Minthara, Merciless Soul (Commander) - Budget Upgraded

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
Erode
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Daydream
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Grateful Apparition
74%inclusion20 decks27 decks
72%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
64%synergy
Nested Shambler
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
57%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
56%synergy
Metastatic Evangel
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
55%synergy
Drown in Ichor
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
53%synergy
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
51%synergy
The Eternal Wanderer
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
49%synergy
Martyr for the Cause
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
47%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
46%synergy
Top Cards
Deadly Dispute
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
37%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Victimize
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Despark
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Creatures
Cathar Commando
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
30%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
35%synergy
Viscera Seer
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Sun Titan
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Teysa Karlov
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Flickerwisp
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Accursed Marauder
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Gulping Scraptrap
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Patrolling Peacemaker
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Spirited Companion
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Corpse Knight
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Elenda's Hierophant
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Timeline Culler
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Blood Artist
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-12%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Jacked Rabbit
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Threefold Thunderhulk
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Inspiring Overseer
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Restoration Angel
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Sarevok, Deathbringer
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Plaguecrafter
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-7%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Callous Bloodmage
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Company Commander
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Priest of Fell Rites
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Martyr of Dusk
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Dockside Chef
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Carrion Feeder
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Judge Magister Gabranth
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Astarion, the Decadent
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Whisper of the Dross
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Grim Affliction
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
-15%synergy
Mortify
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Lae'zel's Acrobatics
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Unbounded Potential
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Ephemerate
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Fanatical Offering
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Path to Exile
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-31%synergy
Cloudshift
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Generous Gift
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Eerie Interlude
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Parting Gust
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Fracture
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Spectacular Tactics
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Vayne's Treachery
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Duty Beyond Death
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Personify
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Justiciar's Portal
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Semester's End
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Otherworldly Journey
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Carrion
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Unbreakable Formation
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Altar's Reap
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Flicker of Fate
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Inkshield
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-13%synergy
Reprieve
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Costly Plunder
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Disenchant
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Guiding Bolt
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Heliod's Intervention
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Sudden Strike
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Final Vengeance
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Austere Command
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Vat Emergence
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Damn
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Sign in Blood
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Eaten Alive
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Read the Bones
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Exsanguinate
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Feed the Swarm
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Reanimate
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Blot Out the Sky
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Lingering Souls
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Forever Young
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Unearth
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Hour of Reckoning
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Merciless Eviction
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Ascend from Avernus
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Another Round
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Fumigate
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Zombify
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Avatar's Wrath
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Contagion Clasp
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Throne of Geth
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Relic Vial
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Contagion Engine
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Noble's Purse
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Altar of Bhaal
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Norn's Wellspring
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Recon Craft Theta
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Lightning Greaves
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-12%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Horn of Valhalla
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-17%synergy
Enchantments
Call for Unity
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Far Traveler
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Muster the Departed
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Vampiric Rites
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Skrelv's Hive
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Teleportation Circle
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Black Market
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Rabble Rousing
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Glasswing Grace
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
3%synergy
March of the Canonized
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Intangible Virtue
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
4%synergy
Murder Investigation
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Legion Loyalty
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Life Insurance
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Martyr's Cause
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Monologue Tax
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
True Conviction
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Court of Grace
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-21%synergy
Tolls of War
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Tolvada
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Planeswalkers
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Karn's Bastion
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Bojuka Bog
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-15%synergy
Westvale Abbey
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
High Market
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Dalkovan Encampment
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Minas Tirith
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Guildless Commons
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Ghost Quarter
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Witch's Cottage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
The Fair Basilica
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Abandoned Air Temple
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
74%inclusion20 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Sol Ring
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
-14%synergy
Orzhov Signet
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Aetheric Amplifier
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Fellwar Stone
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Marble Diamond
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Staff of Compleation
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
White Auracite
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
78%inclusion21 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
74%inclusion20 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Evolving Wilds
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
47%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
37%synergy
Tainted Field
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Caves of Koilos
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Temple of Silence
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Isolated Chapel
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
-26%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Obscura Storefront
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
30%synergy
Myriad Landscape
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Scoured Barrens
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Fetid Heath
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-19%synergy
Escape Tunnel
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Fabled Passage
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Heath
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Path of Ancestry
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Shire Terrace
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Glasswing Grace
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Desolate Mire
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-26%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Silverquill Campus
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Ash Barrens
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Esper Panorama
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Godless Shrine
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-44%synergy
Crystal Grotto
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Promising Vein
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Demolition Field
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Misty Palms Oasis
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy