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Julia Maddalena
Dec 26, 2025
Fire and Ice: Which Cards Are Hot and Cold for Azlask, the Swelling Scourge?
This week on Fire and Ice, Julia breaks down the hot and cold cards for a popular Eldrazi commander: Azlask, the Swelling Scourge.
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Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Unbury
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
5%synergy
Goldmeadow Nomad
2.6%inclusion1 decks38 decks
3%synergy
Barbed Bloodletter
2.6%inclusion1 decks38 decks
3%synergy
Spiral into Solitude
2.6%inclusion1 decks38 decks
2%synergy
Wanderbrine Preacher
2.6%inclusion1 decks39 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Nested Shambler
56%inclusion268 decks479 decks
54%synergy
Martyr for the Cause
47%inclusion226 decks479 decks
46%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
45%inclusion217 decks479 decks
43%synergy
Grateful Apparition
44%inclusion209 decks479 decks
41%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
45%inclusion217 decks479 decks
41%synergy
Whisper of the Dross
39%inclusion188 decks479 decks
38%synergy
Pegasus Guardian
38%inclusion184 decks479 decks
38%synergy
Spirited Companion
42%inclusion203 decks479 decks
37%synergy
Gulping Scraptrap
38%inclusion180 decks479 decks
37%synergy
Cathar Commando
44%inclusion209 decks479 decks
36%synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
51%inclusion245 decks479 decks
29%synergy
Deadly Dispute
47%inclusion226 decks479 decks
26%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
46%inclusion220 decks479 decks
32%synergy
Metastatic Evangel
41%inclusion174 decks428 decks
36%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
41%inclusion194 decks479 decks
30%synergy
Denethor, Ruling Steward
35%inclusion170 decks479 decks
31%synergy
Viscera Seer
35%inclusion170 decks479 decks
14%synergy
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
34%inclusion163 decks479 decks
31%synergy
Accursed Marauder
34%inclusion143 decks426 decks
26%synergy
Unbounded Potential
33%inclusion160 decks479 decks
33%synergy
Creatures
Inspiring Overseer
32%inclusion151 decks479 decks
28%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
30%inclusion143 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Doomed Traveler
30%inclusion143 decks479 decks
24%synergy
Wyrm's Crossing Patrol
27%inclusion129 decks479 decks
26%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
24%inclusion108 decks457 decks
20%synergy
Sun Titan
24%inclusion113 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
23%inclusion112 decks479 decks
-12%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
23%inclusion109 decks479 decks
12%synergy
Skullport Merchant
22%inclusion104 decks479 decks
21%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
22%inclusion103 decks479 decks
7%synergy
Flickerwisp
22%inclusion103 decks479 decks
18%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
21%inclusion101 decks479 decks
19%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion100 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Infestation Sage
20%inclusion69 decks339 decks
17%synergy
Priest of Ancient Lore
20%inclusion96 decks479 decks
19%synergy
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
20%inclusion96 decks479 decks
16%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
19%inclusion91 decks479 decks
16%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
19%inclusion90 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
18%inclusion88 decks479 decks
15%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
18%inclusion83 decks457 decks
13%synergy
Thraben Inspector
18%inclusion85 decks479 decks
17%synergy
Aron, Benalia's Ruin
15%inclusion73 decks479 decks
12%synergy
Exquisite Huntmaster
15%inclusion71 decks479 decks
15%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
14%inclusion27 decks187 decks
6%synergy
Plaguecrafter
14%inclusion68 decks479 decks
9%synergy
Tabaxi Toucaneers
14%inclusion68 decks479 decks
14%synergy
Sanitarium Skeleton
13%inclusion64 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
13%inclusion64 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant
13%inclusion62 decks479 decks
12%synergy
Nefarious Imp
13%inclusion60 decks479 decks
12%synergy
Burnished Hart
13%inclusion60 decks479 decks
9%synergy
Zhentarim Bandit
12%inclusion59 decks479 decks
12%synergy
Novice Inspector
12%inclusion56 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
11%inclusion55 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Guardian Kirin
11%inclusion55 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Diregraf Horde
11%inclusion52 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
11%inclusion51 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Patrolling Peacemaker
11%inclusion20 decks190 decks
9%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
10%inclusion20 decks193 decks
7%synergy
Defiant Salvager
10%inclusion49 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Carrier Thrall
10%inclusion49 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Icewind Stalwart
10%inclusion49 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Hunted Witness
10%inclusion47 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Restoration Angel
10%inclusion47 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Thalisse, Reverent Medium
10%inclusion46 decks479 decks
2%synergy
Undercity Scrounger
9.4%inclusion45 decks479 decks
9%synergy
Circuit Mender
9.2%inclusion44 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Woe Strider
9.2%inclusion44 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Soul of Migration
9.0%inclusion43 decks479 decks
9%synergy
Helpful Hunter
8.9%inclusion35 decks393 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Cloudshift
29%inclusion137 decks479 decks
23%synergy
Flicker of Fate
