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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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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Foot Headquarters
10%inclusion6 decks62 decks
7%synergy
Stomped by the Foot
1.7%inclusion1 decks58 decks
1%synergy
Foot Mystic
1.6%inclusion1 decks62 decks
0%synergy
Insectoid Exterminator
1.6%inclusion1 decks62 decks
1%synergy
Anchovy & Banana Pizza
1.6%inclusion1 decks62 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Nested Shambler
56%inclusion278 decks498 decks
54%synergy
Martyr for the Cause
46%inclusion229 decks498 decks
45%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
45%inclusion225 decks498 decks
43%synergy
Grateful Apparition
43%inclusion215 decks498 decks
41%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
44%inclusion220 decks498 decks
40%synergy
Whisper of the Dross
39%inclusion196 decks498 decks
38%synergy
Gulping Scraptrap
39%inclusion192 decks498 decks
38%synergy
Cathar Commando
44%inclusion221 decks498 decks
37%synergy
Pegasus Guardian
38%inclusion188 decks498 decks
37%synergy
Spirited Companion
41%inclusion203 decks498 decks
36%synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
50%inclusion249 decks498 decks
28%synergy
Deadly Dispute
47%inclusion235 decks498 decks
25%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
45%inclusion226 decks498 decks
32%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
40%inclusion198 decks498 decks
29%synergy
Metastatic Evangel
39%inclusion187 decks474 decks
35%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
35%inclusion173 decks498 decks
32%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
34%inclusion171 decks498 decks
30%synergy
Viscera Seer
34%inclusion170 decks498 decks
13%synergy
Accursed Marauder
33%inclusion155 decks472 decks
25%synergy
Unbounded Potential
32%inclusion160 decks498 decks
32%synergy
Creatures
Inspiring Overseer
31%inclusion154 decks498 decks
27%synergy
Doomed Traveler
29%inclusion146 decks498 decks
23%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
29%inclusion143 decks498 decks
12%synergy
Wyrm's Crossing Patrol
28%inclusion138 decks498 decks
27%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
24%inclusion119 decks498 decks
12%synergy
Sun Titan
23%inclusion114 decks498 decks
11%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
23%inclusion114 decks498 decks
19%synergy
Skullport Merchant
22%inclusion110 decks498 decks
21%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
22%inclusion108 decks498 decks
-13%synergy
Flickerwisp
21%inclusion106 decks498 decks
18%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion103 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
21%inclusion103 decks498 decks
18%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
19%inclusion96 decks498 decks
16%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
19%inclusion95 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Infestation Sage
19%inclusion74 decks389 decks
16%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
19%inclusion93 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Priest of Ancient Lore
18%inclusion92 decks498 decks
17%synergy
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
18%inclusion92 decks498 decks
14%synergy
Thraben Inspector
18%inclusion89 decks498 decks
17%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
18%inclusion88 decks498 decks
15%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
17%inclusion84 decks498 decks
12%synergy
Exquisite Huntmaster
14%inclusion71 decks498 decks
14%synergy
Tabaxi Toucaneers
14%inclusion70 decks498 decks
14%synergy
Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant
14%inclusion69 decks498 decks
13%synergy
Plaguecrafter
13%inclusion67 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Aron, Benalia's Ruin
13%inclusion66 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Sanitarium Skeleton
13%inclusion66 decks498 decks
13%synergy
Nefarious Imp
13%inclusion65 decks498 decks
13%synergy
Zhentarim Bandit
13%inclusion64 decks498 decks
13%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
13%inclusion64 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Burnished Hart
12%inclusion60 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
12%inclusion28 decks239 decks
3%synergy
Novice Inspector
11%inclusion54 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
11%inclusion26 decks245 decks
7%synergy
Icewind Stalwart
10%inclusion51 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
10%inclusion51 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
10%inclusion51 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Hunted Witness
10%inclusion50 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Restoration Angel
10%inclusion50 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Carrier Thrall
10%inclusion50 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Guardian Kirin
10%inclusion49 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Diregraf Horde
10%inclusion48 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Undercity Scrounger
9.2%inclusion46 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Selfless Spirit
9.2%inclusion46 decks498 decks
-2%synergy
Whitemane Lion
9.2%inclusion46 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Patrolling Peacemaker
9.1%inclusion22 decks242 decks
8%synergy
Corpse Knight
9.0%inclusion45 decks498 decks
-3%synergy
Circuit Mender
8.8%inclusion44 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Sarevok, Deathbringer
8.8%inclusion44 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Soul of Migration
8.8%inclusion44 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Cloudshift
28%inclusion138 decks498 decks
22%synergy
Flicker of Fate
27%inclusion133 decks498 decks
23%synergy
Despark
22%inclusion112 decks498 decks
-8%synergy
Fanatical Offering
22%inclusion109 decks498 decks
20%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
21%inclusion104 decks498 decks
20%synergy
Scrollshift
21%inclusion104 decks498 decks
20%synergy
Mortify
19%inclusion94 decks498 decks
-4%synergy
Grim Affliction
19%inclusion93 decks498 decks
18%synergy
Costly Plunder
17%inclusion85 decks498 decks
15%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
17%inclusion84 decks498 decks
15%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
17%inclusion84 decks498 decks
15%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
16%inclusion82 decks498 decks
-48%synergy
Ephemerate
16%inclusion81 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Justiciar's Portal
14%inclusion70 decks498 decks
13%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
12%inclusion62 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Altar's Reap
12%inclusion62 decks498 decks
11%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion57 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Path to Exile
11%inclusion55 decks498 decks
-38%synergy
Nasty End
11%inclusion53 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
10%inclusion49 decks474 decks
8%synergy
Raise the Alarm
10%inclusion49 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Otherworldly Journey
10%inclusion48 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Disenchant
9.4%inclusion47 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Generous Gift
9.4%inclusion47 decks498 decks
-14%synergy
Rootborn Defenses
8.2%inclusion41 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Not Dead After All
6.4%inclusion32 decks498 decks
2%synergy
You're Confronted by Robbers
6.2%inclusion31 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
5.8%inclusion29 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Feign Death
5.6%inclusion28 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Undying Malice
5.6%inclusion28 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Cast Down
5.6%inclusion28 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Duty Beyond Death
5.4%inclusion17 decks316 decks
4%synergy
Tragic Slip
5.2%inclusion26 decks498 decks
1%synergy
Long Road Home
5.2%inclusion26 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Utter End
5.2%inclusion26 decks498 decks
-7%synergy
Armor of Shadows
5.0%inclusion25 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
5.0%inclusion25 decks498 decks
-9%synergy
Sorceries
Drown in Ichor
31%inclusion154 decks498 decks
28%synergy
Wanderer's Strike
28%inclusion139 decks498 decks
28%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
25%inclusion124 decks498 decks
16%synergy
Vat Emergence
24%inclusion118 decks498 decks
23%synergy
Victimize
22%inclusion108 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Final Vengeance
19%inclusion80 decks423 decks
17%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion91 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
18%inclusion91 decks498 decks
0%synergy
Settle Beyond Reality
17%inclusion86 decks498 decks
17%synergy
Unearth
15%inclusion75 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Call to the Feast
14%inclusion68 decks498 decks
12%synergy
Bone Shards
13%inclusion64 decks498 decks
11%synergy
Austere Command
12%inclusion62 decks498 decks
-5%synergy
Spread the Sickness
12%inclusion61 decks498 decks
12%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion59 decks498 decks
-6%synergy
Bone Splinters
11%inclusion53 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Feed the Swarm
10%inclusion49 decks498 decks
2%synergy
Martial Coup
8.6%inclusion43 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Battle Screech
8.6%inclusion43 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Lingering Souls
8.2%inclusion41 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Eaten Alive
7.4%inclusion37 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Decode Transmissions
6.5%inclusion16 decks245 decks
5%synergy
Annihilating Glare
6.2%inclusion31 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
6.2%inclusion31 decks498 decks
-1%synergy
Back for Seconds
5.8%inclusion29 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Late to Dinner
5.6%inclusion28 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Dread Return
5.6%inclusion28 decks498 decks
2%synergy
Recruitment Drive
5.6%inclusion28 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Worthy Cost
5.5%inclusion17 decks307 decks
5%synergy
Pointed Discussion
5.4%inclusion27 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Cut a Deal
5.2%inclusion26 decks498 decks
3%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
5.0%inclusion25 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Blood Fountain
15%inclusion73 decks498 decks
14%synergy
Contagion Clasp
12%inclusion61 decks498 decks
11%synergy
Relic Vial
11%inclusion54 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
10%inclusion48 decks498 decks
9%synergy
Throne of Geth
9.0%inclusion45 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Noble's Purse
8.8%inclusion44 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
8.4%inclusion42 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
7.2%inclusion36 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Executioner's Capsule
7.0%inclusion35 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
6.9%inclusion27 decks391 decks
6%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
6.2%inclusion31 decks498 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Lantern
5.6%inclusion28 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Call for Unity
24%inclusion121 decks498 decks
23%synergy
Far Traveler
23%inclusion115 decks498 decks
21%synergy
Seal of Cleansing
22%inclusion108 decks498 decks
19%synergy
Vampiric Rites
20%inclusion99 decks498 decks
12%synergy
Muster the Departed
17%inclusion78 decks472 decks
15%synergy
Tolls of War
15%inclusion23 decks158 decks
13%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
14%inclusion72 decks498 decks
-3%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
13%inclusion65 decks498 decks
12%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
12%inclusion60 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Omen of the Sun
11%inclusion54 decks498 decks
11%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
10%inclusion50 decks498 decks
1%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
10%inclusion49 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Seal of Doom
9.0%inclusion45 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Glasswing Grace
7.6%inclusion36 decks475 decks
0%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
6.8%inclusion34 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Life Insurance
6.6%inclusion33 decks498 decks
3%synergy
Minimus Containment
5.4%inclusion27 decks498 decks
5%synergy
March of the Canonized
5.2%inclusion26 decks498 decks
-1%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
5.1%inclusion17 decks332 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
The Eternal Wanderer
6.2%inclusion31 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
The Dross Pits
20%inclusion100 decks498 decks
19%synergy
The Fair Basilica
16%inclusion82 decks498 decks
16%synergy
Rogue's Passage
16%inclusion79 decks498 decks
-4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
16%inclusion78 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Bojuka Bog
15%inclusion73 decks498 decks
-29%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
13%inclusion65 decks498 decks
-20%synergy
Karn's Bastion
7.4%inclusion37 decks498 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.8%inclusion34 decks498 decks
-1%synergy
Hidden Courtyard
6.4%inclusion32 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
6.2%inclusion31 decks498 decks
0%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
6.2%inclusion31 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Witch's Cottage
5.6%inclusion28 decks498 decks
2%synergy
Secluded Steppe
5.6%inclusion28 decks498 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
5.2%inclusion26 decks498 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
57%inclusion282 decks498 decks
-24%synergy
Mind Stone
48%inclusion239 decks498 decks
24%synergy
Commander's Sphere
46%inclusion230 decks498 decks
31%synergy
Orzhov Signet
46%inclusion228 decks498 decks
-10%synergy
Sol Ring
37%inclusion182 decks498 decks
-48%synergy
Marble Diamond
34%inclusion167 decks498 decks
28%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
33%inclusion166 decks498 decks
27%synergy
Orzhov Locket
15%inclusion77 decks498 decks
13%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
13%inclusion67 decks498 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
9.0%inclusion45 decks498 decks
-11%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
7.8%inclusion39 decks498 decks
-45%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.6%inclusion33 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Aetheric Amplifier
5.1%inclusion18 decks352 decks
4%synergy
Chromatic Star
5.0%inclusion25 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Plains
100%inclusion496 decks498 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
99%inclusion495 decks498 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
66%inclusion331 decks498 decks
-20%synergy
Evolving Wilds
64%inclusion321 decks498 decks
44%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
53%inclusion263 decks498 decks
39%synergy
Scoured Barrens
47%inclusion235 decks498 decks
23%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
45%inclusion226 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Obscura Storefront
36%inclusion178 decks498 decks
32%synergy
Temple of Silence
27%inclusion136 decks498 decks
-13%synergy
Tainted Field
26%inclusion127 decks498 decks
-26%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
25%inclusion123 decks498 decks
14%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion120 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
22%inclusion109 decks498 decks
13%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
16%inclusion80 decks498 decks
-25%synergy
Esper Panorama
16%inclusion79 decks498 decks
15%synergy
Escape Tunnel
15%inclusion76 decks498 decks
13%synergy
Path of Ancestry
15%inclusion73 decks498 decks
-8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
14%inclusion69 decks498 decks
-11%synergy
Promising Vein
13%inclusion67 decks498 decks
12%synergy
Forlorn Flats
13%inclusion66 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Isolated Chapel
13%inclusion65 decks498 decks
-53%synergy
Silverquill Campus
13%inclusion63 decks498 decks
8%synergy
Caves of Koilos
12%inclusion62 decks498 decks
-45%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
11%inclusion56 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Shire Terrace
11%inclusion56 decks498 decks
10%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
11%inclusion55 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Thriving Heath
9.2%inclusion46 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Misty Palms Oasis
8.9%inclusion14 decks158 decks
7%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
8.6%inclusion43 decks498 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Moor
8.0%inclusion40 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Black Dragon Gate
8.0%inclusion40 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
7.9%inclusion16 decks202 decks
6%synergy
Citadel Gate
7.6%inclusion38 decks498 decks
7%synergy
Glasswing Grace
7.6%inclusion36 decks475 decks
0%synergy
Ash Barrens
6.6%inclusion33 decks498 decks
3%synergy
Neglected Manor
5.4%inclusion23 decks424 decks
3%synergy
Cabaretti Courtyard
5.4%inclusion27 decks498 decks
5%synergy
Desolate Mire
5.2%inclusion26 decks498 decks
-11%synergy