Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper (Commander) - Shadowborn Apostles

Jeff Dunn
The 10 Best Mel Commanders
Mel commanders are lauded as the best-designed legendaries, or as perfect enablers for digging out edge case interactions. Here are the top ten!
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Shadowborn Apostle
100% of 75 decks +100% synergy
Bloodbond March
89% of 75 decks +89% synergy
Thrumming Stone
79% of 75 decks +78% synergy
Echoing Return
74% of 72 decks +73% synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
73% of 73 decks +70% synergy
Taborax, Hope's Demise
55% of 73 decks +55% synergy
Secret Salvage
53% of 73 decks +53% synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
53% of 75 decks +52% synergy
Harvester of Souls
53% of 75 decks +51% synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
51% of 73 decks +50% synergy
Top Cards
Skullclamp
56% of 75 decks +37% synergy
Infernal Sovereign
48% of 42 decks +47% synergy
Shadow-Rite Priest
44% of 63 decks +44% synergy
Impact Tremors
43% of 75 decks +35% synergy
Xathrid Necromancer
41% of 75 decks +41% synergy
Phyrexian Altar
41% of 75 decks +31% synergy
Farseek
41% of 75 decks -4% synergy
Assassin's Trophy
38% of 73 decks -3% synergy
Cultivate
37% of 75 decks -6% synergy
Purphoros, God of the Forge
36% of 75 decks +32% synergy
Creatures
Herald of Slaanesh
36% of 53 decks +36% synergy
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
33% of 75 decks +33% synergy
Grim Haruspex
33% of 75 decks +28% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
32% of 75 decks +19% synergy
Ziatora, the Incinerator
29% of 68 decks +9% synergy
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
29% of 75 decks +29% synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
29% of 73 decks +13% synergy
Orca, Siege Demon
29% of 63 decks +28% synergy
Warren Soultrader
27% of 11 decks +16% synergy
Rotlung Reanimator
27% of 75 decks +27% synergy
Bloodthirster
26% of 53 decks +25% synergy
Ignoble Hierarch
26% of 72 decks -30% synergy
Reaper from the Abyss
25% of 75 decks +25% synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
25% of 75 decks +25% synergy
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
25% of 28 decks +22% synergy
Eternal Witness
24% of 75 decks -9% synergy
Archfiend of Despair
22% of 73 decks +21% synergy
Blood Artist
21% of 75 decks +10% synergy
Mahadi, Emporium Master
19% of 64 decks +5% synergy
Lord of the Void
17% of 75 decks +17% synergy
Birds of Paradise
17% of 75 decks -18% synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
17% of 72 decks +16% synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
16% of 73 decks +16% synergy
Dreadfeast Demon
16% of 68 decks +16% synergy
The Balrog of Moria
16% of 25 decks +15% synergy
Master of Dark Rites
16% of 19 decks +16% synergy
Mayhem Devil
15% of 73 decks -9% synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
15% of 75 decks -25% synergy
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
14% of 74 decks +9% synergy
Demon of Death's Gate
13% of 75 decks +13% synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
13% of 45 decks +7% synergy
Viscera Seer
13% of 75 decks -2% synergy
Dreadhound
13% of 70 decks +12% synergy
Burning-Rune Demon
11% of 73 decks +10% synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
11% of 73 decks +5% synergy
Master of Cruelties
11% of 75 decks +9% synergy
Rakdos, the Showstopper
10% of 73 decks +9% synergy
Great Unclean One
9% of 53 decks +9% synergy
Krav, the Unredeemed
8% of 73 decks +8% synergy
Judith, the Scourge Diva
8% of 73 decks +6% synergy
Beast Whisperer
8% of 73 decks +3% synergy
Overseer of the Damned
8% of 75 decks +7% synergy
Defiler of Flesh
8% of 63 decks +8% synergy
Venomcrawler
8% of 53 decks +7% synergy
Anax, Hardened in the Forge
7% of 73 decks +6% synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
7% of 75 decks +7% synergy
Orcus, Prince of Undeath
6% of 70 decks +5% synergy
Sanguinary Priest
6% of 53 decks +6% synergy
Daemogoth Titan
5% of 73 decks +1% synergy
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
5% of 73 decks -6% synergy
Instants
Beast Within
36% of 75 decks -5% synergy
Dark Ritual
25% of 75 decks +13% synergy
Village Rites
25% of 73 decks +13% synergy
Heroic Intervention
25% of 73 decks -1% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
20% of 75 decks +4% synergy
Chaos Warp
20% of 75 decks -10% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
17% of 42 decks +10% synergy
Deadly Dispute
16% of 70 decks -2% synergy
Nature's Claim
15% of 75 decks +5% synergy
Putrefy
15% of 75 decks -1% synergy
Bedevil
12% of 73 decks +3% synergy
Terminate
12% of 75 decks -16% synergy
Return to Nature
11% of 73 decks +7% synergy
Infernal Grasp
10% of 70 decks +6% synergy
Worldly Tutor
9% of 75 decks -3% synergy
Culling the Weak
8% of 75 decks +3% synergy
Blood for the Blood God!
8% of 53 decks +6% synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
7% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Deflecting Swat
7% of 73 decks -10% synergy
Songs of the Damned
7% of 75 decks +6% synergy
Krosan Grip
7% of 75 decks -0% synergy
Deadly Rollick
5% of 73 decks -5% synergy
Golgari Charm
5% of 75 decks +1% synergy
Rakdos Charm
5% of 75 decks -3% synergy
Abrupt Decay
5% of 75 decks -8% synergy
Sorceries
Demonic Tutor
36% of 75 decks +16% synergy
Nature's Lore
32% of 75 decks -2% synergy
Kodama's Reach
29% of 75 decks -2% synergy
Rampant Growth
27% of 75 decks -10% synergy
Blasphemous Act
21% of 75 decks -19% synergy
Diabolic Intent
20% of 75 decks +8% synergy
Three Visits
20% of 75 decks -6% synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
19% of 75 decks +17% synergy
Toxic Deluge
16% of 75 decks -0% synergy
Living Death
12% of 75 decks +3% synergy
Doubling Chant
11% of 75 decks +11% synergy
Decimate
11% of 75 decks +2% synergy
Night's Whisper
9% of 75 decks +5% synergy
Skyshroud Claim
9% of 75 decks +2% synergy
Faithless Looting
9% of 75 decks -11% synergy
Culling Ritual
8% of 73 decks -4% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
8% of 75 decks +4% synergy
Read the Bones
8% of 75 decks +3% synergy
Victimize
8% of 75 decks -16% synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
7% of 73 decks -4% synergy
Grim Tutor
7% of 75 decks +4% synergy
Wheel of Fortune
7% of 75 decks +2% synergy
Pack Hunt
5% of 75 decks +5% synergy
Sign in Blood
5% of 75 decks +2% synergy
Damnation
5% of 75 decks -3% synergy
Vandalblast
5% of 75 decks -6% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
24% of 75 decks +8% synergy
Bolas's Citadel
21% of 73 decks +17% synergy
Lightning Greaves
9% of 75 decks -16% synergy
The Golden Throne
6% of 53 decks +5% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
5% of 75 decks -21% synergy
Enchantments
Cryptolith Rite
32% of 74 decks +30% synergy
Nantuko Shrine
31% of 75 decks +31% synergy
Liliana's Contract
26% of 73 decks +26% synergy
Dictate of Erebos
23% of 75 decks +16% synergy
Elven Chorus
21% of 28 decks +21% synergy
Grave Pact
21% of 75 decks +17% synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
19% of 73 decks +9% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
16% of 70 decks +12% synergy
Goblin Bombardment
13% of 75 decks -1% synergy
Black Market
12% of 75 decks +10% synergy
Black Market Connections
11% of 64 decks +3% synergy
Parallel Lives
11% of 75 decks +4% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
11% of 75 decks +2% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
10% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
9% of 75 decks +5% synergy
Blight Mound
7% of 73 decks +7% synergy
Aluren
7% of 75 decks +7% synergy
Necropotence
7% of 75 decks +3% synergy
Doubling Season
7% of 75 decks -0% synergy
Molten Echoes
5% of 73 decks +5% synergy
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
5% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Carnival of Souls
5% of 75 decks +5% synergy
Beastmaster Ascension
5% of 75 decks +2% synergy
Golgari Germination
5% of 75 decks +1% synergy
Sylvan Library
5% of 75 decks -5% synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
36% of 75 decks +16% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
28% of 75 decks +16% synergy
Reliquary Tower
28% of 75 decks +8% synergy
Westvale Abbey
27% of 74 decks +26% synergy
Bojuka Bog
27% of 75 decks -3% synergy
Cabal Coffers
23% of 75 decks +17% synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