25%inclusion122 decks479 decks
22%synergy
Fanatical Offering
23%inclusion109 decks479 decks
20%synergy
Scrollshift
22%inclusion106 decks479 decks
21%synergy
Despark
21%inclusion100 decks479 decks
-10%synergy
Grim Affliction
20%inclusion98 decks479 decks
20%synergy
Mortify
19%inclusion91 decks479 decks
-4%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
19%inclusion89 decks479 decks
17%synergy
Ephemerate
17%inclusion83 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Costly Plunder
17%inclusion83 decks479 decks
15%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
17%inclusion83 decks479 decks
-47%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
16%inclusion78 decks479 decks
15%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
15%inclusion71 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Justiciar's Portal
14%inclusion65 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
14%inclusion65 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Path to Exile
12%inclusion58 decks479 decks
-37%synergy
Nasty End
11%inclusion55 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion54 decks479 decks
7%synergy
Altar's Reap
11%inclusion54 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Raise the Alarm
11%inclusion52 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
10%inclusion44 decks428 decks
8%synergy
Generous Gift
10%inclusion49 decks479 decks
-14%synergy
Otherworldly Journey
10%inclusion48 decks479 decks
9%synergy
Disenchant
10%inclusion47 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Rootborn Defenses
7.9%inclusion38 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Not Dead After All
7.5%inclusion36 decks479 decks
3%synergy
Duty Beyond Death
7.2%inclusion19 decks265 decks
5%synergy
Utter End
6.3%inclusion30 decks479 decks
-7%synergy
Undying Malice
5.8%inclusion28 decks479 decks
4%synergy
You're Confronted by Robbers
5.6%inclusion27 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Cast Down
5.6%inclusion27 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Dark Ritual
5.4%inclusion26 decks479 decks
-18%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
5.4%inclusion26 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Long Road Home
5.2%inclusion25 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Fracture
5.0%inclusion24 decks479 decks
-14%synergy
Sorceries
Drown in Ichor
32%inclusion151 decks479 decks
29%synergy
Wanderer's Strike
28%inclusion134 decks479 decks
28%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
27%inclusion129 decks479 decks
18%synergy
Vat Emergence
25%inclusion118 decks479 decks
24%synergy
Victimize
22%inclusion105 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
20%inclusion96 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
20%inclusion95 decks479 decks
2%synergy
Final Vengeance
19%inclusion73 decks376 decks
18%synergy
Settle Beyond Reality
19%inclusion89 decks479 decks
18%synergy
Unearth
16%inclusion78 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Bone Shards
14%inclusion69 decks479 decks
12%synergy
Call to the Feast
14%inclusion65 decks479 decks
12%synergy
Austere Command
13%inclusion63 decks479 decks
-5%synergy
Spread the Sickness
13%inclusion63 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion59 decks479 decks
-5%synergy
Bone Splinters
11%inclusion55 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Feed the Swarm
11%inclusion53 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Martial Coup
9.2%inclusion44 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Battle Screech
8.4%inclusion40 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Lingering Souls
8.1%inclusion39 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Eaten Alive
7.5%inclusion36 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
6.9%inclusion33 decks479 decks
-1%synergy
Decode Transmissions
6.7%inclusion13 decks193 decks
5%synergy
Back for Seconds
6.7%inclusion32 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Worthy Cost
6.2%inclusion16 decks257 decks
5%synergy
Late to Dinner
6.1%inclusion29 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
5.7%inclusion11 decks194 decks
5%synergy
Annihilating Glare
5.6%inclusion27 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Pointed Discussion
5.6%inclusion27 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Dread Return
5.4%inclusion26 decks479 decks
2%synergy
Recruitment Drive
5.4%inclusion26 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
5.2%inclusion25 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Blood Fountain
15%inclusion71 decks479 decks
14%synergy
Contagion Clasp
11%inclusion55 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Relic Vial
11%inclusion54 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
11%inclusion53 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Noble's Purse
10%inclusion49 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Throne of Geth
9.4%inclusion45 decks479 decks
7%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
8.6%inclusion41 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
7.5%inclusion36 decks479 decks
7%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
7.3%inclusion35 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Executioner's Capsule
7.3%inclusion35 decks479 decks
7%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
5.9%inclusion20 decks341 decks
5%synergy
Ghost Lantern
5.2%inclusion25 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Metalspinner's Puzzleknot
5.2%inclusion25 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Dross Skullbomb
5.0%inclusion24 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Armillary Sphere
5.0%inclusion24 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
5.0%inclusion24 decks479 decks
-21%synergy
Enchantments
Call for Unity
26%inclusion125 decks479 decks
25%synergy
Seal of Cleansing
22%inclusion106 decks479 decks
19%synergy
Vampiric Rites
21%inclusion102 decks479 decks
14%synergy
Far Traveler
21%inclusion102 decks479 decks
19%synergy
Tolls of War
17%inclusion17 decks101 decks
15%synergy
Muster the Departed
17%inclusion71 decks426 decks
15%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
14%inclusion66 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
14%inclusion65 decks479 decks
-4%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
13%inclusion64 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
11%inclusion52 decks479 decks
9%synergy
Omen of the Sun
11%inclusion51 decks479 decks
10%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
10%inclusion49 decks479 decks
1%synergy
Seal of Doom
9.0%inclusion43 decks479 decks
8%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
8.1%inclusion39 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Life Insurance
6.7%inclusion32 decks479 decks
3%synergy
Glasswing Grace
6.1%inclusion26 decks429 decks
-2%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
5.3%inclusion15 decks281 decks
2%synergy
March of the Canonized
5.2%inclusion25 decks479 decks
-1%synergy
Minimus Containment
5.0%inclusion24 decks479 decks
4%synergy
First Response
5.0%inclusion24 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
The Eternal Wanderer
5.8%inclusion28 decks479 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
The Dross Pits
20%inclusion97 decks479 decks
19%synergy
Mortuary Mire
16%inclusion78 decks479 decks
11%synergy
The Fair Basilica
16%inclusion75 decks479 decks
15%synergy
Bojuka Bog
15%inclusion74 decks479 decks
-28%synergy
Rogue's Passage
14%inclusion69 decks479 decks
-5%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
13%inclusion62 decks479 decks
-21%synergy
Karn's Bastion
7.5%inclusion36 decks479 decks
2%synergy
Secluded Steppe
6.7%inclusion32 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Witch's Cottage
6.7%inclusion32 decks479 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.3%inclusion30 decks479 decks
-2%synergy
Barren Moor
5.8%inclusion28 decks479 decks
3%synergy
Hidden Courtyard
5.8%inclusion28 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
5.4%inclusion26 decks479 decks
-1%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
5.4%inclusion26 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
56%inclusion267 decks479 decks
-25%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion234 decks479 decks
24%synergy
Commander's Sphere
48%inclusion232 decks479 decks
32%synergy
Orzhov Signet
45%inclusion217 decks479 decks
-11%synergy
Sol Ring
37%inclusion175 decks479 decks
-48%synergy
Marble Diamond
34%inclusion161 decks479 decks
28%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
33%inclusion158 decks479 decks
27%synergy
Orzhov Locket
16%inclusion75 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
13%inclusion63 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
9.4%inclusion45 decks479 decks
-11%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
8.1%inclusion39 decks479 decks
-45%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
7.9%inclusion38 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Chromatic Star
5.8%inclusion28 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Aetheric Amplifier
5.3%inclusion16 decks301 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Plains
100%inclusion478 decks479 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion477 decks479 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
65%inclusion313 decks479 decks
-21%synergy
Evolving Wilds
65%inclusion310 decks479 decks
44%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
52%inclusion251 decks479 decks
38%synergy
Scoured Barrens
47%inclusion223 decks479 decks
23%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
46%inclusion221 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Obscura Storefront
36%inclusion172 decks479 decks
32%synergy
Temple of Silence
27%inclusion131 decks479 decks
-13%synergy
Tainted Field
25%inclusion122 decks479 decks
-26%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
25%inclusion121 decks479 decks
14%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion115 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
21%inclusion102 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Esper Panorama
16%inclusion77 decks479 decks
16%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
16%inclusion76 decks479 decks
-25%synergy
Path of Ancestry
14%inclusion69 decks479 decks
-9%synergy
Escape Tunnel
14%inclusion68 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Promising Vein
14%inclusion67 decks479 decks
13%synergy
Silverquill Campus
13%inclusion64 decks479 decks
9%synergy
Forlorn Flats
13%inclusion61 decks457 decks
8%synergy
Caves of Koilos
12%inclusion59 decks479 decks
-45%synergy
Shire Terrace
12%inclusion59 decks479 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
12%inclusion58 decks479 decks
-12%synergy
Isolated Chapel
12%inclusion56 decks479 decks
-54%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
11%inclusion54 decks479 decks
3%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
10%inclusion50 decks479 decks
6%synergy
Thriving Heath
9.4%inclusion45 decks479 decks
7%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
8.8%inclusion42 decks479 decks
4%synergy
Black Dragon Gate
8.6%inclusion41 decks479 decks
7%synergy
Thriving Moor
7.7%inclusion37 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Citadel Gate
7.5%inclusion36 decks479 decks
7%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
7.4%inclusion11 decks148 decks
6%synergy
Misty Palms Oasis
6.9%inclusion7 decks101 decks
5%synergy
Ash Barrens
6.7%inclusion32 decks479 decks
3%synergy
Glasswing Grace
6.1%inclusion26 decks429 decks
-2%synergy
Cabaretti Courtyard
5.6%inclusion27 decks479 decks
5%synergy
Neglected Manor
5.0%inclusion19 decks377 decks
2%synergy