Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (Commander) - Core

Zoe Ley
Apr 14, 2026
The 10 Best Prepared Cards in Secrets of Strixhaven
The new prepared mechanic from Secrets of Strixhaven looks like it'll have some very strong cards for Commander. But which ones are the best?
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Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
The Ten Rings
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
The Vision
4.3%inclusion1 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Baron Helmut Zemo
1.3%inclusion1 decks75 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Underworld Dreams
77%inclusion358 decks465 decks
71%synergy
Seizan, Perverter of Truth
74%inclusion343 decks465 decks
70%synergy
Damnable Pact
69%inclusion320 decks465 decks
65%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
74%inclusion345 decks465 decks
64%synergy
Howling Mine
68%inclusion315 decks465 decks
64%synergy
Fate Unraveler
62%inclusion288 decks465 decks
59%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
62%inclusion288 decks465 decks
58%synergy
Master of the Feast
58%inclusion268 decks465 decks
55%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
61%inclusion282 decks465 decks
54%synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
56%inclusion260 decks465 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Sign in Blood
77%inclusion359 decks465 decks
42%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
75%inclusion349 decks465 decks
36%synergy
Dark Ritual
70%inclusion325 decks465 decks
3%synergy
Dark Deal
62%inclusion287 decks465 decks
51%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
61%inclusion284 decks465 decks
10%synergy
Feed the Swarm
60%inclusion279 decks465 decks
10%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
58%inclusion268 decks465 decks
47%synergy
Sanguine Bond
57%inclusion265 decks465 decks
45%synergy
Baleful Mastery
56%inclusion260 decks465 decks
48%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
55%inclusion255 decks465 decks
23%synergy
Game Changers
Orcish Bowmasters
18%inclusion85 decks465 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Crypt Ghast
53%inclusion247 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
50%inclusion179 decks356 decks
46%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
49%inclusion229 decks465 decks
37%synergy
Dread Presence
48%inclusion223 decks465 decks
34%synergy
Elder Brain
47%inclusion219 decks465 decks
45%synergy
Bloodgift Demon
44%inclusion206 decks465 decks
41%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
41%inclusion189 decks465 decks
19%synergy
Witch of the Moors
38%inclusion177 decks465 decks
34%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
38%inclusion177 decks465 decks
19%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
37%inclusion173 decks465 decks
24%synergy
Howling Golem
37%inclusion171 decks465 decks
36%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
34%inclusion159 decks465 decks
30%synergy
Scheming Silvertongue
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Erebos, God of the Dead
30%inclusion141 decks465 decks
26%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
25%inclusion116 decks465 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
23%inclusion109 decks465 decks
12%synergy
Zenith Chronicler
23%inclusion108 decks465 decks
22%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
23%inclusion108 decks465 decks
21%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
22%inclusion104 decks465 decks
3%synergy
Clockwork Fox
22%inclusion104 decks465 decks
22%synergy
Epicure of Blood
22%inclusion101 decks465 decks
20%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
21%inclusion98 decks465 decks
11%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
19%inclusion90 decks465 decks
8%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
18%inclusion65 decks359 decks
9%synergy
Fell Stinger
18%inclusion82 decks465 decks
15%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
17%inclusion81 decks465 decks
16%synergy
Starscape Cleric
17%inclusion77 decks457 decks
13%synergy
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
17%inclusion78 decks465 decks
15%synergy
Massacre Wurm
16%inclusion75 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
15%inclusion68 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
13%inclusion59 decks465 decks
-11%synergy
Sheoldred
13%inclusion59 decks465 decks
7%synergy
Skirge Familiar
13%inclusion59 decks465 decks
8%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
12%inclusion55 decks465 decks
8%synergy
Blood Artist
12%inclusion54 decks465 decks
-20%synergy
Burnished Hart
11%inclusion52 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Runed Servitor
11%inclusion50 decks465 decks
11%synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
10%inclusion48 decks465 decks
5%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
10%inclusion46 decks465 decks
-15%synergy
Mai, Scornful Striker
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
9.0%inclusion42 decks465 decks
8%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
8.8%inclusion41 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
8.6%inclusion40 decks465 decks
-7%synergy
Indulgent Tormentor
8.0%inclusion37 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
7.7%inclusion36 decks465 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Rager
7.7%inclusion36 decks465 decks
7%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
7.6%inclusion31 decks410 decks
