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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
Prideful Feastling
3.9%inclusion3 decks76 decks
4%synergy
Personify
3.9%inclusion3 decks76 decks
0%synergy
Foot Headquarters
3.4%inclusion1 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Dimensional Exile
3.1%inclusion1 decks32 decks
3%synergy
Slumbering Walker
2.9%inclusion2 decks70 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Nested Shambler
57%inclusion278 decks490 decks
55%synergy
Martyr for the Cause
48%inclusion237 decks490 decks
48%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
46%inclusion225 decks490 decks
44%synergy
Grateful Apparition
44%inclusion215 decks490 decks
42%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
45%inclusion222 decks490 decks
41%synergy
Whisper of the Dross
40%inclusion198 decks490 decks
39%synergy
Gulping Scraptrap
39%inclusion191 decks490 decks
38%synergy
Cathar Commando
45%inclusion219 decks490 decks
38%synergy
Pegasus Guardian
38%inclusion184 decks490 decks
37%synergy
Spirited Companion
42%inclusion206 decks490 decks
37%synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
52%inclusion255 decks490 decks
30%synergy
Deadly Dispute
48%inclusion237 decks490 decks
27%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
47%inclusion229 decks490 decks
33%synergy
Metastatic Evangel
41%inclusion184 decks451 decks
37%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
40%inclusion198 decks490 decks
30%synergy
Viscera Seer
36%inclusion176 decks490 decks
15%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
36%inclusion174 decks490 decks
31%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
35%inclusion170 decks490 decks
32%synergy
Accursed Marauder
34%inclusion154 decks449 decks
27%synergy
Unbounded Potential
34%inclusion168 decks490 decks
34%synergy
Creatures
Inspiring Overseer
31%inclusion154 decks490 decks
28%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
30%inclusion147 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Doomed Traveler
30%inclusion146 decks490 decks
24%synergy
Wyrm's Crossing Patrol
27%inclusion133 decks490 decks
26%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
24%inclusion116 decks479 decks
20%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
24%inclusion117 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Sun Titan
24%inclusion116 decks490 decks
11%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
23%inclusion113 decks490 decks
-12%synergy
Flickerwisp
22%inclusion106 decks490 decks
18%synergy
Skullport Merchant
22%inclusion106 decks490 decks
21%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion105 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
21%inclusion104 decks490 decks
19%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
21%inclusion102 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Infestation Sage
20%inclusion74 decks365 decks
17%synergy
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
20%inclusion98 decks490 decks
16%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
19%inclusion93 decks490 decks
16%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
19%inclusion92 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Priest of Ancient Lore
19%inclusion92 decks490 decks
18%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
19%inclusion91 decks490 decks
16%synergy
Thraben Inspector
18%inclusion88 decks490 decks
17%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
18%inclusion85 decks479 decks
12%synergy
Aron, Benalia's Ruin
14%inclusion71 decks490 decks
11%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
14%inclusion30 decks214 decks
6%synergy
Plaguecrafter
14%inclusion68 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Tabaxi Toucaneers
14%inclusion68 decks490 decks
14%synergy
Exquisite Huntmaster
14%inclusion68 decks490 decks
14%synergy
Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant
14%inclusion67 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Zhentarim Bandit
13%inclusion65 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
13%inclusion65 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Sanitarium Skeleton
13%inclusion64 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Burnished Hart
13%inclusion63 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Nefarious Imp
12%inclusion61 decks490 decks
12%synergy
Novice Inspector
12%inclusion57 decks490 decks
11%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
11%inclusion53 decks490 decks
8%synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
11%inclusion52 decks490 decks
7%synergy
Patrolling Peacemaker
11%inclusion23 decks217 decks
9%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
10%inclusion23 decks220 decks
7%synergy
Diregraf Horde
10%inclusion51 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Hunted Witness
10%inclusion50 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Restoration Angel
10%inclusion50 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Guardian Kirin
10%inclusion50 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Icewind Stalwart
10%inclusion49 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Carrier Thrall
10%inclusion49 decks490 decks
8%synergy
Selfless Spirit
10%inclusion48 decks490 decks
-2%synergy
Corpse Knight
9.4%inclusion46 decks490 decks
-3%synergy
Undercity Scrounger
9.4%inclusion46 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Defiant Salvager
9.4%inclusion46 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Woe Strider
9.2%inclusion45 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Thalisse, Reverent Medium
9.0%inclusion44 decks490 decks
2%synergy
Sarevok, Deathbringer
