Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
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Playstyle & Strategy

Toughness Matters 47% Lifegain 16% Midrange 5% Mutants 5%

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Partner Commanders

This combination consists of these two partner commanders:

Esior, Wardwing Familiar

Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper

New Cards

Recent-set cards that Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper players are trying out in Toughness Matters decks.

Beorn the Fierce

+99% Synergy $7.77

Captain America's Shield

+49% Synergy $1.14

High Synergy Cards

The highest-synergy picks for Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper's Toughness Matters builds — cards that lean hardest into the Toughness Matters theme.

Assault Formation

+83% Synergy $0.38

Ancient Lumberknot

+66% Synergy $0.28

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

+66% Synergy $10.30

Bedrock Tortoise

+66% Synergy $2.00

The Pride of Hull Clade

+66% Synergy $1.54

Fecund Greenshell

+65% Synergy $0.82

Kodama's Reach

+61% Synergy $1.53

Cultivate

+42% Synergy $0.43

Game Changers

High-impact bombs that can take over a Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper Toughness Matters game on their own.

The One Ring

+26% Synergy $115.22

Demonic Tutor

+17% Synergy $61.95

Ad Nauseam

+15% Synergy $10.82

Cyclonic Rift

+14% Synergy $38.67

Bolas's Citadel

+13% Synergy $14.92

Imperial Seal

+11% Synergy $165.76

Gaea's Cradle

+11% Synergy $1636.78

Ancient Tomb

+8% Synergy $134.99

Worldly Tutor

+7% Synergy $27.86

Field of the Dead

+6% Synergy $27.56

Creatures

Creatures that carry the Toughness Matters plan in Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper decks, from early pressure to payoff.

Charix, the Raging Isle

+49% Synergy $0.42

Walking Bulwark

+33% Synergy $0.24

Catapult Fodder

+33% Synergy $0.36

Tapestry Warden

+33% Synergy $0.24

Defiant Bloodlord

+33% Synergy $0.48

Accomplished Alchemist

+33% Synergy $0.40

Witch of the Moors

+33% Synergy $0.71

Runic Armasaur

+33% Synergy $2.44

Arbor Adherent

+33% Synergy $1.61

Marvo, Deep Operative

+32% Synergy $0.57

Crashing Drawbridge

+32% Synergy $0.76

Marang River Regent

+32% Synergy $1.26

Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

+32% Synergy $11.57

Wall of Blossoms

+32% Synergy $0.22

Skullwinder

+32% Synergy $0.25

Berta, Wise Extrapolator

+32% Synergy $0.30

Starwinder

+32% Synergy $1.12

Arboreal Grazer

+32% Synergy $0.22

Llanowar Elves

+32% Synergy $0.30

Vastlands Scavenger

+31% Synergy $0.38

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

+31% Synergy $98.29

Sylvan Caryatid

+31% Synergy $0.96

Hydroelectric Specimen

+31% Synergy $0.88

Qarsi Revenant

+29% Synergy $2.68

Haywire Mite

+29% Synergy $0.45

Toski, Bearer of Secrets

+27% Synergy $8.34

Ohran Frostfang

+27% Synergy $7.47

Caelorna, Coral Tyrant

+24% Synergy $0.35

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

+24% Synergy $10.83

Koma, World-Eater

+22% Synergy $0.49

Delighted Halfling

+21% Synergy $30.20

Elvish Mystic

+20% Synergy $4.84

Axebane Guardian

+16% Synergy $0.30

Silklash Spider

+16% Synergy $0.87

Sapling of Colfenor

+16% Synergy $6.60

Fortress Crab

+16% Synergy $0.13

Krosan Wayfarer

+16% Synergy $0.66

Bismuth Mindrender

+16% Synergy $0.37

Blackbloom Rogue

+16% Synergy $0.10

Tree of Perdition

+16% Synergy $3.32

Starving Revenant

+16% Synergy $0.29

Geralf, Visionary Stitcher

+16% Synergy $1.06

Beanstalk Giant

+16% Synergy $0.28

Silent Arbiter

+15% Synergy $11.82

Phenax, God of Deception

+15% Synergy $16.55

Dina, Soul Steeper

+15% Synergy $0.34

Insidious Fungus

+14% Synergy $0.56

Forgotten Ancient

+11% Synergy $0.36

Birds of Paradise

+4% Synergy $9.85

Deathrite Shaman

+0% Synergy $8.19

Instants

Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper's Toughness Matters deck ahead.

Louisoix's Sacrifice

+33% Synergy $0.34

Scour for Scrap

+32% Synergy $0.35

Dismember

+32% Synergy $4.76

Consult the Star Charts

+32% Synergy $2.66

Bitter Triumph

+31% Synergy $0.32

Return to Nature

+31% Synergy $0.34

Planar Genesis

+29% Synergy $0.45

Dina's Guidance

+28% Synergy $1.31

Fell the Profane

+26% Synergy $3.86

Beast Within

+23% Synergy $0.62

Growth Spiral

+17% Synergy $0.30

Swan Song

+17% Synergy $11.36

Negate

+16% Synergy $0.31

Necrologia

+16% Synergy $0.73

Lofty Denial

+16% Synergy $0.16

Tower Defense

+16% Synergy $0.24

Dive Down

+16% Synergy $0.11

Desynchronization

+16% Synergy $5.42

Once Upon a Time

+16% Synergy $0.96

Force of Despair

+16% Synergy $8.31

Shoot the Sheriff

+16% Synergy $0.46

Hatred

+16% Synergy $64.60

Fatal Push

+16% Synergy $0.88

Arachnogenesis

+16% Synergy $7.35

Mortality Spear

+15% Synergy $0.28

Resculpt

+15% Synergy $0.28

Hero's Downfall

+15% Synergy $0.28

Hagra Mauling

+15% Synergy $1.03

Flare of Denial

+15% Synergy $3.36

March of Swirling Mist

+14% Synergy $4.58

Three Steps Ahead

+14% Synergy $5.23

Lim-Dûl's Vault

+14% Synergy $6.08

Aetherize

+13% Synergy $0.73

Into the Flood Maw

+13% Synergy $2.28

Slip Out the Back

+12% Synergy $5.08

Fact or Fiction

+12% Synergy $0.25

An Offer You Can't Refuse

+10% Synergy $3.83

Heroic Intervention

+10% Synergy $16.00

Noxious Revival

+9% Synergy $7.52

Sink into Stupor

+9% Synergy $6.91

Revitalizing Repast

+8% Synergy $2.24

Vampiric Tutor

+4% Synergy $54.82

Harrow

+4% Synergy $0.32

Arcane Denial

+1% Synergy $1.67

Assassin's Trophy

-3% Synergy $0.95

Putrefy

-6% Synergy $0.35

Counterspell

-19% Synergy $3.32

Sorceries

Sorceries that push the Toughness Matters game plan forward for Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper.

Zero Point Ballad

+32% Synergy $0.32

Pillage the Bog

+32% Synergy $0.29

Insatiable Avarice

+32% Synergy $4.79

Toxic Deluge

+32% Synergy $4.37

Dream Harvest

+30% Synergy $0.35

Bala Ged Recovery

+24% Synergy $6.78

Stock Up

+23% Synergy $1.48

Pain's Reward

+16% Synergy $11.00

Yahenni's Expertise

+16% Synergy $0.44

Driven // Despair

+16% Synergy $0.33

Eagle Vision

+16% Synergy $0.31

Sylvan Tutor

+15% Synergy $47.76

Diresight

+15% Synergy $0.15

Flare of Cultivation

+15% Synergy $0.58

Decree of Pain

+15% Synergy $0.33

Night's Whisper

+14% Synergy $5.42

Malevolent Rumble

+14% Synergy $0.42

Ponder

+14% Synergy $2.28

Explore

+9% Synergy $0.21

Villainous Wealth

+1% Synergy $0.39

Victimize

0% Synergy $1.58

Rampant Growth

-2% Synergy $0.64

Reanimate

-6% Synergy $9.76

Three Visits

-7% Synergy $5.03

Nature's Lore

-12% Synergy $2.88

Farseek

-28% Synergy $0.45

Utility Artifacts

Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper Toughness Matters decks.

Bident of Thassa

+46% Synergy $0.40

Slagwurm Armor

+33% Synergy $0.94

Well of Lost Dreams

+33% Synergy $4.63

Sunbird Standard

+16% Synergy $0.14

Phyrexian Processor

+16% Synergy $0.81

Skeleton Key

+16% Synergy $0.29

Prosthetic Injector

+16% Synergy $0.23

Marina Vendrell's Grimoire

+16% Synergy $0.29

Infiltration Lens

+16% Synergy $2.51

Pip-Boy 3000

+16% Synergy $6.83

The Indomitable

+16% Synergy $3.05

Heaped Harvest

+16% Synergy $0.29

Aether Spellbomb

+15% Synergy $0.35

Aetherflux Reservoir

+15% Synergy $19.99

Whip of Erebos

+15% Synergy $9.07

Sensei's Divining Top

+13% Synergy $42.88

Fireshrieker

+12% Synergy $0.19

The Great Henge

+10% Synergy $67.43

Swiftfoot Boots

+9% Synergy $2.28

Enchantments

Enchantments that reinforce the Toughness Matters strategy in Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper decks.

Midnight Snack

+49% Synergy $0.28

Treefolk Umbra

+49% Synergy $0.16

Sylvan Library

+42% Synergy $26.02

Jaws of Defeat

+33% Synergy $0.72

Dormant Grove

+33% Synergy $0.30

Waterbender Ascension

+32% Synergy $0.62

Vraska Joins Up

+31% Synergy $1.00

Black Market Connections

+29% Synergy $10.16

Warbriar Blessing

+16% Synergy $0.18

Assemble the Entmoot

+16% Synergy $0.35

Careful Cultivation

+16% Synergy $0.22

Octopus Umbra

+16% Synergy $2.27

Call of the Ring

+16% Synergy $4.61

Heartless Summoning

+16% Synergy $1.75

Agent of the Shadow Thieves

+16% Synergy $0.25

Sanguine Bond

+16% Synergy $6.60

Exquisite Blood

+15% Synergy $38.84

Raised by Giants

+15% Synergy $0.39

Unnatural Growth

+15% Synergy $3.57

Snake Umbra

+15% Synergy $1.28

Coastal Piracy

+15% Synergy $0.29

Journey to Eternity

+14% Synergy $6.08

Elven Chorus

+14% Synergy $5.12

Reconnaissance Mission

+14% Synergy $0.34

Kenrith's Transformation

+13% Synergy $1.05

Phyrexian Arena

+11% Synergy $4.43

Wild Growth

+10% Synergy $0.60

Phyrexian Reclamation

+9% Synergy $2.99

Guardian Project

+6% Synergy $13.16

Mystic Remora

+1% Synergy $13.04

Planeswalkers

Planeswalkers that back up Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper's Toughness Matters game plan.

Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator

+23% Synergy $1.49

Mu Yanling

+16% Synergy $9.25

Wrenn and Seven

+14% Synergy $2.98

Battles

Battles worth siding into a Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper Toughness Matters build for the payoff on the back face.

Invasion of Fiora

+16% Synergy $0.78

Utility Lands

Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper Toughness Matters decks.

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

+33% Synergy $54.58

Realm of Koh

+32% Synergy $0.37

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

+30% Synergy $16.22

Urza's Saga

+29% Synergy $38.89

Kishla Village

+28% Synergy $0.30

Boseiju, Who Endures

+28% Synergy $50.54

Otawara, Soaring City

+17% Synergy $28.30

Rogue's Passage

+16% Synergy $0.36

Khalni Garden

+16% Synergy $1.04

Wasteland

+14% Synergy $27.52

Access Tunnel

+14% Synergy $0.40

Cabal Coffers

+12% Synergy $29.97

Strip Mine

+11% Synergy $19.36

Bojuka Bog

+7% Synergy $1.93

Temple of the False God

+7% Synergy $0.26

Shifting Woodland

+3% Synergy $5.82

Mana Artifacts

Mana rocks and fixing to power out Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper's Toughness Matters strategy.

Blitzball

+33% Synergy $0.23

Bender's Waterskin

+31% Synergy $1.04

Dimir Signet

+26% Synergy $1.20

Golgari Signet

+25% Synergy $0.30

Simic Signet

+24% Synergy $0.37

Sol Ring

+18% Synergy $1.55

Coalition Relic

+16% Synergy $0.39

Ancient Cornucopia

+16% Synergy $4.77

Skyclave Relic

+16% Synergy $1.51

Sonic Screwdriver

+16% Synergy $3.06

Worn Powerstone

+16% Synergy $0.37

Relic of Legends

+15% Synergy $1.00

Arcane Signet

+12% Synergy $0.89

Lands

The mana base behind Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper's Toughness Matters decks.

Yavimaya Coast

+55% Synergy $0.36

Llanowar Wastes

+51% Synergy $0.70

Foreboding Landscape

+44% Synergy $0.30

Underground River

+32% Synergy $2.22

Underground Mortuary

+31% Synergy $14.18

Starting Town

+31% Synergy $10.19

Hydroelectric Specimen

+31% Synergy $0.88

Urza's Cave

+30% Synergy $1.75

Cavern of Souls

+28% Synergy $51.14

Exotic Orchard

+27% Synergy $0.24

Fell the Profane

+26% Synergy $3.86

Bala Ged Recovery

+24% Synergy $6.78

Flooded Grove

+20% Synergy $0.28

Blackbloom Rogue

+16% Synergy $0.10

Bad River

+15% Synergy $1.44

Hagra Mauling

+15% Synergy $1.03

Escape Tunnel

+15% Synergy $0.28

Hedge Maze

+14% Synergy $10.44

Zagoth Triome

+12% Synergy $22.30

Waterlogged Grove

+11% Synergy $1.54

Reflecting Pool

+10% Synergy $14.88

Command Tower

+9% Synergy $0.31

Swamp

+9% Synergy $0.08

Morphic Pool

+9% Synergy $27.14

Forest

+8% Synergy $0.08

Wooded Foothills

+7% Synergy $18.06

Windswept Heath

+6% Synergy $12.47

Overflowing Basin

+5% Synergy $0.25

Fetid Pools

+4% Synergy $0.26

Undergrowth Stadium

+3% Synergy $6.36

Watery Grave

+3% Synergy $9.66

Myriad Landscape

+3% Synergy $0.37

Woodland Cemetery

+3% Synergy $0.66

Underground Sea

+3% Synergy

Rejuvenating Springs

+2% Synergy $4.44

Breeding Pool

+2% Synergy $8.91

Hinterland Harbor

+2% Synergy $0.38

Overgrown Tomb

+2% Synergy $8.09

Drowned Catacomb

+0% Synergy $1.19

Simic Growth Chamber

+0% Synergy $0.34

Undercity Sewers

0% Synergy $15.18

Fabled Passage

0% Synergy $1.11

Darkwater Catacombs

0% Synergy $0.38

Opulent Palace

-1% Synergy $0.37

Misty Rainforest

-1% Synergy $35.90

Verdant Catacombs

-1% Synergy $28.70

Polluted Delta

-2% Synergy $20.44

Golgari Rot Farm

-3% Synergy $0.33

Sunken Hollow

-3% Synergy $0.33

Island

-7% Synergy $0.08

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