Ardyn, the Usurper (Commander) - Optimized

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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.
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Chronicle of Victory
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
9%synergy
Bloodline Bidding
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
8%synergy
Twilight Diviner
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Archfiend of Depravity
72%inclusion44 decks61 decks
65%synergy
Sower of Discord
62%inclusion38 decks61 decks
61%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
61%inclusion37 decks61 decks
56%synergy
Liliana's Contract
57%inclusion35 decks61 decks
55%synergy
Demonic Counsel
56%inclusion34 decks61 decks
53%synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
56%inclusion34 decks61 decks
51%synergy
Lord of the Void
51%inclusion31 decks61 decks
49%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
51%inclusion31 decks61 decks
48%synergy
Bloodgift Demon
51%inclusion31 decks61 decks
48%synergy
Demonic Covenant
48%inclusion29 decks61 decks
47%synergy
Top Cards
Jet Medallion
85%inclusion52 decks61 decks
24%synergy
Dark Ritual
84%inclusion51 decks61 decks
17%synergy
Crypt Ghast
66%inclusion40 decks61 decks
17%synergy
Reanimate
64%inclusion39 decks61 decks
24%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
54%inclusion33 decks61 decks
43%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
54%inclusion33 decks61 decks
41%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
52%inclusion32 decks61 decks
33%synergy
Bontu's Monument
51%inclusion31 decks61 decks
23%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
49%inclusion30 decks61 decks
35%synergy
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
48%inclusion29 decks61 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
59%inclusion36 decks61 decks
32%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
44%inclusion27 decks61 decks
15%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
39%inclusion24 decks61 decks
18%synergy
Ancient Tomb
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
13%synergy
The One Ring
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Opposition Agent
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Chrome Mox
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Mana Vault
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Imperial Seal
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Necropotence
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Harvester of Souls
48%inclusion29 decks61 decks
41%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
46%inclusion28 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
Reaper from the Abyss
46%inclusion28 decks61 decks
44%synergy
Doom Whisperer
44%inclusion27 decks61 decks
41%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
44%inclusion27 decks61 decks
39%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
43%inclusion26 decks61 decks
24%synergy
Plague Drone
38%inclusion23 decks61 decks
37%synergy
Burning-Rune Demon
38%inclusion23 decks61 decks
36%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
38%inclusion23 decks61 decks
34%synergy
Ancient Cellarspawn
36%inclusion22 decks61 decks
34%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
33%inclusion20 decks61 decks
21%synergy
Indulgent Tormentor
33%inclusion20 decks61 decks
31%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
26%synergy
Great Unclean One
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
29%synergy
Demon of Loathing
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
29%synergy
Dream Devourer
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
27%synergy
Desecration Demon
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
27%synergy
Overseer of the Damned
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Demon of Wailing Agonies
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Archfiend of Spite
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Shadowgrange Archfiend
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
20%synergy
Demonlord Belzenlok
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
20%synergy
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
20%synergy
Blade of the Oni
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
21%synergy
The Speed Demon
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
19%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Venomcrawler
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
17%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Reiver Demon
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
16%synergy
Bog Witch
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
15%synergy
Taborax, Hope's Demise
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
15%synergy
Rakshasa Debaser
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-2%synergy
Rot-Curse Rakshasa
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
11%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Blood Speaker
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
13%synergy
Roaming Throne
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Summon: Primal Odin
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Demon Wall
12%inclusion7 decks58 decks
12%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
-9%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Massacre Wurm
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
Pestilence Demon
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Master of Dark Rites
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
9%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Demon of Dark Schemes
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Cabal Ritual
43%inclusion26 decks61 decks
25%synergy
Deadly Rollick
36%inclusion22 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Imp's Mischief
33%inclusion20 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Withering Torment
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
0%synergy
Darkness
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
20%synergy
Defile
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
-11%synergy
Infernal Grasp
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Entomb
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
13%synergy
Go for the Throat
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Overkill
21%inclusion12 decks58 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Feign Death
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Culling the Weak
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
15%inclusion8 decks53 decks
6%synergy
Soul Shatter
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Snuff Out
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Consuming Corruption
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Stinging Study
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Village Rites
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-12%synergy
Tragic Slip
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-7%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Sacrifice
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Bitter Triumph
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Dismember
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Songs of the Damned
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Baleful Mastery
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Dispute
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-17%synergy
Not Dead After All
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
0%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
0%synergy
Force of Despair
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Flare of Malice
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Ad Nauseam
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Fight On!
5.2%inclusion3 decks58 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
48%inclusion29 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Kindred Dominance
44%inclusion27 decks61 decks
40%synergy
Toxic Deluge
43%inclusion26 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
43%inclusion26 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Victimize
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Night's Whisper
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
-8%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
15%synergy
Buried Alive
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Exsanguinate
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
0%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Bubbling Muck
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Living Death
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
11%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Dread Return
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Incarnation Technique
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
15%synergy
Grim Tutor
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Temporal Extortion
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Mutilate
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-5%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Intent
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
-2%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Syphon Mind
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-4%synergy
Crippling Fear
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Dark Deal
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Thoughtseize
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Urza's Incubator
46%inclusion28 decks61 decks
44%synergy
Herald's Horn
34%inclusion21 decks61 decks
29%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
-2%synergy
Lightning Greaves
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Whip of Erebos
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Mindcrank
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
-4%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Expedition Map
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
-2%synergy
World Map
8.6%inclusion5 decks58 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Plate
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Mithril Coat
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
44%inclusion27 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Black Market Connections
39%inclusion24 decks61 decks
16%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
39%inclusion24 decks61 decks
36%synergy
Black Market
33%inclusion20 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Exquisite Blood
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
18%synergy
Heartless Summoning
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
25%synergy
Sanguine Bond
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Cover of Darkness
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
15%synergy
Demonic Embrace
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Grave Pact
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
-8%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
0%synergy
Out of the Tombs
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Inner Demon
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-2%synergy
Grievous Wound
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Necromancy
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
1%synergy
No Mercy
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
82%inclusion50 decks61 decks
27%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
51%inclusion31 decks61 decks
21%synergy
Bojuka Bog
48%inclusion29 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
48%inclusion29 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
46%inclusion28 decks61 decks
11%synergy
Reliquary Tower
34%inclusion21 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
20%synergy
Witch's Cottage
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Command Beacon
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
15%synergy
Mortuary Mire
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Temple of the False God
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
-5%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Castle Locthwain
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
14%inclusion8 decks58 decks
2%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
13%inclusion7 decks53 decks
6%synergy
Westvale Abbey
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
Deserted Temple
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
-4%synergy
Memorial to Folly
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Barren Moor
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
0%synergy
War Room
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
-7%synergy
Thespian's Stage
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Vesuva
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Urza's Saga
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Three Tree City
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
97%inclusion59 decks61 decks
11%synergy
Arcane Signet
61%inclusion37 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
18%synergy
Thought Vessel
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Caged Sun
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Gilded Lotus
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
11%synergy
The Soul Stone
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Mind Stone
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
-12%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Nyx Lotus
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Patchwork Banner
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
9%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Séance Board
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
The Eternity Elevator
7.5%inclusion4 decks53 decks
7%synergy
Worn Powerstone
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Mox Diamond
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
93%inclusion57 decks61 decks
-2%synergy
Cavern of Souls
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
9%synergy
Urza's Cave
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
0%synergy