Valgavoth, Terror Eater (Commander) - Lifedrain

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Levi Perry
Oct 23, 2025
The Top Twelve Scariest Commanders To Play Against
As we celebrate all things creepy this October, let's take a moment to give our respect to the scariest commanders to play against.
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Mindcrank
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
68%synergy
Geode Golem
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
51%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
51%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
50%synergy
Exsanguinate
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
49%synergy
Bubbling Muck
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
45%synergy
Exquisite Blood
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
43%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
42%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
42%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
41%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Jet Medallion
87%inclusion20 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
83%inclusion19 decks23 decks
31%synergy
Crypt Ghast
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Reanimate
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
36%synergy
Bontu's Monument
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Dread Presence
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
37%synergy
Consuming Corruption
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
36%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Necropotence
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
24%synergy
The One Ring
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Ancient Tomb
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Opposition Agent
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Mana Vault
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Creatures
Enduring Tenacity
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
40%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
32%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
32%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Blood Artist
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Sangromancer
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Twilight Prophet
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Shard of the Nightbringer
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
31%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Sheoldred
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Ancient Cellarspawn
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Accursed Marauder
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Massacre Wurm
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Maha, Its Feathers Night
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Brainstealer Dragon
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Plaguecrafter
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-8%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Reiver Demon
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Wurmcoil Engine
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Rottenmouth Viper
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Overlord of the Balemurk
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Witch of the Moors
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Valgavoth's Faithful
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Mindwrack Harpy
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Leaden Myr
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Vein Ripper
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Mai, Scornful Striker
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Koh, the Face Stealer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Gwenom, Remorseless
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Dark Confidant
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Instants
Cabal Ritual
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Go for the Throat
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Withering Torment
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Defile
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Soul Shatter
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Stinging Study
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Imp's Mischief
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Snuff Out
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Culling the Weak
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Murder
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Not Dead After All
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Undying Malice
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Darkness
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Dismember
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Cut Down
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Force of Despair
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Crypt Incursion
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Not of This World
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Saw in Half
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Toxic Deluge
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Sign in Blood
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Damnation
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Grim Tutor
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Demonic Counsel
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Night's Whisper
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Dark Deal
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Syphon Mind
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Temporal Extortion
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Read the Bones
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Profane Tutor
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Come Back Wrong
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Mutilate
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Imperial Seal
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Victimize
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-13%synergy
Fell
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Diabolic Intent
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Dread Summons
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Mandate of Abaddon
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Decree of Pain
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Corrupt
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Chain of Smog
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Aetherflux Reservoir
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Lightning Greaves
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Whip of Erebos
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
28%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Altar of the Brood
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Prism Ring
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Shadowspear
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Commander's Plate
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Expedition Map
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Sands of Delirium
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Demon's Horn
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Mithril Coat
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Skullclamp
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-13%synergy
Sword of Feast and Famine
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Sword of Body and Mind
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
40%synergy
Black Market Connections
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
29%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Black Market
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Font of Agonies
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Oppression
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Grievous Wound
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Necromancy
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Painful Quandary
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Nowhere to Run
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Wound Reflection
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Necrosynthesis
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Grave Pact
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-10%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Pestilence
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Sorin Markov
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Professor Onyx
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
78%inclusion18 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Witch's Cottage
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Reliquary Tower
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Command Beacon
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
27%synergy
War Room
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Deserted Temple
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Castle Locthwain
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Thespian's Stage
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Vesuva
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Lake of the Dead
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Strip Mine
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Westvale Abbey
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Vault of Whispers
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Urza's Saga
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Cabal Pit
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion23 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Signet
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
-10%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Thran Dynamo
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
33%synergy
Thought Vessel
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Gilded Lotus
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
16%synergy
The Soul Stone
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Caged Sun
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Mind Stone
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-13%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Basalt Monolith
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Staff of Compleation
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Séance Board
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Nyx Lotus
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Cavern of Souls
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Urza's Cave
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Command Tower
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Fabled Passage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Valgavoth's Lair
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy