Valentin, Dean of the Vein (Commander) - Expensive

Valentin, Dean of the Vein
49 decks (0.001%) Rank #1738
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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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MTGStocks
Festering Thicket
20% of 5 decks +15% synergy
High Synergy Cards
Essence Warden
59% of 49 decks +53% synergy
Deathrite Shaman
63% of 49 decks +49% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
71% of 49 decks +48% synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
65% of 49 decks +47% synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
65% of 49 decks +38% synergy
Veil of Summer
43% of 49 decks +37% synergy
Prosperous Innkeeper
43% of 49 decks +35% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
43% of 49 decks +31% synergy
Dark Ritual
47% of 49 decks +31% synergy
Birds of Paradise
51% of 49 decks +30% synergy
Top Cards
Assassin's Trophy
63% of 49 decks +19% synergy
Nature's Lore
47% of 49 decks +21% synergy
Toxic Deluge
45% of 49 decks +24% synergy
Eternal Witness
41% of 49 decks +15% synergy
Reanimate
41% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Beast Within
41% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Three Visits
41% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
39% of 49 decks +20% synergy
Llanowar Elves
37% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Gala Greeters
37% of 49 decks +30% synergy
Game Changers
Vampiric Tutor
59% of 49 decks +48% synergy
Demonic Tutor
55% of 49 decks +39% synergy
Imperial Seal
39% of 49 decks +36% synergy
Worldly Tutor
39% of 49 decks +28% synergy
Gaea's Cradle
37% of 49 decks +32% synergy
Ancient Tomb
31% of 49 decks +25% synergy
Necropotence
29% of 49 decks +25% synergy
Crop Rotation
29% of 49 decks +20% synergy
Chrome Mox
24% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
20% of 49 decks +16% synergy
Creatures
Blood Artist
37% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Haywire Mite
37% of 49 decks +20% synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
35% of 49 decks +30% synergy
Beledros Witherbloom
35% of 49 decks +27% synergy
Elvish Mystic
35% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
33% of 49 decks +16% synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
33% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Witherbloom Apprentice
31% of 49 decks +27% synergy
Kami of Whispered Hopes
31% of 49 decks +25% synergy
Spike Feeder
29% of 49 decks +28% synergy
Scavenging Ooze
29% of 49 decks +24% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
29% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Incubation Druid
24% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
24% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Viscera Seer
24% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
22% of 49 decks +19% synergy
Social Climber
22% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Arbor Elf
20% of 49 decks +13% synergy
Deathgreeter
20% of 49 decks +18% synergy
Evolution Witness
19% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Delighted Halfling
18% of 49 decks +11% synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
18% of 49 decks +16% synergy
Winding Constrictor
18% of 49 decks +12% synergy
Devoted Druid
18% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Allosaurus Shepherd
16% of 49 decks +11% synergy
Opposition Agent
16% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
16% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Basking Broodscale
16% of 37 decks +15% synergy
Armorcraft Judge
14% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Witch of the Moors
14% of 49 decks +12% synergy
Spore Frog
14% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Beast Whisperer
14% of 49 decks +1% synergy
Tenured Inkcaster
14% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Warren Soultrader
14% of 37 decks +3% synergy
Caustic Caterpillar
12% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
12% of 49 decks +12% synergy
Corpsejack Menace
12% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Spectrum Sentinel
12% of 49 decks +11% synergy
Gyre Sage
12% of 49 decks +10% synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
12% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Carrion Feeder
12% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Honest Rutstein
12% of 42 decks +1% synergy
Cursed Wombat
11% of 37 decks +9% synergy
Blossoming Bogbeast
10% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
10% of 49 decks +9% synergy
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
10% of 49 decks -3% synergy
Veinwitch Coven
10% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Elvish Spirit Guide
10% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
10% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Kodama of the West Tree
10% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Instants
Revitalizing Repast
35% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Deadly Rollick
35% of 49 decks +25% synergy
Abrupt Decay
33% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
31% of 49 decks +21% synergy
Village Rites
29% of 49 decks +11% synergy
Mortality Spear
27% of 49 decks +20% synergy
Nature's Claim
24% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Culling the Weak
24% of 49 decks +21% synergy
Cabal Ritual
24% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
22% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Entomb
22% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Heroic Intervention
22% of 49 decks -7% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
16% of 49 decks +9% synergy
Tear Asunder
16% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Fell the Profane
16% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Autumn's Veil
14% of 49 decks +12% synergy
Chord of Calling
14% of 49 decks +9% synergy
Noxious Revival
14% of 49 decks +9% synergy
Inspiring Call
14% of 49 decks +10% synergy
Archdruid's Charm
13% of 45 decks +9% synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
12% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Legolas's Quick Reflexes
12% of 49 decks +10% synergy
Tend the Pests
12% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Golgari Charm
12% of 49 decks -5% synergy
Fog
10% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Putrefy
10% of 49 decks -25% synergy
Dismember
10% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Seedtime
10% of 49 decks +10% synergy
Deadly Dispute
10% of 49 decks -9% synergy
Infernal Grasp
10% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Tainted Pact
8% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Darkness
8% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Ad Nauseam
8% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Fatal Push
8% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Go for the Throat
8% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Soul Shatter
8% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Gift of the Viper
8% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Force of Vigor
6% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Inscription of Abundance
6% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Defile
6% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Summoner's Pact
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Shallow Grave
6% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Saw in Half
6% of 49 decks -1% synergy
Tragic Slip
6% of 49 decks +1% synergy
Krosan Grip
6% of 49 decks -1% synergy
Collective Resistance
5% of 37 decks +0% synergy
Eldritch Immunity
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Null Elemental Blast
5% of 38 decks +5% synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Intent
35% of 49 decks +24% synergy
Cultivate
35% of 49 decks -6% synergy
Culling Ritual
29% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
29% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Chain of Smog
27% of 49 decks +24% synergy
Pest Infestation
24% of 49 decks +16% synergy
Grim Tutor
22% of 49 decks +19% synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
20% of 49 decks +15% synergy
Kodama's Reach
20% of 49 decks -5% synergy
Finale of Devastation
20% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
20% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Beseech the Mirror
18% of 49 decks +16% synergy
Eldritch Evolution
18% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Farseek
18% of 49 decks +0% synergy
Night's Whisper
14% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Rampant Growth
14% of 49 decks -21% synergy
Damnation
12% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Deadly Brew
12% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Skyshroud Claim
10% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Shamanic Revelation
10% of 49 decks -1% synergy
Peer into the Abyss
10% of 49 decks +9% synergy
Unearth
10% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Feed the Swarm
10% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Sign in Blood
10% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Exsanguinate
8% of 49 decks +1% synergy
Natural Order
8% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Sylvan Tutor
8% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Life from the Loam
8% of 49 decks +0% synergy
Glimpse of Nature
8% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7% of 41 decks +5% synergy
Essence Pulse
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Witherbloom Command
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Decree of Pain
6% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Thirsting Roots
6% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Bushwhack
6% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Worthy Cost
5% of 19 decks +4% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
31% of 49 decks -0% synergy
Ashnod's Altar
27% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
22% of 49 decks +21% synergy
The Ozolith
20% of 49 decks +16% synergy
The Great Henge
20% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Bolas's Citadel
16% of 49 decks +11% synergy
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
16% of 49 decks +12% synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
16% of 49 decks +14% synergy
The One Ring
12% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
12% of 49 decks +10% synergy
Phyrexian Altar
12% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Whip of Erebos
10% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Agatha's Soul Cauldron
10% of 49 decks +9% synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
10% of 49 decks +9% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10% of 49 decks -15% synergy
Excalibur II
10% of 10 decks +10% synergy
Defense Grid
8% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Bag of Holding
8% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Vorpal Sword
8% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Shadowspear
8% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Lightning Greaves
8% of 49 decks -14% synergy
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
6% of 47 decks +4% synergy
Fountain of Renewal
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Glass-Cast Heart
6% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Tablet of the Guilds
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Vexing Bauble
5% of 37 decks +5% synergy
Enchantments
Sylvan Library
33% of 49 decks +23% synergy
Black Market Connections
31% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Utopia Sprawl
29% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Wild Growth
27% of 49 decks +16% synergy
Hardened Scales
24% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Carpet of Flowers
20% of 49 decks +18% synergy
Doubling Season
18% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
18% of 49 decks -6% synergy
Parallel Lives
18% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Survival of the Fittest
16% of 49 decks +14% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
16% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
16% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Tortured Existence
16% of 49 decks +15% synergy
Insidious Roots
16% of 45 decks +3% synergy
Exquisite Blood
14% of 49 decks +11% synergy
Bitterblossom
10% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Cryptolith Rite
10% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
10% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Tribute to the World Tree
10% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Trudge Garden
10% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Guardian Project
10% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Lifegift
10% of 49 decks +10% synergy
Gourmand's Talent
9% of 35 decks +5% synergy
Grave Pact
8% of 49 decks -0% synergy
Dictate of Erebos
8% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Branching Evolution
8% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Exploration
8% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Blight Mound
8% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Druid Class
8% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Necrodominance
8% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Journey to Eternity
6% of 49 decks -0% synergy
Rancor
6% of 49 decks +0% synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Black Market
6% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Sixth Sense
6% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Earthcraft
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Viridian Revel
6% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Defense of the Heart
6% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Sanguine Bond
6% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Battles
Invasion of Ikoria
8% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Planeswalkers
Grist, the Hunger Tide
16% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Vraska, Golgari Queen
10% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
8% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Lolth, Spider Queen
8% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Professor Onyx
8% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
8% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
8% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
51% of 49 decks +11% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
43% of 49 decks +28% synergy
Cabal Coffers
35% of 49 decks +25% synergy
High Market
27% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Dryad Arbor
24% of 49 decks +15% synergy
Shifting Woodland
24% of 37 decks +14% synergy
Reliquary Tower
22% of 49 decks -1% synergy
Radiant Fountain
20% of 49 decks +18% synergy
Sapseep Forest
18% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Emergence Zone
16% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Field of the Dead
12% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Westvale Abbey
10% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Rogue's Passage
10% of 49 decks -14% synergy
Witch's Clinic
10% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Urza's Saga
10% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Restless Cottage
10% of 49 decks +0% synergy
Great Arashin City
10% of 20 decks +9% synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
10% of 10 decks +6% synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
8% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Karn's Bastion
8% of 49 decks +2% synergy
Castle Locthwain
8% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Witch's Cottage
8% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Spymaster's Vault
8% of 37 decks +4% synergy
Adventurer's Inn
7% of 14 decks +6% synergy
Zanarkand, Ancient Metropolis
7% of 14 decks +6% synergy
Vesuva
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
6% of 49 decks +4% synergy
City of Traitors
6% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Wasteland
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Mortuary Mire
6% of 49 decks +1% synergy
The Shire
6% of 49 decks -3% synergy
Strip Mine
6% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Gingerbread Cabin
6% of 49 decks -0% synergy
Kishla Village
5% of 20 decks +3% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
82% of 49 decks +1% synergy
Arcane Signet
57% of 49 decks -5% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
29% of 49 decks +4% synergy
Lotus Petal
27% of 49 decks +23% synergy
Mox Amber
20% of 49 decks +19% synergy
Pristine Talisman
18% of 49 decks +16% synergy
Golgari Signet
18% of 49 decks -10% synergy
Fellwar Stone
18% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Springleaf Drum
16% of 49 decks +16% synergy
Mox Opal
16% of 49 decks +15% synergy
Mana Crypt
16% of 49 decks +14% synergy
Mana Vault
14% of 49 decks +12% synergy
Mox Diamond
10% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Grim Monolith
8% of 49 decks +8% synergy
Thought Vessel
6% of 49 decks -0% synergy
Paradise Mantle
6% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
6% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Lands
Command Tower
92% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Overgrown Tomb
88% of 49 decks +43% synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
86% of 49 decks +46% synergy
Forest
86% of 49 decks -12% synergy
Swamp
84% of 49 decks -13% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
82% of 49 decks +52% synergy
Bayou
67% of 49 decks +56% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
55% of 49 decks -5% synergy
Darkbore Pathway
55% of 49 decks +35% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
49% of 49 decks -3% synergy
Misty Rainforest
39% of 49 decks +32% synergy
Twilight Mire
39% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Underground Mortuary
38% of 45 decks +17% synergy
Nurturing Peatland
37% of 49 decks +24% synergy
Deathcap Glade
37% of 49 decks +7% synergy
Revitalizing Repast
35% of 37 decks +16% synergy
Marsh Flats
33% of 49 decks +26% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
31% of 49 decks +21% synergy
Windswept Heath
29% of 49 decks +21% synergy
Polluted Delta
29% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
29% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
29% of 49 decks +24% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
29% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Prismatic Vista
27% of 49 decks +21% synergy
Wooded Foothills
27% of 49 decks +20% synergy
Tainted Wood
27% of 49 decks -17% synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
27% of 49 decks -9% synergy
Snow-Covered Forest
27% of 49 decks +22% synergy
Wastewood Verge
25% of 24 decks +10% synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
24% of 49 decks -18% synergy
Exotic Orchard
22% of 49 decks -5% synergy
City of Brass
20% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Gemstone Caverns
20% of 49 decks +18% synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
20% of 49 decks +17% synergy
Jungle Hollow
18% of 49 decks -6% synergy
Haunted Mire
18% of 49 decks +1% synergy
Mana Confluence
16% of 49 decks +13% synergy
Fell the Profane
16% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
16% of 37 decks +8% synergy
Woodland Chasm
14% of 49 decks +6% synergy
Viridescent Bog
14% of 42 decks -6% synergy
Fabled Passage
10% of 49 decks -3% synergy
Blooming Marsh
10% of 49 decks -3% synergy
Temple of Malady
10% of 49 decks -25% synergy
Myriad Landscape
10% of 49 decks -7% synergy
Crossroads Village
10% of 10 decks +9% synergy
Riveteers Overlook
8% of 49 decks +3% synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
8% of 37 decks +7% synergy
Tangled Florahedron
6% of 49 decks +5% synergy
Path of Ancestry
6% of 49 decks -16% synergy