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Nick Price
Oct 8, 2025
The Top 10 Most Played Grixis Cards in Commander
Which Grixis (blue, black, and red) cards see the most play in Commander? Let's find out, with our latest Top 10 Most Played.
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Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
90%inclusion402 decks448 decks
84%synergy
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
88%inclusion396 decks448 decks
83%synergy
March from the Black Gate
88%inclusion395 decks448 decks
83%synergy
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
87%inclusion388 decks448 decks
82%synergy
The Mouth of Sauron
87%inclusion388 decks448 decks
82%synergy
Foray of Orcs
86%inclusion384 decks448 decks
81%synergy
Saruman's Trickery
85%inclusion382 decks448 decks
80%synergy
Saruman, the White Hand
86%inclusion387 decks448 decks
79%synergy
Treason of Isengard
79%inclusion355 decks448 decks
74%synergy
Orcish Medicine
79%inclusion352 decks448 decks
74%synergy
Top Cards
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
75%inclusion334 decks448 decks
69%synergy
Dunland Crebain
74%inclusion330 decks448 decks
72%synergy
Saruman the White
73%inclusion328 decks448 decks
70%synergy
Orcish Siegemaster
73%inclusion325 decks448 decks
66%synergy
Ringsight
72%inclusion322 decks448 decks
64%synergy
Corsairs of Umbar
71%inclusion319 decks448 decks
66%synergy
Book of Mazarbul
70%inclusion313 decks448 decks
67%synergy
Claim the Precious
65%inclusion292 decks448 decks
61%synergy
Swarming of Moria
64%inclusion288 decks448 decks
62%synergy
Summons of Saruman
62%inclusion277 decks448 decks
57%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
16%inclusion70 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
8.5%inclusion38 decks448 decks
-10%synergy
Creatures
Moria Scavenger
60%inclusion270 decks448 decks
55%synergy
Uglúk of the White Hand
59%inclusion263 decks448 decks
57%synergy
Warg Rider
51%inclusion228 decks448 decks
47%synergy
Gollum, Patient Plotter
49%inclusion218 decks448 decks
46%synergy
Sauron, the Necromancer
47%inclusion211 decks448 decks
44%synergy
Bilbo, Retired Burglar
44%inclusion198 decks448 decks
42%synergy
Lazotep Chancellor
42%inclusion189 decks448 decks
41%synergy
Nightscape Familiar
42%inclusion187 decks448 decks
15%synergy
Gorbag of Minas Morgul
41%inclusion183 decks448 decks
40%synergy
Gríma Wormtongue
40%inclusion180 decks448 decks
39%synergy
Warbeast of Gorgoroth
37%inclusion165 decks448 decks
36%synergy
Gleaming Overseer
36%inclusion163 decks448 decks
35%synergy
The Balrog of Moria
35%inclusion159 decks448 decks
30%synergy
Easterling Vanguard
35%inclusion156 decks448 decks
34%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
34%inclusion151 decks448 decks
31%synergy
Anger
30%inclusion133 decks448 decks
19%synergy
Lord of the Nazgûl
29%inclusion132 decks448 decks
24%synergy
Witch-king of Angmar
28%inclusion127 decks448 decks
23%synergy
Eternal Skylord
27%inclusion123 decks448 decks
26%synergy
Mordor Trebuchet
27%inclusion121 decks448 decks
26%synergy
Dreadhorde Twins
23%inclusion105 decks448 decks
22%synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
23%inclusion102 decks448 decks
20%synergy
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
23%inclusion101 decks448 decks
21%synergy
Moria Marauder
21%inclusion94 decks448 decks
20%synergy
Uruk-hai Berserker
21%inclusion93 decks448 decks
20%synergy
Treasure Nabber
21%inclusion93 decks448 decks
17%synergy
Ringwraiths
21%inclusion93 decks448 decks
19%synergy
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
19%inclusion86 decks448 decks
18%synergy
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
17%inclusion77 decks448 decks
12%synergy
Oliphaunt
17%inclusion75 decks448 decks
15%synergy
Witch-king, Sky Scourge
17%inclusion74 decks448 decks
15%synergy
Vizier of the Scorpion
16%inclusion73 decks448 decks
16%synergy
Nazgûl
15%inclusion69 decks448 decks
10%synergy
Sauron, the Lidless Eye
15%inclusion68 decks448 decks
14%synergy
Voracious Fell Beast
15%inclusion68 decks448 decks
14%synergy
Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
13%inclusion57 decks448 decks
11%synergy
Shagrat, Loot Bearer
12%inclusion54 decks448 decks
12%synergy
Wonder
12%inclusion52 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion49 decks448 decks
-2%synergy
Scourge of the Throne
10%inclusion46 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Merciless Executioner
10%inclusion44 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Guttersnipe
9.2%inclusion41 decks448 decks
3%synergy
Hostage Taker
8.3%inclusion37 decks448 decks
-2%synergy
Lazotep Reaver
8.0%inclusion36 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Fell Beast of Mordor
7.1%inclusion32 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Grim Initiate
6.9%inclusion31 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Shelob, Dread Weaver
6.7%inclusion30 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Olog-hai Crusher
6.7%inclusion30 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Goblin Cratermaker
6.0%inclusion27 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
5.8%inclusion26 decks448 decks
1%synergy
Instants
Lazotep Plating
50%inclusion225 decks448 decks
46%synergy
Glorious Gale
43%inclusion194 decks448 decks
41%synergy
Sauron's Ransom
43%inclusion194 decks448 decks
39%synergy
Soothing of Sméagol
43%inclusion192 decks448 decks
40%synergy
Deceive the Messenger
35%inclusion159 decks448 decks
34%synergy
Nasty End
33%inclusion147 decks448 decks
31%synergy
Counterspell
31%inclusion140 decks448 decks
-13%synergy
Commence the Endgame
31%inclusion140 decks448 decks
29%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
27%inclusion120 decks448 decks
17%synergy
Arcane Denial
25%inclusion110 decks448 decks
-4%synergy
Terminate
21%inclusion95 decks448 decks
-5%synergy
Negate
21%inclusion94 decks448 decks
-2%synergy
Dark Ritual
18%inclusion79 decks448 decks
-16%synergy
Fact or Fiction
17%inclusion74 decks448 decks
9%synergy
Bitter Downfall
16%inclusion73 decks448 decks
15%synergy
Siege Smash
14%inclusion34 decks238 decks
13%synergy
Isildur's Fateful Strike
14%inclusion62 decks448 decks
13%synergy
Chaos Warp
13%inclusion56 decks448 decks
-24%synergy
Bedevil
13%inclusion56 decks448 decks
-5%synergy
Refute
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Consider
12%inclusion52 decks448 decks
6%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion45 decks448 decks
4%synergy
Bulk Up
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Cast into the Fire
8.9%inclusion40 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Gollum's Bite
8.9%inclusion40 decks448 decks
9%synergy
Rush the Room
8.0%inclusion36 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Smite the Deathless
7.6%inclusion34 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Crush Dissent
7.4%inclusion33 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
7.4%inclusion10 decks136 decks
7%synergy
Fling
6.7%inclusion30 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
6.4%inclusion9 decks141 decks
-6%synergy
Shelob's Ambush
6.3%inclusion28 decks448 decks
6%synergy
Forbidden Alchemy
5.8%inclusion26 decks448 decks
4%synergy
Flame of Anor
5.6%inclusion25 decks448 decks
0%synergy
Frantic Search
5.4%inclusion24 decks448 decks
-12%synergy
Hithlain Knots
5.1%inclusion23 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Village Rites
5.1%inclusion23 decks448 decks
1%synergy
Abrade
5.1%inclusion23 decks448 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Mordor Muster
61%inclusion274 decks448 decks
59%synergy
Widespread Brutality
59%inclusion265 decks448 decks
55%synergy
Surrounded by Orcs
58%inclusion259 decks448 decks
56%synergy
Blasphemous Act
48%inclusion214 decks448 decks
2%synergy
Feed the Swarm
47%inclusion209 decks448 decks
16%synergy
Assault on Osgiliath
44%inclusion195 decks448 decks
41%synergy
Sam's Desperate Rescue
43%inclusion194 decks448 decks
41%synergy
Birthday Escape
42%inclusion187 decks448 decks
39%synergy
Faithless Looting
30%inclusion135 decks448 decks
10%synergy
The Torment of Gollum
25%inclusion114 decks448 decks
25%synergy
Too Greedily, Too Deep
25%inclusion112 decks448 decks
21%synergy
Invade the City
23%inclusion101 decks448 decks
21%synergy
Enter the God-Eternals
23%inclusion101 decks448 decks
21%synergy
Decree of Pain
20%inclusion91 decks448 decks
15%synergy
Breaking of the Fellowship
20%inclusion89 decks448 decks
19%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
18%inclusion82 decks448 decks
17%synergy
Extract from Darkness
15%inclusion65 decks448 decks
11%synergy
Deep Analysis
14%inclusion64 decks448 decks
10%synergy
Reanimate
14%inclusion61 decks448 decks
-10%synergy
Living Death
12%inclusion54 decks448 decks
6%synergy
Languish
12%inclusion54 decks448 decks
10%synergy
Callous Dismissal
11%inclusion51 decks448 decks
11%synergy
Honor the God-Pharaoh
11%inclusion50 decks448 decks
10%synergy
Wake the Dragon
11%inclusion50 decks448 decks
9%synergy
Ranger's Firebrand
11%inclusion49 decks448 decks
10%synergy
The Black Breath
11%inclusion48 decks448 decks
10%synergy
Subjugate the Hobbits
10%inclusion43 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Fear, Fire, Foes!
9.4%inclusion42 decks448 decks
9%synergy
Lidless Gaze
9.2%inclusion41 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Victimize
8.5%inclusion38 decks448 decks
0%synergy
Lórien Revealed
8.3%inclusion37 decks448 decks
6%synergy
Fire of Orthanc
8.0%inclusion36 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Shadow of the Enemy
7.6%inclusion34 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Bleeding Edge
7.1%inclusion32 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Gandalf's Sanction
6.7%inclusion30 decks448 decks
6%synergy
Dread Return
5.8%inclusion26 decks448 decks
3%synergy
Relentless Advance
5.4%inclusion24 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Horses of the Bruinen
5.1%inclusion23 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Boon of the Wish-Giver
5.1%inclusion23 decks448 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Grond, the Gatebreaker
24%inclusion109 decks448 decks
24%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion63 decks448 decks
-12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion50 decks448 decks
-2%synergy
Stone of Erech
10%inclusion43 decks448 decks
9%synergy
Nazgûl Battle-Mace
8.9%inclusion40 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Lightning Greaves
7.6%inclusion34 decks448 decks
-22%synergy
Enchantments
Call of the Ring
60%inclusion268 decks448 decks
51%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
53%inclusion237 decks448 decks
48%synergy
Fiery Inscription
52%inclusion235 decks448 decks
47%synergy
Fall of Cair Andros
48%inclusion217 decks448 decks
46%synergy
In the Darkness Bind Them
41%inclusion182 decks448 decks
34%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
39%inclusion176 decks448 decks
35%synergy
There and Back Again
14%inclusion63 decks448 decks
12%synergy
Rising of the Day
13%inclusion59 decks448 decks
10%synergy
Mindless Conscription
11%inclusion29 decks255 decks
11%synergy
Storm of Saruman
11%inclusion49 decks448 decks
9%synergy
Scroll of Isildur
8.5%inclusion38 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Morgul-Knife Wound
7.8%inclusion35 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Shiny Impetus
6.7%inclusion30 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
6.3%inclusion28 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Spiteful Banditry
6.3%inclusion28 decks448 decks
4%synergy
Fires of Mount Doom
5.6%inclusion25 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Rakdos Joins Up
5.3%inclusion17 decks322 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Angrath, Captain of Chaos
31%inclusion141 decks448 decks
30%synergy
Utility Lands
Barad-dûr
72%inclusion321 decks448 decks
64%synergy
Rogue's Passage
48%inclusion215 decks448 decks
25%synergy
Mines of Moria
21%inclusion96 decks448 decks
18%synergy
The Black Gate
17%inclusion76 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Desolate Lighthouse
17%inclusion74 decks448 decks
10%synergy
Field of Ruin
16%inclusion73 decks448 decks
13%synergy
Great Hall of the Citadel
15%inclusion65 decks448 decks
13%synergy
Bojuka Bog
12%inclusion54 decks448 decks
-12%synergy
Rivendell
11%inclusion49 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
10%inclusion46 decks448 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
9.2%inclusion41 decks448 decks
-26%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.1%inclusion32 decks448 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion379 decks448 decks
-6%synergy
Arcane Signet
81%inclusion365 decks448 decks
-7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
60%inclusion271 decks448 decks
39%synergy
