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
75%inclusion27 decks36 decks
72%synergy
Vault Skirge
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
60%synergy
Battlefly Swarm
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
59%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
58%synergy
Dauthi Slayer
58%inclusion21 decks36 decks
57%synergy
Changeling Outcast
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
56%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
56%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
58%inclusion21 decks36 decks
53%synergy
Stirge
53%inclusion19 decks36 decks
52%synergy
Faerie Dreamthief
53%inclusion19 decks36 decks
51%synergy
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
67%inclusion24 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Feed the Swarm
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Dauthi Horror
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
49%synergy
Pilfering Imp
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
49%synergy
Vampire Cutthroat
47%inclusion17 decks36 decks
45%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
47%inclusion17 decks36 decks
43%synergy
Font of Agonies
47%inclusion17 decks36 decks
43%synergy
Eye Collector
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
43%synergy
Unearth
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
36%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
43%synergy
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Gingerbrute
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
40%synergy
Prickly Boggart
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
41%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
38%synergy
Nightshade Stinger
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
41%synergy
Foulmire Knight
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
38%synergy
Shadow Alley Denizen
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
37%synergy
Eyetwitch
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
38%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
33%synergy
Blight Keeper
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
36%synergy
Basilica Screecher
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
34%synergy
Defiling Daemogoth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Scheming Silvertongue
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Etherium Pteramander
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
30%synergy
Dauthi Warlord
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
30%synergy
Dauthi Ghoul
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
30%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Gurgling Anointer
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
27%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
24%synergy
Typhoid Rats
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
24%synergy
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
24%synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Daggerdrome Imp
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
22%synergy
Deep-Cavern Bat
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
21%synergy
Hired Poisoner
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
22%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Dauthi Cutthroat
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Ophiomancer
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Vampire of the Dire Moon
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Gurmag Swiftwing
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Hullcarver
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Dream Beavers
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-5%synergy
Evolved Sleeper
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Necropolis Regent
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Unwilling Ingredient
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Shriekmaw
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Knight of Dusk's Shadow
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Signal Pest
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Grave Researcher
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Burrog Banemaker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nullpriest of Oblivion
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Darkstar Augur
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Grim Servant
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
-10%synergy
Banehound
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Bilious Skulldweller
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Pharika's Chosen
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Murderous Rider
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Defile
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Infernal Grasp
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Go for the Throat
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Dark Ritual
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
-31%synergy
Consuming Corruption
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
18%synergy
Hero's Downfall
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Heartless Act
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Doom Blade
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Tragic Slip
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-3%synergy
Songs of the Damned
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Bitter Triumph
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Soul Shatter
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
2%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Undying Malice
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Shadow of the Grave
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Deadly Dispute
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-15%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Victim of Night
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Cut Down
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Malice
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-5%synergy
Baleful Mastery
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Death in the Family
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Lethal Scheme
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Cremate
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Stab
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-14%synergy
Bile Blight
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Force of Despair
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-2%synergy
Fatal Push
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Vraska's Fall
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Grasp of Darkness
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Imp's Mischief
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-19%synergy
Village Rites
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-20%synergy
Not Dead After All
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-6%synergy
Undying Evil
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Bleed Dry
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Rush of Vitality
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Liliana's Triumph
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-0%synergy
Consumed by Greed
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Hostile Negotiations
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Disfigure
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Power Word Kill
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Nasty End
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Terror
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
38%synergy
Predators' Hour
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Exsanguinate
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Read the Bones
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Mutilate
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Victimize
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
-8%synergy
Decree of Pain
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Duress
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Bubbling Muck
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Gix's Command
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Shredder's Technique
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
14%synergy
Diresight
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Corrupt
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Night's Whisper
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-14%synergy
No One Left Behind
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Extract the Truth
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Syphon Mind
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-4%synergy
Gruesome Realization
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Profane Command
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Gruesome Menagerie
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Extinction Event
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Damnable Pact
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Dread Return
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-6%synergy
Tegwyll's Scouring
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Rise from the Grave
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Hex
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Mind Rot
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Necromantic Selection
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Deadly Tempest
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Zombify
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Blood Tithe
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Dutiful Return
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Disentomb
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Invoke Despair
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Fell
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Prison Break
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Villainous Wrath
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
-6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Bag of Holding
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
21%synergy
Vorpal Sword
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Lashwrithe
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Mask of Memory
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Demon's Horn
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Spellbook
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-11%synergy
Hall of Triumph
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Mirage Mirror
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Library of Leng
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
War Horn
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Maskwood Nexus
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Strata Scythe
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Skullclamp
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-17%synergy
Bontu's Monument
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-23%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Lightning Greaves
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-28%synergy
Enchantments
Kaya's Ghostform
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Underworld Dreams
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Feast of Sanity
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-28%synergy
Larceny
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Ninja Teen
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Grievous Wound
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
4%synergy
Greed
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Megrim
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Mindless Conscription
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Painful Quandary
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-5%synergy
Retreat to Hagra
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Bad Moon
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
The Death of Gwen Stacy
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Innistrad
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Death's Majesty
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
-22%synergy
Reliquary Tower
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
-5%synergy
Witch's Cottage
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-8%synergy
Petrified Hamlet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-2%synergy
Barren Moor
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Amonkhet Raceway
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Muraganda Raceway
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
The Dross Pits
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
58%inclusion21 decks36 decks
-27%synergy
Arcane Signet
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
-12%synergy
Thought Vessel
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Heraldic Banner
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
31%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Hedron Archive
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Lens
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion36 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-14%synergy
Demolition Field
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-14%synergy
Evolving Wilds
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Rumble Arena
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
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