Ayara, First of Locthwain (Commander) - Budget Lifegain

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Jeremy Rowe
Oct 31, 2025
Where Do Typal Decks Fit in the New Bracket System?
With the new changes to the Commander Bracket System, how are typal decks affected? Where do creature type decks fit in? Let's discuss.
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Marauding Blight-Priest
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
40%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
38%synergy
Starscape Cleric
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
38%synergy
Army of the Damned
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
35%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Vampiric Rites
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
30%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
30%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Sengir Autocrat
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
64%inclusion18 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Victimize
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Viscera Seer
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Blood Artist
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Feed the Swarm
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Accursed Marauder
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Read the Bones
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Creatures
Ogre Slumlord
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
22%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Grim Haruspex
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Midnight Reaper
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Ophiomancer
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Cult Conscript
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Massacre Girl
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Chittering Witch
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Epicure of Blood
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
24%synergy
Grave Titan
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Gravecrawler
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Witch of the Moors
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Vraan, Executioner Thane
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Murderous Rider
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Dread Presence
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Woe Strider
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Persistent Specimen
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Massacre Wurm
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Carrion Feeder
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Death-Priest of Myrkul
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Nazar, the Velvet Fang
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Grim Servant
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Vicious Conquistador
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Skymarch Bloodletter
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Shriekmaw
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Loyal Subordinate
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Delver
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Not Dead After All
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Szat's Will
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Consuming Corruption
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Withering Torment
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Undying Malice
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Tragic Slip
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Defile
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-16%synergy
Dark Ritual
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-45%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-9%synergy
Deadly Dispute
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-9%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Murder
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-14%synergy
Feign Death
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Flare of Malice
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Breathe Your Last
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Cut Down
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Bake into a Pie
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-7%synergy
Thrilling Encore
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Imp's Mischief
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-16%synergy
Undying Evil
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Doom Blade
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Final Flourish
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Tergrid's Shadow
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Altar's Reap
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Nightmare's Thirst
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Necrotic Wound
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Crypt Incursion
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Umbral Juke
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Taken by Nightmares
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Dread Return
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Unearth
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Night's Whisper
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Corrupt
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Bone Shards
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Exsanguinate
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-10%synergy
Decree of Pain
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Forever Young
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Necrotic Hex
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Back for Seconds
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Blood for Bones
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Final Vengeance
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Worthy Cost
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Macabre Reconstruction
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Cemetery Recruitment
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Duress
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Unbreakable Bond
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Bubbling Muck
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Soul Salvage
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Blood Beckoning
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Mutilate
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Killing Wave
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Living Death
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Syphon Mind
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-6%synergy
Aid the Fallen
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-30%synergy
Flay Essence
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Deadly Tempest
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Macabre Waltz
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Zof Consumption
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Dark Salvation
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Invoke Despair
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Bontu's Monument
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Panharmonicon
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Jet Medallion
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-46%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Lightning Greaves
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-19%synergy
Altar of Bhaal
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Glass-Cast Heart
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Whip of Erebos
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Demon's Horn
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Basilisk Collar
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Black Market
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Open the Graves
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-23%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Curse of the Restless Dead
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Dark Tutelage
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Trespasser's Curse
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Tainted Remedy
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Curse of Disturbance
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Underworld Dreams
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Blight Mound
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
5%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Omen of the Dead
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Greed
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Mind Slash
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Fallen Ideal
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Palace Siege
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Warlock Class
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Ill-Gotten Inheritance
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Arguel's Blood Fast
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Painful Quandary
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Oubliette
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Triskaidekaphobia
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Unhallowed Pact
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Unholy Indenture
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Necrogen Communion
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-6%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Witch's Cottage
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Bojuka Bog
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Memorial to Folly
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Barren Moor
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Castle Locthwain
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-17%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Westvale Abbey
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
0%synergy
War Room
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-6%synergy
High Market
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Arid Archway
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-29%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Hostile Hostel
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Piranha Marsh
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Radiant Fountain
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
The Dross Pits
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Barad-dûr
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Mire
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Blighted Fen
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
68%inclusion19 decks28 decks
-19%synergy
Arcane Signet
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
-23%synergy
Crowded Crypt
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Pristine Talisman
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Caged Sun
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-13%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-17%synergy
Commander's Sphere
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Heraldic Banner
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Nyx Lotus
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Fellwar Stone
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion28 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Opal Palace
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Demolition Field
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Zof Consumption
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Obscura Storefront
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Voldaren Estate
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy