Erebos, God of the Dead (Commander) - Upgraded Self-Damage

Erebos, God of the Dead
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Arnaud Gompertz
Apr 22, 2026
Arnaud Gompertz
Three Esper-cially Spicy Brews
On this edition of Branching Out, Arnaud digs into some underplayed Commander brews for the Esper color combination.
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Troop of Ponies
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Vilis, Broker of Blood
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
62%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Crypt Ghast
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
53%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
52%synergy
Toxic Deluge
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
51%synergy
Exsanguinate
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Consuming Corruption
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
47%synergy
Wound Reflection
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
47%synergy
Massacre Wurm
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Top Cards
Reanimate
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Defile
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
27%synergy
Withering Torment
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Jet Medallion
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Dark Ritual
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Dread Presence
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Necropotence
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Ancient Tomb
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Glacial Chasm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Demonic Tutor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Creatures
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
39%synergy
Twilight Prophet
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Murderous Rider
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Blood Artist
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Doom Whisperer
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Ophiomancer
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Boggart Trawler
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Sangromancer
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Pontiff of Blight
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Baron Helmut Zemo
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Mai, Scornful Striker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Metamorphosis Fanatic
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Darkstar Augur
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Caustic Bronco
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Grim Servant
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Asmodeus the Archfiend
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Dark Confidant
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Jerren, Corrupted Bishop
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Rottenmouth Viper
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Starving Revenant
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Order of Midnight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Drana, the Last Bloodchief
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Knight of the Ebon Legion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Shadow of Mortality
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Thrull Parasite
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Harvester of Souls
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Myojin of Night's Reach
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Fell the Profane
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Infernal Grasp
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Deadly Rollick
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dismember
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
27%synergy
Imp's Mischief
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Snuff Out
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Hellish Rebuke
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Withering Boon
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Bitter Triumph
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Stinging Study
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Simulacrum
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Scour from Existence
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Not Dead After All
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Songs of the Damned
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Stunning Reversal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Flare of Malice
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Doom Blade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Soul Shatter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Undying Malice
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Necrologia
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Darkness
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Baleful Mastery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Hostile Negotiations
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Cast Down
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Crypt Incursion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Curtains' Call
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Ultimate Price
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Wail of the Nim
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Saw in Half
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Sign in Blood
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Bubbling Muck
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Mutilate
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Damnation
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Victimize
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Demonic Counsel
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Night's Whisper
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Syphon Mind
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
13%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Grim Tutor
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Temporal Extortion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Will of the Abzan
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Repay in Kind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Come Back Wrong
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Profane Transfusion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Finale of Eternity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Yahenni's Expertise
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Profane Command
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Fell
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Diresight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Essence Harvest
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Deadly Tempest
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Blood Tithe
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Massacre
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Beseech the Queen
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Decode Transmissions
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Scrounge for Eternity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Whip of Erebos
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
39%synergy
Expedition Map
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
39%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
The Endstone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Eye of Vecna
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Hand of Vecna
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
The Last Ride
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Bontu's Monument
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
The Golden Throne
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Pact Weapon
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Ward of Bones
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-19%synergy
Lightning Greaves
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-21%synergy
Ring of Xathrid
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lich's Mirror
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Demon's Horn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
The Book of Vile Darkness
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-8%synergy
Reaper's Scythe
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
World Map
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Entropic Battlecruiser
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Requiem Monolith
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Exquisite Blood
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Painful Quandary
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Black Market Connections
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
11%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Underworld Dreams
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Font of Agonies
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Polluted Bonds
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Dance of the Dead
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Greed
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Black Market
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
5%synergy
No Mercy
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Animate Dead
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Pestilence
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Waste Not
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Cramped Vents // Access Maze
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Words of Waste
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Tainted Remedy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Necromancy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Sanguine Bond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Call the Bloodline
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Bottomless Pit
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lethal Vapors
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tainted Aether
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Arguel's Blood Fast
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Triskaidekaphobia
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Necrogen Mists
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Oppression
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Bitterblossom
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Professor Onyx
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Liliana Vess
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Cabal Coffers
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Ghost Quarter
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Deserted Temple
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Castle Locthwain
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Reliquary Tower
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-13%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-14%synergy
Vesuva
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Urza's Saga
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Witch's Cottage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
War Room
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Thespian's Stage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Lake of the Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Caged Sun
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Thought Vessel
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
The Soul Stone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Phial of Galadriel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Laser Screwdriver
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Gilded Lotus
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Lens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Urza's Cave
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Boggart Trawler
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
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