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Arnaud Gompertz
Sep 3, 2025
Arnaud Gompertz
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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Dina, Soul Steeper
70%inclusion35 decks50 decks
65%synergy
Mortality Spear
68%inclusion34 decks50 decks
62%synergy
Blood Researcher
54%inclusion27 decks50 decks
53%synergy
Tend the Pests
50%inclusion25 decks50 decks
46%synergy
Social Climber
44%inclusion22 decks50 decks
43%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
46%inclusion23 decks50 decks
43%synergy
Kazandu Nectarpot
44%inclusion22 decks50 decks
42%synergy
Witherbloom Apprentice
46%inclusion23 decks50 decks
42%synergy
Prosperous Innkeeper
50%inclusion25 decks50 decks
42%synergy
Scavenging Ooze
46%inclusion23 decks50 decks
42%synergy
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Putrefy
62%inclusion31 decks50 decks
27%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
44%inclusion22 decks50 decks
20%synergy
Evolution Witness
43%inclusion19 decks44 decks
40%synergy
Herd Baloth
42%inclusion21 decks50 decks
41%synergy
Fertilid
42%inclusion21 decks50 decks
41%synergy
Tablet of the Guilds
42%inclusion21 decks50 decks
41%synergy
Deadly Brew
42%inclusion21 decks50 decks
37%synergy
Basking Broodscale
41%inclusion18 decks44 decks
40%synergy
Leyline Prowler
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
37%synergy
Inspiring Call
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
35%synergy
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Winding Constrictor
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
34%synergy
Honor Troll
38%inclusion19 decks50 decks
37%synergy
Fetid Gargantua
36%inclusion16 decks44 decks
36%synergy
Spectrum Sentinel
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
33%synergy
Jaddi Offshoot
32%inclusion16 decks50 decks
31%synergy
Tenured Inkcaster
32%inclusion16 decks50 decks
32%synergy
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
29%synergy
Overgrown Arch
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
30%synergy
Accomplished Alchemist
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
29%synergy
Deathgreeter
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
28%synergy
Corpsejack Menace
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
23%synergy
Llanowar Elves
28%inclusion14 decks50 decks
-4%synergy
Gala Greeters
28%inclusion14 decks50 decks
22%synergy
Armorcraft Judge
28%inclusion14 decks50 decks
27%synergy
Witherbloom Pledgemage
28%inclusion14 decks50 decks
28%synergy
Spike Feeder
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
26%synergy
Callous Bloodmage
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
23%synergy
Cursed Wombat
23%inclusion10 decks44 decks
21%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
20%synergy
Blood Artist
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Essence Warden
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
15%synergy
Daemogoth Woe-Eater
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
17%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
18%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
-10%synergy
Moldering Karok
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
18%synergy
Leafkin Druid
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
16%synergy
Viscera Seer
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
0%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Grazing Gladehart
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
16%synergy
Prize Pig
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Savra, Queen of the Golgari
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
11%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
-8%synergy
Professor of Zoomancy
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Blex, Vexing Pest
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
11%synergy
Devoted Druid
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
9%synergy
Ravenous Squirrel
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Host of the Hereafter
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Unwilling Ingredient
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Ezzaroot Channeler
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
11%synergy
Witch of the Moors
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
9%synergy
Iridescent Hornbeetle
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
11%synergy
Clackbridge Troll
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
11%synergy
Daemogoth Titan
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Kami of Whispered Hopes
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Starscape Cleric
12%inclusion5 decks43 decks
10%synergy
Germinating Wurm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Elvish Mystic
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
-16%synergy
Mosswood Dreadknight
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Rishkar, Peema Renegade
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Infuse with Vitality
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
38%synergy
Village Rites
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
17%synergy
Snakeskin Veil
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
22%synergy
Golgari Charm
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
9%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
13%synergy
Deadly Dispute
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Fortifying Draught
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
18%synergy
Deathsprout
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
9%synergy
Murder
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
9%synergy
Natural End
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Beast Within
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
-25%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
-8%synergy
You Are Already Dead
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Nasty End
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Altar's Reap
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
9%synergy
Khalni Ambush
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Krosan Grip
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
1%synergy
Doom Blade
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Return to Nature
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Charge Through
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Rushed Rebirth
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Inscription of Abundance
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
0%synergy
Professor's Warning
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Status // Statue
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Appetite for the Unnatural
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Breathe Your Last
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Moment of Craving
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Broken Wings
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Extinguish the Light
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Poison the Blade
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Costly Plunder
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
4%synergy
Eliminate
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Oblivion's Hunger
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Hunter's Insight
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Tear Asunder
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-9%synergy
Harness Infinity
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Winter's Intervention
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
5%synergy
Drag to the Roots
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
0%synergy
Sorceries
Rampant Growth
38%inclusion19 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Cultivate
38%inclusion19 decks50 decks
-2%synergy
Read the Bones
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
20%synergy
Pest Summoning
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
25%synergy
Culling Ritual
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
1%synergy
Hunt for Specimens
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
22%synergy
Sign in Blood
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Containment Breach
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
18%synergy
Essence Pulse
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
15%synergy
Urborg Repossession
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
13%synergy
Pest Infestation
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Cram Session
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Shamanic Revelation
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Essence Infusion
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Witherbloom Command
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
13%synergy
Devouring Tendrils
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Scale the Heights
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
11%synergy
Field Trip
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Dig Up
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Commune with Beavers
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
11%synergy
Find // Finality
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Abundant Harvest
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Zof Consumption
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Victimize
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
-11%synergy
Adventurous Impulse
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Harmonize
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
0%synergy
Ecological Appreciation
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Bone Splinters
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Kodama's Reach
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-19%synergy
Healing Technique
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Environmental Sciences
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-7%synergy
Return from the Wilds
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
4%synergy
Maelstrom Pulse
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
0%synergy
Explosive Vegetation
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
4%synergy
Life // Death
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Basic Conjuration
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Casualties of War
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-5%synergy
Introduction to Annihilation
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Innocent Blood
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Bone Shards
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-2%synergy
Introduction to Prophecy
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Syphon Mind
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Verdant Mastery
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Reclaim the Wastes
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Well of Lost Dreams
28%inclusion14 decks50 decks
26%synergy
Fountain of Renewal
28%inclusion14 decks50 decks
27%synergy
Pestilent Cauldron
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
25%synergy
Tithing Blade
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
17%synergy
Staff of the Wild Magus
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Prism Ring
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Wurm's Tooth
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Sun Droplet
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Instrument of the Bards
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Demon's Horn
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Heaped Harvest
7.0%inclusion3 decks43 decks
2%synergy
The Last Ride
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
7%synergy
The Regalia
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Zephyr Boots
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Chalice of Life
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Revenge of Ravens
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
38%synergy
Retreat to Kazandu
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
32%synergy
Vampiric Rites
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
21%synergy
Gift of Paradise
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
21%synergy
Trudge Garden
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
20%synergy
Retreat to Hagra
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
16%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Greed
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Binding the Old Gods
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Ill-Gotten Inheritance
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
15%synergy
Blight Mound
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
13%synergy
Dogged Pursuit
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Necrogenesis
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Deathreap Ritual
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
0%synergy
Primeval Bounty
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
11%synergy
Stocking the Pantry
12%inclusion5 decks43 decks
10%synergy
Golgari Germination
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Sanguine Bond
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Fight Rigging
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Underworld Connections
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Deadbridge Chant
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Wild Growth
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
-2%synergy
Druid Class
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Utopia Sprawl
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-1%synergy
Ordeal of Nylea
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Hardened Scales
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-2%synergy
Colossal Majesty
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
The Binding of the Titans
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Radiant Fountain
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
38%synergy
Sapseep Forest
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
38%synergy
Grim Backwoods
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
13%synergy
Rogue's Passage
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
-8%synergy
Bojuka Bog
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
-32%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
0%synergy
Lair of the Hydra
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Access Tunnel
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
4%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
1%synergy
Desert of the Indomitable
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
The Biblioplex
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Gingerbread Cabin
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
0%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Pristine Talisman
54%inclusion27 decks50 decks
52%synergy
Sol Ring
42%inclusion21 decks50 decks
-38%synergy
Arcane Signet
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
-28%synergy
Golgari Signet
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Golgari Keyrune
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
13%synergy
Paradise Plume
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
11%synergy
Mind Stone
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Golgari Locket
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Letter of Acceptance
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Moss Diamond
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Golgari Cluestone
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion50 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Forest
100%inclusion50 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Jungle Hollow
68%inclusion34 decks50 decks
43%synergy
Command Tower
60%inclusion30 decks50 decks
-25%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
56%inclusion28 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Witherbloom Campus
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
37%synergy
Temple of Malady
36%inclusion18 decks50 decks
1%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
36%inclusion18 decks50 decks
26%synergy
Tainted Wood
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
-10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
32%inclusion16 decks50 decks
4%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
32%inclusion16 decks50 decks
27%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
-10%synergy
Haunted Mire
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
-32%synergy
Darkmoss Bridge
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
-9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
-4%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
-45%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
-7%synergy
Viridescent Bog
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Foul Orchard
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
-8%synergy
Blighted Woodland
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Ash Barrens
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Zof Consumption
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
1%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Festering Gulch
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
4%synergy
Khalni Ambush
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Archway Commons
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Woodland Chasm
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-2%synergy
Twilight Mire
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-29%synergy
Study Hall
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
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