Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (Commander) - Core

Zoe Ley
Apr 14, 2026
The 10 Best Prepared Cards in Secrets of Strixhaven
The new prepared mechanic from Secrets of Strixhaven looks like it'll have some very strong cards for Commander. But which ones are the best?
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
The Ten Rings
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
100%synergy
Scheming Silvertongue
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
37%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
38%synergy
Defiling Daemogoth
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Withering Curse
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Underworld Dreams
76%inclusion360 decks471 decks
70%synergy
Seizan, Perverter of Truth
74%inclusion347 decks471 decks
70%synergy
Damnable Pact
69%inclusion325 decks471 decks
65%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
74%inclusion349 decks471 decks
64%synergy
Howling Mine
68%inclusion319 decks471 decks
64%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
62%inclusion294 decks471 decks
59%synergy
Fate Unraveler
61%inclusion288 decks471 decks
58%synergy
Master of the Feast
57%inclusion270 decks471 decks
55%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
61%inclusion286 decks471 decks
54%synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
56%inclusion263 decks471 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Sign in Blood
77%inclusion363 decks471 decks
42%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
75%inclusion353 decks471 decks
35%synergy
Dark Ritual
70%inclusion332 decks471 decks
4%synergy
Dark Deal
62%inclusion291 decks471 decks
51%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
61%inclusion286 decks471 decks
10%synergy
Feed the Swarm
60%inclusion281 decks471 decks
9%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
57%inclusion270 decks471 decks
47%synergy
Sanguine Bond
57%inclusion269 decks471 decks
45%synergy
Baleful Mastery
56%inclusion263 decks471 decks
48%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
54%inclusion256 decks471 decks
23%synergy
Game Changers
Orcish Bowmasters
18%inclusion85 decks471 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Crypt Ghast
53%inclusion250 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
50%inclusion178 decks353 decks
47%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
49%inclusion232 decks471 decks
37%synergy
Dread Presence
48%inclusion228 decks471 decks
35%synergy
Elder Brain
47%inclusion221 decks471 decks
44%synergy
Bloodgift Demon
44%inclusion207 decks471 decks
41%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
40%inclusion190 decks471 decks
19%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
38%inclusion181 decks471 decks
19%synergy
Witch of the Moors
38%inclusion179 decks471 decks
34%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
37%inclusion174 decks471 decks
24%synergy
Howling Golem
37%inclusion173 decks471 decks
36%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
33%inclusion155 decks471 decks
29%synergy
Erebos, God of the Dead
31%inclusion144 decks471 decks
26%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
25%inclusion115 decks464 decks
17%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
24%inclusion112 decks471 decks
22%synergy
Zenith Chronicler
23%inclusion110 decks471 decks
22%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
23%inclusion110 decks471 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
23%inclusion109 decks471 decks
12%synergy
Clockwork Fox
23%inclusion107 decks471 decks
22%synergy
Epicure of Blood
22%inclusion102 decks471 decks
20%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
21%inclusion98 decks471 decks
10%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
20%inclusion92 decks471 decks
8%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
18%inclusion64 decks356 decks
9%synergy
Fell Stinger
18%inclusion84 decks471 decks
15%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
17%inclusion80 decks471 decks
15%synergy
Starscape Cleric
17%inclusion76 decks454 decks
13%synergy
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
16%inclusion77 decks471 decks
15%synergy
Massacre Wurm
15%inclusion73 decks471 decks
-2%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
14%inclusion68 decks471 decks
4%synergy
Sheoldred
13%inclusion60 decks471 decks
7%synergy
Skirge Familiar
13%inclusion59 decks471 decks
8%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
12%inclusion58 decks471 decks
-12%synergy
Blood Artist
12%inclusion56 decks471 decks
-20%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
12%inclusion55 decks471 decks
8%synergy
Runed Servitor
11%inclusion52 decks471 decks
11%synergy
Burnished Hart
11%inclusion51 decks471 decks
4%synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
11%inclusion50 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
10%inclusion49 decks471 decks
-15%synergy
Mai, Scornful Striker
10%inclusion8 decks83 decks
8%synergy
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
9.3%inclusion44 decks471 decks
8%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
8.7%inclusion41 decks471 decks
2%synergy
Moseo, Vein's New Dean
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
8.5%inclusion40 decks471 decks
-7%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
8.1%inclusion38 decks471 decks
3%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
7.9%inclusion32 decks407 decks
2%synergy
Indulgent Tormentor
7.6%inclusion36 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Rager
7.6%inclusion36 decks471 decks
7%synergy
Accursed Marauder
7.2%inclusion34 decks471 decks
-15%synergy
Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
7.0%inclusion4 decks57 decks
6%synergy
Knight of Dusk's Shadow
7.0%inclusion33 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Blood Pact
54%inclusion252 decks471 decks
49%synergy
Defile
48%inclusion227 decks471 decks
12%synergy
Infernal Grasp
44%inclusion205 decks471 decks
18%synergy
Undying Malice
35%inclusion166 decks471 decks
25%synergy
Go for the Throat
31%inclusion145 decks471 decks
8%synergy
Feign Death
29%inclusion138 decks471 decks
21%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
24%inclusion115 decks471 decks
10%synergy
Murder
23%inclusion107 decks471 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion103 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Withering Torment
21%inclusion82 decks396 decks
-11%synergy
Deadly Rollick
20%inclusion96 decks471 decks
-4%synergy
Imp's Mischief
20%inclusion96 decks471 decks
-4%synergy
Dismember
18%inclusion83 decks471 decks
7%synergy
Snuff Out
17%inclusion81 decks471 decks
4%synergy
Not Dead After All
17%inclusion81 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Hero's Downfall
16%inclusion76 decks471 decks
9%synergy
Consuming Corruption
15%inclusion70 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Succumb to Temptation
12%inclusion57 decks471 decks
11%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion54 decks471 decks
-8%synergy
Cabal Ritual
11%inclusion50 decks471 decks
-8%synergy
Soul Shatter
11%inclusion50 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Necrologia
11%inclusion50 decks471 decks
9%synergy
Darkness
10%inclusion48 decks471 decks
0%synergy
Doom Blade
10%inclusion46 decks471 decks
3%synergy
Cut Down
10%inclusion45 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Bitter Triumph
10%inclusion45 decks471 decks
0%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
9.1%inclusion43 decks471 decks
2%synergy
Offer Immortality
8.9%inclusion42 decks471 decks
7%synergy
Village Rites
8.7%inclusion41 decks471 decks
-17%synergy
Masterful Flourish
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Dispute
8.3%inclusion39 decks471 decks
-18%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
7.4%inclusion35 decks471 decks
0%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
5.5%inclusion26 decks471 decks
-3%synergy
Crushing Disappointment
5.3%inclusion25 decks471 decks
5%synergy
Undying Evil
5.3%inclusion25 decks471 decks
2%synergy
Wretched Confluence
5.3%inclusion25 decks471 decks
5%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
5.1%inclusion24 decks471 decks
-7%synergy
Sorceries
Read the Bones
47%inclusion223 decks471 decks
31%synergy
Night's Whisper
47%inclusion221 decks471 decks
22%synergy
Eldritch Pact
38%inclusion178 decks471 decks
37%synergy
Ambition's Cost
32%inclusion151 decks471 decks
29%synergy
Exsanguinate
30%inclusion143 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
30%inclusion139 decks471 decks
-7%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
29%inclusion137 decks471 decks
18%synergy
Atrocious Experiment
28%inclusion132 decks471 decks
27%synergy
Painful Lesson
28%inclusion130 decks471 decks
27%synergy
Damnation
24%inclusion112 decks471 decks
3%synergy
Mutilate
23%inclusion106 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion104 decks471 decks
-18%synergy
Foreboding Fruit
17%inclusion81 decks471 decks
16%synergy
Ancient Craving
17%inclusion79 decks471 decks
15%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
16%inclusion55 decks349 decks
-1%synergy
Syphon Mind
15%inclusion71 decks471 decks
3%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion63 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Tempest
13%inclusion63 decks471 decks
11%synergy
Bubbling Muck
13%inclusion61 decks471 decks
-3%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
12%inclusion56 decks471 decks
-3%synergy
Decree of Pain
8.3%inclusion39 decks471 decks
3%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
8.1%inclusion38 decks471 decks
4%synergy
Languish
7.6%inclusion36 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Cut of the Profits
7.0%inclusion33 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Shredder's Revenge
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
6%synergy
Villainous Wrath
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Victimize
6.8%inclusion32 decks471 decks
-20%synergy
Invoke Despair
6.8%inclusion32 decks471 decks
5%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.6%inclusion31 decks471 decks
-5%synergy
Duress
5.9%inclusion28 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
5.9%inclusion28 decks471 decks
4%synergy
Pain's Reward
5.5%inclusion26 decks471 decks
5%synergy
Promise of Power
5.3%inclusion25 decks471 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Temple Bell
53%inclusion249 decks471 decks
50%synergy
Jet Medallion
47%inclusion220 decks471 decks
-16%synergy
Font of Mythos
45%inclusion214 decks471 decks
43%synergy
Lightning Greaves
42%inclusion199 decks471 decks
9%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
31%inclusion147 decks471 decks
27%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
27%inclusion126 decks471 decks
25%synergy
Otherworld Atlas
26%inclusion124 decks471 decks
26%synergy
Horn of Greed
21%inclusion100 decks471 decks
