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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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Essence Warden
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
62%synergy
Prosperous Innkeeper
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
56%synergy
Scavenging Ooze
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
55%synergy
Kami of Whispered Hopes
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
54%synergy
Sapseep Forest
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
48%synergy
Pest Infestation
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
46%synergy
Mortality Spear
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
44%synergy
Gala Greeters
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
44%synergy
Beledros Witherbloom
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
42%synergy
Inspiring Call
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
41%synergy
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Assassin's Trophy
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Deathrite Shaman
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
36%synergy
Heroic Intervention
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Hardened Scales
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
37%synergy
Toxic Deluge
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Tenured Inkcaster
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
41%synergy
Cultivate
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
33%synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
32%synergy
Blossoming Bogbeast
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
34%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Ad Nauseam
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Worldly Tutor
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Necropotence
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
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Disciple of Freyalise
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
33%synergy
Spike Feeder
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
36%synergy
Birds of Paradise
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
33%synergy
Basking Broodscale
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
35%synergy
Evolution Witness
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
29%synergy
Blood Artist
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Social Climber
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
31%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Courser of Kruphix
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Haywire Mite
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Herd Baloth
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Kazandu Nectarpot
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Beast Whisperer
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Fanatic of Rhonas
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Twilight Prophet
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Devoted Druid
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Winding Constrictor
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Armorcraft Judge
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Incubation Druid
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Mosswood Dreadknight
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Llanowar Elves
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-14%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Fetid Gargantua
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Kodama of the West Tree
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Cankerbloom
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Starscape Cleric
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Deathgreeter
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Champion of Lambholt
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Jaddi Offshoot
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Defiler of Vigor
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Elvish Mystic
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-13%synergy
Witherbloom Apprentice
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Witch of the Moors
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Spectrum Sentinel
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Callous Bloodmage
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Professor of Zoomancy
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Accomplished Alchemist
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Blood Researcher
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Augur of Autumn
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Revitalizing Repast
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Tend the Pests
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
32%synergy
Return of the Wildspeaker
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Tear Asunder
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Golgari Charm
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Atomize
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Infuse with Vitality
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Beast Within
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-19%synergy
Putrefy
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-17%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Pulse of Murasa
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Smuggler's Surprise
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Silkguard
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Inscription of Abundance
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Collective Resistance
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Astarion's Thirst
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Abrupt Decay
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Weather the Storm
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Hatred
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Nature's Claim
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Deathsprout
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Gift of the Viper
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Nightmare's Thirst
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Village Rites
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-8%synergy
Khalni Ambush
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Krosan Grip
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Tyvar's Stand
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Windgrace's Judgment
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Verdant Command
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Tifa's Limit Break
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
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Nature's Lore
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Rishkar's Expertise
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
25%synergy
Night's Whisper
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Culling Ritual
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Deadly Brew
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Shamanic Revelation
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Three Visits
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Essence Pulse
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Kodama's Reach
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Exsanguinate
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Rampant Growth
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-16%synergy
Sign in Blood
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Pest Summoning
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Containment Breach
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Find // Finality
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Read the Bones
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Dig Up
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Harmonize
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Vat Emergence
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Mandate of Abaddon
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Maelstrom Pulse
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Living Death
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Farseek
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-9%synergy
Damnation
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Drown in Ichor
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Deadly Tempest
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Yuna's Decision
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
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Aetherflux Reservoir
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
30%synergy
Bow of Nylea
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
The Great Henge
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Tablet of the Guilds
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Lightning Greaves
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Skullclamp
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-13%synergy
The Earth Crystal
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Whip of Erebos
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Pestilent Cauldron
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Cosmos Elixir
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Fountain of Renewal
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-11%synergy
Umezawa's Jitte
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Emerald Medallion
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Demon's Horn
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
28%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Black Market Connections
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
19%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Exquisite Blood
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Branching Evolution
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Binding the Old Gods
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Vraska Joins Up
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Well Rested
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Trudge Garden
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Terrasymbiosis
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Season of Growth
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Court of Garenbrig
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Nature's Will
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Sylvan Library
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Blight Mound
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Druid Class
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Tribute to the World Tree
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Meltstrider's Resolve
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Hollowmurk Siege
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
7%synergy
Loading Zone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Utopia Sprawl
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Strong Back
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Sixth Sense
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Retreat to Kazandu
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Gift of Paradise
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Bear Umbra
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Alpha Authority
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Canopy Cover
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Wild Growth
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Powerleech
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Rancor
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Lion Umbra
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Call of the Ring
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Deathreap Ritual
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Lifegift
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Fertile Ground
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Audacity
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Ancestral Mask
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
One with Nature
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Predatory Hunger
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Ordeal of Nylea
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Vampiric Rites
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Snake Umbra
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Enchantress's Presence
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Keen Sense
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Innkeeper's Talent
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Vraska, Golgari Queen
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Professor Onyx
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
High Market
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
23%synergy
Radiant Fountain
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
25%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Castle Locthwain
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Rogue's Passage
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
War Room
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-5%synergy
Temple of the False God
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Witch's Clinic
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Karn's Bastion
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-9%synergy
Castle Garenbrig
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
The Shire
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Pit of Offerings
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Memorial to Folly
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Mortuary Mire
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Restless Cottage
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Tranquil Thicket
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Gingerbread Cabin
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Khalni Garden
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Dryad Arbor
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
77%inclusion17 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Arcane Signet
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
-12%synergy
Pristine Talisman
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
34%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Golgari Signet
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-5%synergy
Herd Heirloom
18%inclusion3 decks17 decks
15%synergy
Lands
Swamp
95%inclusion21 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Forest
95%inclusion21 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion19 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
82%inclusion18 decks22 decks
30%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Tainted Wood
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Jungle Hollow
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
33%synergy
Exotic Orchard
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
-9%synergy
Deathcap Glade
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Twilight Mire
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
23%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Path of Ancestry
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Viridescent Bog
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Temple of Malady
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-17%synergy
Wastewood Verge
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Witherbloom Campus
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Fabled Passage
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Tangled Florahedron
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Snow-Covered Forest
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Grove
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Opal Palace
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Haunted Mire
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-8%synergy
Khalni Ambush
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Woodland Chasm
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
City of Brass
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Vernal Fen
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
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