Ayara, First of Locthwain (Commander) - Budget Optimized

Ayara, First of Locthwain
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Ezra Sassaman
Mar 12, 2026
Ezra Sassaman
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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Grave Venerations
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Twilight Diviner
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Army of the Damned
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
53%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
75%inclusion21 decks28 decks
52%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
47%synergy
Blood Artist
75%inclusion21 decks28 decks
43%synergy
Ophiomancer
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
41%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
40%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
39%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
36%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
35%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
82%inclusion23 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Dark Ritual
68%inclusion19 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Bontu's Monument
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Feed the Swarm
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Victimize
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Jet Medallion
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Viscera Seer
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Demonic Tutor
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-20%synergy
Creatures
Gravecrawler
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
29%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
24%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
32%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
29%synergy
Crypt Ghast
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Grim Haruspex
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Midnight Reaper
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Bloodghast
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Timeline Culler
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
26%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Oathsworn Vampire
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Sengir Autocrat
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Starscape Cleric
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Carrion Feeder
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Plaguecrafter
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Great Unclean One
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Grave Titan
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Nether Traitor
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Chittering Witch
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Accursed Marauder
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Warren Soultrader
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Forsaken Miner
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Dread Presence
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Witch of the Moors
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Lazotep Reaver
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Tenacious Dead
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
14%synergy
Mai, Scornful Striker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Joo Dee, One of Many
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Koh, the Face Stealer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Bloodsoaked Champion
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Cult Conscript
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Village Rites
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Go for the Throat
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Defile
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Deadly Dispute
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Murder
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Szat's Will
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Infernal Grasp
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-7%synergy
Withering Torment
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-14%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Soul Shatter
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Price of Fame
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Wake the Dead
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Imp's Mischief
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-14%synergy
Bitter Triumph
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Baleful Mastery
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Desperate Measures
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Plunge into Darkness
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Pile On
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Consuming Corruption
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-9%synergy
Flare of Malice
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-6%synergy
Cabal Ritual
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-11%synergy
Culling the Weak
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Deadly Rollick
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-17%synergy
Songs of the Damned
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Doom Blade
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Altar's Reap
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Assassin's Ink
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Lethal Scheme
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Slice from the Shadows
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Cast Down
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Blood Pact
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Overkill
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-1%synergy
Fight On!
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Tutor
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Reanimate
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-11%synergy
Exsanguinate
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Plague of Vermin
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Sign in Blood
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
-11%synergy
Diabolic Intent
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Lively Dirge
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Tragic Trajectory
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Night's Whisper
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-10%synergy
Final Parting
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Crawl from the Cellar
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Revenge of the Rats
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Dread Return
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Unearth
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Mutilate
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-7%synergy
Buried Alive
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Annihilating Glare
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Eaten Alive
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Zof Consumption
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Bubbling Muck
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-6%synergy
Hymn of the Faller
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Necromantic Selection
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Stitch Together
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Ghouls' Night Out
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Zombie Apocalypse
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Agony
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Syphon Flesh
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-10%synergy
Blood Money
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Ancient Craving
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Grim Tutor
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-5%synergy
Dark Salvation
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Lightning Greaves
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-16%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
18%inclusion3 decks17 decks
-2%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Panharmonicon
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Winter Moon
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Whip of Erebos
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-24%synergy
Spawning Pit
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Culling Dais
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Scytheclaw
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Black Market
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Exquisite Blood
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Dark Prophecy
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Grave Pact
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Bitterblossom
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Open the Graves
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Warlock Class
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Liliana's Mastery
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Curse of the Restless Dead
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Bonds
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Underworld Dreams
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
5%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Dark Tutelage
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Greed
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Contamination
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Palace Siege
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Rite of Belzenlok
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-17%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-10%synergy
Grievous Wound
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Waste Not
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Court of Locthwain
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Vampiric Rites
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Endless Ranks of the Dead
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Carnival of Souls
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Animate Dead
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-10%synergy
Blight Mound
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Lolth, Spider Queen
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Liliana of the Veil
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Liliana, Untouched by Death
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-7%synergy
Liliana Vess
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Witch's Cottage
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
22%synergy
Mortuary Mire
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Memorial to Folly
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
22%synergy
Barren Moor
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Westvale Abbey
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Coffers
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-37%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-24%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
0%synergy
High Market
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-20%synergy
Tectonic Edge
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Blighted Fen
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-18%synergy
War Room
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Hostile Hostel
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Karn's Bastion
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Mudflat Village
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
82%inclusion23 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Arcane Signet
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Mind Stone
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-5%synergy
Crowded Crypt
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Thought Vessel
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion28 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-15%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Zof Consumption
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Demolition Field
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
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