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Nick Price
Apr 14, 2025
The Top 10 Most Played Commander Cards from Aetherdrift
More and more folks are slotting Aetherdrift cards into their decks, but which cards are the most played? Nick goes through the list, crunches the numbers, and presents the most popular cards from Aetherdrift.
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
The Water Crystal
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
93%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Golbez, Crystal Collector
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
PuPu UFO
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
90%inclusion84 decks93 decks
88%synergy
Tree of Perdition
87%inclusion81 decks93 decks
85%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
81%inclusion75 decks93 decks
75%synergy
Consuming Aberration
87%inclusion81 decks93 decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
81%inclusion75 decks93 decks
72%synergy
Wall of Frost
67%inclusion62 decks93 decks
65%synergy
The Ancient One
63%inclusion52 decks82 decks
60%synergy
Mindcrank
72%inclusion67 decks93 decks
59%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
70%inclusion65 decks93 decks
59%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
64%inclusion58 decks91 decks
58%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
71%inclusion66 decks93 decks
51%synergy
Fractured Sanity
65%inclusion60 decks93 decks
54%synergy
Visions of Beyond
60%inclusion56 decks93 decks
57%synergy
Mortivore
59%inclusion55 decks93 decks
58%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
58%inclusion54 decks93 decks
57%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
58%inclusion54 decks93 decks
45%synergy
Silent Arbiter
57%inclusion53 decks93 decks
56%synergy
Counterspell
57%inclusion53 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
56%inclusion52 decks93 decks
54%synergy
Memory Erosion
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
49%synergy
Creatures
Nighthowler
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
48%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
51%inclusion47 decks93 decks
43%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
49%inclusion46 decks93 decks
45%synergy
Hover Barrier
45%inclusion42 decks93 decks
44%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Hedron Crab
44%inclusion41 decks93 decks
41%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
38%inclusion23 decks61 decks
37%synergy
Eater of the Dead
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
36%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
37%inclusion34 decks93 decks
36%synergy
The Mindskinner
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion33 decks93 decks
31%synergy
Manic Scribe
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
33%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion27 decks93 decks
28%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
29%inclusion27 decks93 decks
26%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
29%inclusion27 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Glacial Wall
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
27%synergy
Soulless Jailer
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
26%synergy
Undead Alchemist
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
26%inclusion24 decks93 decks
25%synergy
Aegis Turtle
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Riddlekeeper
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
23%synergy
Fleet Swallower
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Guiltfeeder
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
18%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
23%inclusion15 decks64 decks
22%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Avatar of Woe
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Sheoldred
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Shadow Kin
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Shield Sphere
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
1%synergy
The Cyber-Controller
14%inclusion12 decks86 decks
13%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
5%synergy
The Reality Chip
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Riptide Turtle
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion8 decks72 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Air
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
39%inclusion36 decks93 decks
35%synergy
Didn't Say Please
35%inclusion33 decks93 decks
30%synergy
Into the Story
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
26%synergy
Thought Collapse
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Withering Torment
26%inclusion9 decks35 decks
9%synergy
Negate
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
-8%synergy
Arcane Denial
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Dark Ritual
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
-10%synergy
Drown in Dreams
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Brainstorm
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
-10%synergy
Psychic Strike
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Archive Trap
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Reality Shift
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Dig Through Time
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Fact or Fiction
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
-13%synergy
Thought Scour
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Aetherize
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Pongify
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Mana Drain
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
-4%synergy
See Double
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Swan Song
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
-6%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Perplex
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Resculpt
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
8.8%inclusion3 decks34 decks
6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Reenact the Crime
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Intrude on the Mind
7.9%inclusion6 decks76 decks
8%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
-9%synergy
Opt
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-7%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
48%synergy
Traumatize
45%inclusion42 decks93 decks
41%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
42%inclusion39 decks93 decks
37%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
40%inclusion37 decks93 decks
30%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
39%inclusion36 decks93 decks
34%synergy
Windfall
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
19%synergy
Reanimate
31%inclusion29 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Toxic Deluge
30%inclusion28 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Cut Your Losses
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
19%synergy
Damnation
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Feed the Swarm
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
-11%synergy
Mind Funeral
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
22%synergy
Treasure Cruise
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Ponder
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Terror Tide
13%inclusion11 decks84 decks
11%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion8 decks72 decks
10%synergy
Startled Awake
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Eldritch Pact
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
5.8%inclusion5 decks86 decks
5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
47%inclusion44 decks93 decks
42%synergy
Bonehoard
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
31%synergy
Altar of the Brood
31%inclusion29 decks93 decks
26%synergy
Lightning Greaves
31%inclusion29 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
22%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
19%synergy
Keening Stone
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Folio of Fancies
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Isochron Scepter
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
-13%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Profane Memento
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Sword of Body and Mind
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-9%synergy
Sands of Delirium
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
47%synergy
Fraying Sanity
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
34%synergy
Court of Cunning
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
31%synergy
Propaganda
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
23%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
35%inclusion33 decks93 decks
28%synergy
Intruder Alarm
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
31%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Freed from the Real
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Animate Dead
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
13%inclusion12 decks89 decks
10%synergy
Leyline of the Void
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
11%synergy
No Mercy
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Out of the Tombs
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Mystic Remora
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-10%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
30%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Jace Beleren
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion34 decks93 decks
27%synergy
Restless Reef
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
28%synergy
Reliquary Tower
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
18%synergy
Cabal Coffers
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
-17%synergy
Castle Vantress
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Thespian's Stage
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Ghost Quarter
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Sunken Palace
5.2%inclusion3 decks58 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
84%inclusion78 decks93 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion76 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Signet
62%inclusion58 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
56%inclusion52 decks93 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Commander's Sphere
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Fellwar Stone
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
-8%synergy
Thought Vessel
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
-17%synergy
Thran Dynamo
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Gilded Lotus
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Locket
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-4%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
83%inclusion77 decks93 decks
-6%synergy
Sunken Hollow
75%inclusion70 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
74%inclusion69 decks93 decks
30%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
67%inclusion62 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
59%inclusion55 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Morphic Pool
55%inclusion51 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
27%synergy
Polluted Delta
45%inclusion42 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
42%inclusion39 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Choked Estuary
41%inclusion38 decks93 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
40%inclusion37 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Underground River
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Undercity Sewers
36%inclusion27 decks76 decks
16%synergy
Temple of Deceit
35%inclusion33 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Tainted Isle
35%inclusion33 decks93 decks
-8%synergy
Fetid Pools
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
-13%synergy
Darkslick Shores
26%inclusion24 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
-10%synergy
Sunken Ruins
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Underground Sea
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
-4%synergy
Dismal Backwater
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Fabled Passage
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Port of Karfell
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Evolving Wilds
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
-4%synergy
River of Tears
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Scalding Tarn
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Ice Tunnel
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Misty Rainforest
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Demolition Field
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Marsh Flats
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Flooded Strand
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Prismatic Vista
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Maestros Theater
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-23%synergy