Meren of Clan Nel Toth (Commander) - Birthing Pod

Background image for Fire and Ice: Which Cards Are Hot and Cold for Azlask, the Swelling Scourge?
Julia Maddalena
Dec 26, 2025
Fire and Ice: Which Cards Are Hot and Cold for Azlask, the Swelling Scourge?
This week on Fire and Ice, Julia breaks down the hot and cold cards for a popular Eldrazi commander: Azlask, the Swelling Scourge.
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Beifong's Bounty Hunters
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Ba Sing Se
4.3%inclusion2 decks46 decks
2%synergy
Badgermole Cub
4.0%inclusion2 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Avatar Destiny
2.2%inclusion1 decks46 decks
1%synergy
Earthbender Ascension
2.2%inclusion1 decks46 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Birthing Pod
86%inclusion759 decks881 decks
83%synergy
Spore Frog
83%inclusion732 decks881 decks
77%synergy
Plaguecrafter
74%inclusion654 decks881 decks
65%synergy
Fiend Artisan
69%inclusion609 decks881 decks
64%synergy
Protean Hulk
69%inclusion607 decks881 decks
64%synergy
Buried Alive
71%inclusion623 decks881 decks
62%synergy
Eternal Witness
86%inclusion761 decks881 decks
62%synergy
Viscera Seer
74%inclusion650 decks881 decks
58%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
64%inclusion563 decks881 decks
58%synergy
Eldritch Evolution
62%inclusion542 decks881 decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Sakura-Tribe Elder
87%inclusion764 decks881 decks
57%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
70%inclusion618 decks881 decks
25%synergy
Skullclamp
70%inclusion616 decks881 decks
39%synergy
Reanimate
69%inclusion610 decks881 decks
50%synergy
Victimize
66%inclusion582 decks881 decks
47%synergy
Haywire Mite
65%inclusion576 decks881 decks
48%synergy
Entomb
65%inclusion574 decks881 decks
57%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
62%inclusion549 decks881 decks
50%synergy
Accursed Marauder
62%inclusion448 decks723 decks
53%synergy
Birds of Paradise
61%inclusion538 decks881 decks
41%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
36%inclusion317 decks881 decks
21%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
29%inclusion255 decks881 decks
18%synergy
Worldly Tutor
25%inclusion223 decks881 decks
15%synergy
Ancient Tomb
20%inclusion173 decks881 decks
14%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
16%inclusion142 decks881 decks
12%synergy
Survival of the Fittest
15%inclusion134 decks881 decks
13%synergy
Natural Order
14%inclusion127 decks881 decks
11%synergy
Opposition Agent
13%inclusion115 decks881 decks
11%synergy
Necropotence
10%inclusion90 decks881 decks
7%synergy
The One Ring
10%inclusion89 decks881 decks
6%synergy
Creatures
Wight of the Reliquary
60%inclusion453 decks754 decks
50%synergy
Grim Haruspex
57%inclusion500 decks881 decks
52%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
57%inclusion498 decks881 decks
53%synergy
Carrion Feeder
55%inclusion481 decks881 decks
47%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
53%inclusion465 decks881 decks
45%synergy
Blood Artist
52%inclusion461 decks881 decks
33%synergy
Llanowar Elves
52%inclusion454 decks881 decks
19%synergy
Cankerbloom
51%inclusion451 decks881 decks
37%synergy
Deathrite Shaman
49%inclusion428 decks881 decks
34%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
47%inclusion418 decks881 decks
26%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
47%inclusion416 decks881 decks
29%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
46%inclusion403 decks881 decks
41%synergy
Reclamation Sage
44%inclusion390 decks881 decks
26%synergy
Elvish Mystic
43%inclusion375 decks881 decks
16%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
42%inclusion367 decks881 decks
36%synergy
Fauna Shaman
41%inclusion365 decks881 decks
36%synergy
Massacre Wurm
41%inclusion364 decks881 decks
33%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
40%inclusion348 decks881 decks
36%synergy
Warren Soultrader
39%inclusion287 decks731 decks
29%synergy
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
39%inclusion341 decks881 decks
37%synergy
Wood Elves
39%inclusion340 decks881 decks
30%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
35%inclusion311 decks881 decks
30%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
35%inclusion311 decks881 decks
33%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
35%inclusion307 decks881 decks
25%synergy
Insidious Fungus
34%inclusion172 decks504 decks
28%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
33%inclusion287 decks881 decks
19%synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
32%inclusion280 decks881 decks
15%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
32%inclusion279 decks881 decks
29%synergy
Shriekmaw
31%inclusion272 decks881 decks
27%synergy
Caustic Caterpillar
30%inclusion262 decks881 decks
22%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
27%inclusion237 decks881 decks
25%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
24%inclusion23 decks95 decks
19%synergy
Demon's Disciple
24%inclusion212 decks881 decks
21%synergy
Satyr Wayfinder
23%inclusion203 decks881 decks
17%synergy
Midnight Reaper
22%inclusion190 decks881 decks
19%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
21%inclusion184 decks881 decks
17%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
21%inclusion183 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
20%inclusion23 decks115 decks
16%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
20%inclusion145 decks731 decks
11%synergy
Honest Rutstein
20%inclusion155 decks788 decks
10%synergy
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
19%inclusion171 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Merciless Executioner
17%inclusion154 decks881 decks
15%synergy
Walking Ballista
17%inclusion153 decks881 decks
15%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
17%inclusion152 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Mindslicer
17%inclusion149 decks881 decks
16%synergy
Acidic Slime
16%inclusion144 decks881 decks
13%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
16%inclusion141 decks881 decks
8%synergy
Spinner of Souls
15%inclusion58 decks382 decks
11%synergy
Delighted Halfling
15%inclusion132 decks881 decks
7%synergy
Woe Strider
14%inclusion127 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Beast Within
38%inclusion333 decks881 decks
1%synergy
Abrupt Decay
37%inclusion329 decks881 decks
21%synergy
Dark Ritual
33%inclusion291 decks881 decks
16%synergy
Village Rites
25%inclusion216 decks881 decks
8%synergy
Putrefy
19%inclusion171 decks881 decks
-16%synergy
Grisly Salvage
19%inclusion167 decks881 decks
8%synergy
Heroic Intervention
18%inclusion159 decks881 decks
-12%synergy
Culling the Weak
17%inclusion149 decks881 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
16%inclusion144 decks881 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Rollick
16%inclusion142 decks881 decks
6%synergy
Saw in Half
16%inclusion138 decks881 decks
8%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion113 decks731 decks
6%synergy
Veil of Summer
15%inclusion129 decks881 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Dispute
13%inclusion116 decks881 decks
-7%synergy
Noxious Revival
12%inclusion110 decks881 decks
8%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
12%inclusion85 decks731 decks
-8%synergy
Tear Asunder
11%inclusion96 decks881 decks
-4%synergy
Chord of Calling
10%inclusion91 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Malice
10%inclusion74 decks731 decks
8%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
10%inclusion86 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Crop Rotation
9.4%inclusion83 decks881 decks
1%synergy
Golgari Charm
8.6%inclusion76 decks881 decks
-8%synergy
Force of Vigor
8.1%inclusion71 decks881 decks
4%synergy
Nature's Claim
6.9%inclusion61 decks881 decks
-3%synergy
Rushed Rebirth
6.9%inclusion61 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Tragic Slip
6.1%inclusion54 decks881 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
51%inclusion448 decks881 decks
30%synergy
Diabolic Intent
47%inclusion412 decks881 decks
37%synergy
Culling Ritual
40%inclusion349 decks881 decks
19%synergy
Living Death
38%inclusion335 decks881 decks
31%synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
27%inclusion235 decks881 decks
21%synergy
Unmarked Grave
23%inclusion205 decks881 decks
21%synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
21%inclusion188 decks881 decks
8%synergy
Nature's Lore
20%inclusion179 decks881 decks
-6%synergy
Damnation
17%inclusion154 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Life // Death
17%inclusion153 decks881 decks
14%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
17%inclusion148 decks881 decks
13%synergy
Cultivate
17%inclusion148 decks881 decks
-23%synergy
Three Visits
17%inclusion147 decks881 decks
-2%synergy
Dread Return
17%inclusion147 decks881 decks
7%synergy
Flare of Cultivation
15%inclusion126 decks818 decks
12%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
15%inclusion57 decks385 decks
8%synergy
Rampant Growth
15%inclusion129 decks881 decks
-20%synergy
Finale of Devastation
15%inclusion129 decks881 decks
8%synergy
Farseek
14%inclusion123 decks881 decks
-5%synergy
Jarad's Orders
13%inclusion114 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
12%inclusion104 decks881 decks
0%synergy
Persist
11%inclusion101 decks881 decks
9%synergy
Life from the Loam
11%inclusion93 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Primal Growth
9.3%inclusion82 decks881 decks
7%synergy
Kodama's Reach
8.4%inclusion74 decks881 decks
-16%synergy
Chain of Smog
8.4%inclusion74 decks881 decks
6%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
8.2%inclusion72 decks881 decks
4%synergy
Unearth
7.3%inclusion64 decks881 decks
2%synergy
Imperial Seal
6.2%inclusion55 decks881 decks
4%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
5.6%inclusion49 decks881 decks
2%synergy
Squirming Emergence
5.2%inclusion46 decks881 decks
0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
57%inclusion501 decks881 decks
37%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
39%inclusion344 decks881 decks
30%synergy
Altar of Dementia
37%inclusion327 decks881 decks
29%synergy
Lightning Greaves
33%inclusion287 decks881 decks
11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion124 decks881 decks
-11%synergy
Strionic Resonator
8.2%inclusion72 decks881 decks
7%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
5.3%inclusion47 decks881 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
54%inclusion475 decks881 decks
45%synergy
Grave Pact
40%inclusion350 decks881 decks
31%synergy
Sylvan Library
26%inclusion233 decks881 decks
17%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
26%inclusion232 decks881 decks
21%synergy
Journey to Eternity
25%inclusion216 decks881 decks
19%synergy
Guardian Project
24%inclusion210 decks881 decks
17%synergy
Birthing Ritual
23%inclusion165 decks729 decks
21%synergy
Necromancy
22%inclusion196 decks881 decks
19%synergy
Insidious Roots
21%inclusion177 decks859 decks
9%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
18%inclusion157 decks881 decks
-6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16%inclusion139 decks881 decks
2%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
16%inclusion138 decks881 decks
8%synergy
Pattern of Rebirth
14%inclusion123 decks881 decks
13%synergy
Teval's Judgment
14%inclusion18 decks133 decks
12%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
13%inclusion92 decks729 decks
5%synergy
Evolutionary Leap
12%inclusion110 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Wild Growth
11%inclusion99 decks881 decks
1%synergy
Greater Good
11%inclusion95 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Into the Pit
11%inclusion51 decks485 decks
8%synergy
Awakening Zone
10%inclusion86 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Black Market
8.6%inclusion76 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Carpet of Flowers
8.1%inclusion71 decks881 decks
6%synergy
Utopia Sprawl
7.6%inclusion67 decks881 decks
1%synergy
Deathreap Ritual
7.2%inclusion63 decks881 decks
-5%synergy
Attrition
6.9%inclusion61 decks881 decks
6%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
6.8%inclusion51 decks750 decks
5%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
6.1%inclusion54 decks881 decks
-7%synergy
Black Market Connections
5.3%inclusion47 decks881 decks
-3%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.3%inclusion47 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Dance of the Dead
5.2%inclusion46 decks881 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Grist, the Hunger Tide
21%inclusion188 decks881 decks
12%synergy
Vivien on the Hunt
15%inclusion135 decks881 decks
15%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
14%inclusion122 decks881 decks
9%synergy
Vraska, Golgari Queen
7.9%inclusion70 decks881 decks
1%synergy
Utility Lands
Phyrexian Tower
59%inclusion522 decks881 decks
44%synergy
High Market
53%inclusion465 decks881 decks
44%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
47%inclusion413 decks881 decks
24%synergy
Bojuka Bog
43%inclusion380 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
40%inclusion354 decks881 decks
13%synergy
Dryad Arbor
32%inclusion282 decks881 decks
23%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
30%inclusion262 decks881 decks
12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
27%inclusion240 decks881 decks
16%synergy
Shifting Woodland
22%inclusion163 decks731 decks
12%synergy
Cabal Coffers
22%inclusion192 decks881 decks
13%synergy
Grim Backwoods
20%inclusion175 decks881 decks
7%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
13%inclusion93 decks731 decks
9%synergy
Reliquary Tower
12%inclusion102 decks881 decks
-12%synergy
Gaea's Cradle
10%inclusion89 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Command Beacon
10%inclusion85 decks881 decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.4%inclusion74 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
8.0%inclusion9 decks112 decks
4%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
7.4%inclusion65 decks881 decks
0%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
7.4%inclusion7 decks95 decks
4%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
6.8%inclusion60 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Westvale Abbey
6.1%inclusion54 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Khalni Garden
6.0%inclusion53 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Strip Mine
5.8%inclusion51 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
5.6%inclusion49 decks881 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.3%inclusion47 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Urza's Saga
5.1%inclusion45 decks881 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion796 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Signet
55%inclusion486 decks881 decks
-7%synergy
Golgari Signet
23%inclusion199 decks881 decks
-5%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
18%inclusion155 decks881 decks
-7%synergy
Chrome Mox
7.8%inclusion69 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Mana Crypt
6.5%inclusion57 decks881 decks
5%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
5.4%inclusion48 decks881 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
99%inclusion869 decks881 decks
1%synergy
Forest
99%inclusion868 decks881 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
94%inclusion828 decks881 decks
9%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
76%inclusion668 decks881 decks
31%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
73%inclusion647 decks881 decks
12%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
70%inclusion620 decks881 decks
18%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
64%inclusion567 decks881 decks
26%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
55%inclusion483 decks881 decks
25%synergy
Tainted Wood
54%inclusion475 decks881 decks
9%synergy
Twilight Mire
47%inclusion411 decks881 decks
11%synergy
Underground Mortuary
42%inclusion369 decks870 decks
21%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
40%inclusion356 decks881 decks
21%synergy
Deathcap Glade
40%inclusion353 decks881 decks
11%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
35%inclusion308 decks881 decks
22%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
31%inclusion271 decks881 decks
-11%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
30%inclusion261 decks881 decks
-6%synergy
Temple of Malady
26%inclusion227 decks881 decks
-9%synergy
Wastewood Verge
23%inclusion46 decks198 decks
7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion193 decks881 decks
-5%synergy
Bayou
22%inclusion191 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
20%inclusion145 decks731 decks
11%synergy
Blooming Marsh
20%inclusion172 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Windswept Heath
17%inclusion149 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Marsh Flats
17%inclusion149 decks881 decks
11%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
17%inclusion148 decks881 decks
13%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
17%inclusion148 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Delta
17%inclusion146 decks881 decks
10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
16%inclusion144 decks881 decks
6%synergy
Misty Rainforest
16%inclusion141 decks881 decks
9%synergy
Vernal Fen
16%inclusion15 decks95 decks
4%synergy
Wooded Foothills
16%inclusion138 decks881 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion113 decks731 decks
6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion104 decks725 decks
11%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion121 decks881 decks
0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
12%inclusion110 decks881 decks
-15%synergy
Prismatic Vista
12%inclusion108 decks881 decks
6%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
12%inclusion104 decks881 decks
0%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
12%inclusion85 decks731 decks
-8%synergy
Haunted Mire
12%inclusion102 decks881 decks
-5%synergy
Viridescent Bog
10%inclusion83 decks818 decks
-11%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
10%inclusion89 decks881 decks
-11%synergy
Jungle Hollow
10%inclusion89 decks881 decks
-14%synergy
Festering Thicket
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
3%synergy
City of Brass
8.2%inclusion72 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Mana Confluence
7.6%inclusion67 decks881 decks
5%synergy
Woodland Chasm
7.3%inclusion64 decks881 decks
0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
5.6%inclusion49 decks881 decks
3%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
5.1%inclusion45 decks881 decks
-4%synergy