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Levi Perry
Nov 20, 2025
Levi Perry
What If Commander Damage Didn't Exist?
What if we got rid of commander damage? Or switched to cumulative commander damage? Let's look at the possibilities.
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Serpent's Pass
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
34%inclusion33 decks96 decks
32%synergy
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
30%inclusion29 decks96 decks
27%synergy
Cruel Ultimatum
30%inclusion29 decks96 decks
25%synergy
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
28%inclusion27 decks96 decks
25%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
19%synergy
Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
20%inclusion19 decks96 decks
18%synergy
Hour of Devastation
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
18%synergy
Slave of Bolas
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Control Magic
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Megrim
22%inclusion21 decks96 decks
16%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
41%inclusion39 decks96 decks
-3%synergy
Nightscape Familiar
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Chaos Warp
26%inclusion25 decks96 decks
-11%synergy
Terminate
26%inclusion25 decks96 decks
0%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion22 decks96 decks
-11%synergy
Rakdos Charm
22%inclusion21 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Blasphemous Act
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
-25%synergy
Arcane Denial
20%inclusion19 decks96 decks
-9%synergy
Negate
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
-4%synergy
Feed the Swarm
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
-12%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
-1%synergy
Creatures
Solemn Simulacrum
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
15%synergy
Clone
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
14%synergy
Shivan Dragon
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
15%synergy
Hypnotic Specter
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Fell Specter
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Royal Assassin
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Sedraxis Specter
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Cormela, Glamour Thief
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Crosis, the Purger
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Baleful Strix
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
0%synergy
Decadent Dragon
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Archivist
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Vizier of the Scorpion
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Dragonspeaker Shaman
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Arcanis the Omnipotent
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Abyssal Specter
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Augur of Bolas
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Burnished Hart
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Blood Tyrant
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Eternal Skylord
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
6%synergy
God-Eternal Kefnet
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Prodigal Sorcerer
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Fog Bank
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Deathbringer Regent
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Silumgar, the Drifting Death
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Rivaz of the Claw
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Gleaming Overseer
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Nekrataal
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
The Locust God
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Kess, Dissident Mage
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
-2%synergy
Blazing Specter
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Asylum Visitor
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Dragonlord Silumgar
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Eternal Taskmaster
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Vesuvan Doppelganger
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Merciless Eternal
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Aven Eternal
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Apprentice Wizard
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Merfolk Looter
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Dragon Mage
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Sangromancer
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Tourach, Dread Cantor
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
God-Eternal Bontu
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
The Raven Man
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Avatar of Woe
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Viashino Heretic
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Instants
Brainstorm
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Fact or Fiction
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Lightning Bolt
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Crosis's Charm
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Tyrant's Scorn
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Frantic Search
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
-5%synergy
Countersquall
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Abrade
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
3%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
-17%synergy
Commence the Endgame
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Crush Dissent
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Soul Manipulation
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Word of Seizing
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Terror
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Bedevil
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
-8%synergy
Opt
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Aetherize
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Lazotep Plating
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Red Elemental Blast
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Mana Leak
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Fire Covenant
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Steam Augury
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Illusionist's Gambit
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Maestros Charm
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Shatter
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Remove Soul
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Rewind
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Prismari Command
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Unsummon
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Snap
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
-1%synergy
Dark Banishing
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Drown in the Loch
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Domineering Will
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
0%synergy
Grixis Charm
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Delirium
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Ray of Command
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Blue Elemental Blast
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Desertion
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Evacuation
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
1%synergy
Hurl Through Hell
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Kolaghan's Command
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Fork
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Doom Blade
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Cancel
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Counterflux
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Murder
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Crux of Fate
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
15%synergy
Syphon Mind
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Deep Analysis
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Windfall
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
-10%synergy
Dark Intimations
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
-11%synergy
Decree of Pain
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Vandalblast
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
-6%synergy
Faithless Looting
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
-9%synergy
Deliver Unto Evil
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Enter the God-Eternals
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Ponder
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
-1%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Ashes to Ashes
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Plague Wind
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Bleeding Edge
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Insurrection
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Disintegrate
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
The Elderspell
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Relentless Advance
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
-15%synergy
Suplex
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
5%synergy
Spark Harvest
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Duress
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Honor the God-Pharaoh
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
1%synergy
Ambition's Cost
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Fireball
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Invade the City
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Chandra's Ignition
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Worst Fears
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Callous Dismissal
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Dreadbore
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
-7%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Gem of Becoming
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
14%synergy
Lightning Greaves
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
-18%synergy
God-Pharaoh's Statue
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
6%synergy
God-Pharaoh's Gift
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Howling Mine
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
2%synergy
The Rack
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Samurai's Katana
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
6%synergy
Library of Leng
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
0%synergy
Unscythe, Killer of Kings
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Waste Not
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
2%synergy
In Bolas's Clutches
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Quicksilver Dagger
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Propaganda
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
0%synergy
Greed
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Painful Quandary
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Raiders' Wake
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Underworld Dreams
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
0%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Mystic Remora
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
-8%synergy
Bandit's Talent
6.4%inclusion5 decks78 decks
5%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Mind Control
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Dragon Tempest
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Curse of Opulence
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Oppression
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Confiscate
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Curiosity
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
1%synergy
Shrieking Affliction
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Insight
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Elder Mastery
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Liliana's Caress
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
-1%synergy
Breathstealer's Crypt
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Steal Artifact
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Bojuka Bog
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
-10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
-22%synergy
Rogue's Passage
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
-9%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
-2%synergy
Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
-9%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
70%inclusion67 decks96 decks
-20%synergy
Arcane Signet
57%inclusion55 decks96 decks
-31%synergy
Rakdos Signet
43%inclusion41 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Izzet Signet
41%inclusion39 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Signet
41%inclusion39 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
32%inclusion31 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
30%inclusion29 decks96 decks
-5%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
-15%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
28%inclusion27 decks96 decks
-14%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
27%inclusion26 decks96 decks
-22%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
19%synergy
Fire Diamond
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Sky Diamond
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
16%synergy
Mind Stone
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Obelisk of Grixis
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
15%synergy
Relic of Sauron
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
-3%synergy
Visage of Bolas
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
-4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Thought Vessel
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
-12%synergy
Star Compass
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Bloodstone Cameo
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Firemind Vessel
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
All-Fates Scroll
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Basalt Monolith
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Sisay's Ring
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Manalith
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Mana Prism
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Mana Geode
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion92 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Island
96%inclusion92 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Mountain
95%inclusion91 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Command Tower
64%inclusion61 decks96 decks
-28%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
58%inclusion56 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
38%inclusion36 decks96 decks
-19%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
38%inclusion36 decks96 decks
-7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
34%inclusion33 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Shivan Reef
32%inclusion31 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
31%inclusion30 decks96 decks
20%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
30%inclusion29 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
30%inclusion29 decks96 decks
-12%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
30%inclusion29 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Sunken Hollow
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
-11%synergy
Sulfur Falls
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
-16%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
28%inclusion27 decks96 decks
-10%synergy
Underground River
26%inclusion25 decks96 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
25%inclusion24 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
25%inclusion24 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
22%inclusion21 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Path of Ancestry
22%inclusion21 decks96 decks
-10%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
20%inclusion19 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion19 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Xander's Lounge
20%inclusion19 decks96 decks
-21%synergy
Seething Landscape
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
1%synergy
Blood Crypt
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
-25%synergy
Grixis Panorama
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
15%synergy
Watery Grave
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
-27%synergy
Swiftwater Cliffs
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Temple of Malice
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Steam Vents
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
-27%synergy
Temple of Deceit
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
-9%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
-9%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Haunted Ridge
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
-6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Graven Cairns
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Maestros Theater
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Cascade Bluffs
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Canyon Slough
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Urborg Volcano
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Fetid Pools
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Scalding Tarn
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
-22%synergy
Polluted Delta
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
-23%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
-24%synergy
City of Brass
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
-3%synergy
Tainted Isle
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
7%synergy
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