Ardyn, the Usurper
$1.58
$1.58Legendary Creature — Elder Human Noble
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Ardyn, the Usurper players are trying out in Lifegain decks.
Defiling Daemogoth+21% Synergy
$0.59
Grave Researcher+15% Synergy
$1.93
Scheming Silvertongue+10% Synergy
$1.71
Sneering Shadewriter+9% Synergy
$0.11
Tragedy Feaster+7% Synergy
$0.23
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Ardyn, the Usurper's Lifegain builds — cards that lean hardest into the Lifegain theme.
Archfiend of Depravity+71% Synergy
$3.25
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+64% Synergy
$4.92
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber+60% Synergy
$2.18
Rune-Scarred Demon+55% Synergy
$1.31
Sower of Discord+55% Synergy
$3.83
Valgavoth, Terror Eater+54% Synergy
$18.44
Reaper from the Abyss+54% Synergy
$0.89
Liliana's Contract+51% Synergy
$4.40
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled+50% Synergy
$4.43
Lord of the Void+48% Synergy
$14.00
Top Cards
The staple cards most Ardyn, the Usurper Lifegain decks run as their core.
Urza's Incubator+48% Synergy
$19.77
Bontu's Monument+37% Synergy
$4.60
Black Market Connections+35% Synergy
$10.53
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+34% Synergy
$1.05
The Darkness Crystal+30% Synergy
$4.28
Crypt Ghast+24% Synergy
$17.44
Imp's Mischief+22% Synergy
$9.18
Phyrexian Arena+20% Synergy
$4.16
Jet Medallion+19% Synergy
$14.67
Dark Ritual+11% Synergy
$7.28
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Ardyn, the Usurper Lifegain game on their own.
Bolas's Citadel+15% Synergy
$15.83
Ancient Tomb+4% Synergy
$119.25
Opposition Agent0% Synergy
$20.71
Mana Vault0% Synergy
$115.65
Demonic Tutor-2% Synergy
$69.17
The One Ring-3% Synergy
$115.41
Necropotence-5% Synergy
$38.23
Vampiric Tutor-12% Synergy
$54.03
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Lifegain plan in Ardyn, the Usurper decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Plague Drone+43% Synergy
$2.36
Ancient Cellarspawn+38% Synergy
$6.27
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen+37% Synergy
$2.36
Dream Devourer+36% Synergy
$1.18
Razaketh, the Foulblooded+35% Synergy
$14.47
Archfiend of Despair+35% Synergy
$3.15
Overseer of the Damned+35% Synergy
$0.39
Harvester of Souls+34% Synergy
$2.81
Doom Whisperer+34% Synergy
$6.48
Bloodgift Demon+34% Synergy
$0.78
Bloodletter of Aclazotz+33% Synergy
$36.69
Burning-Rune Demon+33% Synergy
$5.45
Vilis, Broker of Blood+31% Synergy
$9.93
Demonlord Belzenlok+30% Synergy
$0.41
Indulgent Tormentor+28% Synergy
$0.68
Abyssal Harvester+28% Synergy
$0.33
Demon of Loathing+27% Synergy
$0.66
Shadowgrange Archfiend+27% Synergy
$6.39
Nirkana Revenant+24% Synergy
$6.94
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder+24% Synergy
$0.34
The Speed Demon+23% Synergy
$1.03
Great Unclean One+20% Synergy
$4.13
Doomsday Excruciator+19% Synergy
$1.49
Blood Speaker+18% Synergy
$0.40
Reiver Demon+17% Synergy
$1.03
Magus of the Coffers+15% Synergy
$4.93
Burnished Hart+15% Synergy
$0.30
Rot-Curse Rakshasa+14% Synergy
$1.79
Desecration Demon+14% Synergy
$0.23
Sheoldred, Whispering One+13% Synergy
$20.76
Roaming Throne+13% Synergy
$52.83
Abhorrent Overlord+12% Synergy
$0.43
Millikin+12% Synergy
$0.33
Dread Cacodemon+12% Synergy
$3.88
Demon of Wailing Agonies+12% Synergy
$1.65
Spawn of Mayhem+12% Synergy
$0.57
Venomcrawler+12% Synergy
$1.14
Metamorphosis Fanatic+11% Synergy
$5.78
Vile Mutilator+11% Synergy
$0.20
Bog Witch+11% Synergy
$6.10
Archon of Cruelty+10% Synergy
$1.69
Solemn Simulacrum+9% Synergy
$0.31
Changeling Wayfinder+9% Synergy
$0.24
Savanti Romero, Time's Exile+9% Synergy
$0.29
Bringer of the Last Gift+8% Synergy
$0.74
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed+5% Synergy
$21.95
Enduring Tenacity+5% Synergy
$14.54
Phyrexian Obliterator+1% Synergy
$9.46
Gray Merchant of Asphodel-7% Synergy
$4.20
Ayara, First of Locthwain-13% Synergy
$8.44
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Ardyn, the Usurper's Lifegain deck ahead.
Darkness+18% Synergy
$23.83
Overkill+16% Synergy
$0.32
Stinging Study+10% Synergy
$10.67
Zuko's Conviction+9% Synergy
$0.21
Cruel Truths+9% Synergy
$0.14
Demon's Due+9% Synergy
$0.19
Wander Off+8% Synergy
$0.13
Masterful Flourish+7% Synergy
$0.15
Bitter Triumph+6% Synergy
$0.32
Defile+5% Synergy
$1.43
Deadly Rollick+4% Synergy
$28.68
Sudden Spoiling+4% Synergy
$6.95
Saw in Half+4% Synergy
$5.73
Songs of the Damned+4% Synergy
$2.91
Sephiroth's Intervention+4% Synergy
$0.16
Breathe Your Last+4% Synergy
$0.22
Not Dead After All+1% Synergy
$1.65
Archenemy's Charm+1% Synergy
$1.02
Baleful Mastery+1% Synergy
$2.53
Fell the Profane0% Synergy
$5.74
Cabal Ritual0% Synergy
$14.55
Hero's Downfall0% Synergy
$0.29
Snuff Out-1% Synergy
$12.98
Flare of Malice-1% Synergy
$3.10
Force of Despair-1% Synergy
$7.17
Fake Your Own Death-1% Synergy
$0.24
Entomb-3% Synergy
$18.32
Culling the Weak-4% Synergy
$8.03
Murder-4% Synergy
$0.20
Dismember-4% Synergy
$4.78
Sheoldred's Edict-5% Synergy
$1.44
Withering Torment-6% Synergy
$1.60
Consuming Corruption-6% Synergy
$0.26
Go for the Throat-10% Synergy
$0.62
Malakir Rebirth-11% Synergy
$13.30
Infernal Grasp-13% Synergy
$0.32
Tragic Slip-13% Synergy
$0.26
Village Rites-19% Synergy
$0.93
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Lifegain game plan forward for Ardyn, the Usurper.
Demonic Counsel+37% Synergy
$2.18
Kindred Dominance+23% Synergy
$4.92
Temporal Extortion+20% Synergy
$27.65
Breach the Multiverse+16% Synergy
$10.03
Night's Whisper+13% Synergy
$6.25
Bubbling Muck+13% Synergy
$4.87
Exsanguinate+10% Synergy
$0.41
Torment of Hailfire+10% Synergy
$36.04
Rise of the Dark Realms+9% Synergy
$6.73
Patriarch's Bidding+8% Synergy
$3.60
Buried Alive+6% Synergy
$3.55
Bloodline Bidding+6% Synergy
$2.39
Praetor's Grasp+6% Synergy
$10.39
In Garruk's Wake+6% Synergy
$3.17
Diresight+6% Synergy
$0.17
Cauldron's Gift+6% Synergy
$0.18
Shared Trauma+6% Synergy
$0.43
Blasphemous Edict+5% Synergy
$4.24
Evil Reawakened+5% Synergy
$0.21
Haunting Voyage+5% Synergy
$0.34
Reanimate+4% Synergy
$10.10
Black Sun's Zenith+4% Synergy
$0.38
Corrupt+4% Synergy
$0.11
Deadly Tempest+4% Synergy
$1.04
Pox Plague+3% Synergy
$0.25
Will of the Abzan+3% Synergy
$4.65
Blood Money+3% Synergy
$2.69
Mire in Misery+3% Synergy
$0.59
Crippling Fear+3% Synergy
$3.40
Splinter's Technique+3% Synergy
$1.64
Read the Bones+2% Synergy
$0.30
Mutilate+2% Synergy
$2.19
Profane Tutor+2% Synergy
$4.02
Dark Petition+2% Synergy
$3.27
Beacon of Unrest+2% Synergy
$0.30
Dread Return+1% Synergy
$0.45
Insatiable Avarice+1% Synergy
$6.03
Decree of Pain+1% Synergy
$0.37
Beseech the Mirror0% Synergy
$21.21
Beseech the Queen0% Synergy
$8.42
Living Death-1% Synergy
$6.29
Toxic Deluge-2% Synergy
$5.02
Damnation-2% Synergy
$21.01
Diabolic Tutor-2% Synergy
$2.21
Peer into the Abyss-4% Synergy
$3.59
Sign in Blood-7% Synergy
$3.14
Feed the Swarm-10% Synergy
$0.24
Victimize-15% Synergy
$1.25
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Ardyn, the Usurper Lifegain decks.
Herald's Horn+41% Synergy
$5.75
Elbrus, the Binding Blade+21% Synergy
$6.49
World Map+11% Synergy
$0.27
Mindcrank+10% Synergy
$13.37
Door of Destinies+10% Synergy
$2.45
Whip of Erebos+8% Synergy
$9.52
Mithril Coat+7% Synergy
$29.06
Tithing Blade+7% Synergy
$0.51
Sword of the Animist+6% Synergy
$5.42
The Immortal Sun+6% Synergy
$12.97
Cosmos Elixir+6% Synergy
$2.80
Perpetual Timepiece+5% Synergy
$0.34
Cloud Key+5% Synergy
$1.57
Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus+5% Synergy
$5.64
Netherborn Altar+5% Synergy
$0.39
Strionic Resonator+5% Synergy
$7.28
Palantír of Orthanc+4% Synergy
$18.64
Banner of Kinship+4% Synergy
$7.41
Resurrection Orb+4% Synergy
$16.21
Champion's Helm+4% Synergy
$2.90
Mask of Griselbrand+3% Synergy
$0.97
Shadowspear+2% Synergy
$29.75
Alhammarret's Archive+2% Synergy
$10.49
Chronicle of Victory+2% Synergy
$21.77
Wayfarer's Bauble+1% Synergy
$5.61
Swiftfoot Boots0% Synergy
$1.98
Aetherflux Reservoir0% Synergy
$21.72
Commander's Plate0% Synergy
$38.90
Wishclaw Talisman-1% Synergy
$2.47
Lightning Greaves-2% Synergy
$4.10
Expedition Map-2% Synergy
$1.43
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Lifegain strategy in Ardyn, the Usurper decks.
Heartless Summoning+33% Synergy
$1.81
Demonic Covenant+30% Synergy
$0.31
Sanguine Bond+19% Synergy
$7.95
Demonic Embrace+12% Synergy
$0.34
Exquisite Blood+9% Synergy
$40.36
Cemetery Tampering+8% Synergy
$0.38
Ripples of Undeath+7% Synergy
$8.64
Conspiracy+6% Synergy
$2.58
No Mercy+5% Synergy
$24.64
Virtue of Persistence+5% Synergy
$7.00
Gift of Doom+5% Synergy
$4.25
Black Market+4% Synergy
$6.30
Oversold Cemetery+4% Synergy
$2.60
Polluted Bonds+4% Synergy
$10.28
Contamination+3% Synergy
$17.80
Cover of Darkness+3% Synergy
$21.67
Kaya's Ghostform+2% Synergy
$1.71
Painful Quandary+2% Synergy
$1.79
Dictate of Erebos+1% Synergy
$16.92
Grave Pact-1% Synergy
$30.52
Bitterblossom-7% Synergy
$32.66
Animate Dead-8% Synergy
$7.45
Bastion of Remembrance-11% Synergy
$0.30
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Ardyn, the Usurper's Lifegain game plan.
Liliana of the Dark Realms+27% Synergy
$9.67
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath+11% Synergy
$0.79
Sorin Markov+4% Synergy
$9.55
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Ardyn, the Usurper Lifegain decks.
Temple of the False God+36% Synergy
$0.32
Crypt of Agadeem+28% Synergy
$3.78
Westvale Abbey+18% Synergy
$3.39
Command Beacon+14% Synergy
$9.86
Witch's Cottage+10% Synergy
$0.82
Cabal Stronghold+9% Synergy
$12.37
Cabal Coffers+8% Synergy
$28.81
Secret Tunnel+8% Synergy
$2.64
Reliquary Tower+7% Synergy
$4.23
Thespian's Stage+7% Synergy
$0.45
Bojuka Bog+6% Synergy
$1.40
Barren Moor+6% Synergy
$0.66
Echoing Deeps+6% Synergy
$0.77
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+5% Synergy
$45.74
Shizo, Death's Storehouse+5% Synergy
$34.19
Urza's Saga+5% Synergy
$38.48
Deserted Temple+5% Synergy
$0.83
Three Tree City+5% Synergy
$29.95
Ghost Quarter+4% Synergy
$0.92
Arcane Lighthouse+4% Synergy
$1.79
Spymaster's Vault+3% Synergy
$2.71
Maze of Ith+3% Synergy
$9.44
The Black Gate+3% Synergy
$9.39
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress+3% Synergy
$11.35
Polluted Mire+3% Synergy
$0.27
Midgar, City of Mako+2% Synergy
$1.77
Rogue's Passage0% Synergy
$0.77
Castle Locthwain-1% Synergy
$4.31
Mortuary Mire-1% Synergy
$0.44
War Room-4% Synergy
$5.22
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire-6% Synergy
$10.64
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth-9% Synergy
$55.48
Phyrexian Tower-16% Synergy
$30.16
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Ardyn, the Usurper's Lifegain strategy.
Thran Dynamo+28% Synergy
$4.36
Gilded Lotus+26% Synergy
$0.59
Throne of Eldraine+22% Synergy
$29.40
Séance Board+20% Synergy
$3.09
Caged Sun+17% Synergy
$3.87
Nyx Lotus+16% Synergy
$4.76
Sol Ring+14% Synergy
$1.34
Commander's Sphere+14% Synergy
$0.31
Arcane Signet+13% Synergy
$0.49
Thought Vessel+12% Synergy
$2.35
Patchwork Banner+11% Synergy
$2.89
Worn Powerstone+11% Synergy
$0.37
Extraplanar Lens+11% Synergy
$13.30
Charcoal Diamond+9% Synergy
$0.35
Gauntlet of Power+9% Synergy
$4.09
Potioner's Trove+8% Synergy
$0.14
Sceptre of Eternal Glory+7% Synergy
$20.16
Unstable Obelisk+5% Synergy
$0.29
Decanter of Endless Water+3% Synergy
$5.10
Lotus Petal-1% Synergy
$37.42
Fellwar Stone-5% Synergy
$1.04
Mind Stone-7% Synergy
$0.34
Lands
The mana base behind Ardyn, the Usurper's Lifegain decks.
Cavern of Souls+18% Synergy
$51.06
Myriad Landscape+15% Synergy
$0.34
Path of Ancestry+10% Synergy
$0.27
Sunken Citadel+6% Synergy
$0.51
Urza's Cave+4% Synergy
$2.58
Command Tower+4% Synergy
$0.25
Fell the Profane0% Synergy
$5.74
Snow-Covered Swamp0% Synergy
$0.66
Swamp-1% Synergy
$0.10
Malakir Rebirth-11% Synergy
$13.30
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Ardyn, the Usurper: Lifegain.
Moira, Urborg Haunt
Myojin of Grim Betrayal
Fang, Fearless l'Cie
Volrath the Fallen
Sauron, the Necromancer
Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
Sidisi, Regent of the Mire
Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker // Scion of Halaster
Viconia, Drow Apostate // Scion of Halaster
Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Tormod, the Desecrator
Iname, Death Aspect
Junji, the Midnight Sky
Illuminor Szeras
Lim-Dûl the Necromancer
Isareth the Awakener
Chainer, Dementia Master
Geth, Lord of the Vault
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar // Scion of Halaster
Drana, the Last Bloodchief
Gaius van Baelsar
Geth, Thane of Contracts
Imotekh the Stormlord
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
Storrev, Devkarin Lich
Moira and Teshar
Visara the Dreadful
Kotis, Sibsig Champion
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Haunted One
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Karador, Ghost Chieftain
Bortuk Bonerattle
Celes, Rune Knight
Ebondeath, Dracolich
Old Rutstein
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
Old Stickfingers