Minthara, Merciless Soul (Commander) - Budget Core

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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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Forum of Amity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Daydream
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Shattered Acolyte
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Nested Shambler
52%inclusion44 decks84 decks
50%synergy
Martyr for the Cause
46%inclusion39 decks84 decks
46%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
46%inclusion39 decks84 decks
45%synergy
Gulping Scraptrap
45%inclusion38 decks84 decks
44%synergy
Grateful Apparition
46%inclusion39 decks84 decks
44%synergy
Cathar Commando
49%inclusion41 decks84 decks
42%synergy
Spirited Companion
46%inclusion39 decks84 decks
41%synergy
Whisper of the Dross
42%inclusion35 decks84 decks
40%synergy
Pegasus Guardian
40%inclusion34 decks84 decks
40%synergy
Metastatic Evangel
44%inclusion37 decks84 decks
40%synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
50%inclusion42 decks84 decks
28%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
45%inclusion38 decks84 decks
33%synergy
Deadly Dispute
43%inclusion36 decks84 decks
21%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
42%inclusion35 decks84 decks
38%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
39%inclusion33 decks84 decks
28%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
36%inclusion30 decks84 decks
32%synergy
Unbounded Potential
36%inclusion30 decks84 decks
35%synergy
Accursed Marauder
35%inclusion29 decks84 decks
27%synergy
Viscera Seer
35%inclusion29 decks84 decks
15%synergy
Inspiring Overseer
32%inclusion27 decks84 decks
29%synergy
Creatures
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
32%inclusion27 decks84 decks
30%synergy
Doomed Traveler
29%inclusion24 decks84 decks
23%synergy
Wyrm's Crossing Patrol
29%inclusion24 decks84 decks
28%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
26%inclusion22 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
26%inclusion22 decks84 decks
23%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
25%inclusion21 decks84 decks
-9%synergy
Skullport Merchant
24%inclusion20 decks84 decks
23%synergy
Flickerwisp
24%inclusion20 decks84 decks
20%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
23%inclusion19 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Priest of Ancient Lore
23%inclusion19 decks84 decks
22%synergy
Sun Titan
23%inclusion19 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
23%inclusion19 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
20%inclusion17 decks84 decks
18%synergy
Thraben Inspector
20%inclusion17 decks84 decks
20%synergy
Infestation Sage
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
17%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Helpful Hunter
19%inclusion14 decks73 decks
17%synergy
Nefarious Imp
19%inclusion16 decks84 decks
19%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Plaguecrafter
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
17%inclusion14 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
17%inclusion14 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Zhentarim Bandit
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
15%synergy
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Carrier Thrall
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Viconia, Drow Apostate
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
14%synergy
Tabaxi Toucaneers
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
14%synergy
Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
14%synergy
Hunted Witness
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Icewind Stalwart
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
-11%synergy
Aron, Benalia's Ruin
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Dockside Chef
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Patrolling Peacemaker
13%inclusion4 decks32 decks
11%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
13%inclusion4 decks32 decks
10%synergy
Wernog, Rider's Chaplain
12%inclusion10 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Restoration Angel
12%inclusion10 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
12%inclusion10 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Hardened Tactician
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
9%synergy
Undercity Scrounger
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Novice Inspector
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Corpse Knight
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
-2%synergy
Circuit Mender
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Crawling Chorus
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Guardian Kirin
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Cloudshift
25%inclusion21 decks84 decks
19%synergy
Grim Affliction
24%inclusion20 decks84 decks
23%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
24%inclusion20 decks84 decks
22%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
23%inclusion19 decks84 decks
21%synergy
Flicker of Fate
21%inclusion18 decks84 decks
18%synergy
Fanatical Offering
21%inclusion18 decks84 decks
19%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
20%inclusion17 decks84 decks
19%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
19%inclusion16 decks84 decks
-45%synergy
Despark
19%inclusion16 decks84 decks
-11%synergy
Mortify
19%inclusion16 decks84 decks
-3%synergy
Costly Plunder
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
16%synergy
Personify
18%inclusion3 decks17 decks
15%synergy
Ephemerate
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Scrollshift
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
14%synergy
Justiciar's Portal
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Nasty End
12%inclusion10 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Altar's Reap
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Not Dead After All
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
7%synergy
Path to Exile
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
-39%synergy
Utter End
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
-1%synergy
Parting Gust
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Otherworldly Journey
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Generous Gift
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
-13%synergy
Murder
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Raise the Alarm
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
8%synergy
You're Confronted by Robbers
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Long Road Home
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Feign Death
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
7%synergy
Rootborn Defenses
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Duty Beyond Death
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
4%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
4%synergy
Return to Dust
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Thraben Charm
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Slip On the Ring
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
4%synergy
Disenchant
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Battle Menu
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Drown in Ichor
32%inclusion27 decks84 decks
30%synergy
Wanderer's Strike
29%inclusion24 decks84 decks
28%synergy
Settle Beyond Reality
23%inclusion19 decks84 decks
22%synergy
Read the Bones
23%inclusion19 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Final Vengeance
22%inclusion15 decks69 decks
20%synergy
Victimize
21%inclusion18 decks84 decks
4%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
20%inclusion17 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Vat Emergence
19%inclusion16 decks84 decks
18%synergy
Austere Command
19%inclusion16 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Sign in Blood
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
-0%synergy
Unearth
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Spread the Sickness
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
14%synergy
Bone Shards
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Worthy Cost
14%inclusion6 decks44 decks
13%synergy
Call to the Feast
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Battle Screech
12%inclusion10 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Bone Splinters
12%inclusion10 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Night's Whisper
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
-7%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
4%synergy
Recruitment Drive
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Martial Coup
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
7%synergy
Feed the Swarm
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Back for Seconds
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Vindicate
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
-5%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
7%synergy
Revenge of the Rats
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Cut a Deal
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
3%synergy
Lingering Souls
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Graceful Restoration
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Pointed Discussion
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Macabre Waltz
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Contagion Clasp
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Throne of Geth
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Relic Vial
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Blood Fountain
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
8%synergy
Noble's Purse
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Foot Chopper
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Bagel and Schmear
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Bhaal
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
7%synergy
Dross Skullbomb
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Lantern
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Gilded Pinions
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Tinker's Tote
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Thieves' Tools
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
-19%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
3%synergy
Saw
5.8%inclusion4 decks69 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Far Traveler
30%inclusion25 decks84 decks
28%synergy
Seal of Cleansing
26%inclusion22 decks84 decks
23%synergy
Tolls of War
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Call for Unity
20%inclusion17 decks84 decks
19%synergy
Vampiric Rites
20%inclusion17 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Muster the Departed
17%inclusion14 decks84 decks
15%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
-3%synergy
Omen of the Sun
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Glasswing Grace
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Seal of Doom
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
-1%synergy
Touch the Spirit Realm
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Minimus Containment
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Omen of the Dead
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
7%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Planar Disruption
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
4%synergy
Flaming Fist
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
-22%synergy
Angelic Renewal
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Legion Loyalty
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Life Insurance
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
-27%synergy
The Dross Pits
17%inclusion14 decks84 decks
16%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion14 decks84 decks
12%synergy
The Fair Basilica
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
15%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
-4%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
-18%synergy
Cradle of the Accursed
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Starlit Sanctum
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Field of Ruin
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Hidden Courtyard
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Secluded Steppe
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
56%inclusion47 decks84 decks
-24%synergy
Mind Stone
51%inclusion43 decks84 decks
29%synergy
Commander's Sphere
49%inclusion41 decks84 decks
35%synergy
Orzhov Signet
46%inclusion39 decks84 decks
-7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
43%inclusion36 decks84 decks
37%synergy
Marble Diamond
39%inclusion33 decks84 decks
34%synergy
Sol Ring
39%inclusion33 decks84 decks
-45%synergy
Orzhov Locket
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
-42%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
-12%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion84 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion84 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
73%inclusion61 decks84 decks
-14%synergy
Evolving Wilds
67%inclusion56 decks84 decks
47%synergy
Scoured Barrens
51%inclusion43 decks84 decks
29%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
51%inclusion43 decks84 decks
37%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
45%inclusion38 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Field
36%inclusion30 decks84 decks
-15%synergy
Temple of Silence
32%inclusion27 decks84 decks
-7%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
30%inclusion25 decks84 decks
19%synergy
Obscura Storefront
30%inclusion25 decks84 decks
27%synergy
Path of Ancestry
30%inclusion25 decks84 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion20 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Caves of Koilos
24%inclusion20 decks84 decks
-34%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
21%inclusion18 decks84 decks
-21%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
19%inclusion16 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Esper Panorama
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
17%synergy
Promising Vein
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
17%synergy
Isolated Chapel
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
-50%synergy
Forlorn Flats
17%inclusion14 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion14 decks84 decks
-9%synergy
Shire Terrace
15%inclusion13 decks84 decks
15%synergy
Escape Tunnel
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
13%synergy
Silverquill Campus
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Ash Barrens
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
9%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Glasswing Grace
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
2%synergy
Thriving Heath
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Black Dragon Gate
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
10%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
10%inclusion8 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Misty Palms Oasis
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Citadel Gate
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
8%synergy
Thriving Moor
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Maestros Theater
7.1%inclusion6 decks84 decks
7%synergy
Desolate Mire
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
-12%synergy
Great Hall of Starnheim
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Fetid Heath
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
-36%synergy
Cabaretti Courtyard
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
6%synergy
Neglected Manor
5.8%inclusion4 decks69 decks
3%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
3%synergy
Capital City
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
5%synergy