Valentin, Dean of the Vein (Commander)

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Arnaud Gompertz
Sep 3, 2025
Arnaud Gompertz
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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18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Illegitimate Business
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6%synergy
South Wind Avatar
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1%synergy
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1.8%inclusion1 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Frog Butler
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1%synergy
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61%inclusion337 decks552 decks
54%synergy
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54%inclusion297 decks552 decks
50%synergy
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52%inclusion288 decks552 decks
47%synergy
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53%inclusion293 decks552 decks
45%synergy
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44%inclusion241 decks552 decks
38%synergy
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45%inclusion250 decks552 decks
37%synergy
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37%synergy
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36%synergy
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35%synergy
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2%synergy
Blood Artist
38%inclusion212 decks552 decks
19%synergy
Kami of Whispered Hopes
38%inclusion211 decks552 decks
33%synergy
Hardened Scales
38%inclusion210 decks552 decks
30%synergy
Beledros Witherbloom
38%inclusion209 decks552 decks
30%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
37%inclusion203 decks552 decks
-9%synergy
Beast Within
35%inclusion192 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
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31%synergy
Putrefy
34%inclusion187 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
Virulent Emissary
33%inclusion36 decks108 decks
24%synergy
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Bolas's Citadel
14%inclusion77 decks552 decks
9%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
8.7%inclusion48 decks552 decks
-2%synergy
Demonic Tutor
8.2%inclusion45 decks552 decks
-7%synergy
Worldly Tutor
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-3%synergy
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Blossoming Bogbeast
32%inclusion177 decks552 decks
30%synergy
Evolution Witness
32%inclusion167 decks521 decks
29%synergy
Basking Broodscale
32%inclusion166 decks524 decks
30%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
31%inclusion173 decks552 decks
28%synergy
Social Climber
31%inclusion172 decks552 decks
30%synergy
Winding Constrictor
31%inclusion171 decks552 decks
25%synergy
Llanowar Elves
30%inclusion168 decks552 decks
-4%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
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27%synergy
Haywire Mite
28%inclusion157 decks552 decks
11%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
28%inclusion155 decks552 decks
26%synergy
Blood Researcher
28%inclusion154 decks552 decks
27%synergy
Corpsejack Menace
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20%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
28%inclusion152 decks552 decks
7%synergy
Tenured Inkcaster
27%inclusion151 decks552 decks
27%synergy
Witch of the Moors
27%inclusion148 decks552 decks
24%synergy
Deathgreeter
26%inclusion142 decks552 decks
24%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
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-3%synergy
Herd Baloth
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25%synergy
Deathrite Shaman
24%inclusion135 decks552 decks
10%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
23%inclusion126 decks552 decks
21%synergy
Birds of Paradise
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3%synergy
Kazandu Nectarpot
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21%synergy
Elvish Mystic
22%inclusion124 decks552 decks
-5%synergy
Fetid Gargantua
22%inclusion112 decks514 decks
22%synergy
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
22%inclusion119 decks552 decks
21%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
21%inclusion117 decks552 decks
19%synergy
Witherbloom Apprentice
21%inclusion114 decks552 decks
17%synergy
Spectrum Sentinel
20%inclusion112 decks552 decks
20%synergy
Accomplished Alchemist
20%inclusion112 decks552 decks
19%synergy
Courser of Kruphix
20%inclusion110 decks552 decks
17%synergy
Devoted Druid
18%inclusion102 decks552 decks
13%synergy
Incubation Druid
18%inclusion101 decks552 decks
15%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
18%inclusion100 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Armorcraft Judge
18%inclusion99 decks552 decks
17%synergy
Leyline Prowler
17%inclusion95 decks552 decks
15%synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
17%inclusion93 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Honor Troll
16%inclusion87 decks552 decks
15%synergy
