greeters
21%inclusion12 decks56 decks
16%synergy
Llanowar Elves
21%inclusion12 decks56 decks
-13%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
21%inclusion12 decks56 decks
-7%synergy
Essence Warden
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
13%synergy
Moldering Karok
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
18%synergy
Ravenous Squirrel
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
14%synergy
Professor of Zoomancy
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
16%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
14%synergy
Blex, Vexing Pest
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
14%synergy
Viscera Seer
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
1%synergy
Daemogoth Titan
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Host of the Hereafter
13%inclusion5 decks38 decks
11%synergy
Blood Artist
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
-7%synergy
Iridescent Hornbeetle
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
11%synergy
Ezzaroot Channeler
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Savra, Queen of the Golgari
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Bloodbond Vampire
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Beledros Witherbloom
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Starscape Cleric
11%inclusion6 decks53 decks
10%synergy
Prize Pig
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Unwilling Ingredient
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
11%synergy
Elvish Mystic
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
-17%synergy
Leafkin Druid
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Springbloom Druid
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Grazing Gladehart
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
-10%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Devoted Druid
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Specter of the Fens
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Creakwood Liege
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Instants
Snakeskin Veil
27%inclusion15 decks56 decks
18%synergy
Village Rites
27%inclusion15 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Golgari Charm
25%inclusion14 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Fortifying Draught
21%inclusion12 decks56 decks
21%synergy
Deadly Dispute
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Deathsprout
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Natural End
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Beast Within
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
-23%synergy
Rushed Rebirth
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
11%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
-9%synergy
Tear Asunder
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
-5%synergy
Altar's Reap
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Breathe Your Last
7.4%inclusion4 decks54 decks
7%synergy
Vraska's Fall
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Khalni Ambush
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Murder
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Hunter's Insight
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Professor's Warning
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Appetite for the Unnatural
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Harness Infinity
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
You Are Already Dead
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Nasty End
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Drag to the Roots
5.9%inclusion3 decks51 decks
2%synergy
Zuko's Conviction
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
6%synergy
Moment of Craving
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Life Goes On
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Charge Through
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Weather the Storm
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Tangletrap
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Oblivion's Hunger
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Inscription of Abundance
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Baleful Mastery
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Doom Blade
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
-2%synergy
Naturalize
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Status // Statue
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Power Word Kill
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Tragic Slip
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
1%synergy
Wilt
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Seed of Hope
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Costly Plunder
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Terror
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Eliminate
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Rampant Growth
32%inclusion18 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Cultivate
30%inclusion17 decks56 decks
-9%synergy
Pest Summoning
27%inclusion15 decks56 decks
26%synergy
Culling Ritual
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Pest Infestation
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
11%synergy
Read the Bones
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
14%synergy
Hunt for Specimens
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
19%synergy
Essence Pulse
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
17%synergy
Cram Session
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
18%synergy
Essence Infusion
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
16%synergy
Sign in Blood
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Scale the Heights
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
14%synergy
Containment Breach
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Feed the Swarm
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Witherbloom Command
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
11%synergy
Devouring Tendrils
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Urborg Repossession
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Victimize
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
-8%synergy
Abundant Harvest
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Shamanic Revelation
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
0%synergy
Field Trip
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Bone Shards
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Dig Up
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Casualties of War
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
-2%synergy
Tend the Sprigs
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Ecological Appreciation
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Gaze of Granite
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Healing Technique
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Find // Finality
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Environmental Sciences
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Innocent Blood
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Harmonize
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Basic Conjuration
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Reclaim the Wastes
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Commune with Beavers
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Precision
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
1%synergy
Scale Up
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Farseek
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
-13%synergy
Adventurous Impulse
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Maelstrom Pulse
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Introduction to Prophecy
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Explosive Vegetation
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Return from the Wilds
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Verdant Mastery
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Introduction to Annihilation
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Life // Death
