Anowon, the Ruin Thief (Commander) - Mill

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Sep 18, 2025
How To Play Vampires Differently in Commander
If you want to play a Vampire deck but are concerned that it'll be the same as every other Vampire deck, this is the article for you.
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Flitterwing Nuisance
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
6.0%inclusion14 decks232 decks
3%synergy
Harmonized Crescendo
5.8%inclusion6 decks104 decks
1%synergy
Unwelcome Sprite
3.9%inclusion4 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Chronicle of Victory
3.8%inclusion4 decks104 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Soaring Thought-Thief
96%inclusion869 decks907 decks
93%synergy
Thieves' Guild Enforcer
84%inclusion761 decks907 decks
81%synergy
Oona's Blackguard
84%inclusion763 decks907 decks
79%synergy
Merfolk Windrobber
76%inclusion691 decks907 decks
74%synergy
Frogtosser Banneret
75%inclusion684 decks907 decks
74%synergy
Sygg, River Cutthroat
76%inclusion693 decks907 decks
72%synergy
Invisible Stalker
79%inclusion713 decks907 decks
72%synergy
Notorious Throng
76%inclusion692 decks907 decks
70%synergy
Zareth San, the Trickster
70%inclusion639 decks907 decks
68%synergy
Slither Blade
79%inclusion720 decks907 decks
67%synergy
Top Cards
Triton Shorestalker
71%inclusion643 decks907 decks
61%synergy
Stinkdrinker Bandit
68%inclusion615 decks907 decks
66%synergy
Changeling Outcast
66%inclusion601 decks907 decks
47%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
65%inclusion586 decks907 decks
63%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion575 decks907 decks
51%synergy
Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion553 decks907 decks
43%synergy
Krydle of Baldur's Gate
57%inclusion519 decks907 decks
54%synergy
Consuming Aberration
53%inclusion485 decks907 decks
39%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
51%inclusion460 decks907 decks
40%synergy
Thieving Skydiver
50%inclusion455 decks907 decks
47%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
73%inclusion664 decks907 decks
62%synergy
Opposition Agent
29%inclusion264 decks907 decks
21%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
22%inclusion197 decks907 decks
-2%synergy
Rhystic Study
21%inclusion188 decks907 decks
-3%synergy
Demonic Tutor
13%inclusion119 decks907 decks
-6%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
12%inclusion105 decks907 decks
-7%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
11%inclusion96 decks907 decks
-6%synergy
Mystical Tutor
10%inclusion89 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Force of Will
5.7%inclusion52 decks907 decks
-5%synergy
Ancient Tomb
5.1%inclusion46 decks907 decks
-3%synergy
Creatures
Marang River Prowler
49%inclusion441 decks907 decks
47%synergy
Faerie Vandal
48%inclusion437 decks907 decks
45%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
48%inclusion436 decks907 decks
35%synergy
Ghostly Pilferer
44%inclusion401 decks907 decks
41%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
38%inclusion344 decks907 decks
37%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
38%inclusion343 decks907 decks
26%synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
37%inclusion339 decks907 decks
35%synergy
Enigma Thief
37%inclusion337 decks907 decks
36%synergy
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
36%inclusion331 decks907 decks
33%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
36%inclusion322 decks907 decks
29%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
34%inclusion312 decks907 decks
31%synergy
Oona, Queen of the Fae
34%inclusion309 decks907 decks
30%synergy
Grim Hireling
34%inclusion307 decks907 decks
31%synergy
Faerie Mastermind
34%inclusion307 decks907 decks
24%synergy
Sure-Footed Infiltrator
32%inclusion294 decks907 decks
32%synergy
Azure Beastbinder
32%inclusion230 decks722 decks
28%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
32%inclusion287 decks907 decks
26%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
30%inclusion275 decks907 decks
24%synergy
Shoreline Looter
28%inclusion203 decks728 decks
24%synergy
Mercurial Spelldancer
27%inclusion243 decks907 decks
25%synergy
Looter il-Kor
25%inclusion230 decks907 decks
23%synergy
Prosperous Thief
25%inclusion229 decks907 decks
14%synergy
Halo Forager
25%inclusion224 decks907 decks
19%synergy
Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake
24%inclusion212 decks884 decks
23%synergy
Nightveil Sprite
24%inclusion214 decks907 decks
19%synergy
Ruin Crab
23%inclusion205 decks907 decks
14%synergy
Brazen Borrower
22%inclusion204 decks907 decks
16%synergy
Master Thief
22%inclusion197 decks907 decks
21%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
21%inclusion191 decks907 decks
16%synergy
Emrakul's Messenger
21%inclusion159 decks768 decks
19%synergy
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
21%inclusion183 decks887 decks
19%synergy
Inkfathom Infiltrator
20%inclusion178 decks907 decks
19%synergy
Cephalid Facetaker
19%inclusion174 decks907 decks
18%synergy
Nighthowler
19%inclusion173 decks907 decks
13%synergy
Mari, the Killing Quill
19%inclusion169 decks907 decks
16%synergy
Roaming Throne
18%inclusion160 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
18%inclusion160 decks907 decks
17%synergy
Blighted Agent
17%inclusion156 decks907 decks
15%synergy
True-Name Nemesis
15%inclusion140 decks907 decks
15%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
14%inclusion130 decks907 decks
10%synergy
Deathcult Rogue
13%inclusion120 decks907 decks
13%synergy
Silver-Fur Master
13%inclusion117 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Rev, Tithe Extractor
13%inclusion74 decks575 decks
12%synergy
Marsh Flitter
13%inclusion116 decks907 decks
12%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
13%inclusion115 decks907 decks
9%synergy
Latchkey Faerie
12%inclusion110 decks907 decks
11%synergy
Whirler Rogue
12%inclusion110 decks907 decks
11%synergy
Shadow Stinger
12%inclusion108 decks907 decks
12%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
10%inclusion89 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Locke Cole
9.4%inclusion34 decks360 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
50%inclusion451 decks907 decks
-6%synergy
Aetherize
41%inclusion373 decks907 decks
30%synergy
Soul Manipulation
33%inclusion299 decks907 decks
30%synergy
Didn't Say Please
30%inclusion270 decks907 decks
25%synergy
Negate
28%inclusion250 decks907 decks
-5%synergy
Price of Fame
26%inclusion238 decks907 decks
21%synergy
Murder
26%inclusion236 decks907 decks
18%synergy
Thought Collapse
20%inclusion177 decks907 decks
16%synergy
Dark Ritual
16%inclusion146 decks907 decks
-19%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
16%inclusion145 decks907 decks
-14%synergy
Go for the Throat
15%inclusion140 decks907 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Drain
15%inclusion138 decks907 decks
-2%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion122 decks907 decks
-6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
13%inclusion122 decks907 decks
-2%synergy
Arcane Denial
12%inclusion113 decks907 decks
-13%synergy
Fact or Fiction
12%inclusion108 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Withering Torment
11%inclusion73 decks640 decks
-5%synergy
Silumgar's Command
11%inclusion102 decks907 decks
10%synergy
Psychic Strike
11%inclusion96 decks907 decks
8%synergy
Pongify
11%inclusion96 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Archive Trap
10%inclusion95 decks907 decks
9%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion92 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Brainstorm
10%inclusion89 decks907 decks
-21%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion87 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.0%inclusion69 decks768 decks
-2%synergy
Swan Song
8.5%inclusion77 decks907 decks
-10%synergy
Thieves' Fortune
8.4%inclusion76 decks907 decks
8%synergy
Thought Scour
8.2%inclusion74 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Countersquall
7.9%inclusion72 decks907 decks
1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
7.6%inclusion58 decks768 decks
-8%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.0%inclusion54 decks768 decks
-9%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.8%inclusion62 decks907 decks
-3%synergy
Spinal Embrace
6.5%inclusion59 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Visions of Beyond
6.5%inclusion59 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Baleful Mastery
6.0%inclusion54 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Drown in Dreams
5.8%inclusion53 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Fated Return
5.7%inclusion52 decks907 decks
5%synergy
Into the Story
5.6%inclusion51 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Anticognition
5.6%inclusion51 decks907 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Denial
5.6%inclusion44 decks792 decks
0%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.5%inclusion50 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
5.4%inclusion49 decks907 decks
-5%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
5.2%inclusion47 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Soul Shatter
5.1%inclusion46 decks907 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Distant Melody
36%inclusion322 decks907 decks
23%synergy
Fractured Sanity
35%inclusion315 decks907 decks
25%synergy
Extract from Darkness
33%inclusion301 decks907 decks
26%synergy
Feed the Swarm
30%inclusion270 decks907 decks
-6%synergy
Singularity Rupture
28%inclusion89 decks313 decks
16%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
22%inclusion201 decks907 decks
17%synergy
Open into Wonder
21%inclusion187 decks907 decks
20%synergy
Cut Your Losses
20%inclusion185 decks907 decks
16%synergy
Knowledge Exploitation
19%inclusion168 decks907 decks
18%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
18%inclusion163 decks907 decks
13%synergy
Traumatize
18%inclusion162 decks907 decks
13%synergy
Reanimate
18%inclusion159 decks907 decks
-7%synergy
Stolen Identity
17%inclusion152 decks907 decks
15%synergy
Mind Grind
16%inclusion145 decks907 decks
11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
15%inclusion137 decks907 decks
5%synergy
Necromantic Selection
15%inclusion135 decks907 decks
11%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
15%inclusion133 decks907 decks
10%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
14%inclusion130 decks907 decks
5%synergy
Kindred Dominance
13%inclusion117 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Toxic Deluge
13%inclusion114 decks907 decks
-13%synergy
Back in Town
12%inclusion98 decks821 decks
11%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
11%inclusion101 decks907 decks
7%synergy
Raise the Palisade
10%inclusion93 decks907 decks
5%synergy
Crippling Fear
10%inclusion90 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Windfall
9.3%inclusion84 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Endless Obedience
8.4%inclusion76 decks907 decks
8%synergy
Mind Funeral
7.6%inclusion69 decks907 decks
5%synergy
Rise from the Grave
7.4%inclusion67 decks907 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.9%inclusion63 decks907 decks
0%synergy
Whispering Madness
6.8%inclusion62 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Damnation
6.8%inclusion62 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
6.4%inclusion58 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.8%inclusion53 decks907 decks
1%synergy
Ponder
5.4%inclusion49 decks907 decks
-11%synergy
Arcane Heist
5.1%inclusion42 decks821 decks
4%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
5.1%inclusion46 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
31%inclusion112 decks365 decks
22%synergy
Cloak and Dagger
30%inclusion268 decks907 decks
29%synergy
Bident of Thassa
28%inclusion251 decks907 decks
18%synergy
Obelisk of Urd
25%inclusion224 decks907 decks
24%synergy
Bonehoard
22%inclusion200 decks907 decks
20%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion185 decks907 decks
-7%synergy
Whispersteel Dagger
19%inclusion172 decks907 decks
18%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion150 decks907 decks
-8%synergy
Vorpal Sword
15%inclusion139 decks907 decks
13%synergy
Trepanation Blade
14%inclusion123 decks907 decks
12%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
13%inclusion118 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Sword of Body and Mind
11%inclusion103 decks907 decks
10%synergy
Altar of the Brood
11%inclusion101 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Sword of the Animist
11%inclusion100 decks907 decks
8%synergy
Heirloom Blade
11%inclusion99 decks907 decks
10%synergy
Herald's Horn
11%inclusion99 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
11%inclusion97 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
10%inclusion46 decks472 decks
6%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
9.2%inclusion83 decks907 decks
8%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
8.6%inclusion78 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Scytheclaw
8.5%inclusion77 decks907 decks
8%synergy
Quietus Spike
8.4%inclusion76 decks907 decks
7%synergy
Door of Destinies
7.6%inclusion69 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Dowsing Dagger
7.4%inclusion67 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Banner of Kinship
7.3%inclusion42 decks574 decks
4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.5%inclusion59 decks907 decks
-7%synergy
Mask of Memory
6.2%inclusion56 decks907 decks
5%synergy
Coat of Arms
6.1%inclusion55 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Bitterblossom
37%inclusion336 decks907 decks
30%synergy
Military Intelligence
36%inclusion324 decks907 decks
34%synergy
Reconnaissance Mission
35%inclusion315 decks907 decks
25%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
35%inclusion314 decks907 decks
27%synergy
Double Down
33%inclusion273 decks827 decks
31%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
31%inclusion284 decks907 decks
25%synergy
Rogue Class
28%inclusion256 decks907 decks
24%synergy
Court of Cunning
23%inclusion210 decks907 decks
17%synergy
Memory Erosion
22%inclusion202 decks907 decks
18%synergy
Kindred Discovery
21%inclusion187 decks907 decks
7%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
18%inclusion167 decks907 decks
8%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
17%inclusion154 decks907 decks
15%synergy
Fraying Sanity
15%inclusion139 decks907 decks
12%synergy
Propaganda
15%inclusion136 decks907 decks
-2%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
14%inclusion127 decks907 decks
11%synergy
Coastal Piracy
11%inclusion97 decks907 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.9%inclusion81 decks907 decks
-1%synergy
Cover of Darkness
8.4%inclusion76 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Aqueous Form
7.6%inclusion69 decks907 decks
0%synergy
Animate Dead
6.9%inclusion63 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
6.8%inclusion62 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Remora
6.6%inclusion60 decks907 decks
-9%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.4%inclusion58 decks907 decks
-7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
17%inclusion150 decks907 decks
10%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
8.7%inclusion79 decks907 decks
7%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
6.2%inclusion56 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
73%inclusion663 decks907 decks
46%synergy
Reliquary Tower
46%inclusion419 decks907 decks
10%synergy
Bojuka Bog
38%inclusion349 decks907 decks
0%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
18%inclusion66 decks371 decks
13%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
17%inclusion156 decks907 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
16%inclusion149 decks907 decks
9%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
14%inclusion129 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Access Tunnel
14%inclusion128 decks907 decks
8%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
14%inclusion123 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
12%inclusion112 decks907 decks
-7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
11%inclusion101 decks907 decks
-2%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
11%inclusion97 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Three Tree City
10%inclusion73 decks728 decks
3%synergy
Secret Tunnel
9.3%inclusion18 decks194 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.3%inclusion66 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
7.2%inclusion65 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.6%inclusion60 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.7%inclusion52 decks907 decks
-3%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.2%inclusion47 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion826 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion778 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Signet
64%inclusion581 decks907 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
44%inclusion395 decks907 decks
-15%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion276 decks907 decks
1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
30%inclusion269 decks907 decks
12%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion258 decks907 decks
-3%synergy
Patchwork Banner
18%inclusion131 decks724 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion138 decks907 decks
-16%synergy
Dimir Locket
11%inclusion104 decks907 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
7.7%inclusion70 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
6.4%inclusion58 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion901 decks907 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
99%inclusion895 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
93%inclusion841 decks907 decks
5%synergy
Sunken Hollow
61%inclusion553 decks907 decks
-5%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
56%inclusion511 decks907 decks
17%synergy
Path of Ancestry
50%inclusion453 decks907 decks
22%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
49%inclusion445 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Watery Grave
43%inclusion389 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
41%inclusion371 decks907 decks
1%synergy
Choked Estuary
38%inclusion349 decks907 decks
-9%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
38%inclusion344 decks907 decks
37%synergy
Myriad Landscape
37%inclusion339 decks907 decks
15%synergy
Dismal Backwater
36%inclusion329 decks907 decks
20%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
36%inclusion322 decks907 decks
29%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
35%inclusion314 decks907 decks
-5%synergy
Underground River
33%inclusion299 decks907 decks
-7%synergy
Temple of Deceit
31%inclusion282 decks907 decks
-5%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
31%inclusion278 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
31%inclusion278 decks907 decks
25%synergy
Tainted Isle
30%inclusion268 decks907 decks
-15%synergy
Morphic Pool
29%inclusion261 decks907 decks
-8%synergy
Polluted Delta
24%inclusion221 decks907 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
22%inclusion197 decks907 decks
15%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
20%inclusion131 decks649 decks
-3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
20%inclusion182 decks907 decks
15%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
19%inclusion169 decks907 decks
13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
18%inclusion159 decks907 decks
-15%synergy
Sunken Ruins
17%inclusion152 decks907 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
16%inclusion149 decks907 decks
0%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
16%inclusion148 decks907 decks
10%synergy
Darkslick Shores
16%inclusion143 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Cavern of Souls
15%inclusion139 decks907 decks
6%synergy
Fetid Pools
13%inclusion115 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Undercity Sewers
11%inclusion102 decks907 decks
-9%synergy
Underground Sea
10%inclusion91 decks907 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.0%inclusion69 decks768 decks
-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
8.8%inclusion80 decks907 decks
-2%synergy
Fabled Passage
8.5%inclusion77 decks907 decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
7.6%inclusion58 decks768 decks
-8%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
7.3%inclusion66 decks907 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.0%inclusion54 decks768 decks
-9%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.8%inclusion62 decks907 decks
-3%synergy
River of Tears
6.7%inclusion61 decks907 decks
-4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.8%inclusion53 decks907 decks
1%synergy
Waterfront District
5.5%inclusion50 decks907 decks
2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.5%inclusion50 decks907 decks
1%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.5%inclusion50 decks907 decks
3%synergy