Akroma, Angel of Fury (Commander)

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Josh Nelson
Aug 6, 2025
5 Magic Characters Who Deserved Better Story Treatment
For every Gerrard or Jace in the Magic story, there's also a Zagorka and a Feroz. Here are five characters who deserved better!
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Braid of Fire
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Chaos Warp
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Seething Song
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Swiftfoot Boots
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Vandalblast
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Solemn Simulacrum
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Faithless Looting
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Big Score
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Jeska's Will
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Gamble
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The One Ring
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Iron Myr
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Anger
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Burnished Hart
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Simian Spirit Guide
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Goldspan Dragon
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Inferno of the Star Mounts
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Inferno Titan
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Professional Face-Breaker
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Sunset Strikemaster
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Ancient Copper Dragon
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Tannuk, Steadfast Second
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Silent Arbiter
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Rabbit Battery
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Sunspine Lynx
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Godo, Bandit Warlord
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Imperial Recruiter
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Twinflame Tyrant
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Goblin Engineer
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Combat Celebrant
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Humble Defector
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Goblin Welder
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Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
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Birgi, God of Storytelling
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Ashling, Flame Dancer
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Dragonmaster Outcast
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Avatar of Fury
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Fear of Missing Out
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Hellkite Courser
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Pinnacle Monk
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Dauntless Scrapbot
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Pyrotechnic Performer
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Hellkite Tyrant
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Zuko, Firebending Master
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Unleash Fury
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Abrade
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Unexpected Windfall
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Thrill of Possibility
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Demand Answers
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Temur Battle Rage
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Bolt Bend
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Expose the Culprit
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Wild Magic Surge
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Pyroblast
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Reverberate
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Raking Claws
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Bulk Up
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Reiterate
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Magmaquake
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Fork
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Not of This World
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Flare of Duplication
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Wild Ricochet
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Soul's Fire
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Ricochet Trap
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Expedite
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Starstorm
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Comet Storm
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Price of Progress
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Rending Volley
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Fry
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Opera Love Song
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Great Train Heist
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Chandra's Ignition
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Seize the Day
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Chain Reaction
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Geosurge
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Tormenting Voice
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Rousing Refrain
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Nibelheim Aflame
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Earthquake
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Reforge the Soul
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Full Throttle
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Fury of the Horde
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Sundering Eruption
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Ruination
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Shattering Spree
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Rite of Flame
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World at War
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3%synergy
Isengard Unleashed
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4%synergy
Wild Guess
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3%synergy
Glimpse the Impossible
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Disrupt Decorum
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Banefire
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Crackle with Power
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Light Up the Stage
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Wayfarer's Bauble
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20%synergy
The Fire Crystal
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Basilisk Collar
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15%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
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15%synergy
Mithril Coat
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Commander's Plate
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8%synergy
Shadowspear
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13%synergy
Excalibur, Sword of Eden
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Fireshrieker
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16%synergy
Embercleave
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Endless Atlas
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10%synergy
Sword of Feast and Famine
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Voyager Staff
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Gauntlet of Might
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12%synergy
Hazoret's Monument
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3%synergy
The Reaver Cleaver
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Darksteel Plate
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Ring of Valkas
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Akroma's Memorial
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8%synergy
Doubling Cube
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8%synergy
Mind's Eye
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6%synergy
Sword of Forge and Frontier
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5%synergy
Loxodon Warhammer
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Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
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0%synergy
Hammer of Nazahn
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Helm of the Host
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Mask of Memory
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Conjurer's Closet
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2%synergy
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4%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
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-1%synergy
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Fiery Emancipation
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18%synergy
Blood Moon
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6%synergy
Gratuitous Violence
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21%synergy
Descent into Avernus
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8%synergy
Curse of Opulence
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7%synergy
Mana Flare
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13%synergy
City on Fire
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Count on Luck
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Aggravated Assault
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Claws of Valakut
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Bitter Reunion
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9%synergy
Smoke
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9%synergy
Blood Mist
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9%synergy
Rising of the Day
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1%synergy
Stranglehold
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5%synergy
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0%synergy
Shiny Impetus
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2%synergy
Dictate of the Twin Gods
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Fires of Invention
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Pain for All
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Firebender Ascension
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Furnace of Rath
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1%synergy
Price of Glory
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3%synergy
The Legend of Roku
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1%synergy
Spiteful Banditry
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0%synergy
Vessel of Volatility
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4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Koth of the Hammer
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20%synergy
Koth, Fire of Resistance
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Chandra, Torch of Defiance
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Jeska, Thrice Reborn
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War Room
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Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
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Arena of Glory
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Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
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Command Beacon
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Forgotten Cave
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Flamekin Village
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Urza's Saga
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Hall of the Bandit Lord
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Castle Embereth
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Inventors' Fair
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Strip Mine
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Great Furnace
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Smoldering Crater
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Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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Arcane Signet
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Caged Sun
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36%synergy
Fire Diamond
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17%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
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35%synergy
Mind Stone
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1%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
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Cursed Mirror
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Throne of Eldraine
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Gilded Lotus
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Thran Dynamo
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16%synergy
Glittering Stockpile
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Fellwar Stone
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Liquimetal Torque
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0%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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4%synergy
Heraldic Banner
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2%synergy
Thought Vessel
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-2%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
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6%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
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7%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
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1%synergy
Hedron Archive
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3%synergy
Worn Powerstone
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1%synergy
Mox Opal
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0%synergy
Lotus Bloom
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5%synergy
Pyromancer's Goggles
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Lands
Mountain
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-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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10%synergy
Valakut Awakening
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0%synergy
Snow-Covered Mountain
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8%synergy
Kazuul's Fury
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5%synergy
Sundering Eruption
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Shatterskull Smashing
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-3%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
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-6%synergy