Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
$0.97

Legendary Creature — Bird Snake Wizard

Sultai

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

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.

Ancient Lumberknot

+99% Synergy $0.22

Assault Formation

+99% Synergy $0.35

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

+99% Synergy $11.01

Bedrock Tortoise

+99% Synergy $2.26

The Pride of Hull Clade

+99% Synergy $1.43

Fecund Greenshell

+99% Synergy $0.76

Game Changers

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

Demonic Tutor

+33% Synergy $76.77

Imperial Seal

+20% Synergy $163.77

Gaea's Cradle

+19% Synergy $1578.57

The One Ring

+17% Synergy $104.30

Ancient Tomb

+16% Synergy $131.68

Worldly Tutor

+16% Synergy $26.56

Field of the Dead

+14% Synergy $30.02

Vampiric Tutor

+12% Synergy $60.01

Cyclonic Rift

+6% Synergy $40.14

Creatures

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

Tapestry Warden

+99% Synergy $0.21

Arbor Adherent

+99% Synergy $1.34

Charix, the Raging Isle

+74% Synergy $0.44

Walking Bulwark

+49% Synergy $0.29

Catapult Fodder

+49% Synergy $0.22

Caelorna, Coral Tyrant

+49% Synergy $0.27

Accomplished Alchemist

+49% Synergy $0.37

Runic Armasaur

+49% Synergy $1.92

Marvo, Deep Operative

+49% Synergy $0.42

Crashing Drawbridge

+49% Synergy $0.63

Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

+49% Synergy $11.01

Wall of Blossoms

+49% Synergy $0.29

Arboreal Grazer

+48% Synergy $0.25

Sylvan Caryatid

+48% Synergy $0.78

Hydroelectric Specimen

+47% Synergy $0.68

Koma, World-Eater

+47% Synergy $0.55

Ohran Frostfang

+43% Synergy $5.14

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

+41% Synergy $10.70

Elvish Mystic

+38% Synergy $0.43

Llanowar Elves

+33% Synergy $0.38

Dune Beetle

+24% Synergy $0.09

Shield-Wall Sentinel

+24% Synergy $0.34

Fortress Crab

+24% Synergy $0.15

Ancient Crab

+24% Synergy $0.12

Axebane Guardian

+24% Synergy $0.29

Corrupted Shapeshifter

+24% Synergy $0.23

Vine Trellis

+24% Synergy $1.17

Silklash Spider

+24% Synergy $0.89

Overgrown Battlement

+24% Synergy $0.33

Hunted Horror

+24% Synergy $4.46

Sapling of Colfenor

+24% Synergy $7.89

Fear of Failed Tests

+24% Synergy $0.25

Saruli Caretaker

+24% Synergy $0.24

Tree of Perdition

+24% Synergy $2.80

Wall of Roots

+24% Synergy $0.30

Geralf, Visionary Stitcher

+24% Synergy $1.04

Arasta of the Endless Web

+24% Synergy $0.36

Beanstalk Giant

+24% Synergy $0.30

Tender Wildguide

+24% Synergy $0.41

Phenax, God of Deception

+23% Synergy $16.50

Saryth, the Viper's Fang

+23% Synergy $3.89

Dina, Soul Steeper

+23% Synergy $0.28

Courser of Kruphix

+23% Synergy $2.50

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

+23% Synergy $95.66

Forgotten Ancient

+19% Synergy $0.39

Beast Whisperer

+18% Synergy $7.69

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

+15% Synergy $10.73

Azusa, Lost but Seeking

+14% Synergy $12.03

Baleful Strix

+9% Synergy $3.61

Deathrite Shaman

+8% Synergy $8.99

Instants

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

Growth Spiral

+33% Synergy $0.32

Heroic Intervention

+27% Synergy $14.29

Tower Defense

+24% Synergy $0.30

Dive Down

+24% Synergy $0.12

Fatal Push

+24% Synergy $0.64

Arachnogenesis

+24% Synergy $6.79

Mortality Spear

+24% Synergy $0.26

Hero's Downfall

+24% Synergy $0.21

Dismember

+24% Synergy $5.18

Hagra Mauling

+23% Synergy $0.99

Bitter Triumph

+23% Synergy $0.30

Beast Within

+23% Synergy $0.46

Three Steps Ahead

+23% Synergy $5.12

Return to Nature

+23% Synergy $0.22

Aetherize

+22% Synergy $0.38

Planar Genesis

+21% Synergy $0.37

Slip Out the Back

+21% Synergy $4.28

Fact or Fiction

+20% Synergy $0.22

Fell the Profane

+17% Synergy $2.42

Assassin's Trophy

+13% Synergy $0.70

Arcane Denial

+10% Synergy $1.92

Swan Song

+9% Synergy $8.50

Negate

+8% Synergy $0.24

An Offer You Can't Refuse

+2% Synergy $2.39

Putrefy

+1% Synergy $0.25

Counterspell

-10% Synergy $3.77

Sorceries

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

Kodama's Reach

+53% Synergy $1.54

Cultivate

+34% Synergy $0.34

Toxic Deluge

+32% Synergy $3.31

Yahenni's Expertise

+24% Synergy $0.48

Driven // Despair

+24% Synergy $0.34

Sylvan Tutor

+24% Synergy $45.09

Insatiable Avarice

+23% Synergy $4.48

Diresight

+23% Synergy $0.16

Decree of Pain

+23% Synergy $0.29

