Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper (Commander) - Aristocrats

Jeff Dunn
The 10 Best Mel Commanders
Mel commanders are lauded as the best-designed legendaries, or as perfect enablers for digging out edge case interactions. Here are the top ten!
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Gutless Plunderer
100% of 9 decks +70% synergy
Spinner of Souls
77% of 31 decks +50% synergy
Blasphemous Edict
41% of 44 decks +4% synergy
Ozox, the Clattering King
41% of 54 decks +39% synergy
Insidious Fungus
40% of 82 decks +34% synergy
High Synergy Cards
Reassembling Skeleton
71% of 611 decks +65% synergy
Grim Haruspex
66% of 609 decks +60% synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
55% of 591 decks +55% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
67% of 609 decks +55% synergy
Viscera Seer
70% of 611 decks +54% synergy
Goblin Bombardment
65% of 611 decks +51% synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
59% of 600 decks +49% synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
50% of 611 decks +48% synergy
Judith, the Scourge Diva
46% of 604 decks +44% synergy
Skullclamp
62% of 611 decks +44% synergy
Top Cards
Sakura-Tribe Elder
80% of 611 decks +40% synergy
Victimize
64% of 611 decks +39% synergy
Accursed Marauder
55% of 166 decks +42% synergy
Ashnod's Altar
55% of 611 decks +39% synergy
Village Rites
55% of 600 decks +43% synergy
Blood Artist
52% of 610 decks +41% synergy
Eternal Witness
52% of 611 decks +19% synergy
Ignoble Hierarch
52% of 591 decks -5% synergy
Mirkwood Bats
48% of 419 decks +30% synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
48% of 607 decks +32% synergy
Creatures
Carrion Feeder
46% of 611 decks +41% synergy
Mayhem Devil
46% of 602 decks +22% synergy
Mahadi, Emporium Master
46% of 576 decks +32% synergy
Plaguecrafter
46% of 605 decks +40% synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
44% of 506 decks +38% synergy
Cankerbloom
42% of 506 decks +35% synergy
Wight of the Reliquary
42% of 196 decks +34% synergy
Gut, True Soul Zealot
40% of 576 decks +39% synergy
Reclamation Sage
38% of 609 decks +31% synergy
Midnight Reaper
38% of 605 decks +36% synergy
Cult Conscript
38% of 571 decks +37% synergy
Persistent Specimen
38% of 585 decks +37% synergy
Nether Traitor
36% of 611 decks +36% synergy
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
35% of 571 decks +31% synergy
Warren Soultrader
35% of 191 decks +23% synergy
Grumgully, the Generous
34% of 600 decks +32% synergy
Haywire Mite
33% of 538 decks +26% synergy
Shriekmaw
33% of 611 decks +30% synergy
Murderous Redcap
32% of 611 decks +30% synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
31% of 611 decks +12% synergy
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
31% of 609 decks +26% synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
30% of 611 decks +27% synergy
Wood Elves
29% of 611 decks +23% synergy
Forsaken Miner
27% of 212 decks +26% synergy
Bloodsoaked Champion
27% of 609 decks +26% synergy
Smothering Abomination
26% of 609 decks +24% synergy
Poison-Tip Archer
25% of 605 decks +21% synergy
Squee, the Immortal
25% of 606 decks +19% synergy
Skeleton Crew
25% of 278 decks +24% synergy
Birds of Paradise
25% of 611 decks -10% synergy
Mosswood Dreadknight
24% of 322 decks +21% synergy
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
23% of 571 decks +18% synergy
Honest Rutstein
23% of 222 decks +10% synergy
High-Society Hunter
23% of 44 decks +19% synergy
Juri, Master of the Revue
23% of 595 decks +11% synergy
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
22% of 343 decks +21% synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
22% of 600 decks +9% synergy
Sifter of Skulls
21% of 609 decks +20% synergy
Woe Strider
20% of 600 decks +18% synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
20% of 571 decks +6% synergy
Sprouting Thrinax
20% of 611 decks +14% synergy
Enduring Vitality
20% of 71 decks +12% synergy
Anax, Hardened in the Forge
19% of 600 decks +19% synergy
Llanowar Elves
19% of 611 decks +4% synergy
Goblin Anarchomancer
19% of 591 decks +6% synergy
Putrid Goblin
19% of 600 decks +17% synergy
Enduring Courage
19% of 74 decks +7% synergy
Marionette Apprentice
19% of 191 decks +11% synergy
Butcher of Malakir
18% of 611 decks +12% synergy
Caustic Caterpillar
18% of 609 decks +15% synergy
Instants
Beast Within
40% of 611 decks -1% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
40% of 446 decks +33% synergy
Deadly Dispute
38% of 589 decks +21% synergy
Assassin's Trophy
36% of 605 decks -6% synergy
Terminate
28% of 611 decks +0% synergy
Putrefy
27% of 611 decks +12% synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
21% of 594 decks +18% synergy
Chaos Warp
20% of 610 decks -9% synergy
Tragic Slip
13% of 610 decks +11% synergy
Dark Ritual
12% of 611 decks +0% synergy
Heroic Intervention
11% of 608 decks -14% synergy
Bedevil
11% of 604 decks +2% synergy
Nasty End
11% of 419 decks +7% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
10% of 598 decks -1% synergy
Altar's Reap
10% of 610 decks +9% synergy
Wake the Dead
10% of 609 decks +9% synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
9% of 178 decks +8% synergy
Costly Plunder
9% of 607 decks +7% synergy
Golgari Charm
8% of 610 decks +4% synergy
Flare of Malice
7% of 192 decks +5% synergy
Nature's Claim
7% of 611 decks -2% synergy
Entomb
7% of 611 decks -6% synergy
Harrow
7% of 611 decks -9% synergy
Rakdos Charm
7% of 610 decks -2% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7% of 611 decks -9% synergy
Fell the Profane
6% of 191 decks -2% synergy
Revitalizing Repast
6% of 191 decks -6% synergy
Worldly Tutor
6% of 611 decks -6% synergy
Tear Asunder
6% of 571 decks -2% synergy
Abrupt Decay
6% of 610 decks -8% synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
5% of 584 decks +5% synergy
Deathsprout
5% of 602 decks +1% synergy
Krosan Grip
5% of 611 decks -2% synergy
Sorceries
Cultivate
43% of 611 decks -0% synergy
Blasphemous Act
39% of 610 decks -2% synergy
Kodama's Reach
35% of 611 decks +4% synergy
Farseek
35% of 611 decks -10% synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
34% of 385 decks +25% synergy
Rampant Growth
31% of 611 decks -5% synergy
Dread Return
29% of 611 decks +23% synergy
Living Death
28% of 611 decks +19% synergy
Nature's Lore
25% of 611 decks -9% synergy
Diabolic Intent
19% of 611 decks +6% synergy
Primal Growth
18% of 611 decks +17% synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
17% of 348 decks +11% synergy
Unearth
15% of 611 decks +11% synergy
Three Visits
14% of 611 decks -12% synergy
Reanimate
14% of 611 decks -6% synergy
Read the Bones
11% of 609 decks +6% synergy
Toxic Deluge
11% of 609 decks -5% synergy
Demonic Tutor
11% of 611 decks -9% synergy
Deadly Brew
10% of 594 decks +9% synergy
Bone Shards
10% of 591 decks +8% synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
9% of 598 decks -2% synergy
Eaten Alive
9% of 589 decks +8% synergy
Life // Death
9% of 611 decks +7% synergy
Decimate
8% of 611 decks -1% synergy
Bone Splinters
8% of 611 decks +7% synergy
Damnation
7% of 611 decks -1% synergy
Buried Alive
7% of 611 decks -5% synergy
Blood for Bones
7% of 600 decks +6% synergy
Culling Ritual
7% of 594 decks -6% synergy
Vandalblast
6% of 610 decks -5% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6% of 611 decks +2% synergy
Flare of Cultivation
6% of 224 decks +1% synergy
Hull Breach
6% of 611 decks +3% synergy
Shamanic Revelation
5% of 609 decks +3% synergy
Faithless Looting
5% of 610 decks -15% synergy
Feed the Swarm
5% of 598 decks +1% synergy
Eldritch Evolution
5% of 609 decks -2% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Phyrexian Altar
36% of 611 decks +26% synergy
Vat of Rebirth
22% of 478 decks +16% synergy
Altar of Dementia
12% of 611 decks +6% synergy
Cauldron of Souls
12% of 611 decks +9% synergy
Altar of Bhaal
12% of 576 decks +11% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11% of 610 decks -15% synergy
Lightning Greaves
11% of 611 decks -15% synergy
Spawning Pit
11% of 611 decks +10% synergy
Birthing Pod
10% of 611 decks +4% synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
5% of 538 decks +5% synergy
Enchantments
Insidious Roots
45% of 249 decks +39% synergy
Riveteers Ascendancy
45% of 583 decks +29% synergy
Impact Tremors
34% of 609 decks +26% synergy
Elemental Bond
33% of 609 decks +29% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
27% of 600 decks +22% synergy
Golgari Germination
26% of 611 decks +22% synergy
Fecundity
21% of 611 decks +17% synergy
Dictate of Erebos
20% of 609 decks +14% synergy
Evolutionary Leap
20% of 609 decks +13% synergy
Deathreap Ritual
18% of 609 decks +8% synergy
Grave Pact
18% of 611 decks +14% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
17% of 611 decks +13% synergy
Warstorm Surge
17% of 610 decks +10% synergy
Rhythm of the Wild
16% of 604 decks -5% synergy
Parallel Lives
16% of 610 decks +9% synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
16% of 89 decks +13% synergy
Corpses of the Lost
16% of 283 decks +15% synergy
Vampiric Rites
13% of 609 decks +11% synergy
Skeletal Swarming
13% of 589 decks +12% synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
12% of 196 decks +8% synergy
Blight Mound
12% of 594 decks +12% synergy
Gutter Grime
11% of 610 decks +11% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
10% of 589 decks +6% synergy
Oversold Cemetery
9% of 611 decks +7% synergy
Tribute to the World Tree
9% of 455 decks +7% synergy
Cryptolith Rite
9% of 609 decks +7% synergy
Black Market
9% of 611 decks +7% synergy
Greater Good
8% of 611 decks -7% synergy
Journey to Eternity
8% of 607 decks +4% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
8% of 611 decks -1% synergy
Open the Graves
7% of 605 decks +7% synergy
Meathook Massacre II
7% of 89 decks +4% synergy
Attrition
7% of 611 decks +6% synergy
Animate Dead
7% of 611 decks -4% synergy
Into the Pit
6% of 63 decks +2% synergy
Beastmaster Ascension
6% of 611 decks +2% synergy
Doubling Season
5% of 611 decks -1% synergy
Shared Animosity
5% of 611 decks +4% synergy
Guardian Project
5% of 604 decks +1% synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
5% of 258 decks +4% synergy
Master Chef
5% of 576 decks +4% synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
9% of 602 decks +6% synergy
Vraska, Golgari Queen
6% of 605 decks +3% synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
37% of 611 decks +8% synergy
High Market
29% of 611 decks +24% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
29% of 611 decks +18% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
19% of 611 decks -1% synergy
Grim Backwoods
18% of 610 decks +15% synergy
Reliquary Tower
17% of 611 decks -3% synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
14% of 591 decks -8% synergy
Westvale Abbey
10% of 609 decks +9% synergy
Mortuary Mire
10% of 609 decks +8% synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
10% of 584 decks -11% synergy
Kher Keep
8% of 611 decks +4% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8% of 584 decks -5% synergy
Temple of the False God
7% of 611 decks -1% synergy
Spymaster's Vault
7% of 191 decks +4% synergy
Field of the Dead
6% of 600 decks -2% synergy
Kessig Wolf Run
6% of 610 decks -17% synergy
Cabal Coffers
5% of 611 decks -0% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
76% of 611 decks -6% synergy
Arcane Signet
60% of 600 decks -10% synergy
Golgari Signet
18% of 611 decks +4% synergy
Rakdos Signet
15% of 611 decks +2% synergy
Gruul Signet
13% of 611 decks -0% synergy
Commander's Sphere
11% of 609 decks -2% synergy
Fellwar Stone
8% of 611 decks -7% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
8% of 600 decks -6% synergy
Patchwork Banner
7% of 108 decks +5% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
7% of 611 decks -5% synergy
Chromatic Lantern
6% of 610 decks -2% synergy
Talisman of Impulse
6% of 611 decks -5% synergy
Lands
Command Tower
90% of 610 decks -1% synergy
Savage Lands
57% of 611 decks +9% synergy
Exotic Orchard
53% of 611 decks +3% synergy
Ziatora's Proving Ground
47% of 583 decks -6% synergy
Overgrown Tomb
45% of 611 decks -4% synergy
Cinder Glade
45% of 609 decks -1% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
44% of 609 decks +3% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
43% of 611 decks +13% synergy
Blood Crypt
43% of 611 decks -4% synergy
Stomping Ground
42% of 611 decks -8% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
41% of 610 decks +11% synergy
Twisted Landscape
40% of 172 decks -2% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
37% of 611 decks +13% synergy
Evolving Wilds
36% of 611 decks +6% synergy
Rootbound Crag
35% of 611 decks +8% synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
34% of 595 decks -0% synergy
Luxury Suite
28% of 605 decks -4% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
28% of 611 decks +3% synergy
Spire Garden
27% of 605 decks -5% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
24% of 611 decks -12% synergy
Wooded Foothills
24% of 611 decks -11% synergy
Karplusan Forest
23% of 611 decks +6% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
23% of 611 decks -11% synergy
Underground Mortuary
21% of 258 decks -1% synergy
Rockfall Vale
20% of 589 decks -6% synergy
Commercial District
20% of 258 decks -1% synergy
Temple of Malady
20% of 609 decks +3% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
19% of 611 decks +4% synergy
Raucous Theater
17% of 258 decks -3% synergy
Riveteers Overlook
16% of 583 decks -9% synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
16% of 611 decks +1% synergy
Temple of Malice
15% of 609 decks +4% synergy
Deathcap Glade
15% of 585 decks -1% synergy
Temple of Abandon
14% of 609 decks +2% synergy
Path of Ancestry
14% of 607 decks -3% synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
13% of 611 decks +1% synergy
Haunted Ridge
13% of 589 decks -2% synergy
Gruul Turf
13% of 611 decks -1% synergy
Tainted Wood
11% of 611 decks +4% synergy
Jund Panorama
11% of 611 decks +1% synergy
Twilight Mire
10% of 611 decks +0% synergy
Myriad Landscape
10% of 609 decks -8% synergy
Haunted Mire
10% of 571 decks +3% synergy
Game Trail
9% of 609 decks -3% synergy
Fabled Passage
9% of 600 decks -9% synergy
Jungle Hollow
8% of 609 decks +3% synergy
Foreboding Ruins
8% of 609 decks -3% synergy
Tainted Peak
7% of 611 decks +2% synergy
Bayou
7% of 611 decks -6% synergy
Taiga
7% of 611 decks -6% synergy