8.8%inclusion43 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Cloudshift
28%inclusion135 decks490 decks
22%synergy
Flicker of Fate
26%inclusion128 decks490 decks
23%synergy
Fanatical Offering
23%inclusion114 decks490 decks
21%synergy
Despark
23%inclusion111 decks490 decks
-8%synergy
Scrollshift
22%inclusion107 decks490 decks
21%synergy
Grim Affliction
20%inclusion100 decks490 decks
20%synergy
Mortify
20%inclusion97 decks490 decks
-3%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
20%inclusion96 decks490 decks
18%synergy
Costly Plunder
18%inclusion88 decks490 decks
16%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
18%inclusion86 decks490 decks
-47%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
16%inclusion80 decks490 decks
15%synergy
Ephemerate
16%inclusion78 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
16%inclusion77 decks490 decks
14%synergy
Justiciar's Portal
13%inclusion66 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
12%inclusion61 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Altar's Reap
12%inclusion58 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Path to Exile
12%inclusion58 decks490 decks
-38%synergy
Nasty End
11%inclusion55 decks490 decks
8%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion54 decks490 decks
7%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
11%inclusion49 decks451 decks
9%synergy
Raise the Alarm
10%inclusion51 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Generous Gift
10%inclusion49 decks490 decks
-14%synergy
Otherworldly Journey
9.4%inclusion46 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Disenchant
9.2%inclusion45 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Rootborn Defenses
8.0%inclusion39 decks490 decks
7%synergy
Not Dead After All
6.9%inclusion34 decks490 decks
3%synergy
Duty Beyond Death
6.5%inclusion19 decks292 decks
5%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
5.7%inclusion28 decks490 decks
4%synergy
You're Confronted by Robbers
5.7%inclusion28 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Utter End
5.7%inclusion28 decks490 decks
-7%synergy
Undying Malice
5.5%inclusion27 decks490 decks
4%synergy
Cast Down
5.5%inclusion27 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Tragic Slip
5.5%inclusion27 decks490 decks
2%synergy
Feign Death
5.3%inclusion26 decks490 decks
4%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
5.1%inclusion25 decks490 decks
-9%synergy
Sorceries
Drown in Ichor
32%inclusion156 decks490 decks
29%synergy
Wanderer's Strike
29%inclusion140 decks490 decks
28%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
27%inclusion131 decks490 decks
18%synergy
Vat Emergence
26%inclusion125 decks490 decks
24%synergy
Victimize
22%inclusion106 decks490 decks
4%synergy
Sign in Blood
20%inclusion96 decks490 decks
2%synergy
Final Vengeance
19%inclusion76 decks399 decks
18%synergy
Read the Bones
19%inclusion93 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Settle Beyond Reality
18%inclusion89 decks490 decks
18%synergy
Unearth
17%inclusion81 decks490 decks
11%synergy
Bone Shards
14%inclusion67 decks490 decks
12%synergy
Austere Command
13%inclusion66 decks490 decks
-4%synergy
Call to the Feast
13%inclusion66 decks490 decks
12%synergy
Spread the Sickness
13%inclusion62 decks490 decks
12%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion61 decks490 decks
-5%synergy
Bone Splinters
12%inclusion57 decks490 decks
11%synergy
Feed the Swarm
10%inclusion49 decks490 decks
2%synergy
Martial Coup
9.2%inclusion45 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Battle Screech
8.6%inclusion42 decks490 decks
8%synergy
Lingering Souls
8.2%inclusion40 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Eaten Alive
6.9%inclusion34 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Back for Seconds
6.7%inclusion33 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Decode Transmissions
6.4%inclusion14 decks220 decks
5%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
6.3%inclusion31 decks490 decks
-1%synergy
Annihilating Glare
6.1%inclusion30 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Worthy Cost
6.0%inclusion17 decks284 decks
5%synergy
Late to Dinner
5.7%inclusion28 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Pointed Discussion
5.7%inclusion28 decks490 decks
4%synergy
Recruitment Drive
5.5%inclusion27 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Cut a Deal
5.1%inclusion25 decks490 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Blood Fountain
15%inclusion73 decks490 decks
14%synergy
Contagion Clasp
12%inclusion61 decks490 decks
12%synergy
Relic Vial
11%inclusion55 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Noble's Purse
11%inclusion53 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Throne of Geth
10%inclusion50 decks490 decks
8%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
10%inclusion47 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
8.0%inclusion39 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
7.8%inclusion38 decks490 decks
7%synergy
Executioner's Capsule
7.6%inclusion37 decks490 decks
7%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
7.1%inclusion35 decks490 decks
7%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
6.5%inclusion24 decks367 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Lantern
5.7%inclusion28 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
5.1%inclusion25 decks490 decks
-20%synergy
Enchantments
Call for Unity
26%inclusion128 decks490 decks
25%synergy
Far Traveler
23%inclusion111 decks490 decks
21%synergy
Seal of Cleansing
22%inclusion109 decks490 decks
19%synergy
Vampiric Rites
21%inclusion102 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Muster the Departed
17%inclusion75 decks449 decks
15%synergy
Tolls of War
15%inclusion20 decks130 decks
14%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
15%inclusion74 decks490 decks
-3%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
14%inclusion67 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
14%inclusion67 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Omen of the Sun
11%inclusion54 decks490 decks
11%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
10%inclusion49 decks490 decks
8%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
10%inclusion48 decks490 decks
0%synergy
Seal of Doom
9.2%inclusion45 decks490 decks
8%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
7.6%inclusion37 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Glasswing Grace
7.5%inclusion34 decks452 decks
0%synergy
Life Insurance
6.9%inclusion34 decks490 decks
3%synergy
March of the Canonized
5.5%inclusion27 decks490 decks
-1%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
5.4%inclusion7 decks129 decks
4%synergy
Omen of the Dead
5.1%inclusion25 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Minimus Containment
5.1%inclusion25 decks490 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
The Eternal Wanderer
6.1%inclusion30 decks490 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
The Dross Pits
21%inclusion102 decks490 decks
20%synergy
The Fair Basilica
17%inclusion81 decks490 decks
16%synergy
Mortuary Mire
16%inclusion76 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Bojuka Bog
15%inclusion75 decks490 decks
-28%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion74 decks490 decks
-5%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
14%inclusion67 decks490 decks
-20%synergy
Karn's Bastion
8.0%inclusion39 decks490 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.5%inclusion32 decks490 decks
-2%synergy
Witch's Cottage
6.1%inclusion30 decks490 decks
3%synergy
Hidden Courtyard
6.1%inclusion30 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
6.1%inclusion30 decks490 decks
0%synergy
Secluded Steppe
5.7%inclusion28 decks490 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
5.5%inclusion27 decks490 decks
2%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
5.5%inclusion27 decks490 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
57%inclusion279 decks490 decks
-23%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion240 decks490 decks
25%synergy
Commander's Sphere
47%inclusion230 decks490 decks
31%synergy
Orzhov Signet
45%inclusion222 decks490 decks
-11%synergy
Sol Ring
37%inclusion179 decks490 decks
-48%synergy
Marble Diamond
34%inclusion166 decks490 decks
28%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
33%inclusion164 decks490 decks
27%synergy
Orzhov Locket
15%inclusion73 decks490 decks
12%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
12%inclusion61 decks490 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion47 decks490 decks
-11%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
7.8%inclusion38 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
7.8%inclusion38 decks490 decks
-45%synergy
Aetheric Amplifier
5.8%inclusion19 decks328 decks
5%synergy
Chromatic Star
5.1%inclusion25 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Plains
100%inclusion489 decks490 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion488 decks490 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion326 decks490 decks
-20%synergy
Evolving Wilds
66%inclusion323 decks490 decks
45%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
53%inclusion261 decks490 decks
39%synergy
Scoured Barrens
47%inclusion232 decks490 decks
23%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
47%inclusion229 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Obscura Storefront
36%inclusion178 decks490 decks
33%synergy
Temple of Silence
28%inclusion138 decks490 decks
-12%synergy
Tainted Field
27%inclusion131 decks490 decks
-25%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
26%inclusion126 decks490 decks
15%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion124 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
21%inclusion105 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
17%inclusion83 decks490 decks
-24%synergy
Esper Panorama
16%inclusion79 decks490 decks
16%synergy
Path of Ancestry
15%inclusion73 decks490 decks
-8%synergy
Escape Tunnel
15%inclusion72 decks490 decks
13%synergy
Silverquill Campus
13%inclusion66 decks490 decks
9%synergy
Promising Vein
13%inclusion66 decks490 decks
12%synergy
Forlorn Flats
13%inclusion64 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Isolated Chapel
13%inclusion65 decks490 decks
-53%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion64 decks490 decks
-11%synergy
Caves of Koilos
13%inclusion63 decks490 decks
-44%synergy
Shire Terrace
12%inclusion59 decks490 decks
11%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
11%inclusion56 decks490 decks
4%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
11%inclusion54 decks490 decks
7%synergy
Thriving Heath
9.0%inclusion44 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
8.8%inclusion43 decks490 decks
4%synergy
Misty Palms Oasis
8.5%inclusion11 decks130 decks
7%synergy
Black Dragon Gate
8.0%inclusion39 decks490 decks
7%synergy
Glasswing Grace
7.5%inclusion34 decks452 decks
0%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
7.4%inclusion13 decks176 decks
6%synergy
Citadel Gate
7.3%inclusion36 decks490 decks
6%synergy
Thriving Moor
7.3%inclusion36 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Ash Barrens
6.7%inclusion33 decks490 decks
3%synergy
Cabaretti Courtyard
5.1%inclusion25 decks490 decks
5%synergy
Neglected Manor
5.0%inclusion20 decks400 decks
2%synergy