Minthara, Merciless Soul (Commander) - Budget Core Aristocrats

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.
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Forum of Amity
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
92%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Denethor, Ruling Steward
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
82%synergy
Nested Shambler
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
69%synergy
Metastatic Evangel
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
67%synergy
Cathar Commando
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
65%synergy
Accursed Marauder
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
64%synergy
Village Rites
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
64%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
59%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Seal of Cleansing
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Infestation Sage
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Morbid Opportunist
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
45%synergy
Deadly Dispute
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Vampiric Rites
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
50%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Spirited Companion
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
49%synergy
Doomed Traveler
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
46%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Creatures
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
59%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Plaguecrafter
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Skullport Merchant
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Inspiring Overseer
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Pegasus Guardian
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Grateful Apparition
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Viscera Seer
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Wyrm's Crossing Patrol
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Joo Dee, One of Many
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Curious Farm Animals
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
14%synergy
High-Society Hunter
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Viconia, Drow Apostate
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Sarevok, Deathbringer
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Priest of Ancient Lore
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Martyr for the Cause
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Flickerwisp
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Flaming Fist Officer
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Helpful Hunter
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Nefarious Imp
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Aron, Benalia's Ruin
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Gulping Scraptrap
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
PuPu UFO
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Marsh Flitter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Astarion, the Decadent
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Haunted Dead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Retrofitted Transmogrant
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Corpse Knight
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Fleshtaker
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Hunted Witness
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Undercity Scrounger
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Proud Pack-Rhino
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Blood Artist
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-15%synergy
Tabaxi Toucaneers
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Exquisite Huntmaster
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Woe Strider
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Selfless Glyphweaver
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Personify
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
97%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Whisper of the Dross
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Parting Gust
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Unbounded Potential
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Nasty End
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Mortify
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Fanatical Offering
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-35%synergy
Despark
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Path to Exile
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-21%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Cruel Truths
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Justiciar's Portal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Hero's Downfall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Return to Dust
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Not Dead After All
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Grim Affliction
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Cloudshift
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Altar's Reap
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Costly Plunder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Candy Grapple
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Scrollshift
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Slip On the Ring
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Cast Down
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Another Chance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Feign Death
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Sorceries
Worthy Cost
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Final Vengeance
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Wanderer's Strike
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
43%synergy
Vat Emergence
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Austere Command
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Victimize
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Ascend from Avernus
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Unearth
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Read the Bones
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Sign in Blood
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Eaten Alive
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Bone Splinters
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Morbid Plunder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Settle Beyond Reality
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Call to the Feast
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Merciless Eviction
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Spectral Reserves
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Bone Shards
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Blood Money
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Dusk // Dawn
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Sunder the Gateway
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Cut a Deal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Pointed Discussion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Vicious Betrayal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Summon Undead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Macabre Waltz
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Recruitment Drive
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Drown in Ichor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Back for Seconds
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Recover
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Invoke Despair
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Altar of Bhaal
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Throne of Geth
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Relic Vial
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Horn of Valhalla
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Saw
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Noble's Purse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Mephitic Draught
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Ghost Lantern
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Skullclamp
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-12%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Gilded Pinions
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Blade of Selves
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Blood Fountain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sinister Monolith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Infested Fleshcutter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Enchantments
Far Traveler
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Tolls of War
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Omen of the Sun
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
First Response
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Legion Loyalty
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Glasswing Grace
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Muster the Departed
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Skrelv's Hive
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Call for Unity
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Hyena Umbra
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Reprobation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Life Insurance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Long Reach of Night
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Font of Return
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Cartouche of Solidarity
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Intangible Virtue
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Canonized in Blood
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Tolvada
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Planeswalkers
The Eternal Wanderer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
The Dross Pits
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Temple of the False God
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Rogue's Passage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
9%synergy
The Fair Basilica
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Restless Fortress
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Starlit Sanctum
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Hidden Courtyard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-18%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Field of Ruin
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
80%synergy
Commander's Sphere
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
57%synergy
Marble Diamond
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
66%synergy
Sol Ring
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
-27%synergy
Orzhov Signet
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Mind Stone
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-25%synergy
Replicating Ring
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Buried Treasure
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Orzhov Locket
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Sonic Screwdriver
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Chromatic Star
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
66%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
43%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
46%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Scoured Barrens
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Myriad Landscape
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Exotic Orchard
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Tainted Field
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Obscura Storefront
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Caves of Koilos
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-29%synergy
Glasswing Grace
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Isolated Chapel
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-39%synergy
Promising Vein
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Path of Ancestry
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Temple of Silence
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Escape Tunnel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Citadel Gate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Silverquill Campus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Shire Terrace
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Esper Panorama
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Demolition Field
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Maestros Theater
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Neglected Manor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Black Dragon Gate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy