Arvinox, the Mind Flail (Commander) - Optimized

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Arvinox, the Mind Flail
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71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
68%synergy
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64%synergy
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61%synergy
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59%synergy
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56%synergy
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52%synergy
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47%synergy
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43%synergy
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28%synergy
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19%synergy
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62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
12%synergy
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11%synergy
Sign in Blood
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27%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
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46%synergy
Defile
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26%synergy
Reanimate
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
17%synergy
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52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
46%synergy
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Opposition Agent
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
67%synergy
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67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
38%synergy
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48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
20%synergy
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38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
17%synergy
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29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Necropotence
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
11%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
5%synergy
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10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
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48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Intellect Devourer
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
37%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Burnished Hart
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Thieving Varmint
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
35%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Crabomination
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32%synergy
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
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28%synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Thieving Amalgam
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
32%synergy
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29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Herald of Leshrac
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Madame Null, Power Broker
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Dread Presence
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
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9%synergy
Author of Shadows
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23%synergy
Draugr Necromancer
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Kheru Mind-Eater
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Plaguecrafter
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Lord of the Void
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Rev, Tithe Extractor
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Oblivion Sower
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Reito Sentinel
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Black Cat, Cunning Thief
18%inclusion3 decks17 decks
16%synergy
Bismuth Mindrender
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Hoarding Broodlord
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Massacre Girl
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Junktroller
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Massacre Wurm
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Sheoldred
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Ancient Cellarspawn
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Rakshasa Debaser
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Moonshadow
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Puppeteer Clique
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Tree of Perdition
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Dream Devourer
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Erebos, God of the Dead
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Blood Artist
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-22%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-14%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-16%synergy
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Deadly Rollick
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Go for the Throat
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Consuming Corruption
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Withering Torment
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Outrageous Robbery
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Soul Shatter
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Imp's Mischief
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Darkness
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Dismember
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Stinging Study
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Doom Blade
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Force of Despair
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Snuff Out
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Cabal Ritual
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Grim Return
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
The Spot's Portal
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
11%synergy
Sacrifice
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Thrilling Encore
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Withering Boon
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Strike
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7%synergy
Ad Nauseam
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Baleful Mastery
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Breathe Your Last
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8%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Tragic Slip
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-10%synergy
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Exsanguinate
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Damnation
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28%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Toxic Deluge
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Bubbling Muck
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Night's Whisper
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Syphon Mind
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Dredge the Mire
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Read the Bones
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Intent
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Visions of Dread
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Shadow of the Enemy
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Heartless Conscription
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Victimize
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-13%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Demonic Counsel
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Ritual of the Machine
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Eventide's Shadow
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Profane Tutor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Finale of Eternity
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Xander's Pact
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Blood on the Snow
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Predators' Hour
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Mutilate
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Buried Alive
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Decree of Pain
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Dark Deal
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Ghouls' Night Out
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Ashen Powder
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Grim Tutor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Worst Fears
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Day of Black Sun
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
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Bontu's Monument
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Lightning Greaves
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Expedition Map
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
17%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
26%inclusion5 decks19 decks
6%synergy
Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-8%synergy
Whip of Erebos
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Chaos Wand
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
The Cauldron of Eternity
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Horizon Stone
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Lithoform Engine
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Portal to Phyrexia
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
The Immortal Sun
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Akroma's Memorial
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Doubling Cube
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Mindcrank
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Endless Atlas
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Reito Lantern
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
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Phyrexian Arena
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Black Market
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Court of Locthwain
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Grave Betrayal
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Animate Dead
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Oubliette
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Black Market Connections
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Grave Pact
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Mornsong Aria
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Greed
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Underworld Connections
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Court of Ambition
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Exquisite Blood
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Hedonist's Trove
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Necrodominance
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Bitterblossom
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
46%synergy
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Witch's Cottage
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Vesuva
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Thespian's Stage
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Castle Locthwain
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
17%synergy
War Room
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Lake of the Dead
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Rogue's Passage
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Temple of the False God
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-12%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Maze of Ith
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Deserted Temple
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Havengul Laboratory
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Buried Ruin
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Emergence Zone
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Field of the Dead
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Strip Mine
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion21 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Arcane Signet
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Caged Sun
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
37%synergy
Mind Stone
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Nyx Lotus
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Fellwar Stone
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Gilded Lotus
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Worn Powerstone
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Vessel of Endless Rest
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Sol Talisman
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Chrome Mox
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
-10%synergy
Lands
Swamp
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Command Tower
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Exotic Orchard
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
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