Emet-Selch, Ascian (Commander) - Upgraded Lifegain

Original Name:

K'rrik, Son of YawgmothK'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

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Josh Nelson
Jan 9, 2026
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER Now the Top Mono-Black Commander
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER, a remarkable commander from Final Fantasy, has taken the top-ranked mono-black commander spot on EDHREC!
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Twilight Diviner
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Nightmare Sower
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Baron Helmut Zemo
4.3%inclusion1 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
2.2%inclusion1 decks45 decks
-2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Vilis, Broker of Blood
75%inclusion75 decks100 decks
62%synergy
Font of Agonies
60%inclusion60 decks100 decks
55%synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
58%inclusion58 decks100 decks
53%synergy
Blood Celebrant
53%inclusion53 decks100 decks
49%synergy
Asmodeus the Archfiend
49%inclusion49 decks100 decks
45%synergy
Exsanguinate
68%inclusion68 decks100 decks
44%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
93%inclusion93 decks100 decks
41%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
49%inclusion49 decks100 decks
38%synergy
Demon's Horn
41%inclusion41 decks100 decks
37%synergy
Necrotic Ooze
40%inclusion40 decks100 decks
36%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
84%inclusion84 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Jet Medallion
83%inclusion83 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Crypt Ghast
63%inclusion63 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Sign in Blood
63%inclusion63 decks100 decks
27%synergy
Reanimate
62%inclusion62 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Feed the Swarm
58%inclusion58 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
53%inclusion53 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Toxic Deluge
50%inclusion50 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
46%inclusion46 decks100 decks
31%synergy
Defile
44%inclusion44 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
72%inclusion72 decks100 decks
43%synergy
Necropotence
41%inclusion41 decks100 decks
26%synergy
Demonic Tutor
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
-8%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
-8%synergy
Ancient Tomb
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-8%synergy
The One Ring
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Phyrexian Obliterator
40%inclusion40 decks100 decks
29%synergy
Pontiff of Blight
39%inclusion39 decks100 decks
35%synergy
Dread Presence
35%inclusion35 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Shard of the Nightbringer
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
28%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
31%inclusion31 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Blood Artist
30%inclusion30 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
30%inclusion30 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Skirge Familiar
30%inclusion30 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Dimir House Guard
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Reiver Demon
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
26%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Grim Servant
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Massacre Wurm
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Twilight Prophet
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Sangromancer
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Blood Pet
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Hoarding Broodlord
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Vile Entomber
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Thrull Parasite
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Viscera Seer
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Murderous Rider
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Ancient Cellarspawn
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Basilica Screecher
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Pestilence Demon
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Ardyn, the Usurper
13%inclusion10 decks77 decks
10%synergy
Gwenom, Remorseless
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Balthor the Defiled
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Magus of the Mirror
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
-10%synergy
Instants
Consuming Corruption
44%inclusion44 decks100 decks
28%synergy
Imp's Mischief
37%inclusion37 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Withering Torment
33%inclusion33 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
17%synergy
Deadly Rollick
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Entomb
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Ritual
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Fell the Profane
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Dismember
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Infernal Grasp
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Tragic Slip
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Saw in Half
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Stinging Study
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Snuff Out
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Murder
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Culling the Weak
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Undying Malice
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Sacrifice
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
-10%synergy
Baleful Mastery
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Not Dead After All
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Force of Despair
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Hero's Downfall
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Village Rites
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
-16%synergy
Doom Blade
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Bitter Triumph
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Darkness
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Armor of Shadows
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Victim of Night
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Cut Down
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Deadly Dispute
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
-17%synergy
Breathe Your Last
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Feign Death
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Flare of Malice
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
-6%synergy
Offer Immortality
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Crypt Incursion
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Grasp of Darkness
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Ulcerate
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Overkill
5.5%inclusion4 decks73 decks
-2%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Bile Blight
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Fatal Push
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-9%synergy
Vraska's Contempt
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Peer into the Abyss
38%inclusion38 decks100 decks
27%synergy
Night's Whisper
33%inclusion33 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Beseech the Queen
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
26%synergy
Buried Alive
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Read the Bones
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Final Parting
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Profane Transfusion
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Bubbling Muck
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Dark Petition
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Victimize
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
-9%synergy
Damnation
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Repay in Kind
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Mutilate
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Blood Tithe
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Grim Tutor
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Mastermind's Acquisition
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Demonic Counsel
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Syphon Mind
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
-3%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Temporal Extortion
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Dread Return
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Ancient Craving
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Invoke Despair
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Exhume
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Duress
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Stitch Together
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Corrupt
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Essence Harvest
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Promise of Power
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Ambition's Cost
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Thoughtseize
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Rush of Dread
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Unmarked Grave
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Damnable Pact
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Liturgy of Blood
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Living Death
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Blood Tribute
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Aetherflux Reservoir
42%inclusion42 decks100 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
39%inclusion39 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Bontu's Monument
38%inclusion38 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
36%inclusion36 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Whip of Erebos
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
18%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
29%inclusion22 decks76 decks
9%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Pact Weapon
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Prism Ring
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Expedition Map
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
7%synergy
The Endstone
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Vorpal Sword
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Plate
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Helm of Awakening
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-14%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Requiem Monolith
5.2%inclusion3 decks58 decks
4%synergy
Defense Grid
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Mithril Coat
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
41%inclusion41 decks100 decks
29%synergy
Exquisite Blood
40%inclusion40 decks100 decks
27%synergy
Animate Dead
37%inclusion37 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Greed
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Heartless Summoning
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Black Market Connections
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
6%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
-3%synergy
Leshrac's Sigil
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Black Market
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
-8%synergy
Necromancy
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Necrodominance
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Pestilence
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Underworld Dreams
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
4%synergy
No Mercy
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Bonds
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Oubliette
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Grievous Wound
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Gonti's Machinations
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Dance of the Dead
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Palace Siege
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Painful Quandary
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Liliana's Contract
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Vampiric Link
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Grave Pact
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-14%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Professor Onyx
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-8%synergy
Sorin Markov
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Sorin the Mirthless
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
53%inclusion53 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Bojuka Bog
46%inclusion46 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
41%inclusion41 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
39%inclusion39 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Witch's Cottage
36%inclusion36 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
35%inclusion35 decks100 decks
-3%synergy
Barren Moor
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
-3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Rogue's Passage
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Temple of the False God
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Radiant Fountain
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Command Beacon
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
1%synergy
The Black Gate
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
8%synergy
War Room
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Emergence Zone
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Peat Bog
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Crystal Vein
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Everglades
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
98%inclusion98 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Signet
61%inclusion61 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Stone
39%inclusion39 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Nyx Lotus
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Pristine Talisman
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Mox Amber
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Caged Sun
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Paradise Plume
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Worn Powerstone
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Heraldic Banner
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Commander's Sphere
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
99%inclusion99 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
-6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Urza's Cave
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Demolition Field
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Cavern of Souls
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-2%synergy