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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.
Deck Filters
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Personify
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Grateful Apparition
76%inclusion19 decks25 decks
74%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
61%synergy
Nested Shambler
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
58%synergy
Metastatic Evangel
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
56%synergy
Drown in Ichor
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
54%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
52%synergy
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
52%synergy
Martyr for the Cause
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
47%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
46%synergy
The Eternal Wanderer
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
45%synergy
Top Cards
Deadly Dispute
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
30%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
Whisper of the Dross
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
39%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
34%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
25%synergy
Skullclamp
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Call for Unity
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
35%synergy
Creatures
Cathar Commando
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
29%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
34%synergy
Viscera Seer
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Teysa Karlov
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
32%inclusion6 decks19 decks
23%synergy
Patrolling Peacemaker
32%inclusion6 decks19 decks
30%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
32%inclusion6 decks19 decks
28%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Elenda's Hierophant
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Flickerwisp
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Sun Titan
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Gulping Scraptrap
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Corpse Knight
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Spirited Companion
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Restoration Angel
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Timeline Culler
21%inclusion4 decks19 decks
19%synergy
Blood Artist
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-11%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Accursed Marauder
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Carrion Feeder
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Threefold Thunderhulk
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Inspiring Overseer
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Sarevok, Deathbringer
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Pegasus Guardian
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Dockside Chef
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Martyr of Dusk
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Callous Bloodmage
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
7%synergy
Astarion, the Decadent
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Claim Jumper
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Guardian of Ghirapur
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Vampire Gourmand
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Felidar Guardian
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Despark
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Village Rites
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Grim Affliction
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
32%synergy
Lae'zel's Acrobatics
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
Unbounded Potential
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Ephemerate
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Mortify
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Fanatical Offering
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Cloudshift
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Justiciar's Portal
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Eerie Interlude
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Path to Exile
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-37%synergy
Generous Gift
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-12%synergy
Spectacular Tactics
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
10%synergy
Vayne's Treachery
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Fatal Push
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Parting Gust
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Semester's End
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Otherworldly Journey
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Unbreakable Formation
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Guiding Bolt
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Inkshield
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-10%synergy
Fracture
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-11%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Altar's Reap
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Carrion
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Flicker of Fate
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Reprieve
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Sudden Strike
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Scorpion's Sting
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Final Vengeance
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
26%synergy
Vat Emergence
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Austere Command
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Eaten Alive
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Exsanguinate
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Damn
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-17%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Sign in Blood
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-6%synergy
Lingering Souls
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Forever Young
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Hour of Reckoning
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Ascend from Avernus
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Unearth
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Feed the Swarm
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Another Round
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Fumigate
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Zombify
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Blot Out the Sky
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Reanimate
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-7%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Beyond the Quiet
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Hymn of the Faller
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Contagion Clasp
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Throne of Geth
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Noble's Purse
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Contagion Engine
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Relic Vial
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Recon Craft Theta
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Blade of Selves
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-17%synergy
Horn of Valhalla
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Norn's Wellspring
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Hylderblade
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Hot Dog Cart
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
The Seriema
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Nutrient Block
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Bastion of Remembrance
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Far Traveler
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
26%synergy
Muster the Departed
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Vampiric Rites
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Skrelv's Hive
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Black Market
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Glasswing Grace
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
March of the Canonized
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Legion Loyalty
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Rabble Rousing
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Murder Investigation
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Life Insurance
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Martyr's Cause
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Monologue Tax
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
True Conviction
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Teleportation Circle
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-22%synergy
Tolls of War
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Chorale of the Void
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Web Up
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Tolvada
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Planeswalkers
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Karn's Bastion
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Bojuka Bog
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-20%synergy
Westvale Abbey
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
High Market
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Guildless Commons
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
The Fair Basilica
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Minas Tirith
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
-12%synergy
Sol Ring
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
-20%synergy
Orzhov Signet
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Aetheric Amplifier
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Mind Stone
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Marble Diamond
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
White Auracite
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Astral Cornucopia
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-6%synergy
Lands
Plains
100%inclusion25 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion25 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
76%inclusion19 decks25 decks
-10%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Evolving Wilds
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
39%synergy
Tainted Field
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
34%synergy
Temple of Silence
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Caves of Koilos
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
-13%synergy
Isolated Chapel
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
-30%synergy
Obscura Storefront
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
33%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Fetid Heath
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-15%synergy
Scoured Barrens
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Thriving Heath
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Escape Tunnel
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Desolate Mire
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Glasswing Grace
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Esper Panorama
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Path of Ancestry
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-11%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-23%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Silverquill Campus
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Ash Barrens
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Demolition Field
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Crystal Grotto
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Promising Vein
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Misty Palms Oasis
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy