Ardyn, the Usurper (Commander) - Lifegain

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Julia Maddalena
Oct 31, 2025
Fire and Ice: Which Cards Are Hot and Cold for Oct. 31?
This week on Fire and Ice, our Duchess of Data shows us cards heating up and cooling down for Ms Bumbleflower and Raphael, Fiendish Savior.
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Defiling Daemogoth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Madame Null, Power Broker
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Splinter's Technique
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Archfiend of Depravity
76%inclusion22 decks29 decks
69%synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
69%inclusion20 decks29 decks
65%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
61%synergy
Reaper from the Abyss
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
56%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
56%synergy
Sower of Discord
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
53%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
53%synergy
Liliana's Contract
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
53%synergy
Lord of the Void
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
47%synergy
Urza's Incubator
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
46%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
76%inclusion22 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Crypt Ghast
76%inclusion22 decks29 decks
28%synergy
Jet Medallion
76%inclusion22 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Bontu's Monument
62%inclusion18 decks29 decks
34%synergy
Black Market Connections
62%inclusion18 decks29 decks
38%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
40%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
45%synergy
Herald's Horn
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
43%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Demonic Tutor
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Ancient Tomb
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Opposition Agent
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Necropotence
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
The One Ring
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Vault
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Creatures
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
36%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
31%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
28%synergy
Demonlord Belzenlok
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
37%synergy
Plague Drone
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
37%synergy
Burning-Rune Demon
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
37%synergy
Bloodgift Demon
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
35%synergy
Dream Devourer
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
33%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
34%synergy
Doom Whisperer
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
31%synergy
Harvester of Souls
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
28%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
32%synergy
Ancient Cellarspawn
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
32%synergy
Demon of Loathing
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
30%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
27%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
30%synergy
Indulgent Tormentor
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Shadowgrange Archfiend
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
30%synergy
Overseer of the Damned
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
28%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Great Unclean One
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Burnished Hart
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
13%synergy
The Speed Demon
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Desecration Demon
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Blood Speaker
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Roaming Throne
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Reiver Demon
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Demon of Wailing Agonies
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-12%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Rot-Curse Rakshasa
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Venomcrawler
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Millikin
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Metamorphosis Fanatic
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Vile Mutilator
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Dread Cacodemon
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Pestilence Demon
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Arbiter of Woe
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Crabomination
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Dreadhound
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Imp's Mischief
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Defile
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Deadly Rollick
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Withering Torment
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Darkness
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Fell the Profane
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Cabal Ritual
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Bitter Triumph
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Overkill
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Stinging Study
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Snuff Out
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Flare of Malice
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Culling the Weak
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Saw in Half
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Zuko's Conviction
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
10%synergy
Entomb
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Not Dead After All
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Consuming Corruption
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Sephiroth's Intervention
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Sacrifice
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Force of Despair
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Songs of the Damned
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Murder
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Baleful Mastery
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Demon's Due
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Dismember
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Unbury
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Demonic Counsel
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
42%synergy
Reanimate
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Kindred Dominance
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
33%synergy
Night's Whisper
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Exsanguinate
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Toxic Deluge
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Sign in Blood
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Bubbling Muck
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Buried Alive
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Temporal Extortion
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Read the Bones
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Mutilate
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Damnation
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Dread Return
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Bloodline Bidding
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
8%synergy
Evil Reawakened
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Victimize
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Damnable Pact
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Living Death
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Crippling Fear
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Rejoin the Fight
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Cauldron's Gift
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Will of the Abzan
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Come Back Wrong
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Haunting Voyage
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Blood Money
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Diresight
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Corrupt
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Zombify
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Beseech the Queen
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Mire in Misery
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Shared Trauma
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Invoke Despair
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Darkness Crystal
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Lightning Greaves
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Whip of Erebos
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
13%synergy
World Map
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Mindcrank
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Mithril Coat
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Expedition Map
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Door of Destinies
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Cloud Key
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Tithing Blade
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Shadowspear
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Resurrection Orb
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Champion's Helm
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Sword of the Animist
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Cosmos Elixir
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Chronicle of Victory
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Heartless Summoning
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
37%synergy
Demonic Covenant
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
34%synergy
Sanguine Bond
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Black Market
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Exquisite Blood
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Grave Pact
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Painful Quandary
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Demonic Embrace
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
No Mercy
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Cover of Darkness
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Greed
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Gift of Doom
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Animate Dead
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-10%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Bitterblossom
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Mornsong Aria
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
24%synergy
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
62%inclusion18 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion15 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
34%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Witch's Cottage
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Westvale Abbey
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
-10%synergy
Command Beacon
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Rogue's Passage
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-15%synergy
War Room
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Deserted Temple
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Thespian's Stage
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Three Tree City
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Echoing Deeps
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
The Black Gate
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Secret Tunnel
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion29 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Signet
72%inclusion21 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Thought Vessel
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Thran Dynamo
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Gilded Lotus
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
26%synergy
Caged Sun
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Commander's Sphere
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Mind Stone
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Séance Board
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Nyx Lotus
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Worn Powerstone
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Patchwork Banner
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-4%synergy
Unstable Obelisk
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Hedron Archive
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Swamp
93%inclusion27 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Fell the Profane
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Cavern of Souls
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Urza's Cave
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Sunken Citadel
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
0%synergy