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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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MTGStocks
Spiral into Solitude
2.9%inclusion1 decks34 decks
3%synergy
Goldmeadow Nomad
2.9%inclusion1 decks34 decks
3%synergy
Barbed Bloodletter
2.9%inclusion1 decks34 decks
3%synergy
Wanderbrine Preacher
2.9%inclusion1 decks35 decks
3%synergy
Unbury
2.9%inclusion1 decks35 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Nested Shambler
56%inclusion265 decks477 decks
53%synergy
Martyr for the Cause
47%inclusion224 decks477 decks
46%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
45%inclusion216 decks477 decks
43%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
46%inclusion218 decks477 decks
42%synergy
Grateful Apparition
44%inclusion209 decks477 decks
42%synergy
Pegasus Guardian
39%inclusion184 decks477 decks
38%synergy
Whisper of the Dross
39%inclusion186 decks477 decks
38%synergy
Gulping Scraptrap
38%inclusion179 decks477 decks
37%synergy
Metastatic Evangel
41%inclusion173 decks425 decks
36%synergy
Spirited Companion
42%inclusion198 decks477 decks
36%synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
51%inclusion241 decks477 decks
28%synergy
Deadly Dispute
48%inclusion227 decks477 decks
26%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
45%inclusion215 decks477 decks
31%synergy
Cathar Commando
44%inclusion208 decks477 decks
36%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
40%inclusion192 decks477 decks
30%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
36%inclusion170 decks477 decks
31%synergy
Viscera Seer
35%inclusion168 decks477 decks
14%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
34%inclusion162 decks477 decks
31%synergy
Accursed Marauder
33%inclusion141 decks423 decks
26%synergy
Unbounded Potential
33%inclusion156 decks477 decks
32%synergy
Creatures
Inspiring Overseer
31%inclusion148 decks477 decks
27%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
30%inclusion143 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Doomed Traveler
30%inclusion142 decks477 decks
23%synergy
Wyrm's Crossing Patrol
27%inclusion127 decks477 decks
26%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
24%inclusion113 decks477 decks
-11%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
23%inclusion106 decks454 decks
20%synergy
Sun Titan
23%inclusion111 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
22%inclusion107 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
22%inclusion103 decks477 decks
7%synergy
Skullport Merchant
22%inclusion103 decks477 decks
21%synergy
Flickerwisp
22%inclusion103 decks477 decks
18%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion98 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
21%inclusion98 decks477 decks
18%synergy
Infestation Sage
20%inclusion68 decks334 decks
17%synergy
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
20%inclusion95 decks477 decks
15%synergy
Priest of Ancient Lore
19%inclusion93 decks477 decks
18%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
19%inclusion91 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
19%inclusion89 decks477 decks
15%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
19%inclusion84 decks454 decks
13%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
18%inclusion88 decks477 decks
15%synergy
Thraben Inspector
18%inclusion86 decks477 decks
17%synergy
Aron, Benalia's Ruin
16%inclusion74 decks477 decks
12%synergy
Exquisite Huntmaster
15%inclusion70 decks477 decks
15%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
15%inclusion27 decks184 decks
6%synergy
Plaguecrafter
14%inclusion68 decks477 decks
9%synergy
Tabaxi Toucaneers
14%inclusion67 decks477 decks
14%synergy
Sanitarium Skeleton
14%inclusion65 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant
13%inclusion63 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
13%inclusion62 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Burnished Hart
12%inclusion59 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Nefarious Imp
12%inclusion59 decks477 decks
12%synergy
Zhentarim Bandit
12%inclusion58 decks477 decks
12%synergy
Novice Inspector
12%inclusion57 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Guardian Kirin
11%inclusion54 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
11%inclusion54 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Diregraf Horde
11%inclusion52 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Patrolling Peacemaker
11%inclusion20 decks187 decks
9%synergy
Defiant Salvager
10%inclusion49 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
10%inclusion49 decks477 decks
7%synergy
Carrier Thrall
10%inclusion48 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Restoration Angel
10%inclusion48 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Hunted Witness
10%inclusion47 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Icewind Stalwart
10%inclusion47 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
9.5%inclusion18 decks190 decks
6%synergy
Thalisse, Reverent Medium
9.2%inclusion44 decks477 decks
2%synergy
Corpse Knight
9.0%inclusion43 decks477 decks
-3%synergy
Circuit Mender
9.0%inclusion43 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Undercity Scrounger
9.0%inclusion43 decks477 decks
9%synergy
Woe Strider
9.0%inclusion43 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Sarevok, Deathbringer
9.0%inclusion43 decks477 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Cloudshift
29%inclusion137 decks477 decks
23%synergy
Flicker of Fate
25%inclusion120 decks477 decks
22%synergy
Fanatical Offering
23%inclusion110 decks477 decks
20%synergy
Scrollshift
22%inclusion105 decks477 decks
21%synergy
Despark
21%inclusion100 decks477 decks
-10%synergy
Grim Affliction
20%inclusion96 decks477 decks
20%synergy
Mortify
19%inclusion92 decks477 decks
-3%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
18%inclusion87 decks477 decks
17%synergy
Costly Plunder
18%inclusion84 decks477 decks
15%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
18%inclusion84 decks477 decks
-47%synergy
Ephemerate
17%inclusion81 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
16%inclusion75 decks477 decks
14%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
15%inclusion72 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
13%inclusion64 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Justiciar's Portal
13%inclusion63 decks477 decks
12%synergy
Path to Exile
12%inclusion58 decks477 decks
-37%synergy
Murder
12%inclusion56 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Nasty End
12%inclusion55 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Altar's Reap
11%inclusion54 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
11%inclusion45 decks425 decks
9%synergy
Raise the Alarm
10%inclusion50 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Otherworldly Journey
10%inclusion47 decks477 decks
9%synergy
Disenchant
10%inclusion47 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Generous Gift
10%inclusion47 decks477 decks
-14%synergy
Rootborn Defenses
7.8%inclusion37 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Not Dead After All
7.3%inclusion35 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Duty Beyond Death
6.9%inclusion18 decks261 decks
5%synergy
Utter End
5.9%inclusion28 decks477 decks
-7%synergy
Cast Down
5.7%inclusion27 decks477 decks
5%synergy
You're Confronted by Robbers
5.7%inclusion27 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Undying Malice
5.5%inclusion26 decks477 decks
4%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
5.2%inclusion25 decks477 decks
4%synergy
Dark Ritual
5.2%inclusion25 decks477 decks
-18%synergy
Long Road Home
5.0%inclusion24 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Drown in Ichor
32%inclusion151 decks477 decks
29%synergy
Wanderer's Strike
28%inclusion132 decks477 decks
27%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
27%inclusion131 decks477 decks
18%synergy
Vat Emergence
25%inclusion118 decks477 decks
24%synergy
Victimize
21%inclusion102 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Sign in Blood
20%inclusion94 decks477 decks
2%synergy
Read the Bones
19%inclusion93 decks477 decks
9%synergy
Final Vengeance
19%inclusion71 decks371 decks
18%synergy
Settle Beyond Reality
19%inclusion90 decks477 decks
19%synergy
Unearth
16%inclusion78 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Bone Shards
14%inclusion68 decks477 decks
12%synergy
Call to the Feast
13%inclusion63 decks477 decks
12%synergy
Austere Command
13%inclusion62 decks477 decks
-5%synergy
Spread the Sickness
13%inclusion61 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion59 decks477 decks
-5%synergy
Bone Splinters
12%inclusion55 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Feed the Swarm
10%inclusion49 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Martial Coup
9.0%inclusion43 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Lingering Souls
8.2%inclusion39 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Battle Screech
8.2%inclusion39 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Eaten Alive
7.5%inclusion36 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
6.7%inclusion32 decks477 decks
-1%synergy
Back for Seconds
6.5%inclusion31 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Worthy Cost
6.3%inclusion16 decks253 decks
5%synergy
Decode Transmissions
6.3%inclusion12 decks190 decks
5%synergy
Late to Dinner
6.1%inclusion29 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
5.8%inclusion11 decks191 decks
5%synergy
Annihilating Glare
5.7%inclusion27 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Pointed Discussion
5.7%inclusion27 decks477 decks
4%synergy
Recruitment Drive
5.5%inclusion26 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Dread Return
5.2%inclusion25 decks477 decks
2%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
5.0%inclusion24 decks477 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Blood Fountain
14%inclusion69 decks477 decks
14%synergy
Contagion Clasp
12%inclusion55 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Relic Vial
11%inclusion53 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
11%inclusion51 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Noble's Purse
10%inclusion49 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Throne of Geth
9.2%inclusion44 decks477 decks
7%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
8.6%inclusion41 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
7.3%inclusion35 decks477 decks
4%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
7.3%inclusion35 decks477 decks
7%synergy
Executioner's Capsule
7.1%inclusion34 decks477 decks
6%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
6.0%inclusion20 decks336 decks
5%synergy
Ghost Lantern
5.2%inclusion25 decks477 decks
4%synergy
Metalspinner's Puzzleknot
5.2%inclusion25 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Dross Skullbomb
5.0%inclusion24 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Armillary Sphere
5.0%inclusion24 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
5.0%inclusion24 decks477 decks
-20%synergy
Enchantments
Call for Unity
26%inclusion123 decks477 decks
25%synergy
Seal of Cleansing
22%inclusion106 decks477 decks
19%synergy
Far Traveler
21%inclusion101 decks477 decks
19%synergy
Vampiric Rites
21%inclusion100 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Muster the Departed
17%inclusion71 decks423 decks
15%synergy
Tolls of War
15%inclusion15 decks98 decks
14%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
14%inclusion66 decks477 decks
-4%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
14%inclusion65 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
13%inclusion63 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Omen of the Sun
10%inclusion50 decks477 decks
10%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
10%inclusion50 decks477 decks
9%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
10%inclusion50 decks477 decks
1%synergy
Seal of Doom
8.8%inclusion42 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
8.0%inclusion38 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Life Insurance
6.7%inclusion32 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Glasswing Grace
6.3%inclusion27 decks426 decks
-1%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
5.4%inclusion15 decks277 decks
2%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
5.2%inclusion5 decks97 decks
3%synergy
First Response
5.0%inclusion24 decks477 decks
5%synergy
March of the Canonized
5.0%inclusion24 decks477 decks
-1%synergy
Planeswalkers
The Eternal Wanderer
6.1%inclusion29 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
The Dross Pits
20%inclusion97 decks477 decks
20%synergy
Mortuary Mire
16%inclusion77 decks477 decks
11%synergy
The Fair Basilica
16%inclusion75 decks477 decks
15%synergy
Bojuka Bog
15%inclusion72 decks477 decks
-29%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion71 decks477 decks
-5%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
13%inclusion62 decks477 decks
-21%synergy
Karn's Bastion
7.8%inclusion37 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Secluded Steppe
6.7%inclusion32 decks477 decks
4%synergy
Witch's Cottage
6.5%inclusion31 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Hidden Courtyard
6.1%inclusion29 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Barren Moor
5.9%inclusion28 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
5.9%inclusion28 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Temple of the False God
5.9%inclusion28 decks477 decks
-2%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
5.2%inclusion25 decks477 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
56%inclusion267 decks477 decks
-25%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion233 decks477 decks
24%synergy
Commander's Sphere
48%inclusion227 decks477 decks
31%synergy
Orzhov Signet
45%inclusion215 decks477 decks
-12%synergy
Sol Ring
36%inclusion174 decks477 decks
-48%synergy
Marble Diamond
33%inclusion159 decks477 decks
27%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
32%inclusion155 decks477 decks
26%synergy
Orzhov Locket
16%inclusion74 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
13%inclusion62 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
9.0%inclusion43 decks477 decks
-12%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
8.0%inclusion38 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
8.0%inclusion38 decks477 decks
-45%synergy
Chromatic Star
5.9%inclusion28 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Aetheric Amplifier
5.4%inclusion16 decks296 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Plains
100%inclusion476 decks477 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion475 decks477 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
66%inclusion314 decks477 decks
-21%synergy
Evolving Wilds
64%inclusion307 decks477 decks
44%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
52%inclusion250 decks477 decks
38%synergy
Scoured Barrens
47%inclusion224 decks477 decks
23%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
46%inclusion221 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Obscura Storefront
36%inclusion170 decks477 decks
32%synergy
Temple of Silence
28%inclusion132 decks477 decks
-13%synergy
Tainted Field
25%inclusion120 decks477 decks
-27%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
25%inclusion120 decks477 decks
14%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion113 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
21%inclusion102 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Esper Panorama
16%inclusion76 decks477 decks
15%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
16%inclusion75 decks477 decks
-25%synergy
Escape Tunnel
14%inclusion68 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Forlorn Flats
14%inclusion64 decks454 decks
9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
14%inclusion67 decks477 decks
-9%synergy
Promising Vein
14%inclusion66 decks477 decks
13%synergy
Silverquill Campus
13%inclusion64 decks477 decks
9%synergy
Caves of Koilos
12%inclusion59 decks477 decks
-45%synergy
Exotic Orchard
12%inclusion58 decks477 decks
-12%synergy
Shire Terrace
12%inclusion58 decks477 decks
11%synergy
Isolated Chapel
12%inclusion56 decks477 decks
-54%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
12%inclusion55 decks477 decks
4%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
11%inclusion51 decks477 decks
7%synergy
Thriving Heath
10%inclusion46 decks477 decks
7%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
9.0%inclusion43 decks477 decks
4%synergy
Black Dragon Gate
8.8%inclusion42 decks477 decks
8%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
8.3%inclusion12 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Thriving Moor
8.0%inclusion38 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Citadel Gate
7.5%inclusion36 decks477 decks
7%synergy
Misty Palms Oasis
7.1%inclusion7 decks98 decks
6%synergy
Ash Barrens
6.5%inclusion31 decks477 decks
3%synergy
Glasswing Grace
6.3%inclusion27 decks426 decks
-1%synergy
Cabaretti Courtyard
5.9%inclusion28 decks477 decks
5%synergy
Neglected Manor
5.1%inclusion19 decks372 decks
2%synergy