Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist (Commander) - Optimized

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Arnaud Gompertz
Nov 19, 2025
Diminishing Returns? Not with this Scorpion God Budget Deck!
The least popular of the three Amonkhet gods gets the trim treatment this week, as Arnaud sifts through the rough for some budget diamonds.
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Splinter's Technique
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Shredder's Technique
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Mole Module
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Coin of Mastery
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Krang, Utrom Warlord
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Bloodghast
79%inclusion22 decks28 decks
67%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
71%inclusion20 decks28 decks
54%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
50%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
75%inclusion21 decks28 decks
50%synergy
Bloodsoaked Champion
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
50%synergy
Cityscape Leveler
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
49%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
71%inclusion20 decks28 decks
49%synergy
Haunt of the Dead Marshes
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
49%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
47%synergy
Hangarback Walker
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
46%synergy
Top Cards
Feed the Swarm
68%inclusion19 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
64%inclusion18 decks28 decks
45%synergy
Skullclamp
64%inclusion18 decks28 decks
42%synergy
Diabolic Intent
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
42%synergy
Dark Ritual
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
-9%synergy
Deadly Rollick
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
29%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
30%synergy
Flare of Malice
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
40%synergy
Toxic Deluge
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Reanimate
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
75%inclusion21 decks28 decks
48%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
68%inclusion19 decks28 decks
47%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
64%inclusion18 decks28 decks
36%synergy
Necropotence
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
39%synergy
The One Ring
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
41%synergy
Ancient Tomb
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Imperial Seal
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Mana Vault
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Chrome Mox
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Creatures
Persistent Specimen
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
44%synergy
Razorlash Transmogrant
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
38%synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
32%synergy
Timeline Culler
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
31%synergy
Retrofitted Transmogrant
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
34%synergy
Gravecrawler
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Grim Haruspex
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Wurmcoil Engine
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
34%synergy
Myr Retriever
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Warren Soultrader
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Clay Revenant
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Meteor Golem
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Reaper
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Marketback Walker
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Walking Ballista
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Ornithopter
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
24%synergy
Thran Spider
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Nested Shambler
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Clattering Augur
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Threefold Thunderhulk
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Marionette Master
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Myr Sire
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Blood Artist
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-10%synergy
Chronomancer
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Myr Battlesphere
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Forsaken Miner
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Nether Traitor
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Stridehangar Automaton
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Bog Initiate
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Scrap Trawler
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Boggart Trawler
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Soul of New Phyrexia
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Triplicate Titan
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Triniform
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Kuldotha Forgemaster
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Carrier Thrall
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Homicide Investigator
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Shambling Ghast
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Agent Venom
18%inclusion3 decks17 decks
16%synergy
Junk Diver
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Foundry Inspector
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Workshop Assistant
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-37%synergy
Instants
Deadly Dispute
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Tragic Slip
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Fell the Profane
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Entomb
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Withering Torment
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Snuff Out
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Cabal Ritual
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Imp's Mischief
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-7%synergy
Culling the Weak
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-9%synergy
Village Rites
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-11%synergy
Force of Despair
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Fanatical Offering
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Defile
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-26%synergy
Slaughter Pact
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Consuming Corruption
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-5%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Dismember
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Sacrifice
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Soul Shatter
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-5%synergy
Ad Nauseam
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Rain of Filth
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Costly Plunder
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Baleful Mastery
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceries
Beseech the Mirror
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
29%synergy
Grim Tutor
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Terisiare's Devastation
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Victimize
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-9%synergy
Unearth
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Buried Alive
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Doomsday
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Monumental Corruption
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
All Is Dust
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Night's Whisper
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-14%synergy
Exsanguinate
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-14%synergy
Blood on the Snow
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Beseech the Queen
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Dead of Winter
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Mutilate
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-10%synergy
Emergency Weld
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-28%synergy
Exhume
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Foggy Swamp Visions
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Sensei's Divining Top
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
35%synergy
Portal to Phyrexia
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
38%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Trading Post
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
34%synergy
Cranial Plating
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
29%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Lightning Greaves
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-5%synergy
Forsaken Monument
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Expedition Map
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Mystic Forge
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
22%synergy
Idol of Oblivion
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Nettlecyst
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Moonsilver Key
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Manifold Key
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Winter Moon
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Jet Medallion
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-44%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Sword of Sinew and Steel
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Sword of Fire and Ice
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Krark-Clan Ironworks
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Rings of Brighthearth
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-17%synergy
Mask of Memory
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Demonic Junker
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Spine of Ish Sah
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Lashwrithe
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Voltaic Key
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Nexus of Becoming
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Pip-Boy 3000
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Mind's Eye
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Kaldra Compleat
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Retrofitter Foundry
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Sword of the Animist
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
The Masamune
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Umezawa's Jitte
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Unwinding Clock
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
The Immortal Sun
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Ichor Wellspring
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Mirage Mirror
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Shadowspear
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
41%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Grave Pact
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Black Market Connections
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-6%synergy
Bitterblossom
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Oubliette
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-7%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Contamination
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-29%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Phyrexian Scriptures
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Biotransference
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Vampiric Rites
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Necromancy
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Necrodominance
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Animate Dead
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-10%synergy
Call of the Ring
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Tortured Existence
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Karn, Living Legacy
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
71%inclusion20 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Buried Ruin
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
45%synergy
Urza's Saga
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
38%synergy
Inventors' Fair
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
44%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Bojuka Bog
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Vault of Whispers
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
30%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Barad-dûr
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Realm of Koh
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
26%synergy
Castle Locthwain
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
15%synergy
War Room
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-15%synergy
Darksteel Citadel
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Fountainport
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Deserted Temple
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Access Tunnel
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Emergence Zone
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Wasteland
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Treasure Vault
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Crystal Vein
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Fomori Vault
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Lake of the Dead
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-20%synergy
Witch's Cottage
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-14%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Secluded Starforge
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Westvale Abbey
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Scrying Sheets
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Barren Moor
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
High Market
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Tectonic Edge
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Dark Depths
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Strip Mine
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Field of Ruin
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Mire
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Thespian's Stage
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Mishra's Workshop
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
96%inclusion27 decks28 decks
11%synergy
The Mightstone and Weakstone
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
43%synergy
Arcane Signet
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
-23%synergy
Mox Amber
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Lotus Petal
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Mox Opal
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
22%synergy
Basalt Monolith
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Thran Dynamo
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Mind Stone
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-11%synergy
Hedron Archive
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Caged Sun
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Thought Vessel
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-15%synergy
Gilded Lotus
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Sonic Screwdriver
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Mox Diamond
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
The Soul Stone
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
-4%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Grim Monolith
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Slagstone Refinery
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Arcum's Astrolabe
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
89%inclusion25 decks28 decks
-6%synergy
Fell the Profane
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Hall of Tagsin
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Boggart Trawler
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
9%synergy
The Mycosynth Gardens
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Urza's Cave
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-15%synergy
Demolition Field
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Marsh Flats
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Polluted Delta
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Mirrex
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy