Kokusho, the Evening Star (Commander) - Core

Kokusho, the Evening Star
Rank #1,284
107decks
Arnaud Gompertz
Sep 3, 2025
How to Build Golgari Without Being Golboring
Like to think outside the color box in Commander? This edition of Branching Out gives you some great ideas for unique Golgari builds.
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Changing Loyalty
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Grave Researcher
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
13%synergy
Withering Curse
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Moseo, Vein's New Dean
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Defiling Daemogoth
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Supernatural Stamina
81%inclusion87 decks107 decks
74%synergy
Undying Malice
80%inclusion86 decks107 decks
70%synergy
Feign Death
78%inclusion83 decks107 decks
69%synergy
Undying Evil
70%inclusion75 decks107 decks
67%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
70%inclusion75 decks107 decks
63%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
65%inclusion70 decks107 decks
60%synergy
Nasty End
63%inclusion67 decks107 decks
59%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
63%inclusion67 decks107 decks
58%synergy
Not Dead After All
69%inclusion74 decks107 decks
58%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
64%inclusion69 decks107 decks
54%synergy
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Dark Ritual
71%inclusion76 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Reanimate
68%inclusion73 decks107 decks
28%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
63%inclusion67 decks107 decks
12%synergy
Saw in Half
62%inclusion66 decks107 decks
53%synergy
Village Rites
61%inclusion65 decks107 decks
35%synergy
Crypt Ghast
59%inclusion63 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Feed the Swarm
58%inclusion62 decks107 decks
8%synergy
Jet Medallion
57%inclusion61 decks107 decks
-5%synergy
Viscera Seer
56%inclusion60 decks107 decks
39%synergy
Demonic Gifts
55%inclusion59 decks107 decks
54%synergy
Game Changers
Necropotence
7.5%inclusion8 decks107 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
52%inclusion56 decks107 decks
42%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
50%inclusion53 decks107 decks
28%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
48%inclusion51 decks107 decks
46%synergy
Illuminor Szeras
45%inclusion48 decks107 decks
41%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
45%inclusion48 decks107 decks
37%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
40%inclusion43 decks107 decks
38%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
38%inclusion41 decks107 decks
36%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
37%inclusion38 decks103 decks
29%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
36%inclusion38 decks107 decks
16%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
34%inclusion36 decks107 decks
23%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
32%inclusion34 decks107 decks
15%synergy
Carrion Feeder
31%inclusion33 decks107 decks
19%synergy
Plaguecrafter
30%inclusion32 decks107 decks
10%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
30%inclusion32 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Accursed Marauder
30%inclusion31 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
29%inclusion31 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Chainer, Dementia Master
29%inclusion31 decks107 decks
24%synergy
Activated Sleeper
28%inclusion30 decks107 decks
27%synergy
Burnished Hart
27%inclusion29 decks107 decks
20%synergy
Warren Soultrader
27%inclusion28 decks105 decks
13%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
25%inclusion27 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
25%inclusion27 decks107 decks
19%synergy
Twilight Diviner
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Grim Haruspex
21%inclusion23 decks107 decks
13%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
21%inclusion23 decks107 decks
16%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
20%inclusion21 decks107 decks
18%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
18%inclusion19 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Delver
18%inclusion19 decks107 decks
16%synergy
Disciple of Griselbrand
17%inclusion18 decks107 decks
16%synergy
Dark Confidant
16%inclusion17 decks107 decks
8%synergy
Midnight Reaper
16%inclusion17 decks107 decks
7%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
14%inclusion5 decks35 decks
6%synergy
Dread Presence
14%inclusion15 decks107 decks
0%synergy
Roaming Throne
13%inclusion14 decks107 decks
10%synergy
Hell's Caretaker
12%inclusion13 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Darkstar Augur
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Woe Strider
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
7%synergy
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
9%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
3%synergy
Merciless Executioner
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
0%synergy
Scheming Silvertongue
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
-7%synergy
Erebos, God of the Dead
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
3%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Leaden Myr
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
3%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
-10%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
9.0%inclusion7 decks78 decks
0%synergy
Instants
Malakir Rebirth
62%inclusion66 decks107 decks
39%synergy
Return to Action
52%inclusion56 decks107 decks
51%synergy
Deadly Dispute
44%inclusion47 decks107 decks
18%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
42%inclusion45 decks107 decks
41%synergy
Sacrifice
40%inclusion43 decks107 decks
