Shadrix Silverquill (Commander) - Budget Core

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Arnaud Gompertz
Jul 23, 2025
Can You Build Orzhov In Commander Without Resorting to Aristocrats?
On this edition of Branching Out, Arnaud dives into the House of Orzhov to find some Commander decks that go against the grain.
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Blot Out the Sky
54%inclusion22 decks41 decks
51%synergy
Dramatic Finale
41%inclusion17 decks41 decks
40%synergy
Shaile, Dean of Radiance
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
37%synergy
Secret Rendezvous
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
36%synergy
Deathbringer Liege
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
35%synergy
Combat Calligrapher
37%inclusion15 decks41 decks
34%synergy
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
33%synergy
Breena, the Demagogue
37%inclusion15 decks41 decks
32%synergy
Orzhov Advokist
34%inclusion14 decks41 decks
32%synergy
Silverquill Command
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
31%synergy
Top Cards
Despark
61%inclusion25 decks41 decks
30%synergy
Mortify
46%inclusion19 decks41 decks
24%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
-26%synergy
Path to Exile
39%inclusion16 decks41 decks
-10%synergy
Windborn Muse
34%inclusion14 decks41 decks
29%synergy
Mentor of the Meek
34%inclusion14 decks41 decks
29%synergy
Utter End
34%inclusion14 decks41 decks
21%synergy
Fain, the Broker
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
28%synergy
Unbreakable Formation
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
27%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
-3%synergy
Creatures
Selfless Glyphweaver
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
28%synergy
Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
26%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Dusk Legion Duelist
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
25%synergy
Necropolis Regent
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
25%synergy
Thalisse, Reverent Medium
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
19%synergy
Sun Titan
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Killian, Ink Duelist
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
20%synergy
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
26%inclusion10 decks39 decks
14%synergy
Abzan Battle Priest
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
23%synergy
Teysa Karlov
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Selfless Squire
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
22%synergy
Mikaeus, the Lunarch
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
21%synergy
Sunscorch Regent
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
20%synergy
Nils, Discipline Enforcer
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
22%synergy
Knight of the White Orchid
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
16%synergy
Envoy of the Ancestors
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
23%synergy
Scholarship Sponsor
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
21%synergy
Keeper of the Accord
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
17%synergy
Ainok Bond-Kin
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
21%synergy
Star Pupil
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
19%synergy
Basri's Lieutenant
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
18%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Spiteful Squad
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
17%synergy
Bold Plagiarist
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
16%synergy
Abzan Falconer
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
16%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Aron, Benalia's Ruin
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
13%synergy
Baird, Steward of Argive
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
16%synergy
Silverquill Lecturer
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Shadewing Laureate
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Mer-Ek Nightblade
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Tenured Inkcaster
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Elite Scaleguard
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Welcoming Vampire
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
0%synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
9%synergy
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Honored Knight-Captain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Magister of Worth
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Silverquill Apprentice
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Promising Duskmage
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Dueling Coach
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Owlin Shieldmage
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Guardian Archon
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Soul Warden
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
-6%synergy
Instants
Fracture
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
13%synergy
Village Rites
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
20%synergy
Generous Gift
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
-3%synergy
Closing Statement
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
19%synergy
Inkshield
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Disenchant
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
13%synergy
Umbral Juke
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
17%synergy
Vanishing Verse
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Dispute
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
-6%synergy
Emergency Eject
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Flunk
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Crushing Disappointment
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Beaming Defiance
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Abstruse Appropriation
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Kabira Takedown
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Return to Dust
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Gods Willing
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Zealous Persecution
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Lash of Malice
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Murder
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Fight On!
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Dire Tactics
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Stinging Study
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Defend the Campus
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Benevolent Offering
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Show of Confidence
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Study Break
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-32%synergy
Revitalize
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Professor's Warning
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
White Sun's Zenith
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Baleful Mastery
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Duty Beyond Death
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Dragon's Prey
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-7%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Breathe Your Last
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Bovine Intervention
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
3%synergy
Immortal Obligation
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Promise of Loyalty
32%inclusion13 decks41 decks
28%synergy
Sign in Blood
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Vindicate
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Austere Command
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Devastating Mastery
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
22%synergy
Merciless Eviction
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Read the Bones
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Cut a Deal
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
17%synergy
Humiliate
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
19%synergy
Night's Whisper
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
0%synergy
Tragic Arrogance
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Infernal Offering
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Exhilarating Elocution
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Scout for Survivors
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Ambition's Cost
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Damn
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
-21%synergy
Requisition Raid
11%inclusion4 decks38 decks
9%synergy
Lingering Souls
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Victimize
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-8%synergy
Martial Coup
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Essence Infusion
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Finale of Glory
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
White Sun's Twilight
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Excavation Technique
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Guiding Voice
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
10%synergy
The Crystal's Chosen
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Ondu Inversion
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Virtus's Maneuver
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Dread Return
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Mage Hunters' Onslaught
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Feed the Swarm
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
0%synergy
Reduce to Memory
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Go Blank
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Hour of Reckoning
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Inkling Summoning
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Council's Judgment
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Cleansing Nova
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Battle Screech
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
-1%synergy
The Seriema
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Idol of Oblivion
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Zephyr Boots
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Team Pennant
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Mask of Memory
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Pendant of Prosperity
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Poet's Quill
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Intangible Virtue
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
22%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
26%inclusion5 decks19 decks
23%synergy
Felidar Retreat
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
19%synergy
Ghostly Prison
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Parker Luck
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Ethereal Absolution
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
18%synergy
Glasswing Grace
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Champions from Beyond
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Together Forever
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Citadel Siege
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Duelist's Heritage
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Sparring Regimen
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Vampiric Rites
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Sigarda's Summons
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Campaign of Vengeance
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
March of the Canonized
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Debtors' Knell
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Court of Grace
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Noble Heritage
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Underworld Connections
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Monologue Tax
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Soul Snare
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
-10%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Tolvada
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
17%synergy
Kaya, Intangible Slayer
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Ajani Steadfast
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Kaya, Spirits' Justice
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Vault of the Archangel
41%inclusion17 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Shambling Vent
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Bojuka Bog
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
-29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-13%synergy
Restless Fortress
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Secluded Steppe
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion30 decks41 decks
-12%synergy
Arcane Signet
66%inclusion27 decks41 decks
-15%synergy
Orzhov Signet
63%inclusion26 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Mind Stone
54%inclusion22 decks41 decks
28%synergy
Commander's Sphere
51%inclusion21 decks41 decks
34%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
37%inclusion15 decks41 decks
-16%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
23%synergy
Marble Diamond
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
18%synergy
Spectral Searchlight
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-11%synergy
Letter of Acceptance
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Orzhov Locket
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Coveted Jewel
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion41 decks41 decks
2%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion41 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
63%inclusion26 decks41 decks
-23%synergy
Temple of Silence
61%inclusion25 decks41 decks
20%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
56%inclusion23 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Silverquill Campus
54%inclusion22 decks41 decks
49%synergy
Tainted Field
49%inclusion20 decks41 decks
-3%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
46%inclusion19 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Caves of Koilos
41%inclusion17 decks41 decks
-16%synergy
Scoured Barrens
37%inclusion15 decks41 decks
12%synergy
Myriad Landscape
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Isolated Chapel
29%inclusion12 decks41 decks
-36%synergy
Evolving Wilds
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
22%inclusion9 decks41 decks
13%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
20%inclusion8 decks41 decks
11%synergy
Desolate Mire
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
-7%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Glasswing Grace
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Forlorn Flats
15%inclusion6 decks39 decks
10%synergy
Fetid Heath
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
-23%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
12%inclusion5 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Hall of Oracles
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
10%synergy
Kabira Takedown
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
8%synergy
Path of Ancestry
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
-14%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Ondu Inversion
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Archway Commons
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Great Hall of Starnheim
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Opal Palace
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Thriving Heath
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Neglected Manor
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Witch Enchanter
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-6%synergy
Fell the Profane
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-7%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Ballroom
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy