Ayara, First of Locthwain (Commander) - Core

Ezra Sassaman
Mar 12, 2026
Fun Alternatives for the Top Ten Saltiest Commanders
Is your playgroup tired of your Tergrid deck? (Can't blame them.) Then check out this list of replacements for the saltiest commanders.
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Scheming Silvertongue
25%inclusion17 decks68 decks
18%synergy
Moseo, Vein's New Dean
22%inclusion15 decks68 decks
18%synergy
Grave Researcher
11%inclusion8 decks76 decks
3%synergy
Emeritus of Woe
8.8%inclusion6 decks68 decks
1%synergy
Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
7.4%inclusion5 decks68 decks
5%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Reassembling Skeleton
58%inclusion342 decks590 decks
40%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
44%inclusion262 decks590 decks
40%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
47%inclusion277 decks590 decks
40%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
64%inclusion375 decks590 decks
40%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
49%inclusion288 decks590 decks
38%synergy
Army of the Damned
41%inclusion244 decks590 decks
37%synergy
Ophiomancer
52%inclusion308 decks590 decks
35%synergy
Chittering Witch
36%inclusion215 decks590 decks
32%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
40%inclusion235 decks590 decks
31%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
49%inclusion287 decks590 decks
31%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
77%inclusion452 decks590 decks
26%synergy
Feed the Swarm
60%inclusion352 decks590 decks
9%synergy
Blood Artist
54%inclusion318 decks590 decks
22%synergy
Dark Ritual
54%inclusion317 decks590 decks
-13%synergy
Bontu's Monument
52%inclusion305 decks590 decks
23%synergy
Victimize
50%inclusion295 decks590 decks
23%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
47%inclusion279 decks590 decks
23%synergy
Jet Medallion
47%inclusion279 decks590 decks
-15%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
47%inclusion276 decks590 decks
27%synergy
Viscera Seer
44%inclusion262 decks590 decks
27%synergy
Creatures
Crypt Ghast
42%inclusion249 decks590 decks
-5%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
39%inclusion231 decks590 decks
19%synergy
Midnight Reaper
35%inclusion209 decks590 decks
27%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
35%inclusion208 decks590 decks
28%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
34%inclusion199 decks590 decks
24%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
32%inclusion188 decks590 decks
23%synergy
Sengir Autocrat
32%inclusion186 decks590 decks
30%synergy
Grave Titan
30%inclusion176 decks590 decks
23%synergy
Gravecrawler
29%inclusion172 decks590 decks
14%synergy
Plaguecrafter
29%inclusion171 decks590 decks
9%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
28%inclusion164 decks590 decks
8%synergy
Grim Haruspex
28%inclusion163 decks590 decks
19%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
27%inclusion160 decks590 decks
19%synergy
Accursed Marauder
27%inclusion157 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Starscape Cleric
27%inclusion147 decks554 decks
23%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
26%inclusion155 decks590 decks
21%synergy
Bloodghast
26%inclusion152 decks590 decks
13%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
25%inclusion150 decks590 decks
17%synergy
Carrion Feeder
25%inclusion148 decks590 decks
13%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
25%inclusion145 decks590 decks
14%synergy
Witch of the Moors
24%inclusion141 decks590 decks
20%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
23%inclusion128 decks560 decks
15%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
22%inclusion132 decks590 decks
6%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
22%inclusion130 decks590 decks
11%synergy
Nether Traitor
21%inclusion124 decks590 decks
12%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
20%inclusion119 decks590 decks
18%synergy
Massacre Wurm
20%inclusion118 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Warren Soultrader
20%inclusion116 decks590 decks
6%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
19%inclusion115 decks590 decks
14%synergy
Vraan, Executioner Thane
19%inclusion115 decks590 decks
17%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
19%inclusion113 decks590 decks
15%synergy
Cult Conscript
19%inclusion113 decks590 decks
17%synergy
Murderous Rider
18%inclusion106 decks590 decks
12%synergy
Woe Strider
18%inclusion105 decks590 decks
13%synergy
Piper of the Swarm
16%inclusion97 decks590 decks
9%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
16%inclusion97 decks590 decks
10%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
16%inclusion95 decks590 decks
-6%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
16%inclusion93 decks590 decks
14%synergy
Timeline Culler
15%inclusion37 decks242 decks
10%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
15%inclusion89 decks590 decks
-4%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
15%inclusion87 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
14%inclusion84 decks590 decks
12%synergy
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
14%inclusion82 decks590 decks
11%synergy
Dread Presence
14%inclusion81 decks590 decks
0%synergy
Great Unclean One
14%inclusion81 decks590 decks
12%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
14%inclusion27 decks199 decks
7%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
13%inclusion32 decks241 decks
5%synergy
Grim Servant
13%inclusion77 decks590 decks
8%synergy
Persistent Specimen
13%inclusion77 decks590 decks
11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion75 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
41%inclusion242 decks590 decks
15%synergy
Tragic Slip
39%inclusion231 decks590 decks
20%synergy
Defile
36%inclusion215 decks590 decks
0%synergy
Deadly Dispute
35%inclusion204 decks590 decks
8%synergy
Withering Torment
27%inclusion139 decks515 decks
-4%synergy
Szat's Will
24%inclusion143 decks590 decks
22%synergy
Infernal Grasp
24%inclusion141 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
22%inclusion132 decks590 decks
10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
21%inclusion125 decks590 decks
-2%synergy
Go for the Throat
18%inclusion104 decks590 decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
16%inclusion97 decks590 decks
-3%synergy
Consuming Corruption
14%inclusion84 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Not Dead After All
12%inclusion73 decks590 decks
1%synergy
Murder
12%inclusion73 decks590 decks
2%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
11%inclusion67 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
11%inclusion66 decks590 decks
9%synergy
Undying Malice
11%inclusion65 decks590 decks
1%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
10%inclusion25 decks242 decks
2%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion57 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Soul Shatter
9.5%inclusion56 decks590 decks
-2%synergy
Flare of Malice
9.5%inclusion56 decks590 decks
-4%synergy
Doom Blade
9.2%inclusion54 decks590 decks
2%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.0%inclusion53 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Bitter Triumph
8.8%inclusion52 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
8.6%inclusion51 decks590 decks
-16%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
8.5%inclusion50 decks590 decks
1%synergy
Baleful Mastery
8.1%inclusion48 decks590 decks
0%synergy
Imp's Mischief
8.0%inclusion47 decks590 decks
-17%synergy
Culling the Weak
8.0%inclusion47 decks590 decks
-9%synergy
Feign Death
7.5%inclusion44 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Saw in Half
7.3%inclusion43 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
6.6%inclusion39 decks590 decks
-2%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
6.3%inclusion37 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Snuff Out
6.1%inclusion36 decks590 decks
-7%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
5.8%inclusion34 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Costly Plunder
5.6%inclusion33 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
5.3%inclusion31 decks590 decks
2%synergy
Undying Evil
5.1%inclusion30 decks590 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
36%inclusion211 decks590 decks
1%synergy
Toxic Deluge
30%inclusion175 decks590 decks
-7%synergy
Exsanguinate
26%inclusion154 decks590 decks
1%synergy
Mutilate
23%inclusion137 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Dread Return
23%inclusion134 decks590 decks
11%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion132 decks590 decks
-18%synergy
Read the Bones
22%inclusion129 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
21%inclusion124 decks590 decks
-4%synergy
Unearth
16%inclusion96 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Plague of Vermin
15%inclusion91 decks590 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion83 decks590 decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
14%inclusion64 decks469 decks
-3%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion66 decks590 decks
-3%synergy
Living Death
11%inclusion66 decks590 decks
1%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
10%inclusion58 decks590 decks
-3%synergy
Diabolic Intent
8.3%inclusion49 decks590 decks
-7%synergy
Decree of Pain
8.0%inclusion47 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Bubbling Muck
7.8%inclusion46 decks590 decks
-8%synergy
Dread Summons
7.6%inclusion45 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Bone Shards
6.9%inclusion41 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.9%inclusion41 decks590 decks
-4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
6.8%inclusion40 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Necrotic Hex
6.8%inclusion40 decks590 decks
6%synergy
Withering Curse
6.6%inclusion5 decks76 decks
4%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
6.4%inclusion38 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Eaten Alive
6.3%inclusion37 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Blood for Bones
5.8%inclusion34 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Revenge of the Rats
5.8%inclusion27 decks469 decks
3%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
5.6%inclusion33 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Dark Salvation
5.6%inclusion33 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
39%inclusion230 decks590 decks
17%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
29%inclusion170 decks590 decks
9%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion120 decks590 decks
-13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
20%inclusion120 decks590 decks
-11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion119 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
13%inclusion78 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
13%inclusion35 decks279 decks
-8%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
12%inclusion73 decks590 decks
9%synergy
Panharmonicon
11%inclusion64 decks590 decks
9%synergy
Expedition Map
8.1%inclusion48 decks590 decks
-4%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
7.1%inclusion42 decks590 decks
6%synergy
Whip of Erebos
5.9%inclusion35 decks590 decks
-5%synergy
Altar of Bhaal
5.4%inclusion32 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
39%inclusion228 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Bitterblossom
28%inclusion165 decks590 decks
15%synergy
Grave Pact
25%inclusion145 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Black Market
22%inclusion132 decks590 decks
1%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
20%inclusion120 decks590 decks
17%synergy
Vampiric Rites
16%inclusion93 decks590 decks
10%synergy
Dark Prophecy
16%inclusion93 decks590 decks
12%synergy
Open the Graves
16%inclusion92 decks590 decks
12%synergy
Sanguine Bond
16%inclusion92 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
15%inclusion89 decks590 decks
5%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
14%inclusion85 decks590 decks
-3%synergy
Black Market Connections
14%inclusion81 decks590 decks
-10%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
13%inclusion75 decks590 decks
2%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
11%inclusion59 decks520 decks
7%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
10%inclusion57 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Endless Ranks of the Dead
9.2%inclusion54 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Blight Mound
9.2%inclusion54 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
9.2%inclusion54 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
9.0%inclusion53 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Animate Dead
9.0%inclusion53 decks590 decks
-8%synergy
Exquisite Blood
8.5%inclusion50 decks590 decks
-5%synergy
Curse of the Restless Dead
8.1%inclusion48 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Warlock Class
7.5%inclusion44 decks590 decks
6%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
6.9%inclusion36 decks520 decks
1%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
6.8%inclusion40 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
6.6%inclusion39 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Grave Venerations
6.5%inclusion10 decks153 decks
4%synergy
Liliana's Mastery
5.8%inclusion34 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Curse of Disturbance
5.8%inclusion34 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Underworld Dreams
5.8%inclusion34 decks590 decks
0%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
5.6%inclusion33 decks590 decks
2%synergy
Rite of Belzenlok
5.3%inclusion31 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.3%inclusion31 decks590 decks
0%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
25%inclusion149 decks590 decks
12%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
12%inclusion72 decks590 decks
9%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
11%inclusion63 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Lolth, Spider Queen
9.2%inclusion54 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
8.0%inclusion47 decks590 decks
-6%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
54%inclusion319 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Witch's Cottage
43%inclusion252 decks590 decks
18%synergy
Cabal Coffers
37%inclusion220 decks590 decks
-18%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
30%inclusion177 decks590 decks
-5%synergy
Castle Locthwain
27%inclusion157 decks590 decks
10%synergy
Mortuary Mire
25%inclusion149 decks590 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
21%inclusion124 decks590 decks
-5%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
21%inclusion122 decks590 decks
-9%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
20%inclusion117 decks590 decks
-18%synergy
Barren Moor
17%inclusion100 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
16%inclusion92 decks590 decks
-15%synergy
War Room
15%inclusion89 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
High Market
13%inclusion74 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
11%inclusion66 decks590 decks
0%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
11%inclusion63 decks590 decks
-5%synergy
Barad-dûr
11%inclusion62 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Westvale Abbey
10%inclusion60 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Memorial to Folly
10%inclusion58 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
10%inclusion58 decks590 decks
7%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
9.0%inclusion24 decks268 decks
-2%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.1%inclusion48 decks590 decks
0%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
8.0%inclusion47 decks590 decks
-2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
5.8%inclusion34 decks590 decks
-13%synergy
Polluted Mire
5.6%inclusion33 decks590 decks
2%synergy
Ghost Quarter
5.4%inclusion32 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion432 decks590 decks
-12%synergy
Arcane Signet
58%inclusion344 decks590 decks
-3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
36%inclusion213 decks590 decks
14%synergy
Mind Stone
27%inclusion160 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Crowded Crypt
21%inclusion124 decks590 decks
16%synergy
Thought Vessel
12%inclusion73 decks590 decks
-13%synergy
Nyx Lotus
12%inclusion73 decks590 decks
6%synergy
Heraldic Banner
11%inclusion64 decks590 decks
6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion61 decks590 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.5%inclusion50 decks590 decks
0%synergy
Caged Sun
6.8%inclusion40 decks590 decks
-4%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
6.3%inclusion37 decks590 decks
-3%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.6%inclusion13 decks232 decks
-9%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion575 decks590 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
29%inclusion169 decks590 decks
3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
21%inclusion125 decks590 decks
-2%synergy
Fell the Profane
16%inclusion97 decks590 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion75 decks590 decks
4%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.0%inclusion53 decks590 decks
5%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
6.8%inclusion40 decks590 decks
-1%synergy
Demolition Field
6.3%inclusion37 decks590 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
5.1%inclusion30 decks590 decks
1%synergy