Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (Commander) - Self-Damage

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The Shadow LordThe Shadow Lord

Mike Carrozza
May 6, 2026
Am I the Bolas? - Ultimate Permanent Exile
This week on Am I the Bolas?, Rule Zero discussions and why they're important. Got a Game Changer in your deck? Does that make it Bracket 4?
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81%synergy
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77%synergy
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61%synergy
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41%synergy
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Dark Ritual
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Feed the Swarm
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11%synergy
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28%synergy
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36%synergy
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31%inclusion15 decks49 decks
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22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
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Orcish Bowmasters
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
9%synergy
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20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
0%synergy
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10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Chrome Mox
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4%synergy
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-3%synergy
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2%synergy
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Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
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28%synergy
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Pilfering Imp
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38%synergy
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38%synergy
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38%synergy
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36%synergy
Blight Keeper
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36%synergy
Basilica Screecher
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35%synergy
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35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
31%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
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32%synergy
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19%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
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31%synergy
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27%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
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18%synergy
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29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
23%synergy
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27%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
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25%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
23%synergy
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21%synergy
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
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26%synergy
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26%synergy
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27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
21%synergy
Shadow Alley Denizen
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
13%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Dauthi Warlord
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
22%synergy
Etherium Pteramander
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
21%synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
21%inclusion8 decks39 decks
18%synergy
Eye Collector
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
19%synergy
Deep-Cavern Bat
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
19%synergy
Rev, Tithe Extractor
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Foulmire Knight
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
17%synergy
Dauthi Ghoul
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
18%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
18%inclusion6 decks34 decks
14%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Order of Midnight
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Bone Miser
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Starscream, Power Hungry
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Cutthroat
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
-8%synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Daggerdrome Imp
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Skirge Familiar
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
9%synergy
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Withering Torment
42%inclusion18 decks43 decks
10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Baleful Mastery
37%inclusion18 decks49 decks
28%synergy
Consuming Corruption
29%inclusion14 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Flare of Malice
29%inclusion14 decks48 decks
16%synergy
Deadly Rollick
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
26%inclusion9 decks34 decks
18%synergy
Fell the Profane
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Culling the Weak
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Imp's Mischief
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
-2%synergy
Deadly Dispute
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Force of Despair
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Village Rites
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Cabal Ritual
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Undying Malice
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Shadow of the Grave
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
18%synergy
Go for the Throat
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
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Snuff Out
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Darkness
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Soul Shatter
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0%synergy
Dismember
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Doom Blade
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
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3%synergy
Slaughter Pact
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Bitter Triumph
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Feign Death
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2%synergy
Not Dead After All
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Armor of Shadows
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6%synergy
Lethal Scheme
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6%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
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6%synergy
Undying Evil
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3%synergy
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5%synergy
Rush of Vitality
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5%synergy
Dark Triumph
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Hostile Negotiations
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5%synergy
Tragic Slip
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-14%synergy
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Peer into the Abyss
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
28%synergy
Toxic Deluge
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
-2%synergy
Reanimate
33%inclusion16 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Unearth
31%inclusion15 decks49 decks
22%synergy
Sign in Blood
24%inclusion12 decks49 decks
-11%synergy
Victimize
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Damnation
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Diabolic Intent
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
-1%synergy
Mutilate
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Living Death
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
-12%synergy
Decree of Pain
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
12%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Grim Tutor
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Gix's Command
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Call to the Netherworld
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Forever Young
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Dread Return
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Syphon Mind
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Villainous Wrath
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
4%synergy
Shredder's Technique
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Temporal Extortion
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-8%synergy
Predators' Hour
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Deadly Tempest
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Dark Deal
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-5%synergy
Beseech the Queen
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Risky Shortcut
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
4%synergy
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Swiftfoot Boots
41%inclusion20 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Jet Medallion
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
-23%synergy
Lightning Greaves
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Whip of Erebos
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
24%synergy
Vorpal Sword
29%inclusion14 decks49 decks
25%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Expedition Map
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Bontu's Monument
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
-6%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Sword of the Animist
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
15%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
17%inclusion6 decks35 decks
-3%synergy
Venser's Journal
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
15%synergy
Bag of Holding
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
13%synergy
Skullclamp
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
-8%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
10%synergy
Dowsing Dagger
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
13%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Spellbook
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Lashwrithe
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Throne of the God-Pharaoh
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Demon's Horn
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Library of Leng
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Howling Mine
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Mask of Memory
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Basilisk Collar
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Font of Agonies
45%inclusion22 decks49 decks
40%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
33%inclusion16 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Bitterblossom
33%inclusion16 decks49 decks
19%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
27%inclusion13 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Underworld Dreams
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
12%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
-1%synergy
Black Market Connections
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
-8%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Animate Dead
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Grave Venerations
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
7%synergy
Grievous Wound
9.3%inclusion4 decks43 decks
7%synergy
Sanguine Bond
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Call of the Ring
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Dauthi Embrace
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Painful Quandary
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-2%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
7.0%inclusion3 decks43 decks
2%synergy
Exquisite Blood
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Feast of Sanity
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
3%synergy
Ninja Teen
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
63%inclusion31 decks49 decks
8%synergy
Bojuka Bog
49%inclusion24 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
49%inclusion24 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
37%inclusion18 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Deserted Temple
20%inclusion10 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Witch's Cottage
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
-8%synergy
War Room
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Thespian's Stage
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Realm of Koh
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Lake of the Dead
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
2%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
-3%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
-3%synergy
Vesuva
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Blinkmoth Nexus
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Access Tunnel
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion36 decks49 decks
-12%synergy
Thought Vessel
71%inclusion35 decks49 decks
46%synergy
Arcane Signet
57%inclusion28 decks49 decks
-5%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
32%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
0%synergy
The Soul Stone
19%inclusion6 decks32 decks
4%synergy
Heraldic Banner
18%inclusion9 decks49 decks
13%synergy
Caged Sun
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
0%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
-15%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Mox Amber
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Lotus Petal
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
3%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
6%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
-4%synergy
Gilded Lotus
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
90%inclusion44 decks49 decks
-5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
39%inclusion19 decks49 decks
16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
35%inclusion17 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
16%inclusion8 decks49 decks
9%synergy
Urza's Cave
12%inclusion6 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Demolition Field
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
-3%synergy
Command Tower
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy