Eddie, Lord of Light (Commander) - Budget Upgraded

Original Name:

Nekusar, the MindrazerNekusar, the Mindrazer

Alex Wicker
May 28, 2026
Why Aren’t Commanders Game Changers?
This week's Commander Philosophy digs into kill-on-sight commanders, the Game Changer list, and why drawing all the attention isn't the same as being the strongest
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Decorum Dissertation
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Mana Sculpt
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Cost of Brilliance
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Steal the Show
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Mathemagics
4.5%inclusion4 decks88 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Underworld Dreams
74%inclusion172 decks234 decks
67%synergy
Fate Unraveler
67%inclusion157 decks234 decks
61%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
67%inclusion157 decks234 decks
59%synergy
Spiteful Visions
63%inclusion148 decks234 decks
58%synergy
Magus of the Wheel
64%inclusion149 decks234 decks
57%synergy
Fevered Visions
60%inclusion140 decks234 decks
56%synergy
Stormfist Crusader
59%inclusion138 decks234 decks
54%synergy
Howling Mine
56%inclusion130 decks234 decks
50%synergy
Whispering Madness
55%inclusion129 decks234 decks
49%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
49%inclusion114 decks234 decks
46%synergy
Top Cards
Windfall
66%inclusion154 decks234 decks
42%synergy
Nightscape Familiar
55%inclusion128 decks234 decks
28%synergy
Arcane Denial
50%inclusion118 decks234 decks
22%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
50%inclusion117 decks234 decks
45%synergy
Forced Fruition
49%inclusion115 decks234 decks
45%synergy
Counterspell
47%inclusion110 decks234 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Tyranny
47%inclusion109 decks234 decks
43%synergy
Negate
45%inclusion106 decks234 decks
23%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
45%inclusion105 decks234 decks
42%synergy
Propaganda
45%inclusion105 decks234 decks
31%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
10%inclusion24 decks234 decks
2%synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
10%inclusion23 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
-11%synergy
Creatures
Scrawling Crawler
42%inclusion98 decks232 decks
33%synergy
Razorkin Needlehead
42%inclusion98 decks234 decks
36%synergy
Seizan, Perverter of Truth
39%inclusion92 decks234 decks
36%synergy
Jace's Archivist
35%inclusion83 decks234 decks
29%synergy
Kederekt Parasite
33%inclusion78 decks234 decks
28%synergy
Dragon Mage
33%inclusion77 decks234 decks
31%synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
32%inclusion74 decks234 decks
27%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
32%inclusion74 decks234 decks
29%synergy
Kess, Dissident Mage
28%inclusion65 decks234 decks
19%synergy
Nin, the Pain Artist
27%inclusion63 decks234 decks
26%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
27%inclusion63 decks234 decks
25%synergy
Krang, the All-Powerful
26%inclusion19 decks72 decks
25%synergy
Master of the Feast
24%inclusion57 decks234 decks
22%synergy
Chasm Skulker
24%inclusion57 decks234 decks
22%synergy
Fell Specter
24%inclusion57 decks234 decks
22%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
23%inclusion54 decks234 decks
18%synergy
Triskaidekaphile
22%inclusion51 decks234 decks
20%synergy
The Locust God
22%inclusion51 decks234 decks
18%synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
20%inclusion47 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Sangromancer
19%inclusion44 decks234 decks
17%synergy
Zenith Chronicler
19%inclusion44 decks234 decks
18%synergy
Whirlpool Warrior
18%inclusion42 decks234 decks
16%synergy
Goblin Electromancer
16%inclusion38 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Sycorax Commander
15%inclusion36 decks234 decks
13%synergy
Red Death, Shipwrecker
15%inclusion35 decks234 decks
13%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
13%inclusion31 decks234 decks
1%synergy
Irencrag Pyromancer
13%inclusion31 decks234 decks
13%synergy
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
13%inclusion30 decks234 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
11%inclusion26 decks234 decks
1%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
11%inclusion26 decks234 decks
8%synergy
Tor Wauki the Younger
11%inclusion25 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Consuming Aberration
10%inclusion23 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Magus of the Jar
10%inclusion23 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Howling Golem
10%inclusion23 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Fog Bank
9.4%inclusion22 decks234 decks
8%synergy
Lore Broker
9.4%inclusion22 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Body of Knowledge
9.0%inclusion21 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Homunculus Horde
7.8%inclusion18 decks232 decks
7%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Runehorn Hellkite
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Kefka, Court Mage
7.1%inclusion14 decks198 decks
2%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
6.9%inclusion16 decks232 decks
5%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
6.8%inclusion16 decks234 decks
1%synergy
Guttersnipe
6.4%inclusion15 decks234 decks
0%synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
5.7%inclusion11 decks194 decks
0%synergy
Mischievous Mystic
5.6%inclusion13 decks232 decks
5%synergy
Elder Brain
5.6%inclusion13 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Emrakul's Messenger
5.6%inclusion13 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Chameleon, Master of Disguise
5.3%inclusion8 decks152 decks
-1%synergy
Instants
Dream Fracture
37%inclusion86 decks234 decks
35%synergy
Vision Skeins
35%inclusion81 decks234 decks
33%synergy
Chaos Warp
33%inclusion78 decks234 decks
-1%synergy
Terminate
32%inclusion74 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Dark Ritual
28%inclusion66 decks234 decks
-9%synergy
Rakdos Charm
28%inclusion66 decks234 decks
13%synergy
Bedevil
26%inclusion61 decks234 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Mastery
26%inclusion60 decks234 decks
22%synergy
Long River's Pull
24%inclusion57 decks234 decks
22%synergy
Aetherize
19%inclusion45 decks234 decks
16%synergy
Brainstorm
19%inclusion44 decks234 decks
2%synergy
Cerebral Vortex
19%inclusion44 decks234 decks
18%synergy
Crosis's Charm
15%inclusion36 decks234 decks
13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14%inclusion32 decks234 decks
-17%synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
12%inclusion29 decks234 decks
12%synergy
Evacuation
12%inclusion28 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Abrade
12%inclusion27 decks234 decks
2%synergy
Frantic Search
11%inclusion26 decks234 decks
-10%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion25 decks234 decks
8%synergy
Opt
9.4%inclusion22 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
9.0%inclusion21 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Drown in the Loch
8.5%inclusion20 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
8.5%inclusion20 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Izzet Charm
8.5%inclusion20 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Cancel
8.1%inclusion19 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Dispel
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Wheel and Deal
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Mana Leak
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Refute
6.9%inclusion16 decks232 decks
6%synergy
Blood Pact
6.8%inclusion16 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
6.4%inclusion15 decks233 decks
-6%synergy
Spell Pierce
6.4%inclusion15 decks234 decks
3%synergy
Words of Wisdom
6.0%inclusion14 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
5.6%inclusion13 decks234 decks
1%synergy
Pongify
5.1%inclusion12 decks234 decks
-1%synergy
Lightning Bolt
5.1%inclusion12 decks234 decks
-5%synergy
Consumed by Greed
5.1%inclusion12 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Drown in Dreams
5.1%inclusion12 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Prismari Command
5.1%inclusion12 decks234 decks
-1%synergy
Sorceries
Dark Deal
35%inclusion83 decks234 decks
28%synergy
Blasphemous Act
35%inclusion82 decks234 decks
-9%synergy
Prosperity
33%inclusion77 decks234 decks
30%synergy
Molten Psyche
28%inclusion66 decks234 decks
24%synergy
Reforge the Soul
28%inclusion66 decks234 decks
23%synergy
Feed the Swarm
28%inclusion65 decks234 decks
0%synergy
Damnable Pact
26%inclusion62 decks234 decks
25%synergy
Fascination
24%inclusion55 decks234 decks
23%synergy
Incendiary Command
23%inclusion54 decks234 decks
21%synergy
Wheel of Fate
22%inclusion52 decks234 decks
19%synergy
Skyscribing
22%inclusion52 decks234 decks
22%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
22%inclusion51 decks234 decks
17%synergy
Collective Defiance
20%inclusion47 decks234 decks
19%synergy
Winds of Change
19%inclusion44 decks234 decks
14%synergy
Burning Inquiry
17%inclusion40 decks234 decks
15%synergy
Commit // Memory
16%inclusion38 decks234 decks
15%synergy
Sign in Blood
16%inclusion37 decks234 decks
12%synergy
Time Reversal
12%inclusion28 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Minds Aglow
12%inclusion28 decks234 decks
11%synergy
Day's Undoing
12%inclusion27 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Deadly Tempest
12%inclusion27 decks234 decks
11%synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
11%inclusion25 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Vandalblast
11%inclusion25 decks234 decks
-5%synergy
Khorvath's Fury
11%inclusion25 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Game Plan
10%inclusion23 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
7.7%inclusion18 decks234 decks
-1%synergy
Faithless Looting
7.7%inclusion18 decks234 decks
-12%synergy
Deep Analysis
7.7%inclusion18 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Decree of Pain
7.7%inclusion18 decks234 decks
3%synergy
Toxic Deluge
6.8%inclusion16 decks234 decks
-13%synergy
Dreadbore
6.8%inclusion16 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.4%inclusion15 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Exsanguinate
6.0%inclusion14 decks234 decks
2%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.0%inclusion14 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
44%inclusion102 decks234 decks
17%synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
23%inclusion53 decks234 decks
17%synergy
Temple Bell
20%inclusion47 decks234 decks
18%synergy
Lightning Greaves
18%inclusion41 decks234 decks
-12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion34 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Folio of Fancies
11%inclusion25 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Spellbook
10%inclusion23 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Library of Leng
8.1%inclusion19 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Iron Maiden
8.1%inclusion19 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Mindcrank
7.7%inclusion18 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Crawlspace
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Venser's Journal
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Font of Mythos
6.8%inclusion16 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Basilisk Collar
6.8%inclusion16 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Otherworld Atlas
6.8%inclusion16 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Black Vise
6.0%inclusion14 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
5.6%inclusion13 decks234 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Megrim
40%inclusion94 decks234 decks
34%synergy
Waste Not
35%inclusion82 decks234 decks
23%synergy
Curiosity
23%inclusion54 decks234 decks
19%synergy
Phyresis
18%inclusion43 decks234 decks
17%synergy
Liliana's Caress
17%inclusion40 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Price of Knowledge
17%inclusion39 decks234 decks
16%synergy
Wizard Class
16%inclusion38 decks234 decks
14%synergy
Raiders' Wake
15%inclusion34 decks234 decks
12%synergy
Painful Quandary