Malevolent Rumble

+22% Synergy $0.29

Explore

+18% Synergy $0.29

Bala Ged Recovery

+16% Synergy $5.68

Villainous Wealth

+8% Synergy $0.39

Victimize

+8% Synergy $2.27

Three Visits

+0% Synergy $4.60

Nature's Lore

-3% Synergy $1.96

Rampant Growth

-11% Synergy $0.47

Farseek

-20% Synergy $0.53

Utility Artifacts

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

Well of Lost Dreams

+49% Synergy $3.50

Bident of Thassa

+46% Synergy $0.39

Swiftfoot Boots

+25% Synergy $2.46

Sunbird Standard

+24% Synergy $0.17

Slagwurm Armor

+24% Synergy $1.02

Skeleton Key

+24% Synergy $0.24

Prosthetic Injector

+24% Synergy $0.24

Infiltration Lens

+24% Synergy $3.06

Heaped Harvest

+24% Synergy $0.19

Fireshrieker

+20% Synergy $0.25

The Great Henge

+19% Synergy $62.89

Enchantments

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

Midnight Snack

+99% Synergy $0.20

Jaws of Defeat

+99% Synergy $0.77

Treefolk Umbra

+49% Synergy $0.15

Sylvan Library

+42% Synergy $28.04

Warbriar Blessing

+24% Synergy $0.19

Assemble the Entmoot

+24% Synergy $0.33

Dormant Grove

+24% Synergy $0.25

Octopus Umbra

+24% Synergy $2.49

Heartless Summoning

+24% Synergy $1.64

Sanguine Bond

+24% Synergy $6.44

Raised by Giants

+24% Synergy $0.40

Unnatural Growth

+23% Synergy $3.65

Snake Umbra

+23% Synergy $1.16

Elven Chorus

+23% Synergy $4.41

Vraska Joins Up

+22% Synergy $0.64

Reconnaissance Mission

+22% Synergy $0.59

Kenrith's Transformation

+21% Synergy $1.06

Black Market Connections

+21% Synergy $13.42

Phyrexian Arena

+19% Synergy $4.33

Guardian Project

+14% Synergy $12.11

Planeswalkers

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

Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator

+48% Synergy $1.42

Mu Yanling

+24% Synergy $6.39

Wrenn and Seven

+23% Synergy $2.81

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 $63.85

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

+30% Synergy $14.92

Boseiju, Who Endures

+28% Synergy $49.11

Khalni Garden

+24% Synergy $1.14

Urza's Saga

+20% Synergy $43.89

Cabal Coffers

+20% Synergy $34.50

Temple of the False God

+15% Synergy $0.29

Shifting Woodland

+11% Synergy $4.25

Otawara, Soaring City

+8% Synergy $27.39

Rogue's Passage

+7% Synergy $0.40

Bojuka Bog

-1% Synergy $0.95

Mana Artifacts

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

Golgari Signet

+41% Synergy $0.30

Simic Signet

+41% Synergy $0.35

Arcane Signet

+28% Synergy $0.69

Worn Powerstone

+24% Synergy $0.47

Sol Ring

+18% Synergy $1.84

Dimir Signet

+17% Synergy $1.25

Lands

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

Foreboding Landscape

+52% Synergy $0.20

Hydroelectric Specimen

+47% Synergy $0.68

Urza's Cave

+47% Synergy $0.89

Yavimaya Coast

+47% Synergy $0.36

Llanowar Wastes

+42% Synergy $0.54

Flooded Grove

+37% Synergy $0.30

Underground River

+32% Synergy $1.49

Underground Mortuary

+31% Synergy $12.91

Hagra Mauling

+23% Synergy $0.99

Nurturing Peatland

+21% Synergy $6.50

Cavern of Souls

+20% Synergy $51.61

Waterlogged Grove

+20% Synergy $1.57

Reflecting Pool

+19% Synergy $15.20

Exotic Orchard

+18% Synergy $0.24

Fell the Profane

+17% Synergy $2.42

Drowned Catacomb

+17% Synergy $4.23

Bala Ged Recovery

+16% Synergy $5.68

Wooded Foothills

+15% Synergy $17.02

Tainted Wood

+14% Synergy $0.34

Twilight Mire

+14% Synergy $0.39

Windswept Heath

+14% Synergy $10.13

Zagoth Triome

+12% Synergy $25.00

Underground Sea

+11% Synergy

Myriad Landscape

+11% Synergy $0.31

Tropical Island

+11% Synergy

Bayou

+11% Synergy

Command Tower

+9% Synergy $0.34

Swamp

+9% Synergy $0.14

Fabled Passage

+8% Synergy $1.05

Forest

+8% Synergy $0.17

Simic Growth Chamber

+8% Synergy $0.34

Hedge Maze

+5% Synergy $11.09

Golgari Rot Farm

+4% Synergy $0.31

Watery Grave

+4% Synergy $9.28

Path of Ancestry

+4% Synergy $0.31

Woodland Cemetery

+3% Synergy $0.46

Breeding Pool

+2% Synergy $9.06

Overgrown Tomb

+2% Synergy $10.00

Hinterland Harbor

+2% Synergy $0.32

Morphic Pool

+0% Synergy $28.38

Opulent Palace

-1% Synergy $0.34

Undergrowth Stadium

-4% Synergy $5.69

Rejuvenating Springs

-5% Synergy $3.68

Misty Rainforest

-9% Synergy $35.70

Verdant Catacombs

-9% Synergy $28.51

Polluted Delta

-10% Synergy $19.37

Sunken Hollow

-12% Synergy $0.32

Island

-16% Synergy $0.21

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