16% of 75 decks +16% synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
15% of 72 decks -7% synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
11% of 75 decks +10% synergy
Grim Backwoods
9% of 75 decks +6% synergy
High Market
9% of 75 decks +4% synergy
Ancient Tomb
7% of 75 decks -3% synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
6% of 68 decks -16% synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
5% of 75 decks +4% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
67% of 75 decks -15% synergy
Arcane Signet
58% of 73 decks -12% synergy
Commander's Sphere
16% of 75 decks +4% synergy
Rakdos Signet
13% of 75 decks +1% synergy
Chromatic Lantern
12% of 75 decks +4% synergy
Golgari Signet
11% of 75 decks -2% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
8% of 73 decks -5% synergy
Mana Crypt
8% of 75 decks +1% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
8% of 75 decks -4% synergy
Jeweled Lotus
7% of 73 decks +2% synergy
Chrome Mox
5% of 75 decks +0% synergy
Fellwar Stone
5% of 75 decks -10% synergy
Lands
Command Tower
84% of 75 decks -6% synergy
Ziatora's Proving Ground
68% of 68 decks +14% synergy
Overgrown Tomb
57% of 75 decks +8% synergy
Blood Crypt
53% of 75 decks +6% synergy
Raucous Theater
50% of 16 decks +29% synergy
Stomping Ground
49% of 75 decks -1% synergy
Savage Lands
43% of 75 decks -5% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
41% of 75 decks +11% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
40% of 75 decks +5% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
40% of 75 decks +3% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
39% of 75 decks +9% synergy
Underground Mortuary
38% of 16 decks +16% synergy
Commercial District
38% of 16 decks +16% synergy
Twisted Landscape
38% of 8 decks -5% synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
37% of 73 decks +2% synergy
Wooded Foothills
36% of 75 decks +1% synergy
Luxury Suite
36% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
32% of 75 decks +8% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
32% of 75 decks -9% synergy
Exotic Orchard
32% of 75 decks -18% synergy
Tainted Wood
28% of 75 decks +21% synergy
Cinder Glade
24% of 75 decks -22% synergy
Spire Garden
22% of 73 decks -10% synergy
Tainted Peak
21% of 75 decks +16% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
21% of 75 decks +6% synergy
Bayou
20% of 75 decks +7% synergy
Deathcap Glade
18% of 68 decks +1% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17% of 75 decks -7% synergy
Rockfall Vale
17% of 70 decks -9% synergy
Badlands
16% of 75 decks +3% synergy
Taiga
16% of 75 decks +3% synergy
Evolving Wilds
16% of 75 decks -14% synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
15% of 73 decks +10% synergy
Foreboding Ruins
15% of 74 decks +4% synergy
Riveteers Overlook
15% of 68 decks -11% synergy
Karplusan Forest
15% of 75 decks -3% synergy
Rootbound Crag
15% of 75 decks -13% synergy
Haunted Ridge
11% of 70 decks -4% synergy
Twilight Mire
11% of 75 decks +0% synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
9% of 75 decks +6% synergy
Graven Cairns
9% of 75 decks +5% synergy
Arid Mesa
9% of 75 decks -1% synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
9% of 75 decks -3% synergy
Blightstep Pathway
8% of 73 decks +1% synergy
Darkbore Pathway
8% of 73 decks +1% synergy
Reflecting Pool
8% of 75 decks +3% synergy
Mana Confluence
8% of 75 decks -1% synergy
Polluted Delta
8% of 75 decks -1% synergy
City of Brass
8% of 75 decks -1% synergy
Marsh Flats
8% of 75 decks -3% synergy