Kokusho, the Evening Star (Commander) - Budget Upgraded

Kokusho, the Evening Star
Rank #1,262
11decks
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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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Disciple of Bolas
91%inclusion10 decks11 decks
86%synergy
Undying Malice
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
72%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
66%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
65%synergy
Feign Death
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
65%synergy
Blade of Selves
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
62%synergy
Saw in Half
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
56%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Morbid Curiosity
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Return to Action
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Solemn Simulacrum
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
49%synergy
Village Rites
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
48%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Victimize
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Sanguine Bond
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
52%synergy
Deadly Dispute
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
39%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Not Dead After All
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
43%synergy
Midnight Reaper
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
46%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Necropotence
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Braids, Cabal Minion
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Field of the Dead
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Creatures
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Burnished Hart
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
47%synergy
Viscera Seer
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Illuminor Szeras
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
51%synergy
Crypt Ghast
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
43%synergy
Woe Strider
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
41%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
40%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
41%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Plaguecrafter
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Disciple of Griselbrand
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Perigee Beckoner
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Blood Artist
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
-4%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Delver
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Carrion Feeder
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Grim Haruspex
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Hell's Caretaker
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Hungry Ghoul
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Massacre Girl
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Activated Sleeper
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Dread Presence
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Vampire Soulcaller
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
God-Eternal Bontu
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Dark Confidant
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-7%synergy
Nightmare Shepherd
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Accursed Marauder
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-3%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Agent Venom
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Gwenom, Remorseless
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Ahriman
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Swarm Culler
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Anticausal Vestige
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Lightless Evangel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Faller's Faithful
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Summon: Anima
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Bushmeat Poacher
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Gravelighter
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Instants
Nasty End
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
51%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
33%synergy
Undying Evil
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
42%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
23%synergy
Tragic Slip
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Dark Ritual
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
-30%synergy
Wake the Dead
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Defile
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
-10%synergy
Altar's Reap
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Rescue from the Underworld
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Infernal Grasp
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Demonic Gifts
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Shoot the Sheriff
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Costly Plunder
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Withering Torment
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-13%synergy
Murder
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Presumed Dead
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Vayne's Treachery
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Fight On!
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Plunge into Darkness
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Fatal Push
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Flare of Malice
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-4%synergy
Bitter Triumph
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Unmake the Graves
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Corpse Churn
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-10%synergy
Sacrifice
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-14%synergy
Consuming Corruption
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-7%synergy
Fanatical Offering
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Moonlight Bargain
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Culling the Weak
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Withering Boon
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Makeshift Mannequin
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Launch Party
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Hero's Downfall
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Thrilling Encore
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Songs of the Damned
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Darkness
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Grim Return
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Mutilate
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Sign in Blood
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dread Return
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Come Back Wrong
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Blood for Bones
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Villainous Wrath
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Reanimate
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
-12%synergy
Zombify
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Bubbling Muck
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Eaten Alive
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Infernal Offering
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Exsanguinate
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Damnable Pact
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Final Act
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Living Death
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Bone Splinters
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Night's Whisper
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Footsteps of the Goryo
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Tragic Trajectory
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Macabre Reconstruction
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Crawl from the Cellar
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Severed Strands
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Entreat the Dead
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Cut of the Profits
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Fell
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Deadly Tempest
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Ghouls' Night Out
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-3%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Repay in Kind
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Blood on the Snow
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Dread Summons
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Innocent Blood
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-8%synergy
Attempted Murder
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Necromantic Selection
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Final Vengeance
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Defossilize
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Zof Consumption
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Necromantic Summons
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
29%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Jet Medallion
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
-24%synergy
Resurrection Orb
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Cauldron of Souls
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Netherborn Altar
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Peter Parker's Camera
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
The Masamune
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Requiem Monolith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Lashwrithe
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Cryptolith Fragment
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Wretched
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Strionic Resonator
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Spawning Pit
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Skullclamp
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-12%synergy
Mimic Vat
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Basilisk Collar
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Minion Reflector
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Expedition Map
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-3%synergy
Bontu's Monument
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-19%synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
-4%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Vampiric Rites
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
30%synergy
Strands of Night
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Greed
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Animate Dead
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Minion's Return
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Parker Luck
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Corroding Dragonstorm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sporogenic Infection
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Unhallowed Pact
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Heartless Summoning
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Demonic Vigor
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dawn of the Dead
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Pestilence
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Unholy Indenture
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Black Market
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-12%synergy
Midnight Snack
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Shade's Form
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Warlock Class
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Wound Reflection
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Necrogen Communion
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Witch's Cottage
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
21%synergy
High Market
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
39%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
28%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
26%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-13%synergy
Barren Moor
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Cabal Coffers
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-37%synergy
Ebon Stronghold
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Mudflat Village
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
War Room
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-7%synergy
Thespian's Stage
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Field of Ruin
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-21%synergy
Polluted Mire
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Peat Bog
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Everglades
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion11 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
19%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Thought Vessel
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-9%synergy
Thran Dynamo
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Gilded Lotus
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Worn Powerstone
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
The Eternity Elevator
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Séance Board
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Dragon's Hoard
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Nyx Lotus
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Coveted Jewel
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion11 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
19%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
23%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-10%synergy
Urza's Cave
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Zof Consumption
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Ash Barrens
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Demolition Field
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy