Valentin, Dean of the Vein (Commander) - Expensive Lifegain
Valentin, Dean of the Vein
17 decks (0.000%)
Rank #1740
Sep 3, 2025
How to Build Golgari Without Being Golboring
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Deck Filters
Essence Warden
82% of 17 decks
+76% synergy
Prosperous Innkeeper
82% of 17 decks
+74% synergy
Sylvan Library
65% of 17 decks
+55% synergy
Scavenging Ooze
59% of 17 decks
+55% synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
59% of 17 decks
+54% synergy
Kami of Whispered Hopes
59% of 17 decks
+53% synergy
Spike Feeder
53% of 17 decks
+53% synergy
Mortality Spear
59% of 17 decks
+53% synergy
Gala Greeters
59% of 17 decks
+52% synergy
Beledros Witherbloom
59% of 17 decks
+51% synergy
Top Cards
Assassin's Trophy
82% of 17 decks
+38% synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
65% of 17 decks
+46% synergy
Deathrite Shaman
65% of 17 decks
+50% synergy
Pest Infestation
59% of 17 decks
+51% synergy
Toxic Deluge
59% of 17 decks
+38% synergy
Birds of Paradise
59% of 17 decks
+38% synergy
Blood Artist
53% of 17 decks
+33% synergy
Haywire Mite
53% of 17 decks
+36% synergy
Devoted Druid
53% of 17 decks
+48% synergy
Heroic Intervention
47% of 17 decks
+17% synergy
Game Changers
Necropotence
24% of 17 decks
+20% synergy
Bolas's Citadel
24% of 17 decks
+18% synergy
Ancient Tomb
24% of 17 decks
+18% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
24% of 17 decks
+12% synergy
Field of the Dead
18% of 17 decks
+13% synergy
Worldly Tutor
18% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
The One Ring
12% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Gaea's Cradle
12% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Mana Vault
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Imperial Seal
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Creatures
Disciple of Freyalise
50% of 14 decks
+42% synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
47% of 17 decks
+17% synergy
Evolution Witness
43% of 14 decks
+40% synergy
Basking Broodscale
43% of 14 decks
+42% synergy
Fetid Gargantua
43% of 14 decks
+43% synergy
Incubation Druid
41% of 17 decks
+39% synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
41% of 17 decks
+39% synergy
Llanowar Elves
41% of 17 decks
+8% synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
41% of 17 decks
+38% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
41% of 17 decks
+19% synergy
Tenured Inkcaster
41% of 17 decks
+41% synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
41% of 17 decks
+24% synergy
Elvish Mystic
35% of 17 decks
+9% synergy
Beast Whisperer
35% of 17 decks
+22% synergy
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
35% of 17 decks
+22% synergy
Veinwitch Coven
35% of 17 decks
+33% synergy
Deathgreeter
35% of 17 decks
+33% synergy
Ohran Frostfang
35% of 17 decks
+27% synergy
Winding Constrictor
35% of 17 decks
+29% synergy
Gyre Sage
35% of 17 decks
+33% synergy
Host of the Hereafter
33% of 3 decks
+31% synergy
Qarsi Revenant
33% of 3 decks
+31% synergy
Defiler of Vigor
29% of 17 decks
+28% synergy
Eternal Witness
29% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Courser of Kruphix
29% of 17 decks
+26% synergy
Spectrum Sentinel
29% of 17 decks
+29% synergy
Armorcraft Judge
29% of 17 decks
+29% synergy
Cursed Wombat
29% of 14 decks
+27% synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
24% of 17 decks
+22% synergy
Prize Pig
24% of 17 decks
+23% synergy
Dark Confidant
24% of 17 decks
+22% synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
24% of 17 decks
+19% synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
24% of 17 decks
+20% synergy
Tendershoot Dryad
24% of 17 decks
+18% synergy
Kodama of the West Tree
24% of 17 decks
+21% synergy
Starscape Cleric
23% of 13 decks
+21% synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
22% of 9 decks
+20% synergy
Boggart Trawler
21% of 14 decks
+18% synergy
Preacher of the Schism
19% of 16 decks
+19% synergy
Enduring Vitality
18% of 11 decks
+10% synergy
Benevolent Hydra
18% of 17 decks
+17% synergy
Herd Baloth
18% of 17 decks
+17% synergy
Wolverine Riders
18% of 17 decks
+12% synergy
Murderous Rider
18% of 17 decks
+17% synergy
Kazandu Nectarpot
18% of 17 decks
+16% synergy
Blossoming Bogbeast
18% of 17 decks
+16% synergy
Walking Ballista
18% of 17 decks
+16% synergy
Social Climber
18% of 17 decks
+17% synergy
Witch of the Moors
18% of 17 decks
+15% synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
18% of 17 decks
+17% synergy
Instants
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
47% of 17 decks
+39% synergy
Revitalizing Repast
43% of 14 decks
+24% synergy
Beast Within
35% of 17 decks
-2% synergy
Inspiring Call
35% of 17 decks
+31% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
35% of 17 decks
+25% synergy
Tear Asunder
29% of 17 decks
+15% synergy
Nature's Claim
29% of 17 decks
+19% synergy
Fell the Profane
29% of 14 decks
+20% synergy
Deadly Rollick
24% of 17 decks
+14% synergy
Tend the Pests
24% of 17 decks
+19% synergy
Archdruid's Charm
20% of 15 decks
+16% synergy
Hagra Mauling
18% of 17 decks
+16% synergy
Abrupt Decay
18% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Inscription of Abundance
18% of 17 decks
+16% synergy
Galadhrim Ambush
12% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Deadly Dispute
12% of 17 decks
-7% synergy
Dark Ritual
12% of 17 decks
-4% synergy
Verdant Command
12% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Putrefy
12% of 17 decks
-23% synergy
Nightmare's Thirst
12% of 17 decks
+12% synergy
Arachnogenesis
12% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Szat's Will
12% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Dismember
12% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
Withering Torment
9% of 11 decks
+6% synergy
Collective Resistance
7% of 14 decks
+2% synergy
Veil of Summer
6% of 17 decks
+0% synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Crop Rotation
6% of 17 decks
-3% synergy
Entomb
6% of 17 decks
-2% synergy
Return of the Wildspeaker
6% of 17 decks
-6% synergy
Go for the Throat
6% of 17 decks
+0% synergy
Imp's Mischief
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Snuff Out
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Village Rites
6% of 17 decks
-11% synergy
Khalni Ambush
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Krosan Grip
6% of 17 decks
-1% synergy
Cabal Ritual
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Force of Vigor
6% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Roiling Regrowth
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Chord of Calling
6% of 17 decks
+1% synergy
Infuse with Vitality
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Silkguard
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Harrow
6% of 17 decks
-4% synergy
Entish Restoration
6% of 17 decks
-0% synergy
Deathsprout
6% of 17 decks
-1% synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
6% of 17 decks
-3% synergy
Noxious Grasp
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Curtains' Call
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Pulse of Murasa
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Windgrace's Judgment
6% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Sorceries
Nature's Lore
47% of 17 decks
+21% synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
47% of 17 decks
+35% synergy
Three Visits
41% of 17 decks
+22% synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
35% of 17 decks
+32% synergy
Night's Whisper
35% of 17 decks
+27% synergy
Cultivate
35% of 17 decks
-6% synergy
Reanimate
35% of 17 decks
+17% synergy
Shamanic Revelation
29% of 17 decks
+18% synergy
Essence Pulse
24% of 17 decks
+22% synergy
Turntimber Symbiosis
24% of 17 decks
+22% synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
21% of 14 decks
+17% synergy
Culling Ritual
18% of 17 decks
-3% synergy
Exsanguinate
18% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Demonic Tutor
18% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Sign in Blood
18% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
Damnation
18% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
Grim Tutor
18% of 17 decks
+14% synergy
Wear Down
15% of 13 decks
+13% synergy
Diabolic Intent
12% of 17 decks
+1% synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
12% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Kodama's Reach
12% of 17 decks
-14% synergy
Skyshroud Claim
12% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Farseek
12% of 17 decks
-6% synergy
Feed the Swarm
12% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Deadly Brew
12% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Viewpoint Synchronization
7% of 14 decks
+6% synergy
Pillage the Bog
7% of 14 decks
+6% synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7% of 14 decks
+5% synergy
Terror Tide
6% of 16 decks
+4% synergy
Squirming Emergence
6% of 16 decks
+1% synergy
Containment Breach
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Scale the Heights
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Threats Undetected
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Profane Tutor
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Fungal Sprouting
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Persist
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
6% of 17 decks
-8% synergy
Awaken the Woods
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Hunt for Specimens
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Beacon of Creation
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Read the Bones
6% of 17 decks
-1% synergy
Nissa's Expedition
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Finale of Devastation
6% of 17 decks
-0% synergy
Scheming Symmetry
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Witherbloom Command
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Buried Alive
6% of 17 decks
-2% synergy
Natural Order
6% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Gix's Command
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Maelstrom Pulse
6% of 17 decks
+0% synergy
Rishkar's Expertise
6% of 17 decks
-1% synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Great Henge
47% of 17 decks
+41% synergy
The Ozolith
29% of 17 decks
+25% synergy
Whip of Erebos
29% of 17 decks
+24% synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
29% of 17 decks
+27% synergy
Lightning Greaves
29% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
24% of 17 decks
+19% synergy
Ashnod's Altar
24% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Skullclamp
24% of 17 decks
-8% synergy
Sun Droplet
18% of 17 decks
+17% synergy
Bow of Nylea
18% of 17 decks
+14% synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
18% of 17 decks
+16% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
18% of 17 decks
-7% synergy
Wurm's Tooth
12% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Tablet of the Guilds
12% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Shadowspear
12% of 17 decks
+9% synergy
Phyrexian Altar
12% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Heaped Harvest
8% of 13 decks
+3% synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Relic of Progenitus
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Staff of the Wild Magus
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Pestilent Cauldron
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Perilous Vault
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Viridian Longbow
6% of 17 decks
+1% synergy
Bontu's Monument
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
The Skullspore Nexus
6% of 17 decks
+1% synergy
Rings of Brighthearth
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Jet Medallion
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Agatha's Soul Cauldron
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Emerald Medallion
6% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Staff of Domination
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Conduit of Worlds
6% of 17 decks
-2% synergy
Basilisk Collar
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Enchantments
Black Market Connections
41% of 17 decks
+33% synergy
Hardened Scales
35% of 17 decks
+27% synergy
Lifegift
35% of 17 decks
+35% synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
29% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Tribute to the World Tree
24% of 17 decks
+19% synergy
Trudge Garden
24% of 17 decks
+22% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
24% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
18% of 17 decks
+9% synergy
Parallel Lives
18% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Powerleech
18% of 17 decks
+18% synergy
Virtue of Persistence
18% of 17 decks
+15% synergy
Well Rested
13% of 15 decks
+13% synergy
Court of Garenbrig
12% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
Guardian Project
12% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Pernicious Deed
12% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
12% of 17 decks
+9% synergy
Grave Pact
12% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Wild Growth
12% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Sanguine Bond
12% of 17 decks
+8% synergy
Retreat to Hagra
12% of 17 decks
+8% synergy
Dictate of Erebos
12% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Exquisite Blood
12% of 17 decks
+8% synergy
Call of the Ring
12% of 17 decks
+9% synergy
Blight Mound
12% of 17 decks
+9% synergy
Revenge of Ravens
12% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
9% of 11 decks
+9% synergy
Stocking the Pantry
8% of 13 decks
+6% synergy
Innkeeper's Talent
8% of 13 decks
+3% synergy
Gourmand's Talent
8% of 13 decks
+5% synergy
Ripples of Undeath
7% of 14 decks
-1% synergy
Quest for the Necropolis
7% of 14 decks
+7% synergy
Insidious Roots
7% of 15 decks
-6% synergy
Promise of Aclazotz
6% of 16 decks
+6% synergy
One with the Kami
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Utopia Sprawl
6% of 17 decks
-1% synergy
Doubling Season
6% of 17 decks
-10% synergy
Cryptolith Rite
6% of 17 decks
+1% synergy
Exploration
6% of 17 decks
+1% synergy
Black Market
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Roots of Life
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Root Maze
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Carpet of Flowers
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Grim Feast
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Earthcraft
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Retribution of the Ancients
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Sylvan Anthem
6% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Necromancy
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Wilderness Reclamation
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Lich's Mastery
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Battles
Invasion of Ikoria
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Planeswalkers
Vraska, Golgari Queen
18% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
12% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Grist, the Hunger Tide
6% of 17 decks
-4% synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Lolth, Spider Queen
6% of 17 decks
+1% synergy
Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
6% of 17 decks
-1% synergy
Utility Lands
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
65% of 17 decks
+37% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
65% of 17 decks
+42% synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
53% of 17 decks
+35% synergy
Radiant Fountain
47% of 17 decks
+45% synergy
High Market
47% of 17 decks
+38% synergy
Sapseep Forest
47% of 17 decks
+45% synergy
Bojuka Bog
41% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
35% of 17 decks
+23% synergy
Kishla Village
33% of 3 decks
+31% synergy
Great Arashin City
33% of 3 decks
+33% synergy
Witch's Clinic
29% of 17 decks
+27% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
29% of 17 decks
+15% synergy
Dryad Arbor
24% of 17 decks
+14% synergy
Shifting Woodland
21% of 14 decks
+11% synergy
Seraph Sanctuary
18% of 17 decks
+18% synergy
Cabal Coffers
18% of 17 decks
+8% synergy
Castle Locthwain
18% of 17 decks
+14% synergy
Westvale Abbey
12% of 17 decks
+9% synergy
Mosswort Bridge
12% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Reliquary Tower
12% of 17 decks
-11% synergy
Strip Mine
12% of 17 decks
+9% synergy
Rogue's Passage
12% of 17 decks
-12% synergy
Gingerbread Cabin
12% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Spymaster's Vault
7% of 14 decks
+3% synergy
Diamond City
7% of 15 decks
+6% synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6% of 17 decks
+0% synergy
Wasteland
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Roadside Reliquary
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Vesuva
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Blinkmoth Nexus
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Urza's Saga
6% of 17 decks
+1% synergy
Centaur Garden
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Scavenger Grounds
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Grim Backwoods
6% of 17 decks
-7% synergy
Inkmoth Nexus
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
War Room
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Emergence Zone
6% of 17 decks
+4% synergy
Restless Cottage
6% of 17 decks
-4% synergy
Command Beacon
6% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Inventors' Fair
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Cabal Pit
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Glimmerpost
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
The Shire
6% of 17 decks
-4% synergy
Springjack Pasture
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Homeward Path
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Castle Garenbrig
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
6% of 17 decks
-4% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
71% of 17 decks
-10% synergy
Arcane Signet
47% of 17 decks
-15% synergy
Pristine Talisman
41% of 17 decks
+39% synergy
Staff of Compleation
12% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Lotus Petal
12% of 17 decks
+8% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
12% of 17 decks
-13% synergy
Mox Amber
12% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Golgari Signet
6% of 17 decks
-22% synergy
Basalt Monolith
6% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Fellwar Stone
6% of 17 decks
+1% synergy
Gilded Lotus
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Thran Dynamo
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Mind Stone
6% of 17 decks
-0% synergy
Mox Opal
6% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Chrome Mox
6% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100% of 17 decks
+14% synergy
Swamp
100% of 17 decks
+3% synergy
Overgrown Tomb
100% of 17 decks
+55% synergy
Forest
100% of 17 decks
+2% synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
88% of 17 decks
+49% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
82% of 17 decks
+53% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
65% of 17 decks
+13% synergy
Nurturing Peatland
53% of 17 decks
+40% synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
50% of 14 decks
+42% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
47% of 17 decks
-13% synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
47% of 17 decks
+35% synergy
Revitalizing Repast
43% of 14 decks
+24% synergy
Darkbore Pathway
41% of 17 decks
+21% synergy
Bayou
41% of 17 decks
+30% synergy
Twilight Mire
41% of 17 decks
+8% synergy
Wastewood Verge
40% of 5 decks
+25% synergy
Riveteers Overlook
35% of 17 decks
+31% synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
35% of 17 decks
+32% synergy
Jungle Hollow
35% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
35% of 17 decks
+25% synergy
Deathcap Glade
35% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Underground Mortuary
33% of 15 decks
+13% synergy
Prismatic Vista
29% of 17 decks
+23% synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
29% of 17 decks
-6% synergy
Fell the Profane
29% of 14 decks
+20% synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
24% of 17 decks
-19% synergy
Turntimber Symbiosis
24% of 17 decks
+22% synergy
City of Brass
24% of 17 decks
+20% synergy
Tainted Wood
24% of 17 decks
-20% synergy
Boggart Trawler
21% of 14 decks
+18% synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
21% of 14 decks
+20% synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
21% of 14 decks
+17% synergy
Hagra Mauling
18% of 17 decks
+16% synergy
Misty Rainforest
18% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Marsh Flats
18% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Polluted Delta
18% of 17 decks
+12% synergy
Viridescent Bog
13% of 15 decks
-7% synergy
Fabled Passage
12% of 17 decks
-1% synergy
Exotic Orchard
12% of 17 decks
-15% synergy
Windswept Heath
12% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Tangled Florahedron
12% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
Snow-Covered Forest
12% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Cabaretti Courtyard
12% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Wooded Foothills
12% of 17 decks
+5% synergy
Plaza of Heroes
12% of 17 decks
+10% synergy
Brokers Hideout
12% of 17 decks
+11% synergy
Mana Confluence
12% of 17 decks
+9% synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
12% of 17 decks
+7% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
12% of 17 decks
+6% synergy
Urza's Cave
7% of 14 decks
+5% synergy