Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper (Commander) - Shadowborn Apostles

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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Shadowborn Apostle
100% of 73 decks +100% synergy
Bloodbond March
89% of 73 decks +89% synergy
Thrumming Stone
78% of 73 decks +78% synergy
Echoing Return
74% of 70 decks +74% synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
73% of 71 decks +71% synergy
Taborax, Hope's Demise
56% of 71 decks +56% synergy
Secret Salvage
54% of 71 decks +53% synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
52% of 73 decks +51% synergy
Harvester of Souls
52% of 73 decks +50% synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
49% of 71 decks +48% synergy
Top Cards
Skullclamp
56% of 73 decks +38% synergy
Infernal Sovereign
48% of 42 decks +47% synergy
Shadow-Rite Priest
43% of 61 decks +43% synergy
Phyrexian Altar
42% of 73 decks +32% synergy
Farseek
42% of 73 decks -3% synergy
Impact Tremors
41% of 73 decks +33% synergy
Xathrid Necromancer
40% of 73 decks +40% synergy
Cultivate
38% of 73 decks -5% synergy
Assassin's Trophy
38% of 71 decks -3% synergy
Herald of Slaanesh
36% of 53 decks +36% synergy
Creatures
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
34% of 73 decks +34% synergy
Purphoros, God of the Forge
34% of 73 decks +30% synergy
Grim Haruspex
34% of 73 decks +29% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
32% of 73 decks +19% synergy
Orca, Siege Demon
30% of 61 decks +29% synergy
Ziatora, the Incinerator
29% of 66 decks +9% synergy
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
29% of 73 decks +28% synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
28% of 71 decks +12% synergy
Warren Soultrader
27% of 11 decks +16% synergy
Ignoble Hierarch
27% of 70 decks -30% synergy
Bloodthirster
26% of 53 decks +25% synergy
Rotlung Reanimator
26% of 73 decks +26% synergy
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
25% of 28 decks +22% synergy
Reaper from the Abyss
25% of 73 decks +24% synergy
Eternal Witness
25% of 73 decks -8% synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
23% of 73 decks +23% synergy
Blood Artist
22% of 73 decks +10% synergy
Archfiend of Despair
21% of 71 decks +21% synergy
Mahadi, Emporium Master
19% of 62 decks +5% synergy
Lord of the Void
18% of 73 decks +18% synergy
Birds of Paradise
18% of 73 decks -17% synergy
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
18% of 17 decks +17% synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
17% of 70 decks +17% synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
17% of 71 decks +17% synergy
The Balrog of Moria
16% of 25 decks +15% synergy
Master of Dark Rites
16% of 19 decks +16% synergy
Mayhem Devil
15% of 71 decks -9% synergy
Dreadfeast Demon
15% of 66 decks +15% synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
15% of 73 decks -25% synergy
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
14% of 72 decks +10% synergy
Demon of Death's Gate
14% of 73 decks +14% synergy
Viscera Seer
14% of 73 decks -2% synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
13% of 45 decks +8% synergy
Dreadhound
12% of 68 decks +11% synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
11% of 71 decks +5% synergy
Master of Cruelties
11% of 73 decks +9% synergy
Rakdos, the Showstopper
10% of 71 decks +10% synergy
Burning-Rune Demon
10% of 71 decks +9% synergy
Great Unclean One
9% of 53 decks +9% synergy
Krav, the Unredeemed
8% of 71 decks +8% synergy
Judith, the Scourge Diva
8% of 71 decks +7% synergy
Overseer of the Damned
8% of 73 decks +7% synergy
Defiler of Flesh
8% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Venomcrawler
8% of 53 decks +7% synergy
Anax, Hardened in the Forge
7% of 71 decks +7% synergy
Beast Whisperer
7% of 71 decks +2% synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
7% of 73 decks +7% synergy
Orcus, Prince of Undeath
6% of 68 decks +5% synergy
Sanguinary Priest
6% of 53 decks +6% synergy
Daemogoth Titan
6% of 71 decks +1% synergy
Instants
Beast Within
36% of 73 decks -6% synergy
Dark Ritual
26% of 73 decks +14% synergy
Village Rites
24% of 71 decks +12% synergy
Heroic Intervention
24% of 71 decks -1% synergy
Chaos Warp
21% of 73 decks -9% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
19% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
17% of 42 decks +10% synergy
Nature's Claim
15% of 73 decks +6% synergy
Putrefy
15% of 73 decks -1% synergy
Deadly Dispute
15% of 68 decks -3% synergy
Bedevil
13% of 71 decks +3% synergy
Terminate
12% of 73 decks -16% synergy
Return to Nature
11% of 71 decks +7% synergy
Infernal Grasp
10% of 68 decks +6% synergy
Worldly Tutor
10% of 73 decks -3% synergy
Culling the Weak
8% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Blood for the Blood God!
8% of 53 decks +6% synergy
Deflecting Swat
7% of 71 decks -9% synergy
Songs of the Damned
7% of 73 decks +7% synergy
Krosan Grip
7% of 73 decks -0% synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
6% of 71 decks +3% synergy
Deadly Rollick
6% of 71 decks -5% synergy
Golgari Charm
5% of 73 decks +2% synergy
Rakdos Charm
5% of 73 decks -3% synergy
Abrupt Decay
5% of 73 decks -8% synergy
Sorceries
Demonic Tutor
36% of 73 decks +16% synergy
Nature's Lore
33% of 73 decks -1% synergy
Kodama's Reach
30% of 73 decks -1% synergy
Rampant Growth
27% of 73 decks -9% synergy
Blasphemous Act
22% of 73 decks -18% synergy
Three Visits
21% of 73 decks -6% synergy
Diabolic Intent
19% of 73 decks +7% synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
16% of 73 decks +15% synergy
Toxic Deluge
16% of 73 decks +0% synergy
Living Death
12% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Decimate
11% of 73 decks +2% synergy
Doubling Chant
10% of 73 decks +10% synergy
Skyshroud Claim
10% of 73 decks +3% synergy
Faithless Looting
10% of 73 decks -11% synergy
Culling Ritual
8% of 71 decks -4% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
8% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Night's Whisper
8% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Read the Bones
8% of 73 decks +3% synergy
Victimize
8% of 73 decks -16% synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
7% of 71 decks -4% synergy
Grim Tutor
7% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Wheel of Fortune
5% of 73 decks +1% synergy
Damnation
5% of 73 decks -3% synergy
Vandalblast
5% of 73 decks -5% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
25% of 73 decks +9% synergy
Bolas's Citadel
21% of 71 decks +18% synergy
Lightning Greaves
10% of 73 decks -16% synergy
The Golden Throne
6% of 53 decks +5% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
5% of 73 decks -21% synergy
Enchantments
Cryptolith Rite
33% of 72 decks +31% synergy
Nantuko Shrine
32% of 73 decks +31% synergy
Liliana's Contract
27% of 71 decks +27% synergy
Dictate of Erebos
23% of 73 decks +17% synergy
Grave Pact
22% of 73 decks +18% synergy
Elven Chorus
21% of 28 decks +21% synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
20% of 71 decks +9% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
15% of 68 decks +11% synergy
Goblin Bombardment
14% of 73 decks -0% synergy
Black Market
11% of 73 decks +9% synergy
Parallel Lives
11% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
11% of 73 decks +2% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
10% of 71 decks +5% synergy
Black Market Connections
10% of 62 decks +2% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Blight Mound
7% of 71 decks +7% synergy
Necropotence
7% of 73 decks +3% synergy
Doubling Season
7% of 73 decks +0% synergy
Molten Echoes
6% of 71 decks +5% synergy
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
6% of 71 decks +4% synergy
Carnival of Souls
5% of 73 decks +5% synergy
Aluren
5% of 73 decks +5% synergy
Beastmaster Ascension
5% of 73 decks +2% synergy
Golgari Germination
5% of 73 decks +1% synergy
Sylvan Library
5% of 73 decks -5% synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
36% of 73 decks +15% synergy
Westvale Abbey
28% of 72 decks +26% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
27% of 73 decks +16% synergy
Reliquary Tower
27% of 73 decks +8% synergy
Bojuka Bog
27% of 73 decks -2% synergy
Cabal Coffers
22% of 73 decks +16% synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
16% of 73 decks +16% synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
14% of 70 decks -8% synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
10% of 73 decks +9% synergy
Grim Backwoods
10% of 73 decks +7% synergy
High Market
8% of 73 decks +3% synergy
Ancient Tomb
7% of 73 decks -3% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
66% of 73 decks -16% synergy
Arcane Signet
58% of 71 decks -12% synergy
Commander's Sphere
15% of 73 decks +3% synergy
Rakdos Signet
14% of 73 decks +1% synergy
Chromatic Lantern
12% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Golgari Signet
11% of 73 decks -2% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
8% of 71 decks -5% synergy
Mana Crypt
8% of 73 decks +1% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
8% of 73 decks -4% synergy
Jeweled Lotus
7% of 71 decks +2% synergy
Chrome Mox
5% of 73 decks +0% synergy
Fellwar Stone
5% of 73 decks -10% synergy
Lands
Command Tower
84% of 73 decks -6% synergy
Ziatora's Proving Ground
67% of 66 decks +13% synergy
Overgrown Tomb
56% of 73 decks +7% synergy
Blood Crypt
52% of 73 decks +5% synergy
Raucous Theater
50% of 16 decks +30% synergy
Stomping Ground
49% of 73 decks -1% synergy
Savage Lands
42% of 73 decks -6% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
41% of 73 decks +10% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
38% of 73 decks +9% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
38% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
38% of 73 decks +2% synergy
Underground Mortuary
38% of 16 decks +16% synergy
Commercial District
38% of 16 decks +16% synergy
Twisted Landscape
38% of 8 decks -4% synergy
Luxury Suite
37% of 71 decks +5% synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
37% of 71 decks +2% synergy
Wooded Foothills
34% of 73 decks -1% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
33% of 73 decks +9% synergy
Exotic Orchard
33% of 73 decks -18% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
32% of 73 decks -10% synergy
Tainted Wood
29% of 73 decks +22% synergy
Cinder Glade
25% of 73 decks -21% synergy
Spire Garden
23% of 71 decks -10% synergy
Tainted Peak
22% of 73 decks +16% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
22% of 73 decks +6% synergy
Bayou
21% of 73 decks +7% synergy
Deathcap Glade
18% of 66 decks +2% synergy
Rockfall Vale
18% of 68 decks -9% synergy
Badlands
16% of 73 decks +3% synergy
Taiga
16% of 73 decks +3% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
16% of 73 decks -8% synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
15% of 71 decks +11% synergy
Foreboding Ruins
15% of 72 decks +4% synergy
Karplusan Forest
15% of 73 decks -2% synergy
Rootbound Crag
15% of 73 decks -12% synergy
Evolving Wilds
15% of 73 decks -15% synergy
Riveteers Overlook
14% of 66 decks -12% synergy
Haunted Ridge
12% of 68 decks -3% synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
10% of 73 decks +6% synergy
Twilight Mire
10% of 73 decks -1% synergy
Arid Mesa
10% of 73 decks -1% synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
10% of 73 decks -3% synergy
Blightstep Pathway
8% of 71 decks +1% synergy
Darkbore Pathway
8% of 71 decks +1% synergy
Graven Cairns
8% of 73 decks +4% synergy
Polluted Delta
8% of 73 decks -1% synergy
Marsh Flats
8% of 73 decks -3% synergy
Temple of Malady
8% of 73 decks -9% synergy
Haunted Mire
8% of 61 decks +1% synergy
Blooming Marsh
7% of 72 decks +4% synergy