The Shadow Lord (Commander) - Budget Core

Original Name:

Gix, Yawgmoth PraetorGix, Yawgmoth Praetor

The Shadow Lord
Rank #681
37decks
Background image for Sisters of Stone Death: A Hidden Commander Gem?
Nick Benstead
Dec 2, 2025
Sisters of Stone Death: A Hidden Commander Gem?
Sisters of Stone Death may be a very high-cost commander, but that doesn't mean you can't build a fun Commander deck around it.
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Tormented Soul
78%inclusion29 decks37 decks
75%synergy
Stirge
70%inclusion26 decks37 decks
69%synergy
Faerie Dreamthief
68%inclusion25 decks37 decks
66%synergy
Changeling Outcast
70%inclusion26 decks37 decks
65%synergy
Battlefly Swarm
65%inclusion24 decks37 decks
63%synergy
Vault Skirge
62%inclusion23 decks37 decks
61%synergy
Dauthi Slayer
59%inclusion22 decks37 decks
58%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
59%inclusion22 decks37 decks
56%synergy
Pilfering Imp
57%inclusion21 decks37 decks
56%synergy
Vampire Cutthroat
57%inclusion21 decks37 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
70%inclusion26 decks37 decks
19%synergy
Feed the Swarm
62%inclusion23 decks37 decks
11%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
59%inclusion22 decks37 decks
54%synergy
Font of Agonies
57%inclusion21 decks37 decks
52%synergy
Dauthi Horror
54%inclusion20 decks37 decks
53%synergy
Eye Collector
54%inclusion20 decks37 decks
53%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
51%inclusion19 decks37 decks
48%synergy
Defiler of Flesh
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
44%synergy
Dark Ritual
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
-18%synergy
Prickly Boggart
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
48%synergy
Creatures
Gingerbrute
49%inclusion18 decks37 decks
47%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
45%synergy
Blight Keeper
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
46%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
42%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
39%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
43%inclusion16 decks37 decks
38%synergy
Basilica Screecher
43%inclusion16 decks37 decks
41%synergy
Gurgling Anointer
43%inclusion16 decks37 decks
43%synergy
Shadow Alley Denizen
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
39%synergy
Eyetwitch
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
40%synergy
Nightshade Stinger
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
40%synergy
Foulmire Knight
38%inclusion14 decks37 decks
37%synergy
Dauthi Ghoul
38%inclusion14 decks37 decks
37%synergy
Deep-Cavern Bat
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
34%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
31%synergy
Etherium Pteramander
34%inclusion11 decks32 decks
34%synergy
Dauthi Warlord
32%inclusion12 decks37 decks
32%synergy
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
27%inclusion10 decks37 decks
26%synergy
Hullcarver
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
24%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
22%synergy
Vampire of the Dire Moon
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
22%synergy
Typhoid Rats
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
21%synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Gurmag Swiftwing
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
21%synergy
Dauthi Cutthroat
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
21%synergy
Hired Poisoner
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
21%synergy
Necropolis Regent
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
18%synergy
Nullpriest of Oblivion
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
17%synergy
Evolved Sleeper
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
18%synergy
Hope of Ghirapur
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
18%synergy
Daggerdrome Imp
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
19%synergy
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
12%synergy
Ayara's Oathsworn
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
16%synergy
Unwilling Ingredient
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
16%synergy
Ophiomancer
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
0%synergy
Bilious Skulldweller
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Vincent Valentine
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
8%synergy
Signal Pest
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Forsworn Paladin
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Banehound
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Knight of Dusk's Shadow
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Pharika's Chosen
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Callous Inspector
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Raven Eagle
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Skirge Familiar
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Stalactite Stalker
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Shriekmaw
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Defile
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Go for the Throat
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
23%synergy
Consuming Corruption
41%inclusion13 decks32 decks
25%synergy
Infernal Grasp
38%inclusion14 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Songs of the Damned
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
14%synergy
Shadow of the Grave
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
19%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
9%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Tragic Slip
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
-4%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Soul Shatter
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Hero's Downfall
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Undying Malice
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Sold Out
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Hostile Negotiations
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Bitter Triumph
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Lethal Scheme
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Heartless Act
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Village Rites
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
-14%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Baleful Mastery
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Stab
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Deadly Dispute
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-17%synergy
Outrageous Robbery
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Necrologia
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Offer Immortality
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Not Dead After All
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-3%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-4%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Victim of Night
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Consumed by Greed
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Fatal Push
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-9%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Virulent Swipe
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Reckless Spite
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-4%synergy
Nasty End
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Dark Triumph
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Murder
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Power Word Kill
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Vraska's Fall
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Cast Down
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Unearth
41%inclusion15 decks37 decks
32%synergy
Predators' Hour
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
34%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
35%synergy
Exsanguinate
30%inclusion11 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Mutilate
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Read the Bones
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Bubbling Muck
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Decree of Pain
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Duress
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Dread Return
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Victimize
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
-13%synergy
Diresight
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Syphon Mind
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
-2%synergy
No One Left Behind
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Necromantic Selection
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Gix's Command
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Villainous Wrath
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-16%synergy
Corrupt
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-3%synergy
Invoke Despair
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Fell
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Heartless Conscription
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
4%synergy
Extract the Truth
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Living Death
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Annihilating Glare
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Gruesome Realization
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Extinction Event
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Bone Shards
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Army of the Damned
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Tempest
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Gruesome Menagerie
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Tegwyll's Scouring
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Mind Rot
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
30%inclusion11 decks37 decks
14%synergy
Vorpal Sword
27%inclusion10 decks37 decks
23%synergy
Spellbook
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Lashwrithe
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Bag of Holding
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
13%synergy
Demon's Horn
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Mask of Memory
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Whip of Erebos
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Oblivion Stone
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Bontu's Monument
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-23%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Quietus Spike
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Underworld Dreams
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
15%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
-21%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
9%synergy
Feast of Sanity
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
10%synergy
Painful Quandary
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Mindless Conscription
9.4%inclusion3 decks32 decks
9%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Larceny
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Bad Moon
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Within Range
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Greed
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-2%synergy
Trespasser's Curse
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Demonic Embrace
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Death's Majesty
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion13 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Bojuka Bog
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
-23%synergy
Witch's Cottage
19%inclusion7 decks37 decks
-6%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-5%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Blinkmoth Nexus
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Rogue's Passage
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-13%synergy
Temple of the False God
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
68%inclusion25 decks37 decks
-19%synergy
Arcane Signet
62%inclusion23 decks37 decks
0%synergy
Thought Vessel
51%inclusion19 decks37 decks
25%synergy
Mind Stone
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
16%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
43%inclusion16 decks37 decks
20%synergy
Heraldic Banner
32%inclusion12 decks37 decks
27%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
32%inclusion12 decks37 decks
29%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
24%inclusion9 decks37 decks
24%synergy
Fellwar Stone
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Hedron Archive
11%inclusion4 decks37 decks
7%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
2%synergy
Caged Sun
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-7%synergy
Thran Dynamo
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-1%synergy
Prismatic Lens
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion37 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion8 decks37 decks
-5%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
-1%synergy
Demolition Field
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
0%synergy