Jaddi Offshoot
16%inclusion87 decks552 decks
15%synergy
Viscera Seer
16%inclusion86 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Fertilid
16%inclusion86 decks552 decks
15%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
15%inclusion80 decks521 decks
7%synergy
Beast Whisperer
14%inclusion80 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Eternal Witness
14%inclusion80 decks552 decks
-9%synergy
Gyre Sage
14%inclusion77 decks552 decks
11%synergy
Prize Pig
13%inclusion73 decks552 decks
13%synergy
Cursed Wombat
13%inclusion68 decks518 decks
12%synergy
Ezzaroot Channeler
13%inclusion72 decks552 decks
12%synergy
Starscape Cleric
13%inclusion63 decks496 decks
11%synergy
Callous Bloodmage
13%inclusion70 decks552 decks
12%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
12%inclusion67 decks552 decks
10%synergy
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Revitalizing Repast
30%inclusion157 decks520 decks
10%synergy
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
28%inclusion156 decks552 decks
20%synergy
Village Rites
25%inclusion138 decks552 decks
9%synergy
Infuse with Vitality
23%inclusion127 decks552 decks
21%synergy
Heroic Intervention
21%inclusion118 decks552 decks
-10%synergy
Golgari Charm
17%inclusion92 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Deadly Dispute
15%inclusion82 decks552 decks
-5%synergy
Tear Asunder
15%inclusion81 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion79 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
14%inclusion77 decks552 decks
5%synergy
Dark Ritual
13%inclusion72 decks552 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion62 decks552 decks
5%synergy
Nature's Claim
11%inclusion58 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Fortifying Draught
10%inclusion57 decks552 decks
10%synergy
Abrupt Decay
10%inclusion56 decks552 decks
-6%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion51 decks521 decks
1%synergy
Snakeskin Veil
9.2%inclusion51 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Return of the Wildspeaker
8.9%inclusion49 decks552 decks
-2%synergy
Weather the Storm
8.5%inclusion47 decks552 decks
8%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
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2%synergy
Deathsprout
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2%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.2%inclusion40 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Pulse of Murasa
6.9%inclusion38 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Inscription of Abundance
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5%synergy
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0%synergy
Veil of Summer
6.2%inclusion34 decks552 decks
1%synergy
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1%synergy
Fog
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1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
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-5%synergy
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4%synergy
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0%synergy
Collective Resistance
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0%synergy
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Rampant Growth
33%inclusion181 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
Nature's Lore
27%inclusion150 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Culling Ritual
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5%synergy
Toxic Deluge
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3%synergy
Shamanic Revelation
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12%synergy
Kodama's Reach
23%inclusion125 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
Three Visits
20%inclusion108 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Feed the Swarm
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11%synergy
Deadly Brew
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13%synergy
Farseek
17%inclusion93 decks552 decks
-2%synergy
Night's Whisper
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8%synergy
Essence Pulse
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15%synergy
Sign in Blood
15%inclusion84 decks552 decks
8%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
13%inclusion71 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Reanimate
12%inclusion64 decks552 decks
-8%synergy
Pest Summoning
11%inclusion61 decks552 decks
10%synergy
Rishkar's Expertise
10%inclusion57 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Victimize
10%inclusion56 decks552 decks
-9%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion56 decks552 decks
5%synergy
Witherbloom Command
9.2%inclusion51 decks552 decks
8%synergy
Exsanguinate
8.9%inclusion49 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Dig Up
8.2%inclusion45 decks552 decks
5%synergy
Harmonize
8.0%inclusion44 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Scale the Heights
7.6%inclusion42 decks552 decks
7%synergy
Healing Technique
7.4%inclusion41 decks552 decks
7%synergy
Urborg Repossession
7.2%inclusion40 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Hunt for Specimens
7.1%inclusion39 decks552 decks
7%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
6.7%inclusion35 decks520 decks
2%synergy
Containment Breach
6.7%inclusion37 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Devouring Tendrils
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6%synergy
Gaze of Granite
5.6%inclusion31 decks552 decks
3%synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
5.6%inclusion31 decks552 decks
-7%synergy
Unearth
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1%synergy
Casualties of War
5.4%inclusion30 decks552 decks
-5%synergy
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Well of Lost Dreams
32%inclusion177 decks552 decks
30%synergy
Tablet of the Guilds
25%inclusion137 decks552 decks
24%synergy
Fountain of Renewal
24%inclusion131 decks552 decks
23%synergy
Skullclamp
22%inclusion119 decks552 decks
-9%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
15%inclusion81 decks552 decks
13%synergy
Pestilent Cauldron
14%inclusion78 decks552 decks
13%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
14%inclusion77 decks552 decks
-5%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion70 decks552 decks
-12%synergy
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
13%inclusion69 decks552 decks
9%synergy
The Great Henge
12%inclusion67 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Whip of Erebos
9.4%inclusion52 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Lightning Greaves
9.4%inclusion52 decks552 decks
-13%synergy
Cosmos Elixir
8.7%inclusion48 decks552 decks
8%synergy
The Ozolith
8.7%inclusion48 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
8.7%inclusion48 decks552 decks
7%synergy
The Earth Crystal
8.5%inclusion24 decks282 decks
4%synergy
Wurm's Tooth
7.8%inclusion43 decks552 decks
7%synergy
Bow of Nylea
7.2%inclusion40 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Bontu's Monument
7.1%inclusion39 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Sun Droplet
6.2%inclusion34 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
5.4%inclusion30 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Basilisk Collar
5.1%inclusion28 decks552 decks
3%synergy
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Moldervine Reclamation
32%inclusion175 decks552 decks
9%synergy
Blight Mound
24%inclusion133 decks552 decks
22%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
22%inclusion121 decks552 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22%inclusion119 decks552 decks
8%synergy
Trudge Garden
21%inclusion116 decks552 decks
20%synergy
Sanguine Bond
20%inclusion110 decks552 decks
16%synergy
Retreat to Kazandu
16%inclusion88 decks552 decks
14%synergy
Druid Class
14%inclusion76 decks552 decks
12%synergy
Vampiric Rites
13%inclusion71 decks552 decks
9%synergy
Branching Evolution
12%inclusion66 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Exquisite Blood
11%inclusion62 decks552 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
11%inclusion58 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Greed
10%inclusion57 decks552 decks
9%synergy
Lifegift
10%inclusion53 decks552 decks
9%synergy
Terrasymbiosis
9.1%inclusion22 decks242 decks
4%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
9.1%inclusion50 decks552 decks
8%synergy
Binding the Old Gods
9.1%inclusion50 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Retreat to Hagra
8.7%inclusion48 decks552 decks
5%synergy
Wild Growth
8.7%inclusion48 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
Sylvan Library
8.3%inclusion46 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
8.3%inclusion46 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Hollowmurk Siege
8.1%inclusion27 decks333 decks
3%synergy
Doubling Season
7.8%inclusion43 decks552 decks
-9%synergy
Deathreap Ritual
7.8%inclusion43 decks552 decks
-4%synergy
Utopia Sprawl
7.2%inclusion40 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Primeval Bounty
7.1%inclusion39 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Gift of Paradise
6.3%inclusion35 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Guardian Project
6.3%inclusion35 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
Leyline of Vitality
6.2%inclusion34 decks552 decks
6%synergy
Tribute to the World Tree
6.2%inclusion34 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
6.0%inclusion33 decks552 decks
3%synergy
Gourmand's Talent
5.9%inclusion29 decks491 decks
3%synergy
Insidious Roots
5.8%inclusion32 decks552 decks
-6%synergy
Stocking the Pantry
5.7%inclusion28 decks491 decks
4%synergy
Glorious Sunrise
5.3%inclusion29 decks552 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Vraska, Golgari Queen
10%inclusion56 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Professor Onyx
5.1%inclusion28 decks552 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Sapseep Forest
35%inclusion195 decks552 decks
34%synergy
Bojuka Bog
30%inclusion167 decks552 decks
-10%synergy
High Market
25%inclusion139 decks552 decks
17%synergy
Reliquary Tower
16%inclusion90 decks552 decks
-7%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
16%inclusion90 decks552 decks
