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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.
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Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Twilight Diviner
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Toph, Earthbending Master
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Beifong's Bounty Hunters
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
June, Bounty Hunter
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Spore Frog
73%inclusion110 decks150 decks
67%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
70%inclusion105 decks150 decks
55%synergy
Grim Haruspex
58%inclusion87 decks150 decks
54%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
60%inclusion90 decks150 decks
54%synergy
Eternal Witness
76%inclusion114 decks150 decks
51%synergy
Viscera Seer
65%inclusion98 decks150 decks
50%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
79%inclusion118 decks150 decks
49%synergy
Accursed Marauder
57%inclusion78 decks137 decks
48%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
70%inclusion105 decks150 decks
47%synergy
High Market
55%inclusion83 decks150 decks
46%synergy
Top Cards
Skullclamp
65%inclusion97 decks150 decks
34%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
58%inclusion87 decks150 decks
13%synergy
Reanimate
58%inclusion87 decks150 decks
38%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
55%inclusion83 decks150 decks
43%synergy
Haywire Mite
54%inclusion81 decks150 decks
37%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
53%inclusion79 decks150 decks
33%synergy
Cankerbloom
51%inclusion77 decks150 decks
38%synergy
Victimize
51%inclusion77 decks150 decks
32%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
51%inclusion77 decks150 decks
30%synergy
Blood Artist
49%inclusion74 decks150 decks
30%synergy
Game Changers
Field of the Dead
8.0%inclusion12 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
6.7%inclusion10 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Creatures
Wight of the Reliquary
49%inclusion69 decks141 decks
39%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
48%inclusion72 decks150 decks
42%synergy
Plaguecrafter
48%inclusion72 decks150 decks
39%synergy
Birds of Paradise
47%inclusion70 decks150 decks
26%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
46%inclusion69 decks150 decks
32%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
44%inclusion66 decks150 decks
36%synergy
Carrion Feeder
44%inclusion66 decks150 decks
36%synergy
Warren Soultrader
44%inclusion61 decks140 decks
33%synergy
Massacre Wurm
42%inclusion63 decks150 decks
34%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
41%inclusion61 decks150 decks
31%synergy
Wood Elves
39%inclusion58 decks150 decks
30%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
38%inclusion57 decks150 decks
36%synergy
Llanowar Elves
38%inclusion57 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
36%inclusion54 decks150 decks
30%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
35%inclusion52 decks150 decks
16%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
35%inclusion52 decks150 decks
31%synergy
Reclamation Sage
34%inclusion51 decks150 decks
16%synergy
Elvish Mystic
33%inclusion50 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Deathrite Shaman
33%inclusion50 decks150 decks
19%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
33%inclusion49 decks150 decks
28%synergy
Insidious Fungus
33%inclusion41 decks126 decks
26%synergy
Shriekmaw
32%inclusion48 decks150 decks
28%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
31%inclusion47 decks150 decks
20%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
30%inclusion14 decks46 decks
25%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
30%inclusion45 decks150 decks
15%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
28%inclusion42 decks150 decks
25%synergy
Satyr Wayfinder
28%inclusion42 decks150 decks
22%synergy
Protean Hulk
27%inclusion41 decks150 decks
22%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
27%inclusion40 decks150 decks
19%synergy
Caustic Caterpillar
27%inclusion40 decks150 decks
19%synergy
Poison-Tip Archer
25%inclusion37 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
23%inclusion32 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Fiend Artisan
23%inclusion34 decks150 decks
18%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
23%inclusion34 decks150 decks
18%synergy
Demon's Disciple
21%inclusion31 decks150 decks
18%synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
21%inclusion31 decks150 decks
4%synergy
Colossal Grave-Reaver
20%inclusion16 decks79 decks
16%synergy
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
20%inclusion30 decks150 decks
11%synergy
Midnight Reaper
20%inclusion30 decks150 decks
17%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
19%inclusion29 decks150 decks
16%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
18%inclusion11 decks60 decks
15%synergy
Merciless Executioner
18%inclusion27 decks150 decks
15%synergy
Honest Rutstein
18%inclusion26 decks146 decks
8%synergy
Foundation Breaker
17%inclusion26 decks150 decks
16%synergy
Sheoldred
17%inclusion25 decks150 decks
15%synergy
Skull Prophet
17%inclusion25 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Overlord of the Balemurk
17%inclusion21 decks126 decks
13%synergy
Avenger of Zendikar
15%inclusion23 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Boggart Trawler
15%inclusion21 decks137 decks
12%synergy
Woe Strider
15%inclusion22 decks150 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Beast Within
41%inclusion61 decks150 decks
4%synergy
Village Rites
24%inclusion36 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Putrefy
24%inclusion36 decks150 decks
-11%synergy
Heroic Intervention
23%inclusion34 decks150 decks
-8%synergy
Entomb
23%inclusion34 decks150 decks
15%synergy
Abrupt Decay
21%inclusion31 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Dark Ritual
19%inclusion29 decks150 decks
2%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
19%inclusion26 decks139 decks
-1%synergy
Grisly Salvage
19%inclusion28 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
19%inclusion28 decks150 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Rollick
17%inclusion25 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
16%inclusion23 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
15%inclusion23 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Golgari Charm
15%inclusion22 decks150 decks
-2%synergy
Saw in Half
13%inclusion20 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Flare of Malice
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
10%synergy
Deadly Dispute
12%inclusion18 decks150 decks
-8%synergy
Tragic Slip
9.3%inclusion14 decks150 decks
4%synergy
Culling the Weak
8.7%inclusion13 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Tear Asunder
8.7%inclusion13 decks150 decks
-6%synergy
Veil of Summer
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
0%synergy
Noxious Revival
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
0%synergy
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Living Death
37%inclusion55 decks150 decks
30%synergy
Toxic Deluge
33%inclusion50 decks150 decks
12%synergy
Buried Alive
31%inclusion47 decks150 decks
23%synergy
Nature's Lore
29%inclusion44 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Three Visits
25%inclusion38 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
25%inclusion37 decks150 decks
12%synergy
Culling Ritual
20%inclusion30 decks150 decks
-1%synergy
Flare of Cultivation
20%inclusion29 decks146 decks
17%synergy
Cultivate
19%inclusion29 decks150 decks
-21%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
19%inclusion29 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Damnation
19%inclusion29 decks150 decks
12%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
19%inclusion28 decks150 decks
15%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
17%inclusion20 decks119 decks
10%synergy
Life from the Loam
16%inclusion24 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Rampant Growth
15%inclusion23 decks150 decks
-19%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
15%inclusion23 decks150 decks
11%synergy
Kodama's Reach
15%inclusion23 decks150 decks
-9%synergy
Farseek
15%inclusion22 decks150 decks
-4%synergy
Dread Return
14%inclusion21 decks150 decks
4%synergy
Primal Growth
13%inclusion20 decks150 decks
11%synergy
Diabolic Intent
13%inclusion19 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Eldritch Evolution
10%inclusion15 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Malevolent Rumble
8.8%inclusion12 decks137 decks
6%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
8.0%inclusion12 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Incarnation Technique
7.3%inclusion11 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Life // Death
6.7%inclusion10 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Squirming Emergence
6.7%inclusion10 decks150 decks
2%synergy
Season of Loss
5.3%inclusion7 decks131 decks
3%synergy
Mulch
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
-3%synergy
Sign in Blood
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Phyrexian Altar
42%inclusion63 decks150 decks
33%synergy
Altar of Dementia
37%inclusion56 decks150 decks
30%synergy
Lightning Greaves
33%inclusion49 decks150 decks
11%synergy
Birthing Pod
21%inclusion31 decks150 decks
18%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion19 decks150 decks
-12%synergy
Strionic Resonator
10%inclusion15 decks150 decks
8%synergy
The Great Henge
9.3%inclusion14 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
7.3%inclusion11 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Hedge Shredder
7.1%inclusion9 decks127 decks
1%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
6.7%inclusion10 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Eldrazi Monument
6.7%inclusion10 decks150 decks
4%synergy
Conduit of Worlds
6.0%inclusion9 decks150 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
43%inclusion64 decks150 decks
34%synergy
Grave Pact
40%inclusion60 decks150 decks
32%synergy
Guardian Project
29%inclusion43 decks150 decks
21%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
29%inclusion43 decks150 decks
23%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
29%inclusion43 decks150 decks
5%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
23%inclusion34 decks150 decks
15%synergy
Insidious Roots
21%inclusion32 decks150 decks
9%synergy
Journey to Eternity
17%inclusion25 decks150 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion25 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
16%inclusion24 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Awakening Zone
15%inclusion23 decks150 decks
10%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
15%inclusion21 decks139 decks
7%synergy
Birthing Ritual
14%inclusion19 decks139 decks
12%synergy
Greater Good
13%inclusion20 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Deathreap Ritual
12%inclusion18 decks150 decks
0%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
12%inclusion18 decks150 decks
10%synergy
Sylvan Library
11%inclusion17 decks150 decks
2%synergy
Black Market
11%inclusion17 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Teval's Judgment
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
11%inclusion14 decks127 decks
9%synergy
Black Market Connections
11%inclusion16 decks150 decks
2%synergy
Evolutionary Leap
10%inclusion15 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
9.2%inclusion13 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Attrition
8.7%inclusion13 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Deadbridge Chant
8.0%inclusion12 decks150 decks
2%synergy
Necromancy
8.0%inclusion12 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Golgari Germination
7.3%inclusion11 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Avatar Destiny
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Bitterblossom
6.7%inclusion10 decks150 decks
2%synergy
Into the Pit
5.6%inclusion7 decks126 decks
3%synergy
Pernicious Deed
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
4%synergy
Out of the Tombs
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
20%inclusion30 decks150 decks
15%synergy
Grist, the Hunger Tide
17%inclusion25 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Vraska, Golgari Queen
11%inclusion17 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
61%inclusion92 decks150 decks
34%synergy
Bojuka Bog
41%inclusion62 decks150 decks
1%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
40%inclusion60 decks150 decks
28%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
39%inclusion59 decks150 decks
21%synergy
Cabal Coffers
32%inclusion48 decks150 decks
23%synergy
Shifting Woodland
30%inclusion42 decks139 decks
20%synergy
Reliquary Tower
23%inclusion35 decks150 decks
0%synergy
Dryad Arbor
20%inclusion30 decks150 decks
11%synergy
Grim Backwoods
20%inclusion30 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
18%inclusion25 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Command Beacon
14%inclusion21 decks150 decks
10%synergy
Westvale Abbey
13%inclusion20 decks150 decks
10%synergy
Castle Locthwain
11%inclusion17 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
11%inclusion17 decks150 decks
10%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
7%synergy
Strip Mine
11%inclusion16 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
9.3%inclusion14 decks150 decks
2%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
8.0%inclusion12 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Khalni Garden
8.0%inclusion12 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Ba Sing Se
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.3%inclusion11 decks150 decks
-17%synergy
Restless Cottage
7.3%inclusion11 decks150 decks
-2%synergy
Wasteland
7.3%inclusion11 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Evendo, Waking Haven
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
1%synergy
Castle Garenbrig
6.0%inclusion9 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Hissing Quagmire
6.0%inclusion9 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.7%inclusion3 decks53 decks
2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
76%inclusion114 decks150 decks
-4%synergy
Arcane Signet
53%inclusion79 decks150 decks
-10%synergy
Golgari Signet
15%inclusion22 decks150 decks
-13%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
11%inclusion17 decks150 decks
-14%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion145 decks150 decks
-1%synergy
Forest
97%inclusion145 decks150 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
95%inclusion143 decks150 decks
10%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
91%inclusion137 decks150 decks
46%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
79%inclusion118 decks150 decks
17%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
75%inclusion112 decks150 decks
45%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
73%inclusion110 decks150 decks
35%synergy
Underground Mortuary
59%inclusion88 decks150 decks
38%synergy
Tainted Wood
58%inclusion87 decks150 decks
13%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
57%inclusion86 decks150 decks
5%synergy
Deathcap Glade
56%inclusion84 decks150 decks
26%synergy
Twilight Mire
49%inclusion74 decks150 decks
13%synergy
Bayou
49%inclusion74 decks150 decks
38%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
43%inclusion65 decks150 decks
24%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
39%inclusion59 decks150 decks
-2%synergy
Wastewood Verge
30%inclusion30 decks101 decks
13%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
29%inclusion43 decks150 decks
16%synergy
Exotic Orchard
27%inclusion40 decks150 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of Malady
25%inclusion37 decks150 decks
-10%synergy
Vernal Fen
24%inclusion11 decks46 decks
12%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
23%inclusion35 decks150 decks
-13%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
23%inclusion32 decks140 decks
14%synergy
Blooming Marsh
23%inclusion34 decks150 decks
9%synergy
Windswept Heath
19%inclusion29 decks150 decks
12%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
19%inclusion29 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
19%inclusion26 decks139 decks
-1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
19%inclusion28 decks150 decks
15%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
19%inclusion28 decks150 decks
9%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
18%inclusion27 decks150 decks
12%synergy
Fell the Profane
16%inclusion23 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Polluted Delta
16%inclusion24 decks150 decks
10%synergy
Boggart Trawler
15%inclusion21 decks137 decks
12%synergy
Misty Rainforest
15%inclusion22 decks150 decks
8%synergy
Fabled Passage
15%inclusion22 decks150 decks
1%synergy
Viridescent Bog
14%inclusion20 decks146 decks
-7%synergy
Prismatic Vista
13%inclusion20 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Wooded Foothills
13%inclusion20 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Marsh Flats
13%inclusion19 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
11%inclusion17 decks150 decks
-16%synergy
Haunted Mire
11%inclusion16 decks150 decks
-6%synergy
Woodland Chasm
11%inclusion16 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Jungle Hollow
10%inclusion15 decks150 decks
-14%synergy
Path of Ancestry
9.3%inclusion14 decks150 decks
-13%synergy
Snow-Covered Forest
8.7%inclusion13 decks150 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
8.7%inclusion13 decks150 decks
-12%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
8.0%inclusion11 decks137 decks
7%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.0%inclusion12 decks150 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
8.0%inclusion12 decks150 decks
-8%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
7.3%inclusion11 decks150 decks
3%synergy
Cavern of Souls
5.3%inclusion8 decks150 decks
-1%synergy