Inherited Envelope
48%inclusion215 decks448 decks
45%synergy
Rakdos Signet
48%inclusion214 decks448 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Signet
45%inclusion201 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Relic of Sauron
43%inclusion192 decks448 decks
23%synergy
Mind Stone
37%inclusion165 decks448 decks
23%synergy
Izzet Signet
35%inclusion156 decks448 decks
0%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
22%inclusion99 decks448 decks
-27%synergy
Fellwar Stone
21%inclusion93 decks448 decks
-14%synergy
Worn Powerstone
20%inclusion91 decks448 decks
15%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
17%inclusion76 decks448 decks
-27%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
15%inclusion65 decks448 decks
-28%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
12%inclusion53 decks448 decks
-4%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
11%inclusion50 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Phial of Galadriel
8.5%inclusion38 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
7.6%inclusion34 decks448 decks
-14%synergy
Basalt Monolith
5.8%inclusion26 decks448 decks
4%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.1%inclusion23 decks448 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Mountain
100%inclusion446 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Swamp
99%inclusion445 decks448 decks
7%synergy
Island
99%inclusion444 decks448 decks
6%synergy
Command Tower
85%inclusion379 decks448 decks
-7%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
71%inclusion319 decks448 decks
16%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
59%inclusion265 decks448 decks
21%synergy
Evolving Wilds
59%inclusion265 decks448 decks
34%synergy
Sunken Hollow
56%inclusion251 decks448 decks
15%synergy
Choked Estuary
51%inclusion227 decks448 decks
33%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
50%inclusion224 decks448 decks
31%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
46%inclusion208 decks448 decks
26%synergy
Sulfur Falls
46%inclusion208 decks448 decks
1%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
44%inclusion198 decks448 decks
29%synergy
Exotic Orchard
43%inclusion194 decks448 decks
-13%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
43%inclusion193 decks448 decks
-1%synergy
Path of Ancestry
41%inclusion182 decks448 decks
9%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
33%inclusion147 decks448 decks
-9%synergy
Seething Landscape
29%inclusion71 decks242 decks
12%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
19%inclusion87 decks448 decks
4%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
18%inclusion82 decks448 decks
-8%synergy
Temple of Deceit
18%inclusion80 decks448 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Malice
17%inclusion77 decks448 decks
5%synergy
Underground River
16%inclusion73 decks448 decks
-11%synergy
Dismal Backwater
15%inclusion68 decks448 decks
9%synergy
The Grey Havens
15%inclusion66 decks448 decks
13%synergy
Swiftwater Cliffs
15%inclusion65 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion61 decks448 decks
3%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
13%inclusion57 decks448 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
12%inclusion52 decks448 decks
-1%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
11%inclusion50 decks448 decks
0%synergy
Mount Doom
11%inclusion50 decks448 decks
4%synergy
Shire Terrace
11%inclusion49 decks448 decks
10%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
8.7%inclusion39 decks448 decks
-3%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
8.0%inclusion36 decks448 decks
6%synergy
Shivan Reef
6.7%inclusion30 decks448 decks
-22%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
6.7%inclusion30 decks448 decks
-5%synergy
Thriving Moor
6.7%inclusion30 decks448 decks
2%synergy
Maestros Theater
6.5%inclusion29 decks448 decks
-3%synergy
Thriving Isle
6.3%inclusion28 decks448 decks
2%synergy
Ash Barrens
6.0%inclusion27 decks448 decks
1%synergy
Thriving Bluff
5.8%inclusion26 decks448 decks
2%synergy
Izzet Guildgate
5.8%inclusion26 decks448 decks
4%synergy
Molten Tributary
5.6%inclusion25 decks448 decks
3%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.1%inclusion23 decks448 decks
3%synergy