12%inclusion28 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Well of Ideas
12%inclusion27 decks234 decks
11%synergy
Ominous Seas
8.1%inclusion19 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Grievous Wound
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
5.6%inclusion13 decks234 decks
3%synergy
Curse of Obsession
5.6%inclusion13 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion12 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Helm of the Ghastlord
5.1%inclusion12 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Improbable Alliance
5.1%inclusion12 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace Beleren
24%inclusion55 decks234 decks
22%synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
8.5%inclusion20 decks234 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
61%inclusion142 decks234 decks
25%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
34%inclusion79 decks234 decks
27%synergy
Bojuka Bog
31%inclusion73 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
20%inclusion46 decks234 decks
12%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
8.5%inclusion20 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
87%inclusion203 decks234 decks
-3%synergy
Arcane Signet
81%inclusion190 decks234 decks
-7%synergy
Thought Vessel
48%inclusion112 decks234 decks
26%synergy
Izzet Signet
46%inclusion107 decks234 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Signet
44%inclusion103 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Commander's Sphere
38%inclusion89 decks234 decks
19%synergy
Rakdos Signet
38%inclusion88 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion68 decks234 decks
-6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
26%inclusion60 decks234 decks
-24%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
23%inclusion54 decks234 decks
-21%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
19%inclusion44 decks234 decks
-24%synergy
Obelisk of Grixis
18%inclusion43 decks234 decks
17%synergy
Mind Stone
18%inclusion42 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
18%inclusion41 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
17%inclusion40 decks234 decks
12%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.8%inclusion16 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
6.0%inclusion14 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.6%inclusion13 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.6%inclusion13 decks234 decks
2%synergy
Thran Dynamo
5.6%inclusion13 decks234 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Mountain
100%inclusion234 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Island
100%inclusion234 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion233 decks234 decks
8%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion201 decks234 decks
-6%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
69%inclusion161 decks234 decks
16%synergy
Sunken Hollow
49%inclusion115 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
48%inclusion112 decks234 decks
25%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
47%inclusion111 decks234 decks
10%synergy
Exotic Orchard
45%inclusion106 decks234 decks
-11%synergy
Sulfur Falls
41%inclusion95 decks234 decks
-6%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
37%inclusion86 decks234 decks
-9%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
35%inclusion83 decks234 decks
25%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
34%inclusion80 decks234 decks
20%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
32%inclusion76 decks234 decks
14%synergy
Temple of Deceit
31%inclusion73 decks234 decks
19%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
31%inclusion72 decks234 decks
21%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
29%inclusion69 decks234 decks
18%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
29%inclusion68 decks234 decks
-14%synergy
Seething Landscape
28%inclusion65 decks234 decks
11%synergy
Shivan Reef
27%inclusion63 decks234 decks
-3%synergy
Temple of Malice
26%inclusion62 decks234 decks
15%synergy
Path of Ancestry
25%inclusion58 decks234 decks
-6%synergy
Swiftwater Cliffs
24%inclusion57 decks234 decks
18%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
23%inclusion53 decks234 decks
17%synergy
Dismal Backwater
22%inclusion52 decks234 decks
16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion50 decks234 decks
12%synergy
Choked Estuary
19%inclusion45 decks234 decks
2%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
18%inclusion43 decks234 decks
0%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
16%inclusion37 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Underground River
15%inclusion36 decks234 decks
-13%synergy
Maestros Theater
15%inclusion36 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
14%inclusion33 decks234 decks
-1%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
14%inclusion33 decks234 decks
-14%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
14%inclusion32 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Izzet Guildgate
13%inclusion30 decks234 decks
11%synergy
Grixis Panorama
12%inclusion28 decks234 decks
9%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
11%inclusion26 decks234 decks
-15%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
10%inclusion24 decks234 decks
8%synergy
Cascade Bluffs
10%inclusion23 decks234 decks
-1%synergy
Akoum Refuge
9.4%inclusion22 decks234 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
9.0%inclusion21 decks234 decks
7%synergy
Thriving Moor
9.0%inclusion21 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Thriving Isle
8.5%inclusion20 decks234 decks
5%synergy
Crypt of the Eternals
8.1%inclusion19 decks234 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Isle
7.7%inclusion18 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Ferrous Lake
7.7%inclusion18 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Bluff
7.7%inclusion18 decks234 decks
4%synergy
Ash Barrens
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
7.3%inclusion17 decks234 decks
-17%synergy
Blood Crypt
6.8%inclusion16 decks234 decks
-39%synergy