-6%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
16%inclusion88 decks552 decks
-12%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion85 decks552 decks
-8%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
14%inclusion40 decks292 decks
13%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
13%inclusion74 decks552 decks
-5%synergy
The Shire
10%inclusion57 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Karn's Bastion
10%inclusion56 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Restless Cottage
10%inclusion54 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.9%inclusion49 decks552 decks
-2%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.0%inclusion44 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
8.0%inclusion44 decks552 decks
-7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.8%inclusion43 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Gingerbread Cabin
7.6%inclusion42 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Witch's Clinic
7.1%inclusion39 decks552 decks
5%synergy
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
6.9%inclusion38 decks552 decks
-4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.9%inclusion38 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Cabal Coffers
6.7%inclusion37 decks552 decks
-2%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
6.3%inclusion35 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Grim Backwoods
6.0%inclusion33 decks552 decks
-7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
69%inclusion382 decks552 decks
-10%synergy
Arcane Signet
50%inclusion277 decks552 decks
-12%synergy
Pristine Talisman
41%inclusion229 decks552 decks
40%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
24%inclusion132 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
Golgari Signet
21%inclusion117 decks552 decks
-5%synergy
Paradise Plume
7.2%inclusion40 decks552 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Forest
95%inclusion525 decks552 decks
-3%synergy
Swamp
93%inclusion512 decks552 decks
-5%synergy
Command Tower
76%inclusion420 decks552 decks
-9%synergy
Jungle Hollow
55%inclusion301 decks552 decks
30%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
51%inclusion284 decks552 decks
-11%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
49%inclusion268 decks552 decks
-4%synergy
Tainted Wood
45%inclusion248 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
40%inclusion222 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
37%inclusion203 decks552 decks
-4%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
34%inclusion189 decks552 decks
-12%synergy
Temple of Malady
32%inclusion178 decks552 decks
-2%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
32%inclusion177 decks552 decks
-6%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
30%inclusion157 decks520 decks
10%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion144 decks552 decks
-1%synergy
Twilight Mire
25%inclusion139 decks552 decks
-12%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
25%inclusion139 decks552 decks
21%synergy
Deathcap Glade
24%inclusion130 decks552 decks
-6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion121 decks552 decks
-5%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
19%inclusion106 decks552 decks
0%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
19%inclusion105 decks552 decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
17%inclusion95 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Viridescent Bog
17%inclusion93 decks552 decks
-4%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
15%inclusion80 decks521 decks
7%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion79 decks552 decks
-6%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion79 decks552 decks
4%synergy
Witherbloom Campus
14%inclusion79 decks552 decks
11%synergy
Wastewood Verge
14%inclusion55 decks387 decks
-4%synergy
Underground Mortuary
14%inclusion77 decks552 decks
-7%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
14%inclusion76 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Haunted Mire
13%inclusion74 decks552 decks
-2%synergy
Path of Ancestry
13%inclusion73 decks552 decks
-10%synergy
Vernal Fen
13%inclusion31 decks240 decks
-2%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
13%inclusion71 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Blooming Marsh
13%inclusion70 decks552 decks
-2%synergy
Woodland Chasm
10%inclusion56 decks552 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion51 decks521 decks
1%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
10%inclusion53 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Bayou
8.7%inclusion48 decks552 decks
-3%synergy
Fabled Passage
7.4%inclusion41 decks552 decks
-6%synergy
Blighted Woodland
7.1%inclusion39 decks552 decks
2%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
6.7%inclusion35 decks520 decks
2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.8%inclusion32 decks552 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Forest
5.1%inclusion28 decks552 decks
1%synergy
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