Kokusho, the Evening Star (Commander) - Budget Lifegain

Arnaud Gompertz
Sep 3, 2025
How to Build Golgari Without Being Golboring
Like to think outside the color box in Commander? This edition of Branching Out gives you some great ideas for unique Golgari builds.
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Moxfield
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MTGStocks
Grave Researcher
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
42%synergy
Withering Curse
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Changing Loyalty
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Scheming Silvertongue
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
43%synergy
Moseo, Vein's New Dean
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
46%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Disciple of Bolas
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
81%synergy
Dread Return
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
74%synergy
Nasty End
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
68%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
64%synergy
Undying Malice
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
61%synergy
Village Rites
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
60%synergy
Morbid Curiosity
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Necromantic Selection
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Viscera Seer
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Feed the Swarm
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
50%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Dark Ritual
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Reanimate
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Sign in Blood
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
36%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
33%synergy
Not Dead After All
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
46%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
50%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
47%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Creatures
Twilight Diviner
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
62%synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Plaguecrafter
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Crypt Ghast
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-5%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Hell's Caretaker
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Carrion Feeder
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Demon's Disciple
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Accursed Marauder
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Activated Sleeper
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Gingerbrute
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Illuminor Szeras
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Spirit of Malevolence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dread Presence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Dark Confidant
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Blood Artist
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-18%synergy
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Woe Strider
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Ophiomancer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Harvester of Souls
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Vampire of the Dire Moon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Night Market Lookout
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Banehound
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Silversmote Ghoul
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Myr Convert
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Grim Haruspex
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Witch of the Moors
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Archpriest of Shadows
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Burnished Hart
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Sadistic Hypnotist
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Callous Bloodmage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Corrupted Conviction
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
45%synergy
Feign Death
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
49%synergy
Withering Torment
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Demonic Gifts
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Go for the Throat
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Deadly Dispute
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Wake the Dead
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Return to Action
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Presumed Dead
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Saw in Half
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Tragic Slip
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Sacrifice
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Undying Evil
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Murder
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Infernal Grasp
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Rowan's Grim Search
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-5%synergy
Bake into a Pie
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Goryo's Vengeance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Defile
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-22%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Culling the Weak
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Altar's Reap
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Dash Hopes
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Shadowfeed
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Grave Endeavor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Foul-Tongue Shriek
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Grim Return
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Cremate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Succumb to Temptation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
It Doesn't Add Up
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Sorin's Thirst
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Come Back Wrong
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Mutilate
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Killing Wave
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Night's Whisper
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Buried Alive
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Decree of Pain
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Living Death
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Zombify
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Shamble Back
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sovereign's Bite
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Plague Wind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Spark Harvest
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Ritual of Soot
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Finale of Eternity
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Final Act
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Offering
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Read the Bones
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Bond of Revival
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dread Summons
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Innocent Blood
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Bone Shards
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Exsanguinate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Ever After
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Fruit of Tizerus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Extract a Confession
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Syphon Mind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Toxic Deluge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-22%synergy
Deadly Tempest
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Summon Undead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Final Vengeance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Footsteps of the Goryo
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Eaten Alive
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-6%synergy
Stargaze
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Do or Die
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Invoke Despair
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Blood for Bones
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Blade of Selves
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Jet Medallion
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-19%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Skullclamp
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Netherborn Altar
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Strionic Resonator
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Vedalken Orrery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Candy Trail
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Expedition Map
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Animate Dead
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Greed
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Black Market
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Vampiric Rites
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Heartless Summoning
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Corroding Dragonstorm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Strands of Night
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Gonti's Machinations
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Minion's Return
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Exquisite Blood
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Wound Reflection
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Curse of Vengeance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Blight Mound
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Triskaidekaphobia
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of the Void
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Parasitic Impetus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Elspeth's Nightmare
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Professor Onyx
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Cabal Coffers
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-12%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-6%synergy
Mortuary Mire
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Witch's Cottage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
High Market
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Mage-Ring Network
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
War Room
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Polluted Mire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Castle Locthwain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-23%synergy
Everglades
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Field of Ruin
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Mind Stone
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
57%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Blitzball
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Hedron Archive
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Séance Board
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Dragon's Hoard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Prismatic Lens
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Lands
Swamp
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
46%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-5%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Cave
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Grixis Panorama
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Demolition Field
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy