Kokusho, the Evening Star (Commander) - Budget Lifegain

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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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Archidekt
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Disciple of Bolas
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
79%synergy
Undying Malice
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
74%synergy
Not Dead After All
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
72%synergy
Dread Return
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
71%synergy
Wake the Dead
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
59%synergy
Feign Death
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
59%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
57%synergy
Sanguine Bond
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
55%synergy
Viscera Seer
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Feed the Swarm
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Village Rites
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Dark Ritual
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Sign in Blood
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Creatures
Solemn Simulacrum
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Crypt Ghast
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Plaguecrafter
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Woe Strider
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Carrion Feeder
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Activated Sleeper
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Leaden Myr
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
Darkstar Augur
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Gingerbrute
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Illuminor Szeras
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Spirit of Malevolence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Dread Presence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Dark Confidant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Hell's Caretaker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Blood Artist
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-15%synergy
Horobi, Death's Wail
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Ophiomancer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Vampire of the Dire Moon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Night Market Lookout
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Banehound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Myr Convert
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Archpriest of Shadows
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Palladium Myr
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Burnished Hart
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Gríma Wormtongue
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Callous Bloodmage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Deadly Dispute
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
38%synergy
Saw in Half
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Nasty End
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Withering Torment
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Demonic Gifts
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Go for the Throat
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Murder
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Return to Action
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Presumed Dead
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Grim Return
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Tragic Slip
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Overkill
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
16%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Sacrifice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Bake into a Pie
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Undying Evil
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Goryo's Vengeance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Defile
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-21%synergy
Doom Blade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Culling the Weak
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Dash Hopes
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Shadowfeed
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Grave Endeavor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-9%synergy
Foul-Tongue Shriek
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Cremate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Succumb to Temptation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rowan's Grim Search
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sorin's Thirst
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Tutor
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
35%synergy
Victimize
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Morbid Curiosity
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Reanimate
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Necromantic Selection
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Come Back Wrong
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Night's Whisper
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Decree of Pain
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Living Death
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Zombify
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Footsteps of the Goryo
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shamble Back
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sovereign's Bite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Plague Wind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Ritual of Soot
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Finale of Eternity
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Final Act
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Infernal Offering
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Read the Bones
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Dread Summons
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mutilate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Killing Wave
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Exsanguinate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Fruit of Tizerus
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Extract a Confession
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Toxic Deluge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-21%synergy
Summon Undead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Final Vengeance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Eaten Alive
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Do or Die
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Invoke Despair
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Exhume
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Blood for Bones
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Blade of Selves
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Netherborn Altar
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Jet Medallion
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-27%synergy
Strionic Resonator
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
5%synergy
Chimil, the Inner Sun
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Vedalken Orrery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Candy Trail
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Expedition Map
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Enchantments
Corroding Dragonstorm
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
50%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Greed
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Dark Tutelage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Strands of Night
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Black Market
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-4%synergy
Gonti's Machinations
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vampiric Rites
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Minion's Return
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wound Reflection
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Curse of Vengeance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Triskaidekaphobia
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Leyline of the Void
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Heartless Summoning
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Parasitic Impetus
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Elspeth's Nightmare
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Professor Onyx
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Cabal Coffers
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-22%synergy
High Market
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Polluted Mire
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
13%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-19%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Memorial to Folly
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Mishra's Factory
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Witch's Cottage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Command Beacon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-21%synergy
Everglades
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Mind Stone
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
53%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Dragon's Hoard
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Unstable Obelisk
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Hedron Archive
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Worn Powerstone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Lands
Swamp
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-12%synergy
Myriad Landscape
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
40%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Fabled Passage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Urza's Cave
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Grixis Panorama
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Demolition Field
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy