Mind Flayer, the Shadow (Commander) - Control

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23%synergy
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11%synergy
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The Darkness Crystal
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40%synergy
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22%synergy
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20%synergy
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10%synergy
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11%synergy
Venser's Journal
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9%synergy
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Phyrexian Arena
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16%synergy
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31%synergy
Black Market Connections
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10%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
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28%synergy
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19%synergy
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5%synergy
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16%synergy
Grave Pact
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3%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
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11%synergy
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12%synergy
Dead Man's Chest
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22%synergy
Parasitic Impetus
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21%synergy
Eye of Nidhogg
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19%synergy
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8%synergy
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11%synergy
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7%synergy
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
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11%synergy
No Mercy
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4%synergy
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8%synergy
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6%synergy
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2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
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9%synergy
Heartless Summoning
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6%synergy
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30%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
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11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
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Cabal Coffers
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1%synergy
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44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
29%synergy
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7%synergy
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33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
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33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
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33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
25%synergy
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4%synergy
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33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Reliquary Tower
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3%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Witch's Cottage
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
War Room
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
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11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Blast Zone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
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0%synergy
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11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
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0%synergy
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3%synergy
Labyrinth of Skophos
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
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11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
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6%synergy
Cryptic Caves
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
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11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
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11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Strip Mine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
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11%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-8%synergy
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Arcane Signet
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Sol Ring
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Thran Dynamo
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Caged Sun
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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19%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Gilded Lotus
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Mind Stone
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4%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
0%synergy
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22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
12%synergy
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22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Nyx Lotus
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Commander's Sphere
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Hedron Archive
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Heraldic Banner
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Mana Vault
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Demolition Field
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Fell the Profane
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Hagra Mauling
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Command Tower
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Marsh Flats
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Polluted Delta
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
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