35%synergy
Withering Torment
37%inclusion32 decks87 decks
5%synergy
Presumed Dead
36%inclusion38 decks107 decks
35%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
35%inclusion37 decks107 decks
22%synergy
Flare of Malice
30%inclusion31 decks105 decks
16%synergy
Infernal Grasp
28%inclusion30 decks107 decks
3%synergy
Wake the Dead
27%inclusion29 decks107 decks
26%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
25%inclusion27 decks107 decks
22%synergy
Culling the Weak
25%inclusion27 decks107 decks
9%synergy
Tragic Slip
21%inclusion23 decks107 decks
2%synergy
Defile
21%inclusion22 decks107 decks
-16%synergy
Grim Return
21%inclusion22 decks107 decks
19%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion21 decks105 decks
1%synergy
Go for the Throat
20%inclusion21 decks107 decks
-3%synergy
Imp's Mischief
17%inclusion18 decks107 decks
-8%synergy
Hagra Mauling
15%inclusion16 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Stinging Study
14%inclusion15 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Goryo's Vengeance
14%inclusion15 decks107 decks
14%synergy
Pain 101
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Altar's Reap
13%inclusion14 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Costly Plunder
13%inclusion14 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Snuff Out
12%inclusion13 decks107 decks
-1%synergy
Bitter Triumph
12%inclusion13 decks107 decks
2%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
11%inclusion4 decks35 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Ritual
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
-7%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Rescue from the Underworld
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
10%synergy
Deadly Rollick
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
-15%synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
7.9%inclusion3 decks38 decks
5%synergy
Doom Blade
7.5%inclusion8 decks107 decks
0%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
2%synergy
Makeshift Mannequin
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Baleful Mastery
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
-2%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
3%synergy
Murder
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-4%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-3%synergy
Dismember
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-5%synergy
Darkness
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
44%inclusion47 decks107 decks
9%synergy
Toxic Deluge
42%inclusion45 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Victimize
39%inclusion42 decks107 decks
12%synergy
Footsteps of the Goryo
37%inclusion40 decks107 decks
37%synergy
Dread Return
36%inclusion39 decks107 decks
24%synergy
Morbid Curiosity
36%inclusion38 decks107 decks
34%synergy
Night's Whisper
34%inclusion36 decks107 decks
9%synergy
Mutilate
32%inclusion34 decks107 decks
15%synergy
Come Back Wrong
30%inclusion31 decks103 decks
28%synergy
Read the Bones
28%inclusion30 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Blood for Bones
24%inclusion26 decks107 decks
23%synergy
Bubbling Muck
22%inclusion24 decks107 decks
7%synergy
Exsanguinate
21%inclusion23 decks107 decks
-3%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion23 decks107 decks
1%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
19%inclusion15 decks78 decks
3%synergy
Zombify
18%inclusion19 decks107 decks
16%synergy
Necromantic Selection
16%inclusion17 decks107 decks
14%synergy
Eaten Alive
16%inclusion17 decks107 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Intent
15%inclusion16 decks107 decks
0%synergy
Deadly Tempest
14%inclusion15 decks107 decks
12%synergy
Bone Shards
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
8%synergy
Exhume
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
9%synergy
Decree of Pain
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Living Death
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
-1%synergy
Innocent Blood
8.4%inclusion9 decks107 decks
3%synergy
Buried Alive
8.4%inclusion9 decks107 decks
-4%synergy
Restart Sequence
7.7%inclusion8 decks104 decks
7%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
7.5%inclusion8 decks107 decks
-8%synergy
Crux of Fate
7.5%inclusion8 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7.5%inclusion8 decks107 decks
-4%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
7.5%inclusion8 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Stitch Together
7.5%inclusion8 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Shredder's Technique
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
-8%synergy
Will of the Abzan
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
3%synergy
Bone Splinters
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-2%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Blade of Selves
49%inclusion52 decks107 decks
47%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
44%inclusion47 decks107 decks
24%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
35%inclusion37 decks107 decks
19%synergy
Strionic Resonator
24%inclusion26 decks107 decks
23%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
21%inclusion22 decks107 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
19%inclusion20 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Bontu's Monument
18%inclusion19 decks107 decks
-11%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
-3%synergy
Netherborn Altar
16%inclusion17 decks107 decks
14%synergy
Skullclamp
14%inclusion15 decks107 decks
-8%synergy
Expedition Map
13%inclusion14 decks107 decks
1%synergy
Resurrection Orb
13%inclusion14 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Cauldron of Souls
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
10%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
1%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
6%synergy
The Masamune
7.9%inclusion3 decks38 decks
0%synergy
Helm of the Host
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Lithoform Engine
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Whip of Erebos
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-5%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
2%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
50%inclusion54 decks107 decks
33%synergy
Sanguine Bond
46%inclusion49 decks107 decks
34%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
39%inclusion42 decks107 decks
0%synergy
Black Market Connections
32%inclusion34 decks107 decks
8%synergy
Fungal Fortitude
29%inclusion31 decks107 decks
28%synergy
Wound Reflection
25%inclusion27 decks107 decks
22%synergy
Necromancy
21%inclusion23 decks107 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
19%inclusion20 decks107 decks
9%synergy
Vampiric Rites
19%inclusion20 decks107 decks
13%synergy
Strands of Night
18%inclusion19 decks107 decks
17%synergy
Minion's Return
17%inclusion18 decks107 decks
16%synergy
Dance of the Dead
14%inclusion15 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Heartless Summoning
13%inclusion14 decks107 decks
8%synergy
Exquisite Blood
13%inclusion14 decks107 decks
0%synergy
Black Market
12%inclusion13 decks107 decks
-9%synergy
Greed
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Grave Pact
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
-8%synergy
Unholy Indenture
9.3%inclusion10 decks107 decks
9%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
8.4%inclusion9 decks107 decks
-9%synergy
Unhallowed Pact
8.4%inclusion9 decks107 decks
8%synergy
Necrogen Communion
8.4%inclusion9 decks107 decks
7%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Sidequest: Hunt the Mark
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Palace Siege
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Attrition
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Corroding Dragonstorm
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-5%synergy
No Mercy
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-2%synergy
The Cloning of Shredder
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
7%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
48%inclusion51 decks107 decks
-7%synergy
Bojuka Bog
41%inclusion44 decks107 decks
-6%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
41%inclusion44 decks107 decks
16%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
40%inclusion43 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
40%inclusion14 decks35 decks
33%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
35%inclusion37 decks107 decks
-3%synergy
High Market
31%inclusion33 decks107 decks
23%synergy
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion28 decks107 decks
-4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
24%inclusion26 decks107 decks
-5%synergy
Witch's Cottage
21%inclusion22 decks107 decks
-4%synergy
Command Beacon
21%inclusion22 decks107 decks
12%synergy
War Room
20%inclusion21 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
18%inclusion7 decks39 decks
7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
17%inclusion18 decks107 decks
1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
17%inclusion18 decks107 decks
0%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion18 decks107 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
-3%synergy
Thespian's Stage
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Barren Moor
8.4%inclusion9 decks107 decks
-1%synergy
Miren, the Moaning Well
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-13%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
89%inclusion95 decks107 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
77%inclusion82 decks107 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
50%inclusion53 decks107 decks
21%synergy
Thought Vessel
47%inclusion50 decks107 decks
21%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
41%inclusion44 decks107 decks
19%synergy
Fellwar Stone
28%inclusion30 decks107 decks
14%synergy
Thran Dynamo
23%inclusion25 decks107 decks
18%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
23%inclusion25 decks107 decks
15%synergy
The Soul Stone
23%inclusion8 decks35 decks
8%synergy
Worn Powerstone
19%inclusion20 decks107 decks
14%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
16%inclusion17 decks107 decks
10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
16%inclusion17 decks107 decks
7%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
16%inclusion17 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Gilded Lotus
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Hedron Archive
8.4%inclusion9 decks107 decks
5%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
2%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
5%synergy
Caged Sun
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-6%synergy
Dragon's Hoard
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
6%synergy
Ring of the Lucii
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
94%inclusion101 decks107 decks
-1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
62%inclusion66 decks107 decks
39%synergy
Myriad Landscape
30%inclusion32 decks107 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion21 decks105 decks
1%synergy
Hagra Mauling
15%inclusion16 decks107 decks
11%synergy
Urza's Cave
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
2%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
8.6%inclusion9 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Demolition Field
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
0%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
-3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.6%inclusion6 decks107 decks
-2%synergy