Kokusho, the Evening Star (Commander) - Budget Reanimator

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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
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Twilight Diviner
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
99%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Supernatural Stamina
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
81%synergy
Feign Death
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
81%synergy
Undying Malice
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
79%synergy
Nasty End
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
75%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
75%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
73%synergy
Vampiric Rites
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
72%synergy
Not Dead After All
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
66%synergy
Morbid Curiosity
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
66%synergy
Wake the Dead
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
65%synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
64%synergy
Feed the Swarm
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Dread Return
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
57%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
55%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
63%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Plaguecrafter
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
36%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-18%synergy
Creatures
Viscera Seer
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
34%synergy
Burnished Hart
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
36%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Midnight Reaper
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
36%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Accursed Marauder
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Illuminor Szeras
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Disciple of Griselbrand
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
26%synergy
Grim Haruspex
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
24%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Crypt Ghast
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-15%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
26%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Dockside Chef
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Dread Presence
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Blood Artist
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-9%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Phyrexian Delver
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Merciless Executioner
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Demon's Disciple
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Activated Sleeper
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Bloodgift Demon
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Leaden Myr
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Crypt Rats
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Black Cat
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Circuit Mender
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Doom Weaver
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Young Necromancer
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Fell Stinger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Cavalier of Night
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Hell's Caretaker
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Woe Strider
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Horobi, Death's Wail
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Gravelighter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Undying Evil
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
52%synergy
Deadly Dispute
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Dark Ritual
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
-11%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
49%synergy
Saw in Half
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
48%synergy
Demonic Gifts
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Altar's Reap
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Return to Action
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Grim Return
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Tragic Slip
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Sacrifice
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Defile
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-15%synergy
Rescue from the Underworld
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Presumed Dead
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-15%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Rend Flesh
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Stinging Study
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Thrilling Encore
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Heartless Act
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Fanatical Offering
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Goryo's Vengeance
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Doom Blade
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Hellish Rebuke
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Soul Shatter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Withering Boon
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Costly Plunder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Terror
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Blood for Bones
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Victimize
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Read the Bones
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Exsanguinate
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Footsteps of the Goryo
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Mutilate
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Night's Whisper
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Danse Macabre
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Necromantic Selection
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Come Back Wrong
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Restart Sequence
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Damnable Pact
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Infernal Offering
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Bone Shards
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Living Death
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Deadly Tempest
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Zombify
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Eaten Alive
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Final Vengeance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Final Act
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Stargaze
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Doomsday Confluence
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Unmarked Grave
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Cloudkill
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Profane Tutor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Soul Exchange
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Return from Extinction
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Bubbling Muck
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Blood on the Snow
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sam's Desperate Rescue
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Bond of Revival
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dread Summons
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Innocent Blood
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Killing Wave
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Cut of the Profits
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Bond of Agony
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Decree of Pain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Fearsome Awakening
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Call to the Void
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Blade of Selves
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Jet Medallion
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Skullclamp
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Helm of the Host
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Strionic Resonator
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Lithoform Engine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Armillary Sphere
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Cauldron of Souls
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Mirage Mirror
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Stone of Erech
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Bontu's Monument
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
Netherborn Altar
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Carnage Altar
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sword of the Animist
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Spawning Pit
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Greed
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
37%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Corroding Dragonstorm
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Black Market
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-7%synergy
Strands of Night
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Minion's Return
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Animate Dead
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Quest for the Necropolis
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Shade's Form
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Warlock Class
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Wound Reflection
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
No Mercy
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Unhallowed Pact
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Unholy Indenture
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Heartless Summoning
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Parasitic Impetus
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Death's Majesty
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Witch's Cottage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
High Market
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Reliquary Tower
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-9%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Cactus Preserve
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Pit of Offerings
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
0%synergy
War Room
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Command Beacon
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Mire
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Terrain Generator
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Everglades
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Field of Ruin
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
25%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Worn Powerstone
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Commander's Sphere
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Gilded Lotus
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Star Compass
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Nyx Lotus
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Swamp
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
-6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy