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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
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
31%synergy
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Cruel Ultimatum
31%inclusion29 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
24%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Control Magic
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Hour of Devastation
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Slave of Bolas
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Megrim
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
40%inclusion38 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Nightscape Familiar
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Terminate
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Chaos Warp
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
-11%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
-11%synergy
Rakdos Charm
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Blasphemous Act
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
-25%synergy
Arcane Denial
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Negate
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Fact or Fiction
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Creatures
Solemn Simulacrum
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Clone
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Shivan Dragon
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Hypnotic Specter
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Royal Assassin
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Fell Specter
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Cormela, Glamour Thief
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Sedraxis Specter
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Baleful Strix
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Decadent Dragon
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Archivist
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Crosis, the Purger
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Vizier of the Scorpion
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Arcanis the Omnipotent
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Blood Tyrant
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Burnished Hart
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Augur of Bolas
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Fog Bank
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
God-Eternal Kefnet
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Abyssal Specter
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Deathbringer Regent
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Dragonspeaker Shaman
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Eternal Skylord
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Silumgar, the Drifting Death
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Prodigal Sorcerer
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Kess, Dissident Mage
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Gleaming Overseer
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Nekrataal
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Rivaz of the Claw
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Merciless Eternal
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Merfolk Looter
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Sangromancer
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Vesuvan Doppelganger
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Eternal Taskmaster
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Dragonlord Silumgar
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Aven Eternal
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Blazing Specter
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Apprentice Wizard
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
The Locust God
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Dragon Mage
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Tourach, Dread Cantor
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
The Raven Man
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Avatar of Woe
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Viashino Heretic
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
God-Eternal Bontu
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Instants
Brainstorm
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Lightning Bolt
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Crosis's Charm
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Tyrant's Scorn
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Frantic Search
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Countersquall
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Abrade
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
3%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
-17%synergy
Commence the Endgame
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Crush Dissent
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Soul Manipulation
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Word of Seizing
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Terror
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Bedevil
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-8%synergy
Opt
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Aetherize
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Red Elemental Blast
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Lazotep Plating
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Mana Leak
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Fire Covenant
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Steam Augury
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Illusionist's Gambit
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Maestros Charm
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Shatter
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Snap
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Remove Soul
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Rewind
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Prismari Command
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Unsummon
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Dark Banishing
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Drown in the Loch
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Domineering Will
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Blue Elemental Blast
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Grixis Charm
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Delirium
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Ray of Command
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Desertion
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Evacuation
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
6.0%inclusion5 decks83 decks
1%synergy
Hurl Through Hell
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Fork
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Doom Blade
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Cancel
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Counterflux
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Murder
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Izzet Charm
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Kolaghan's Command
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
-13%synergy
Crux of Fate
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Deep Analysis
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Syphon Mind
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Windfall
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-10%synergy
Dark Intimations
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
-11%synergy
Decree of Pain
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Vandalblast
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
-6%synergy
Faithless Looting
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Deliver Unto Evil
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Enter the God-Eternals
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Ponder
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Ashes to Ashes
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Plague Wind
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Bleeding Edge
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Insurrection
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
The Elderspell
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-15%synergy
Relentless Advance
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Suplex
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
5%synergy
Spark Harvest
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Honor the God-Pharaoh
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Duress
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Disintegrate
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Callous Dismissal
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Fireball
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Invade the City
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Ambition's Cost
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Dreadbore
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Worst Fears
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
-7%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Gem of Becoming
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Lightning Greaves
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
-18%synergy
God-Pharaoh's Statue
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Howling Mine
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
2%synergy
God-Pharaoh's Gift
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
The Rack
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Samurai's Katana
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
6%synergy
Library of Leng
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Animate Dead
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Waste Not
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
3%synergy
In Bolas's Clutches
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Quicksilver Dagger
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Propaganda
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Greed
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Painful Quandary
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Raiders' Wake
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Mystic Remora
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-8%synergy
Underworld Dreams
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Bandit's Talent
6.6%inclusion5 decks76 decks
5%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Mind Control
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Dragon Tempest
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Curse of Opulence
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Confiscate
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Oppression
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Curiosity
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Liliana's Caress
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-1%synergy
Steal Artifact
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Shrieking Affliction
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Insight
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Breathstealer's Crypt
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Bojuka Bog
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-11%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-22%synergy
Rogue's Passage
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
70%inclusion66 decks94 decks
-20%synergy
Arcane Signet
57%inclusion54 decks94 decks
-31%synergy
Rakdos Signet
43%inclusion40 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Izzet Signet
40%inclusion38 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Signet
40%inclusion38 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
32%inclusion30 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
-15%synergy
Fellwar Stone
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
-14%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
-21%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Fire Diamond
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Sky Diamond
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Obelisk of Grixis
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Relic of Sauron
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Visage of Bolas
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Gilded Lotus
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Thought Vessel
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Thran Dynamo
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Bloodstone Cameo
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Star Compass
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Firemind Vessel
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
All-Fates Scroll
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Basalt Monolith
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Sisay's Ring
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Mana Prism
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Manalith
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Mana Geode
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion90 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Island
96%inclusion90 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Mountain
95%inclusion89 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
63%inclusion59 decks94 decks
-29%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
60%inclusion56 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
-7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
36%inclusion34 decks94 decks
-20%synergy
Evolving Wilds
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Shivan Reef
33%inclusion31 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
32%inclusion30 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
31%inclusion29 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
-12%synergy
Sulfur Falls
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
-16%synergy
Sunken Hollow
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
-11%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Underground River
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Path of Ancestry
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
-10%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Xander's Lounge
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
-21%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Seething Landscape
19%inclusion16 decks83 decks
2%synergy
Swiftwater Cliffs
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Blood Crypt
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
-26%synergy
Grixis Panorama
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Temple of Malice
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Watery Grave
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
-28%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
-8%synergy
Temple of Deceit
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Steam Vents
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
-28%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
-9%synergy
Haunted Ridge
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
-6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Graven Cairns
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Maestros Theater
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Cascade Bluffs
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Canyon Slough
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Urborg Volcano
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Fetid Pools
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
6%synergy
City of Brass
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Tainted Isle
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
-10%synergy
Rocky Tar Pit
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Tainted Peak
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Crypt of the Eternals
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
7%synergy
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