Kambal, Profiteering Mayor (Commander) - Budget Core Lifegain

Ezra Sassaman
Feb 12, 2026
Revisiting the Top Ten Commanders from Strixhaven
With Secrets of Strixhaven coming soon, let's take some time to revisit and reevaluate the top 10 commanders from Strixhaven: School of Mages.
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Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
100%inclusion2 decks2 decks
97%synergy
Moment of Reckoning
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
46%synergy
Stirring Hopesinger
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
47%synergy
Harsh Annotation
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Imperious Inkmage
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
Creatures
Mirkwood Bats
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
52%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
59%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Suture Priest
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
54%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
62%synergy
Exalted Sunborn
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
46%synergy
Mai, Scornful Striker
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Joo Dee, One of Many
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Kinscaer Sentry
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
Dark Leo & Shredder
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
Abigale, Poet Laureate
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
47%synergy
Soul's Attendant
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
22%synergy
Lunarch Veteran
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Corpse Knight
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
22%synergy
Warren Warleader
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Starseer Mentor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Rosie Cotton of South Lane
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Dalek Squadron
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Blood Artist
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
4%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
21%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
9%synergy
Cat Collector
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Boss's Chauffeur
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Welcoming Vampire
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
19%synergy
Healer of the Pride
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Sanctuary Raptor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Distinguished Conjurer
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Wizened Mentor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Ria Ivor, Bane of Bladehold
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Dazzling Angel
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Knight of Dawn's Light
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
20%synergy
Sinkhole Surveyor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Gríma Wormtongue
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Attended Healer
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Phyrexian Vindicator
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Bloodbond Vampire
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Warren Soultrader
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Metropolis Reformer
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Elenda, Saint of Dusk
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Impassioned Orator
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
15%synergy
Instants
Generous Gift
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
78%synergy
Fracture
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
46%synergy
Sephiroth's Intervention
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Personify
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
47%synergy
The Last Ronin's Technique
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Silverquill Charm
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
44%synergy
Valorous Stance
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Fateful Absence
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Village Rites
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
11%synergy
Release to Memory
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Consuming Corruption
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Fanatical Offering
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Deadly Dispute
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
11%synergy
Vanishing Verse
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Bovine Intervention
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Closing Statement
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Thraben Charm
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Crumb and Get It
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Murder
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
20%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-30%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
22%synergy
Crypt Incursion
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Path to Exile
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-16%synergy
Savor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Kill Shot
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Chant of Vitu-Ghazi
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Nocturnal Hunger
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Saw in Half
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Szat's Will
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Nasty End
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Mortify
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
11%synergy
Sorceries
Austere Command
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
50%synergy
Group Project
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
Antiquities on the Loose
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Diabolic Intent
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Awaken the Erstwhile
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Requisition Raid
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Spark Harvest
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Revoke Existence
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Call to the Feast
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Hour of Reckoning
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Valiant Endeavor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
23%synergy
Infectious Inquiry
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Reduce to Memory
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Can't Stay Away
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Exsanguinate
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
20%synergy
Death Grasp
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
White Sun's Twilight
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Necrotic Hex
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
The Battle of Bywater
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Damn
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1%synergy
Gravedig
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Crisis of Conscience
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Stargaze
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Dark Salvation
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Wind Crystal
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
43%synergy
Peter Parker's Camera
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
Oketra's Monument
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Tamiyo's Journal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Whip of Erebos
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Horn of Gondor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Giant's Skewer
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Glimmer Lens
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Goldvein Pick
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Idol of Oblivion
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
9%synergy
Executioner's Capsule
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Ceremonial Knife
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Bucknard's Everfull Purse
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Enchantments
Ghoulish Procession
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
49%synergy
Intangible Virtue
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
62%synergy
Skrelv's Hive
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Rabble Rousing
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Midnight Snack
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Flickering Ward
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
17%synergy
Campaign of Vengeance
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Sanguine Bond
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
14%synergy
Answered Prayers
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Griffin Aerie
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
March of the Canonized
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Animate Dead
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
23%synergy
Inspiring Leader
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Vault 75: Middle School
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Ghostly Prison
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
5%synergy
Cleric Class
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Court of Grace
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Planeswalkers
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Utility Lands
Adventurer's Inn
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Clive's Hideaway
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Skycoach Waypoint
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Bojuka Bog
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-11%synergy
Idyllic Grange
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Windbrisk Heights
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Witch's Cottage
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Darksteel Citadel
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Guildless Commons
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
-13%synergy
Sol Ring
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
-17%synergy
Fellwar Stone
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
45%synergy
Mind Stone
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
44%synergy
Orzhov Signet
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
13%synergy
White Auracite
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Pristine Talisman
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Heraldic Banner
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Orzhov Keyrune
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
19%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-20%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
14%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
2%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
61%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
2%synergy
Scoured Barrens
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
77%synergy
Exotic Orchard
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
41%synergy
Tainted Field
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
16%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
59%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Forum of Amity
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
42%synergy
Eclipsed Steppe
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
28%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
16%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
13%synergy
Caves of Koilos
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-24%synergy
Isolated Chapel
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-34%synergy
Evolving Wilds
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
14%synergy
Temple of Silence
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-6%synergy
Forlorn Flats
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy