The Lord of Pain (Commander) - Midrange

The Lord of Pain
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Aug 27, 2025
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Am I The Bolas? - Reputation
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13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Vial Smasher the Fierce
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
64%synergy
Basilisk Collar
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
64%synergy
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
54%synergy
Razorkin Needlehead
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
52%synergy
Mogis, God of Slaughter
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
51%synergy
Kederekt Parasite
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
49%synergy
Wound Reflection
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
47%synergy
Shadowspear
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
44%synergy
Spiteful Visions
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
39%synergy
Witch's Clinic
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
36%synergy
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Blasphemous Act
83%inclusion19 decks23 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
35%synergy
Chaos Warp
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Feed the Swarm
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Rakdos Charm
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Bedevil
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Sign in Blood
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Withering Torment
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Dark Ritual
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Game Changers
Jeska's Will
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Demonic Tutor
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
17%synergy
The One Ring
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Necropotence
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Ancient Tomb
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Mana Vault
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Creatures
Kardur, Doomscourge
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Kaervek the Merciless
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
33%synergy
Gleeful Arsonist
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
27%synergy
Fate Unraveler
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Massacre Wurm
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
27%synergy
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Stormfist Crusader
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Harsh Mentor
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Scytheclaw Raptor
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Twinflame Tyrant
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
22%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
21%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Fear of Burning Alive
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Rampaging Ferocidon
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Heartless Hidetsugu
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Keen Duelist
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Sower of Discord
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Zo-Zu the Punisher
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Massacre Girl
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Nightshade Harvester
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Persistent Constrictor
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Brash Taunter
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Blood Seeker
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Blood Artist
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Pain Distributor
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Barbflare Gremlin
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Florian, Voldaren Scion
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Chandra's Incinerator
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Silent Arbiter
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Dark Confidant
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Combustible Gearhulk
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Mayhem Devil
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Dockside Extortionist
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Obosh, the Preypiercer
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Goldspan Dragon
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Fiendish Duo
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Star Athlete
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Professional Face-Breaker
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Deflecting Swat
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Blood Pact
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
35%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Deadly Rollick
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Seething Song
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Infernal Grasp
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Fell the Profane
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Blood for the Blood God!
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Tibalt's Trickery
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Bolt Bend
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Lightning Bolt
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Feign Death
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Abrade
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Not Dead After All
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Terminate
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-22%synergy
Wisecrack
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Untimely Malfunction
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Suspended Sentence
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Undying Malice
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Self-Destruct
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Stinging Study
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Electrodominance
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Guff Rewrites History
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Pyroblast
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Valakut Awakening
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Fire Covenant
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Return the Favor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Undying Evil
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Fanatical Offering
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Soul Shatter
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Darkness
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Big Score
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Baleful Mastery
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Flare of Duplication
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Dismember
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Decree of Pain
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Sadistic Shell Game
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Exsanguinate
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Vandalblast
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Damnation
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Night's Whisper
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Light Up the Stage
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Disrupt Decorum
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Faithless Looting
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Victimize
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-9%synergy
Grab the Prize
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Mana Geyser
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Chandra's Ignition
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Ensnared by the Mara
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Prisoner's Dilemma
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Evil Reawakened
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mutinous Massacre
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Full Throttle
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Chain Reaction
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Living Death
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Deadly Tempest
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Spectacular Showdown
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Gix's Command
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Cut // Ribbons
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Wheel of Fortune
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Electroduplicate
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Ruby Medallion
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Whip of Erebos
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Jet Medallion
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Howling Mine
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Mithril Coat
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
The Fire Crystal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Requiem Monolith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Ankh of Mishra
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Surveyor's Scope
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Darksteel Plate
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Anvil of Bogardan
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Tempting Contract
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Grafted Exoskeleton
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Exquisite Blood
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
32%synergy
Painful Quandary
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
28%synergy
Black Market Connections
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Descent into Avernus
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Theater of Horrors
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Parker Luck
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Dictate of the Twin Gods
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Underworld Dreams
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Manabarbs
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Fiery Emancipation
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Havoc Festival
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
No Mercy
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Sanguine Bond
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Vampiric Link
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
City on Fire
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Maximum Carnage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Black Market
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Roiling Vortex
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Grievous Wound
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Spellshock
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Phyresis
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Mana Flare
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Pain for All
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Price of Glory
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of Combustion
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Protection Racket
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Alchemist's Talent
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Glistening Oil
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Curse of Opulence
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Citadel of Pain
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Furnace of Rath
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Gratuitous Violence
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Blood Moon
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Rite of the Dragoncaller
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Shivan Gorge
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Cabal Coffers
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Maze of Ith
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Urza's Saga
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
War Room
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Arcane Signet
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
36%synergy
Rakdos Signet
78%inclusion18 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Fellwar Stone
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Thought Vessel
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Cursed Mirror
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Thran Dynamo
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Mountain
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Command Tower
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
87%inclusion20 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Blood Crypt
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Graven Cairns
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
45%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
28%synergy
Tainted Peak
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Luxury Suite
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Blazemire Verge
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
28%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Raucous Theater
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Mount Doom
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Malice
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Haunted Ridge
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Canyon Slough
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Fell the Profane
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Geothermal Bog
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Ash Barrens
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Vector, Imperial Capital
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Badlands
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Snow-Covered Mountain
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
City of Brass
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Valakut Awakening
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Fabled Passage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Horizon of Progress
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Wooded Foothills
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Razortrap Gorge
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Thriving Bluff
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Arid Mesa
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Scalding Tarn
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Mana Confluence
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Delta
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
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