2%synergy
Knight of Dusk's Shadow
7.1%inclusion33 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Accursed Marauder
7.1%inclusion33 decks465 decks
-15%synergy
Sangromancer
6.9%inclusion32 decks465 decks
-4%synergy
Instants
Blood Pact
53%inclusion248 decks465 decks
49%synergy
Defile
49%inclusion227 decks465 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
43%inclusion200 decks465 decks
18%synergy
Undying Malice
35%inclusion163 decks465 decks
25%synergy
Go for the Throat
31%inclusion144 decks465 decks
8%synergy
Feign Death
29%inclusion134 decks465 decks
21%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
25%inclusion115 decks465 decks
10%synergy
Murder
23%inclusion105 decks465 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion102 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
21%inclusion98 decks465 decks
-4%synergy
Withering Torment
21%inclusion82 decks399 decks
-11%synergy
Imp's Mischief
20%inclusion95 decks465 decks
-5%synergy
Not Dead After All
18%inclusion82 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Dismember
17%inclusion81 decks465 decks
7%synergy
Snuff Out
17%inclusion80 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
17%inclusion78 decks465 decks
10%synergy
Consuming Corruption
15%inclusion70 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion57 decks465 decks
-7%synergy
Succumb to Temptation
12%inclusion56 decks465 decks
11%synergy
Soul Shatter
11%inclusion51 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Necrologia
11%inclusion50 decks465 decks
9%synergy
Darkness
11%inclusion50 decks465 decks
1%synergy
Cabal Ritual
11%inclusion49 decks465 decks
-8%synergy
Bitter Triumph
10%inclusion46 decks465 decks
0%synergy
Doom Blade
10%inclusion45 decks465 decks
3%synergy
Cut Down
9.2%inclusion43 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Offer Immortality
9.2%inclusion43 decks465 decks
7%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
9.0%inclusion42 decks465 decks
1%synergy
Village Rites
8.4%inclusion39 decks465 decks
-17%synergy
Deadly Dispute
7.7%inclusion36 decks465 decks
-19%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
7.5%inclusion35 decks465 decks
0%synergy
Masterful Flourish
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
5.6%inclusion26 decks465 decks
-3%synergy
Undying Evil
5.4%inclusion25 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Crushing Disappointment
5.4%inclusion25 decks465 decks
5%synergy
Wretched Confluence
5.4%inclusion25 decks465 decks
5%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
5.2%inclusion24 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
5.2%inclusion24 decks465 decks
-7%synergy
Sorceries
Read the Bones
47%inclusion220 decks465 decks
31%synergy
Night's Whisper
47%inclusion220 decks465 decks
22%synergy
Eldritch Pact
37%inclusion172 decks465 decks
36%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Ambition's Cost
31%inclusion146 decks465 decks
29%synergy
Exsanguinate
31%inclusion144 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
30%inclusion139 decks465 decks
-7%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
29%inclusion137 decks465 decks
18%synergy
Atrocious Experiment
28%inclusion129 decks465 decks
27%synergy
Painful Lesson
27%inclusion127 decks465 decks
26%synergy
Damnation
24%inclusion113 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion103 decks465 decks
-18%synergy
Mutilate
22%inclusion102 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Foreboding Fruit
17%inclusion79 decks465 decks
16%synergy
Ancient Craving
16%inclusion76 decks465 decks
14%synergy
Syphon Mind
15%inclusion72 decks465 decks
3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
15%inclusion54 decks352 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Tempest
13%inclusion62 decks465 decks
11%synergy
Bubbling Muck
13%inclusion61 decks465 decks
-2%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion60 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
12%inclusion57 decks465 decks
-3%synergy
Decree of Pain
8.4%inclusion39 decks465 decks
3%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
8.2%inclusion38 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Languish
7.1%inclusion33 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Victimize
6.9%inclusion32 decks465 decks
-20%synergy
Invoke Despair
6.9%inclusion32 decks465 decks
5%synergy
Cut of the Profits
6.9%inclusion32 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.7%inclusion31 decks465 decks
-5%synergy
Cost of Brilliance
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Villainous Wrath
6.5%inclusion7 decks108 decks
4%synergy
Withering Curse
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
4%synergy
Shredder's Revenge
5.9%inclusion3 decks51 decks
5%synergy
Duress
5.8%inclusion27 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
5.8%inclusion27 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Promise of Power
5.6%inclusion26 decks465 decks
5%synergy
Pain's Reward
5.4%inclusion25 decks465 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Temple Bell
53%inclusion248 decks465 decks
51%synergy
Jet Medallion
48%inclusion223 decks465 decks
-14%synergy
Font of Mythos
46%inclusion213 decks465 decks
43%synergy
Lightning Greaves
43%inclusion201 decks465 decks
9%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
32%inclusion147 decks465 decks
28%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
26%inclusion123 decks465 decks
25%synergy
Otherworld Atlas
26%inclusion122 decks465 decks
26%synergy
Horn of Greed
