Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher (Commander) - Core

Nick Price
Jan 14, 2026
The Top 10 Most Played Persist Cards in Commander
With Lorwyn Eclipsed giving us new cards with persist let's see which cards featuring the mechanic have sat in the most Commander decks.
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Ultimo, Civilization's End
4.8%inclusion1 decks21 decks
5%synergy
M.O.D.O.K.
3.7%inclusion1 decks27 decks
3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
70%inclusion320 decks458 decks
51%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
56%inclusion258 decks458 decks
47%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
61%inclusion280 decks458 decks
46%synergy
Elenda's Hierophant
56%inclusion256 decks458 decks
45%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
50%inclusion231 decks458 decks
45%synergy
Cordial Vampire
50%inclusion227 decks458 decks
43%synergy
Blade of the Bloodchief
48%inclusion218 decks458 decks
43%synergy
Master of Dark Rites
47%inclusion213 decks458 decks
41%synergy
Plaguecrafter
45%inclusion204 decks458 decks
40%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
64%inclusion292 decks458 decks
39%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
61%inclusion281 decks458 decks
32%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
60%inclusion276 decks458 decks
-3%synergy
Viscera Seer
56%inclusion258 decks458 decks
37%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
55%inclusion250 decks458 decks
30%synergy
Village Rites
53%inclusion245 decks458 decks
31%synergy
Welcoming Vampire
47%inclusion215 decks458 decks
33%synergy
Charismatic Conqueror
47%inclusion214 decks458 decks
35%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
45%inclusion207 decks458 decks
33%synergy
Accursed Marauder
45%inclusion204 decks458 decks
37%synergy
Damn
41%inclusion190 decks458 decks
9%synergy
Creatures
Twilight Prophet
40%inclusion185 decks458 decks
31%synergy
Bloodghast
40%inclusion185 decks458 decks
34%synergy
Indulgent Aristocrat
39%inclusion179 decks458 decks
35%synergy
Redemption Choir
39%inclusion178 decks458 decks
35%synergy
Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
37%inclusion168 decks458 decks
31%synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
36%inclusion165 decks458 decks
34%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
35%inclusion160 decks458 decks
23%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
34%inclusion158 decks458 decks
31%synergy
Selfless Spirit
32%inclusion147 decks458 decks
21%synergy
Patron of the Vein
31%inclusion143 decks458 decks
28%synergy
Demon's Disciple
31%inclusion143 decks458 decks
29%synergy
Dusk Legion Sergeant
31%inclusion142 decks458 decks
28%synergy
Crossway Troublemakers
30%inclusion138 decks458 decks
27%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
29%inclusion132 decks458 decks
24%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
28%inclusion126 decks458 decks
15%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
27%inclusion125 decks458 decks
11%synergy
Sanctum Seeker
27%inclusion124 decks458 decks
22%synergy
Merciless Executioner
27%inclusion123 decks458 decks
25%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
26%inclusion120 decks458 decks
12%synergy
Cathar Commando
26%inclusion120 decks458 decks
20%synergy
Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
26%inclusion118 decks458 decks
23%synergy
Champion of Dusk
26%inclusion117 decks458 decks
23%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
26%inclusion117 decks458 decks
19%synergy
Legion Lieutenant
25%inclusion115 decks458 decks
20%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
25%inclusion114 decks458 decks
20%synergy
Sun Titan
25%inclusion113 decks458 decks
13%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
24%inclusion110 decks458 decks
21%synergy
Cataclysmic Gearhulk
22%inclusion102 decks458 decks
21%synergy
Teysa Karlov
21%inclusion98 decks458 decks
6%synergy
Oathsworn Vampire
21%inclusion97 decks458 decks
19%synergy
Martyr of Dusk
21%inclusion94 decks458 decks
18%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
20%inclusion93 decks458 decks
0%synergy
Amalia Benavides Aguirre
20%inclusion92 decks458 decks
14%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
20%inclusion90 decks458 decks
17%synergy
Bloodline Necromancer
19%inclusion89 decks458 decks
17%synergy
High-Society Hunter
19%inclusion74 decks390 decks
17%synergy
Scheming Silvertongue
19%inclusion11 decks59 decks
11%synergy
Selfless Savior
18%inclusion83 decks458 decks
16%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
18%inclusion82 decks458 decks
-16%synergy
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
18%inclusion81 decks458 decks
-2%synergy
Gravelighter
18%inclusion81 decks458 decks
17%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
18%inclusion81 decks458 decks
-4%synergy
Edgar, Charmed Groom
17%inclusion76 decks458 decks
13%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
16%inclusion74 decks458 decks
12%synergy
Order of Sacred Dusk
16%inclusion71 decks458 decks
14%synergy
Preacher of the Schism
16%inclusion71 decks458 decks
12%synergy
Warren Soultrader
15%inclusion70 decks458 decks
6%synergy
Vona, Butcher of Magan
15%inclusion68 decks458 decks
12%synergy
Grim Haruspex
14%inclusion65 decks458 decks
6%synergy
Bloodtracker
13%inclusion60 decks458 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Deadly Dispute
38%inclusion176 decks458 decks
16%synergy
Path to Exile
33%inclusion151 decks458 decks
-16%synergy
Utter End
27%inclusion124 decks458 decks
16%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
24%inclusion110 decks458 decks
-17%synergy
Dark Ritual
20%inclusion93 decks458 decks
-5%synergy
Return to Dust
19%inclusion88 decks458 decks
15%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
19%inclusion86 decks458 decks
8%synergy
Flare of Malice
18%inclusion84 decks458 decks
16%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
17%inclusion77 decks458 decks
15%synergy
Vona's Hunger
17%inclusion77 decks458 decks
16%synergy
Soul Shatter
16%inclusion72 decks458 decks
14%synergy
Generous Gift
15%inclusion68 decks458 decks
-7%synergy
Despark
14%inclusion65 decks458 decks
-16%synergy
Fanatical Offering
12%inclusion53 decks458 decks
9%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
11%inclusion49 decks458 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
10%inclusion44 decks458 decks
-2%synergy
Kaya's Guile
8.1%inclusion37 decks458 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Fortitude
7.9%inclusion36 decks458 decks
1%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
7.6%inclusion35 decks458 decks
2%synergy
Mortify
7.6%inclusion35 decks458 decks
-14%synergy
Fracture
7.0%inclusion32 decks458 decks
-14%synergy
Fell the Profane
6.6%inclusion30 decks458 decks
-6%synergy
Get Lost
6.1%inclusion28 decks458 decks
3%synergy
Inkshield
5.7%inclusion26 decks458 decks
-15%synergy
Sorceries
Austere Command
36%inclusion167 decks458 decks
20%synergy
Victimize
32%inclusion147 decks458 decks
15%synergy
Olivia's Wrath
29%inclusion131 decks458 decks
25%synergy
Tragic Arrogance
28%inclusion129 decks458 decks
26%synergy
New Blood
28%inclusion128 decks458 decks
25%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
24%inclusion112 decks458 decks
21%synergy
Promise of Loyalty
18%inclusion82 decks458 decks
13%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
15%inclusion69 decks458 decks
7%synergy
Single Combat
14%inclusion63 decks458 decks
12%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion50 decks389 decks
8%synergy
Reanimate
12%inclusion54 decks458 decks
-4%synergy
Buried Alive
10%inclusion47 decks458 decks
4%synergy
Diabolic Intent
9.0%inclusion41 decks458 decks
-1%synergy
Innocent Blood
8.7%inclusion40 decks458 decks
8%synergy
By Invitation Only
8.7%inclusion40 decks458 decks
8%synergy
Sevinne's Reclamation
8.3%inclusion38 decks458 decks
-1%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.3%inclusion38 decks458 decks
-10%synergy
Exsanguinate
7.9%inclusion36 decks458 decks
-6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
7.9%inclusion36 decks458 decks
-9%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.9%inclusion36 decks458 decks
-10%synergy
Dread Return
7.0%inclusion32 decks458 decks
4%synergy
Make an Example
7.0%inclusion32 decks458 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
6.3%inclusion29 decks458 decks
-3%synergy
Lively Dirge
6.1%inclusion28 decks458 decks
3%synergy
Will of the Abzan
5.8%inclusion14 decks243 decks
5%synergy
Feed the Swarm
5.5%inclusion25 decks458 decks
-2%synergy
Smallpox
5.5%inclusion25 decks458 decks
5%synergy
Vindicate
5.2%inclusion24 decks458 decks
-7%synergy
Covetous Elegy
5.2%inclusion24 decks458 decks
5%synergy
Pox Plague
5.1%inclusion3 decks59 decks
4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
5.0%inclusion23 decks458 decks
-1%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
5.0%inclusion23 decks458 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
28%inclusion128 decks458 decks
8%synergy
Glass-Cast Heart
25%inclusion113 decks458 decks
21%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
25%inclusion113 decks458 decks
7%synergy
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
20%inclusion93 decks458 decks
18%synergy
Skullclamp
19%inclusion86 decks458 decks
-8%synergy
Heirloom Blade
15%inclusion67 decks458 decks
13%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
13%inclusion60 decks458 decks
10%synergy
Wedding Invitation
10%inclusion46 decks458 decks
9%synergy
Tithing Blade
10%inclusion44 decks458 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
9.2%inclusion42 decks458 decks
-2%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
7.2%inclusion33 decks458 decks
4%synergy
Collector's Vault
6.8%inclusion31 decks458 decks
5%synergy
Expedition Map
6.6%inclusion30 decks458 decks
4%synergy
Jet Medallion
5.0%inclusion23 decks458 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
March of the Canonized
35%inclusion162 decks458 decks
30%synergy
Exquisite Blood
33%inclusion152 decks458 decks
18%synergy
Etchings of the Chosen
31%inclusion143 decks458 decks
25%synergy
Vampiric Rites
24%inclusion108 decks458 decks
16%synergy
Grave Pact
23%inclusion105 decks458 decks
14%synergy
Promise of Aclazotz
22%inclusion100 decks458 decks
19%synergy
Sanguine Bond
20%inclusion92 decks458 decks
1%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion83 decks458 decks
-10%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion77 decks458 decks
-5%synergy
Radiant Destiny
16%inclusion75 decks458 decks
14%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
16%inclusion74 decks458 decks
-2%synergy
Kindred Boon
16%inclusion72 decks458 decks
15%synergy
Seal of Cleansing
12%inclusion56 decks458 decks
9%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
12%inclusion54 decks458 decks
6%synergy
Martyr's Bond
10%inclusion46 decks458 decks
9%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Life Insurance
10%inclusion44 decks458 decks
6%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
9.4%inclusion26 decks276 decks
6%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
9.0%inclusion41 decks458 decks
5%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
7.6%inclusion35 decks458 decks
2%synergy
Legion's Landing
7.6%inclusion35 decks458 decks
5%synergy
Black Market
7.2%inclusion33 decks458 decks
0%synergy
Lunar Convocation
7.1%inclusion32 decks448 decks
-3%synergy
Into the Pit
6.3%inclusion26 decks410 decks
5%synergy
Doom Foretold
6.3%inclusion29 decks458 decks
6%synergy
Animate Dead
6.3%inclusion29 decks458 decks
-4%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
5.7%inclusion26 decks458 decks
-4%synergy
Court of Ardenvale
5.2%inclusion24 decks458 decks
3%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
5.0%inclusion23 decks458 decks
-5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
26%inclusion119 decks458 decks
21%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
13%inclusion59 decks458 decks
7%synergy
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
10%inclusion45 decks458 decks
8%synergy
The Eternal Wanderer
7.2%inclusion33 decks458 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
58%inclusion266 decks458 decks
13%synergy
Rogue's Passage
55%inclusion250 decks458 decks
35%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
52%inclusion239 decks458 decks
20%synergy
Windbrisk Heights
26%inclusion118 decks458 decks
20%synergy
Temple of the False God
20%inclusion90 decks458 decks
12%synergy
High Market
18%inclusion84 decks458 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
16%inclusion72 decks458 decks
-1%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
11%inclusion51 decks458 decks
6%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
10%inclusion20 decks201 decks
4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
9.2%inclusion42 decks458 decks
-11%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
7.0%inclusion13 decks187 decks
2%synergy
Volatile Fault
6.8%inclusion31 decks458 decks
6%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
6.7%inclusion21 decks314 decks
5%synergy
Westvale Abbey
6.6%inclusion30 decks458 decks
-1%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
6.6%inclusion30 decks458 decks
5%synergy
Dalkovan Encampment
6.4%inclusion16 decks251 decks
4%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.1%inclusion28 decks458 decks
4%synergy
Cabal Coffers
6.1%inclusion28 decks458 decks
-5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.1%inclusion28 decks458 decks
-17%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.7%inclusion26 decks458 decks
4%synergy
Hidden Courtyard
5.7%inclusion26 decks458 decks
4%synergy
Restless Fortress
5.5%inclusion25 decks458 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.5%inclusion25 decks458 decks
-4%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
5.5%inclusion25 decks458 decks
-6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
84%inclusion383 decks458 decks
-0%synergy
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion382 decks458 decks
3%synergy
Orzhov Signet
68%inclusion312 decks458 decks
15%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
66%inclusion302 decks458 decks
13%synergy
Mind Stone
59%inclusion268 decks458 decks
36%synergy
Commander's Sphere
51%inclusion235 decks458 decks
37%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion77 decks458 decks
-5%synergy
Thought Vessel
6.1%inclusion28 decks458 decks
-8%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion450 decks458 decks
1%synergy
Plains
98%inclusion448 decks458 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
88%inclusion403 decks458 decks
2%synergy
Isolated Chapel
76%inclusion349 decks458 decks
9%synergy
Tainted Field
69%inclusion317 decks458 decks
19%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
64%inclusion295 decks458 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Silence
55%inclusion252 decks458 decks
16%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
55%inclusion250 decks458 decks
16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
51%inclusion233 decks458 decks
33%synergy
Path of Ancestry
50%inclusion227 decks458 decks
26%synergy
Evolving Wilds
44%inclusion202 decks458 decks
25%synergy
Caves of Koilos
40%inclusion183 decks458 decks
-18%synergy
Voldaren Estate
39%inclusion178 decks458 decks
34%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
39%inclusion177 decks458 decks
24%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
36%inclusion166 decks458 decks
30%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
34%inclusion154 decks458 decks
28%synergy
Godless Shrine
28%inclusion129 decks458 decks
-23%synergy
Fetid Heath
21%inclusion96 decks458 decks
-21%synergy
Marsh Flats
21%inclusion94 decks458 decks
-9%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
20%inclusion93 decks458 decks
-18%synergy
Vault of Champions
19%inclusion89 decks458 decks
-20%synergy
Scoured Barrens
18%inclusion84 decks458 decks
-4%synergy
Obscura Storefront
17%inclusion79 decks458 decks
14%synergy
Fabled Passage
16%inclusion73 decks458 decks
4%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
16%inclusion72 decks458 decks
-7%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
14%inclusion66 decks458 decks
-6%synergy
Exotic Orchard
14%inclusion65 decks458 decks
-12%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
13%inclusion60 decks458 decks
-13%synergy
Turbulent Moor
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
-10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
10%inclusion44 decks458 decks
-2%synergy
Silent Clearing
10%inclusion44 decks458 decks
-5%synergy
Escape Tunnel
9.4%inclusion43 decks458 decks
8%synergy
Demolition Field
9.4%inclusion43 decks458 decks
6%synergy
Witch Enchanter
9.2%inclusion42 decks458 decks
-3%synergy
Eclipsed Steppe
8.5%inclusion6 decks71 decks
-13%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
8.2%inclusion26 decks316 decks
-16%synergy
Desolate Mire
8.1%inclusion37 decks458 decks
-10%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
8.1%inclusion37 decks458 decks
-3%synergy
Shire Terrace
7.6%inclusion35 decks458 decks
7%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
7.0%inclusion32 decks458 decks
0%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.8%inclusion31 decks458 decks
-0%synergy
Fell the Profane
6.6%inclusion30 decks458 decks
-6%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
6.3%inclusion29 decks458 decks
-1%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
6.1%inclusion10 decks165 decks
5%synergy
Promising Vein
5.9%inclusion27 decks458 decks
5%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
5.5%inclusion25 decks458 decks
-1%synergy
Cavern of Souls
5.0%inclusion23 decks458 decks
0%synergy