Ardyn Izunia (Commander) - Shadowborn Apostles

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Jeremy Rowe
May 15, 2025
Jeremy Rowe
Building a Demon Typal Deck with Ardyn, the Usurper
Let's build a mono-black Demon typal Commander deck around Ardyn, the Usurper, a new legend from the upcoming Final Fantasy set.
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100%inclusion15 decks15 decks
99%synergy
Thrumming Stone
80%inclusion12 decks15 decks
76%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
73%inclusion11 decks15 decks
68%synergy
Liliana's Contract
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
44%synergy
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47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
42%synergy
Master of Dark Rites
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
39%synergy
Lord of the Void
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
38%synergy
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40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
37%synergy
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40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
33%synergy
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33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
32%synergy
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Dark Ritual
93%inclusion14 decks15 decks
27%synergy
Feed the Swarm
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
31%synergy
Echoing Return
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
30%synergy
Culling the Weak
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
18%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
31%synergy
Reanimate
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
27%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
22%synergy
Village Rites
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Game Changers
Chrome Mox
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
14%synergy
Opposition Agent
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Grim Monolith
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Ancient Tomb
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-16%synergy
Demonic Tutor
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-14%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-8%synergy
Imperial Seal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Mana Vault
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Necropotence
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-8%synergy
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
-25%synergy
Nightmare Shepherd
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
25%synergy
Reaper from the Abyss
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
24%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
16%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Blood Artist
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-12%synergy
Crabomination
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Indulgent Tormentor
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
18%synergy
Taborax, Hope's Demise
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Ancient Cellarspawn
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Vessel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Pestilence Demon
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Dreadhound
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Demonlord Belzenlok
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-10%synergy
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Reiver Demon
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Crypt Ghast
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-35%synergy
Infernal Sovereign
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Skirge Familiar
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Demon of Death's Gate
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Sower of Discord
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Bloodgift Demon
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Vile Mutilator
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Gravecrawler
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-7%synergy
Dream Devourer
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Dread Cacodemon
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Asmodeus the Archfiend
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Dark Confidant
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Jerren, Corrupted Bishop
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Blood Speaker
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Demon of Dark Schemes
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Necrotic Ooze
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-19%synergy
Skirsdag Flayer
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Emrakul, the Promised End
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Species Specialist
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Sifter of Skulls
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
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Cabal Ritual
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
9%synergy
Sacrifice
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Songs of the Damned
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Deadly Dispute
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Defile
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-17%synergy
Infernal Grasp
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Force of Despair
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Baleful Mastery
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Withering Torment
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-23%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Deadly Rollick
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-17%synergy
Eyes of the Beholder
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Entomb
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-17%synergy
Imp's Mischief
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-18%synergy
Snuff Out
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Consuming Corruption
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-9%synergy
Flare of Malice
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Doom Blade
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Altar's Reap
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Body Count
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Darkness
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Murder
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Ad Nauseam
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Shallow Grave
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Consultation
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Rain of Filth
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Gravepurge
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Victim of Night
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
-9%synergy
Damnation
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Bubbling Muck
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Toxic Deluge
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-17%synergy
Demonic Counsel
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Victimize
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-13%synergy
Dread Return
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Buried Alive
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Living Death
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Kindred Dominance
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
9%synergy
Secret Salvage
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Fell
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Diabolic Intent
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-8%synergy
Entreat the Dead
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Haunting Voyage
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Fraying Omnipotence
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Revival
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Mutilate
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Exsanguinate
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-18%synergy
Morality Shift
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Emergency Weld
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Fearsome Awakening
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Geth's Summons
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Gruesome Fate
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Jet Medallion
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
-34%synergy
Skullclamp
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Bontu's Monument
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-8%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Explorer's Scope
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Lightning Greaves
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-20%synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Mirror Box
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Aetherworks Marvel
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-13%synergy
Spellbook
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
The Golden Throne
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Urza's Incubator
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-25%synergy
Scroll of Griselbrand
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Thornbite Staff
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Isochron Scepter
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
The Meathook Massacre
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Black Market
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Grave Pact
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Mortal Combat
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
20%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-20%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Necromancy
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Demonic Covenant
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Dance of the Dead
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Mark of the Oni
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Endless Ranks of the Dead
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Call of the Ring
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Agent of the Shadow Thieves
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Animate Dead
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-10%synergy
Cover of Darkness
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Dark Prophecy
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
-2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
17%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
9%synergy
Westvale Abbey
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
27%synergy
Reliquary Tower
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Bojuka Bog
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-27%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-15%synergy
Buried Ruin
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Witch's Cottage
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Lake of the Dead
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Memorial to Folly
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Urza's Saga
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
War Room
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-10%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
High Market
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Deserted Temple
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-12%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
-19%synergy
Arcane Signet
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
-2%synergy
Nyx Lotus
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
27%synergy
Séance Board
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Commander's Sphere
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Caged Sun
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Lotus Petal
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Mind Stone
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-17%synergy
Mox Opal
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-16%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Mana Crypt
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Basalt Monolith
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Mox Amber
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-20%synergy
Gilded Lotus
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Patriar's Seal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-2%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
87%inclusion13 decks15 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Urza's Cave
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-2%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
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