21%inclusion98 decks465 decks
20%synergy
Venser's Journal
18%inclusion86 decks465 decks
17%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
18%inclusion85 decks465 decks
3%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
14%inclusion25 decks173 decks
-6%synergy
Bontu's Monument
14%inclusion66 decks465 decks
-14%synergy
Mithril Coat
12%inclusion54 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
10%inclusion47 decks465 decks
1%synergy
Spellbook
7.7%inclusion36 decks465 decks
7%synergy
Anvil of Bogardan
7.7%inclusion36 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
6.7%inclusion31 decks465 decks
-5%synergy
Mindcrank
6.7%inclusion31 decks465 decks
1%synergy
Commander's Plate
6.0%inclusion28 decks465 decks
-0%synergy
Memory Jar
5.6%inclusion26 decks465 decks
5%synergy
Darksteel Plate
5.4%inclusion25 decks465 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Greed
50%inclusion232 decks465 decks
43%synergy
Exquisite Blood
28%inclusion131 decks465 decks
15%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
25%inclusion114 decks465 decks
15%synergy
Black Market Connections
23%inclusion108 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Lich's Mastery
20%inclusion93 decks465 decks
19%synergy
Painful Quandary
17%inclusion79 decks465 decks
7%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
15%inclusion72 decks465 decks
6%synergy
No Mercy
15%inclusion68 decks465 decks
7%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
15%inclusion68 decks465 decks
13%synergy
Wound Reflection
14%inclusion66 decks465 decks
11%synergy
Necrodominance
12%inclusion56 decks465 decks
9%synergy
Underworld Connections
11%inclusion51 decks465 decks
9%synergy
Oubliette
11%inclusion50 decks465 decks
8%synergy
Polluted Bonds
9.2%inclusion43 decks465 decks
7%synergy
Price of Knowledge
8.2%inclusion38 decks465 decks
8%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
7.7%inclusion36 decks465 decks
-10%synergy
Curse of Fool's Wisdom
7.7%inclusion36 decks465 decks
7%synergy
Black Market
7.3%inclusion34 decks465 decks
-13%synergy
Grievous Wound
7.3%inclusion30 decks412 decks
5%synergy
Animate Dead
7.1%inclusion33 decks465 decks
-10%synergy
Font of Agonies
6.7%inclusion31 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
6.2%inclusion29 decks465 decks
-4%synergy
Court of Ambition
5.8%inclusion27 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
5.8%inclusion27 decks465 decks
5%synergy
Waste Not
5.6%inclusion26 decks465 decks
-5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
54%inclusion251 decks465 decks
52%synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
38%inclusion178 decks465 decks
36%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
12%inclusion57 decks465 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
71%inclusion329 decks465 decks
41%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
59%inclusion273 decks465 decks
48%synergy
Bojuka Bog
55%inclusion254 decks465 decks
8%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
48%inclusion221 decks465 decks
45%synergy
Cabal Coffers
41%inclusion191 decks465 decks
-14%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
34%inclusion157 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
18%inclusion86 decks465 decks
-19%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
17%inclusion81 decks465 decks
-12%synergy
Witch's Cottage
16%inclusion75 decks465 decks
-8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion57 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
12%inclusion57 decks465 decks
-4%synergy
War Room
12%inclusion57 decks465 decks
-4%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion53 decks465 decks
2%synergy
The Dross Pits
10%inclusion47 decks465 decks
9%synergy
Command Beacon
8.8%inclusion41 decks465 decks
1%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7.7%inclusion36 decks465 decks
-8%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.5%inclusion30 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Thespian's Stage
5.6%inclusion26 decks465 decks
0%synergy
Rogue's Passage
5.6%inclusion26 decks465 decks
-14%synergy
Polluted Mire
5.2%inclusion24 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
86%inclusion398 decks465 decks
-0%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion313 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
66%inclusion309 decks465 decks
41%synergy
Mind Stone
48%inclusion223 decks465 decks
20%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
36%inclusion166 decks465 decks
33%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
35%inclusion164 decks465 decks
13%synergy
Commander's Sphere
26%inclusion122 decks465 decks
18%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion63 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
The Soul Stone
13%inclusion16 decks126 decks
-3%synergy
Coveted Jewel
12%inclusion54 decks465 decks
11%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
10%inclusion48 decks465 decks
1%synergy
Hedron Archive
9.0%inclusion42 decks465 decks
6%synergy
Caged Sun
6.9%inclusion32 decks465 decks
-4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.0%inclusion28 decks465 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion452 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion106 decks465 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion102 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion57 decks465 decks
-7%synergy
Command Tower
7.3%inclusion34 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.6%inclusion26 decks465 decks
-4%synergy