20%synergy
Venser's Journal
18%inclusion87 decks471 decks
17%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
18%inclusion86 decks471 decks
3%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
14%inclusion24 decks170 decks
-6%synergy
Bontu's Monument
14%inclusion65 decks471 decks
-15%synergy
Mithril Coat
12%inclusion55 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
10%inclusion47 decks471 decks
1%synergy
Spellbook
7.9%inclusion37 decks471 decks
7%synergy
Anvil of Bogardan
7.9%inclusion37 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
6.6%inclusion31 decks471 decks
-5%synergy
Mindcrank
6.6%inclusion31 decks471 decks
1%synergy
Commander's Plate
5.9%inclusion28 decks471 decks
0%synergy
Memory Jar
5.9%inclusion28 decks471 decks
5%synergy
Darksteel Plate
5.3%inclusion25 decks471 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Greed
50%inclusion235 decks471 decks
43%synergy
Exquisite Blood
28%inclusion133 decks471 decks
15%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
24%inclusion114 decks471 decks
14%synergy
Black Market Connections
23%inclusion107 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Lich's Mastery
20%inclusion96 decks471 decks
19%synergy
Painful Quandary
17%inclusion78 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
15%inclusion71 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
15%inclusion69 decks471 decks
13%synergy
Wound Reflection
14%inclusion67 decks471 decks
11%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion67 decks471 decks
7%synergy
Necrodominance
12%inclusion55 decks471 decks
9%synergy
Underworld Connections
11%inclusion53 decks471 decks
9%synergy
Oubliette
11%inclusion53 decks471 decks
8%synergy
Polluted Bonds
9.1%inclusion43 decks471 decks
7%synergy
Price of Knowledge
7.9%inclusion37 decks471 decks
7%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
7.6%inclusion36 decks471 decks
-10%synergy
Curse of Fool's Wisdom
7.6%inclusion36 decks471 decks
7%synergy
Grievous Wound
7.6%inclusion31 decks409 decks
5%synergy
Font of Agonies
7.0%inclusion33 decks471 decks
3%synergy
Animate Dead
7.0%inclusion33 decks471 decks
-10%synergy
Black Market
6.8%inclusion32 decks471 decks
-14%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
6.4%inclusion30 decks471 decks
-3%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
6.2%inclusion29 decks471 decks
5%synergy
Waste Not
5.7%inclusion27 decks471 decks
-5%synergy
Court of Ambition
5.5%inclusion26 decks471 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
54%inclusion253 decks471 decks
51%synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
39%inclusion183 decks471 decks
37%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
12%inclusion57 decks471 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
70%inclusion332 decks471 decks
40%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
59%inclusion277 decks471 decks
48%synergy
Bojuka Bog
54%inclusion254 decks471 decks
7%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
48%inclusion224 decks471 decks
45%synergy
Cabal Coffers
41%inclusion192 decks471 decks
-14%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
34%inclusion159 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
18%inclusion86 decks471 decks
-19%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
16%inclusion77 decks471 decks
-13%synergy
Witch's Cottage
16%inclusion75 decks471 decks
-9%synergy
War Room
12%inclusion58 decks471 decks
-4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion57 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
12%inclusion57 decks471 decks
-5%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion53 decks471 decks
2%synergy
The Dross Pits
10%inclusion48 decks471 decks
9%synergy
Command Beacon
9.1%inclusion43 decks471 decks
1%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7.6%inclusion36 decks471 decks
-8%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.6%inclusion31 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Thespian's Stage
5.3%inclusion25 decks471 decks
0%synergy
Rogue's Passage
5.1%inclusion24 decks471 decks
-14%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion402 decks471 decks
0%synergy
Arcane Signet
68%inclusion318 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
66%inclusion312 decks471 decks
41%synergy
Mind Stone
48%inclusion227 decks471 decks
20%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
36%inclusion169 decks471 decks
33%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
36%inclusion168 decks471 decks
14%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion125 decks471 decks
18%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion66 decks471 decks
0%synergy
The Soul Stone
12%inclusion15 decks121 decks
-2%synergy
Coveted Jewel
12%inclusion56 decks471 decks
11%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
10%inclusion49 decks471 decks
1%synergy
Hedron Archive
8.9%inclusion42 decks471 decks
6%synergy
Caged Sun
6.8%inclusion32 decks471 decks
-4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
5.9%inclusion28 decks471 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion457 decks471 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion103 decks471 decks
-3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion103 decks471 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion54 decks471 decks
-8%synergy
Command Tower
7.0%inclusion33 decks471 decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.5%inclusion26 decks471 decks
-4%synergy