The Shadow Lord (Commander) - Budget Core

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The Shadow Lord
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Nick Benstead
Dec 2, 2025
Nick Benstead
Sisters of Stone Death: A Hidden Commander Gem?
Sisters of Stone Death may be a very high-cost commander, but that doesn't mean you can't build a fun Commander deck around it.
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Tormented Soul
73%inclusion27 decks37 decks
70%synergy
Battlefly Swarm
62%inclusion23 decks37 decks
60%synergy
Changeling Outcast
65%inclusion24 decks37 decks
60%synergy
Stirge
59%inclusion22 decks37 decks
58%synergy
Vault Skirge
59%inclusion22 decks37 decks
58%synergy
Faerie Dreamthief
59%inclusion22 decks37 decks
57%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
62%inclusion23 decks37 decks
57%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
59%inclusion22 decks37 decks
57%synergy
Dauthi Slayer
57%inclusion21 decks37 decks
55%synergy
Pilfering Imp
51%inclusion19 decks37 decks
51%synergy
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
73%inclusion27 decks37 decks
22%synergy
Feed the Swarm
62%inclusion23 decks37 decks
12%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
54%inclusion20 decks37 decks
50%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
54%inclusion20 decks37 decks
48%synergy
Vampire Cutthroat
51%inclusion19 decks37 decks
49%synergy
Font of Agonies
51%inclusion19 decks37 decks
47%synergy
Dauthi Horror
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
47%synergy
Unearth
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
40%synergy
Eye Collector
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
47%synergy
Shadow Alley Denizen
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
47%synergy
Creatures
Gixian Puppeteer
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
45%synergy
Gingerbrute
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
44%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
43%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
45%synergy
Basilica Screecher
43%inclusion16 decks37 decks
41%synergy
Nightshade Stinger
43%inclusion16 decks37 decks
43%synergy
Eyetwitch
43%inclusion16 decks37 decks
43%synergy
Prickly Boggart
43%inclusion16 decks37 decks
42%synergy
Blight Keeper
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
40%synergy
Gurgling Anointer
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
40%synergy
Foulmire Knight
38%inclusion14 decks37 decks
37%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
31%synergy
Dauthi Ghoul
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
34%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
32%inclusion6 decks19 decks
28%synergy
Dauthi Warlord
30%inclusion11 decks37 decks
29%synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Etherium Pteramander
27%inclusion10 decks37 decks
26%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Typhoid Rats
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
21%synergy
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
24%synergy
Deep-Cavern Bat
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
23%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Hullcarver
21%inclusion4 decks19 decks
20%synergy
Hired Poisoner
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
19%synergy
Vampire of the Dire Moon
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
17%synergy
Dauthi Cutthroat
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
18%synergy
Unwilling Ingredient
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
16%synergy
Ophiomancer
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
-1%synergy
Daggerdrome Imp
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
16%synergy
Shriekmaw
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
14%synergy
Signal Pest
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
16%synergy
Gurmag Swiftwing
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
16%synergy
Skirge Familiar
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
11%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
-8%synergy
Evolved Sleeper
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Necropolis Regent
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
12%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
-10%synergy
Grim Servant
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Banehound
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Nether Traitor
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Bilious Skulldweller
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Pharika's Chosen
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Nullpriest of Oblivion
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
12%synergy
Dokuchi Silencer
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Knight of Dusk's Shadow
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Raven Eagle
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
11%synergy
Darkstar Augur
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Dream Beavers
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Twilight Prophet
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Priest of Gix
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Defile
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Dark Ritual
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
-26%synergy
Go for the Throat
38%inclusion14 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Consuming Corruption
38%inclusion14 decks37 decks
22%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
17%synergy
Undying Malice
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
12%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
21%inclusion4 decks19 decks
12%synergy
Songs of the Damned
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
14%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Hero's Downfall
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
6%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
12%synergy
Shadow of the Grave
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Dispute
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
-15%synergy
Soul Shatter
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
-1%synergy
Heartless Act
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Bitter Triumph
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Tragic Slip
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
-9%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Lethal Scheme
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Fatal Push
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Force of Despair
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
0%synergy
Undying Evil
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Malice
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Victim of Night
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Baleful Mastery
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
0%synergy
Cremate
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Stab
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Sold Out
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
6%synergy
Consumed by Greed
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Bile Blight
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Cut Down
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Shoot the Sheriff
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Imp's Mischief
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-19%synergy
Vraska's Fall
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Village Rites
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-20%synergy
Rush of Vitality
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Not Dead After All
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-6%synergy
Disfigure
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Murder
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Offer Immortality
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Cast Down
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Bleed Dry
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Power Word Kill
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Dark Triumph
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Reckless Spite
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Hostile Negotiations
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Nasty End
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
40%synergy
Predators' Hour
30%inclusion11 decks37 decks
28%synergy
Exsanguinate
27%inclusion10 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Mutilate
27%inclusion10 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Victimize
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
-3%synergy
Read the Bones
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Bubbling Muck
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Gix's Command
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
20%synergy
Decree of Pain
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
14%synergy
Duress
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Corrupt
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
11%synergy
Diresight
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Gruesome Menagerie
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
11%synergy
Syphon Mind
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
-1%synergy
Shredder's Technique
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Extract the Truth
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
7%synergy
No One Left Behind
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-17%synergy
Gruesome Realization
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Fell
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Ruthless Negotiation
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Villainous Wrath
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
3%synergy
Prison Break
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Extinction Event
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Dread Return
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-7%synergy
Rise from the Grave
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Tegwyll's Scouring
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Hex
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Mind Rot
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Annihilating Glare
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Dutiful Return
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Dark Deal
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-6%synergy
Profane Command
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Sickening Dreams
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Invoke Despair
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Necromantic Selection
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Deadly Tempest
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Disentomb
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Temporal Intervention
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Scrounge for Eternity
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Tragic Trajectory
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
27%inclusion10 decks37 decks
-4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Vorpal Sword
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
18%synergy
Bag of Holding
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
18%synergy
Demon's Horn
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Lashwrithe
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
12%synergy
Mask of Memory
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
14%synergy
Spellbook
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-11%synergy
Cryptcaller Chariot
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Mirage Mirror
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Skullclamp
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-17%synergy
Maskwood Nexus
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Strata Scythe
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Lightning Greaves
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-28%synergy
Throne of the God-Pharaoh
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Bontu's Monument
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-23%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Entropic Battlecruiser
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
2%synergy
Enchantments
Kaya's Ghostform
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
12%synergy
Underworld Dreams
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Feast of Sanity
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
-29%synergy
Ninja Teen
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Bad Moon
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Grievous Wound
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
4%synergy
The Death of Gwen Stacy
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Trespasser's Curse
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Greed
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-1%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Painful Quandary
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Megrim
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
0%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Larceny
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Mindless Conscription
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Parker Luck
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Innistrad
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Death's Majesty
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
30%inclusion11 decks37 decks
0%synergy
Bojuka Bog
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
-23%synergy
Witch's Cottage
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
-8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Amonkhet Raceway
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Barren Moor
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-4%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
59%inclusion22 decks37 decks
-26%synergy
Arcane Signet
51%inclusion19 decks37 decks
-10%synergy
Thought Vessel
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Heraldic Banner
38%inclusion14 decks37 decks
32%synergy
Mind Stone
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
32%inclusion12 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
21%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
21%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
0%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
0%synergy
Hedron Archive
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Lens
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion37 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
-12%synergy
Rumble Arena
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
6%synergy
Demolition Field
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
0%synergy
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