Anowon, the Ruin Thief (Commander) - Budget Theft

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Sep 18, 2025
How To Play Vampires Differently in Commander
If you want to play a Vampire deck but are concerned that it'll be the same as every other Vampire deck, this is the article for you.
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Moxfield
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Invisible Stalker
100%inclusion13 decks13 decks
93%synergy
Frogtosser Banneret
92%inclusion12 decks13 decks
90%synergy
Merfolk Windrobber
92%inclusion12 decks13 decks
90%synergy
Soaring Thought-Thief
92%inclusion12 decks13 decks
90%synergy
Oona's Blackguard
92%inclusion12 decks13 decks
87%synergy
Sure-Footed Infiltrator
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
84%synergy
Enigma Thief
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
83%synergy
Stinkdrinker Bandit
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
83%synergy
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
81%synergy
Sygg, River Cutthroat
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
80%synergy
Top Cards
Slither Blade
92%inclusion12 decks13 decks
80%synergy
Triton Shorestalker
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
74%synergy
Consuming Aberration
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
70%synergy
Notorious Throng
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
79%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
77%inclusion10 decks13 decks
64%synergy
Zareth San, the Trickster
77%inclusion10 decks13 decks
74%synergy
Changeling Outcast
77%inclusion10 decks13 decks
57%synergy
Extract from Darkness
77%inclusion10 decks13 decks
69%synergy
Marang River Prowler
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
68%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
65%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
77%inclusion10 decks13 decks
65%synergy
Creatures
Krydle of Baldur's Gate
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
66%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
65%synergy
Thieves' Guild Enforcer
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
67%synergy
Oona, Queen of the Fae
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
57%synergy
Whirler Rogue
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
60%synergy
Faerie Vandal
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
58%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
52%synergy
Nighthowler
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
48%synergy
Master Thief
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
53%synergy
Latchkey Faerie
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
45%synergy
Nightveil Sprite
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
41%synergy
Looter il-Kor
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
44%synergy
Thieving Skydiver
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
43%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
36%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
37%synergy
Ghostly Pilferer
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
35%synergy
Shoreline Looter
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
33%synergy
Marsh Flitter
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Scourge of Fleets
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
28%synergy
Mercurial Spelldancer
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
29%synergy
Prosperous Thief
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
19%synergy
Locke Cole
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Alora, Merry Thief
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
22%synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Azure Beastbinder
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Black Cat, Cunning Thief
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Vedalken Infiltrator
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Halo Forager
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Shadow Stinger
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Nimana Skydancer
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Shadow Alley Denizen
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Rilsa Rael, Kingpin
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Silver-Fur Master
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Deathcult Rogue
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Illvoi Infiltrator
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Ravine Raider
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Nightwhorl Hermit
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Emrakul's Messenger
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Orochi Soul-Reaver
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Marauding Sphinx
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Nimble Brigand
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Smirking Spelljacker
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Blood Hustler
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Aetherize
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
59%synergy
Murder
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
62%synergy
Soul Manipulation
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
59%synergy
Price of Fame
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
56%synergy
Fated Return
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
45%synergy
Drown in the Loch
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
27%synergy
Silumgar's Command
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
37%synergy
Spinal Embrace
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Thought Collapse
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
28%synergy
Negate
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-9%synergy
Fact or Fiction
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Anticognition
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
23%synergy
Counterspell
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-33%synergy
Waste Management
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Infernal Grasp
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Take the Fall
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
See Double
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Psychic Strike
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-9%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Derision
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-27%synergy
Reality Shift
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-6%synergy
Resculpt
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
1%synergy
Spell Swindle
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Thought Scour
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
1%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Denial
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-18%synergy
Baleful Mastery
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Siphon Insight
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Glacial Grasp
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Desertion
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Sorceries
Distant Melody
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
49%synergy
Open into Wonder
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
60%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
49%synergy
Stolen Identity
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
44%synergy
Singularity Rupture
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Endless Obedience
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
38%synergy
Necromantic Selection
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
35%synergy
Rise from the Grave
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Feed the Swarm
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
-5%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Crippling Fear
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Back in Town
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
15%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Enter the Enigma
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
6%synergy
Petty Larceny
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Heist
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Windfall
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-6%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Tormented Thoughts
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Eldritch Pact
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Necromantic Summons
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Predators' Hour
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Cut Your Losses
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Covetous Urge
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Midnight Recovery
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Rogues' Gallery
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Stolen Goods
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Talent of the Telepath
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Pilfered Plans
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Extract Brain
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Rags // Riches
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Machinations
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Traumatize
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Heirloom Blade
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
61%synergy
Whispersteel Dagger
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
53%synergy
Obelisk of Urd
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
53%synergy
Bonehoard
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
44%synergy
Vorpal Sword
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
36%synergy
Cloak and Dagger
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Scytheclaw
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Bident of Thassa
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Dream-Thief's Bandana
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
The Key to the Vault
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
15%synergy
Quietus Spike
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Thieves' Tools
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
9%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Blue Mage's Cane
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Water Crystal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Thief's Knife
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Icon of Ancestry
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-7%synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Trailblazer's Boots
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Infiltration Lens
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Blade of Selves
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Fireshrieker
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Carnage Altar
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Briber's Purse
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-17%synergy
Mask of Memory
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Trepanation Blade
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Military Intelligence
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
44%synergy
Reconnaissance Mission
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Rogue Class
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
19%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Double Down
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
15%synergy
Coastal Piracy
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Fraying Sanity
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Leyline of Transformation
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Rakish Crew
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Aqueous Form
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
0%synergy
Malevolent Awakening
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Warlock Class
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Wound Reflection
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace Beleren
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
92%inclusion12 decks13 decks
65%synergy
Access Tunnel
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
25%synergy
Reliquary Tower
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-13%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Bojuka Bog
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-31%synergy
Dreadship Reef
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-1%synergy
Buried Ruin
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-2%synergy
Memorial to Genius
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
92%inclusion12 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
77%inclusion10 decks13 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Commander's Sphere
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
36%synergy
Dimir Locket
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
28%synergy
Mind Stone
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
1%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-36%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
18%synergy
Thought Vessel
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-17%synergy
Worn Powerstone
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Patchwork Banner
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Bandit's Haul
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Mana Geode
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion13 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion13 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
92%inclusion12 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Dismal Backwater
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
53%synergy
Path of Ancestry
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
41%synergy
Myriad Landscape
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
38%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
56%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
47%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
37%synergy
Choked Estuary
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
-10%synergy
Exotic Orchard
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
-2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
-9%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
25%synergy
Sunken Hollow
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
-35%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
26%synergy
Tainted Isle
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-21%synergy
Temple of Deceit
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-14%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
9%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-37%synergy
Evolving Wilds
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-2%synergy
Hidden Grotto
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Waterfront District
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Vivid Creek
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Fetid Pools
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-9%synergy
Base Camp
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Frost Marsh
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Gateway Plaza
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Crystal Grotto
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
0%synergy