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
2%synergy
Zof Consumption
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Treasured Find
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Tablet of the Guilds
34%inclusion19 decks56 decks
33%synergy
Fountain of Renewal
29%inclusion16 decks56 decks
28%synergy
Pestilent Cauldron
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
19%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
16%synergy
Staff of the Wild Magus
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
16%synergy
Tithing Blade
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
13%synergy
Heaped Harvest
13%inclusion7 decks53 decks
8%synergy
Wurm's Tooth
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Prism Ring
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
11%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Demon's Horn
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Instrument of the Bards
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Sun Droplet
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Excalibur II
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
6%synergy
Heirloom Epic
5.7%inclusion3 decks53 decks
5%synergy
Zephyr Boots
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Chalice of Life
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Retreat to Kazandu
29%inclusion16 decks56 decks
27%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
27%inclusion15 decks56 decks
25%synergy
Gift of Paradise
21%inclusion12 decks56 decks
21%synergy
Vampiric Rites
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
15%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Retreat to Hagra
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
13%synergy
Ill-Gotten Inheritance
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
15%synergy
Trudge Garden
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
15%synergy
Stocking the Pantry
15%inclusion8 decks53 decks
13%synergy
Blight Mound
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Primeval Bounty
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
13%synergy
Binding the Old Gods
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Deathreap Ritual
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
1%synergy
Dogged Pursuit
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Fight Rigging
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Greed
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Deadbridge Chant
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Golgari Germination
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Wild Growth
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
0%synergy
Hollowmurk Siege
7.9%inclusion3 decks38 decks
3%synergy
Grave Venerations
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Dark Tutelage
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Parasitic Impetus
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
New Horizons
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Druid Class
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Avatar Destiny
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Gourmand's Talent
5.7%inclusion3 decks53 decks
3%synergy
Trespasser's Curse
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Forced Adaptation
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Underworld Connections
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Retribution of the Ancients
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Sanguine Bond
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
2%synergy
Ordeal of Nylea
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
3%synergy
The Binding of the Titans
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Master Chef
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Necrogenesis
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Colossal Majesty
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Garruk, Primal Hunter
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Radiant Fountain
32%inclusion18 decks56 decks
31%synergy
Sapseep Forest
30%inclusion17 decks56 decks
29%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
15%inclusion5 decks33 decks
14%synergy
Mortuary Mire
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Grim Backwoods
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
0%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
-11%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
2%synergy
Desert of the Indomitable
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Lair of the Hydra
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Barren Moor
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Pristine Talisman
45%inclusion25 decks56 decks
43%synergy
Sol Ring
34%inclusion19 decks56 decks
-46%synergy
Arcane Signet
29%inclusion16 decks56 decks
-33%synergy
Golgari Signet
25%inclusion14 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
-9%synergy
Commander's Sphere
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Golgari Keyrune
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Golgari Locket
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Letter of Acceptance
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Fractured Powerstone
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Paradise Plume
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Golgari Cluestone
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion56 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Forest
100%inclusion56 decks56 decks
2%synergy
Jungle Hollow
66%inclusion37 decks56 decks
42%synergy
Command Tower
52%inclusion29 decks56 decks
-33%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
43%inclusion24 decks56 decks
2%synergy
Witherbloom Campus
34%inclusion19 decks56 decks
31%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
34%inclusion19 decks56 decks
25%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
32%inclusion18 decks56 decks
28%synergy
Temple of Malady
30%inclusion17 decks56 decks
-4%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion17 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
29%inclusion16 decks56 decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Wood
27%inclusion15 decks56 decks
-18%synergy
Haunted Mire
25%inclusion14 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
-33%synergy
Exotic Orchard
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
-9%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
-45%synergy
Darkmoss Bridge
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
-6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Viridescent Bog
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
-7%synergy
Foul Orchard
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
14%inclusion8 decks56 decks
-9%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
11%inclusion6 decks54 decks
-9%synergy
Blighted Woodland
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Ash Barrens
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Archway Commons
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Twilight Mire
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
-29%synergy
Obscura Storefront
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
8%synergy
Khalni Ambush
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Festering Gulch
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Brokers Hideout
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Foggy Bottom Swamp
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
-3%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
1%synergy
Cabaretti Courtyard
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Maestros Theater
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Warped Landscape
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Opal Palace
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Uncharted Haven
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Zof Consumption
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Crystal Grotto
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy
Woodland Chasm
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Study Hall
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
5%synergy