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Isareth the Awakener
Price tag $0.09

Legendary CreatureHuman Wizard

Magic color symbol for B
Mono-Black

How it feels to play against

Mildly Annoying Some frustrating moments but still fun.

Videos

Commander gameplay videos featuring Isareth the Awakener.

High Synergy Cards

Cards that work exceptionally well with Isareth the Awakener's abilities and overall game plan.

Songs of the Damned Songs of the Damned
+34% Synergy $3.00
Archfiend's Vessel Archfiend's Vessel
+33% Synergy $0.11
Buried Alive Buried Alive
+33% Synergy $0.84
Tormod, the Desecrator Tormod, the Desecrator
+31% Synergy $1.26
Liliana, Death's Majesty Liliana, Death's Majesty
+30% Synergy $0.48
Plaguecrafter Plaguecrafter
+28% Synergy $0.34
Fain, the Broker Fain, the Broker
+27% Synergy $0.63
Vile Entomber Vile Entomber
+27% Synergy $0.21
Dusk Mangler Dusk Mangler
+26% Synergy $0.13
Stitcher's Supplier Stitcher's Supplier
+25% Synergy $0.19

Top Cards

The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Isareth the Awakener decks.

Massacre Wurm Massacre Wurm
+25% Synergy $1.69
Fleshbag Marauder Fleshbag Marauder
+24% Synergy $0.23
Accursed Marauder Accursed Marauder
+21% Synergy $0.26
Victimize Victimize
+20% Synergy $0.48
Syr Konrad, the Grim Syr Konrad, the Grim
+18% Synergy $0.53
Gray Merchant of Asphodel Gray Merchant of Asphodel
+1% Synergy $2.34
Reanimate Reanimate
-1% Synergy $6.67
Feed the Swarm Feed the Swarm
-7% Synergy $0.20
Crypt Ghast Crypt Ghast
-10% Synergy $13.42
Dark Ritual Dark Ritual
-20% Synergy $4.24

Game Changers

Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.

Ancient Tomb Ancient Tomb
-3% Synergy $98.84
Demonic Tutor Demonic Tutor
-14% Synergy $57.52
Bolas's Citadel Bolas's Citadel
-16% Synergy $12.63

Creatures

Essential creatures that complement Isareth the Awakener's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.

Sepulchral Primordial Sepulchral Primordial
+21% Synergy $0.33
Burnished Hart Burnished Hart
+19% Synergy $0.20
Demon's Disciple Demon's Disciple
+18% Synergy $0.19
Ravenous Chupacabra Ravenous Chupacabra
+17% Synergy $0.36
Shriekmaw Shriekmaw
+17% Synergy $0.09
Vile Mutilator Vile Mutilator
+17% Synergy $0.15
Disciple of Bolas Disciple of Bolas
+16% Synergy $0.27
Gravelighter Gravelighter
+16% Synergy $0.21
Stinkweed Imp Stinkweed Imp
+16% Synergy $1.79
Grave Titan Grave Titan
+15% Synergy $0.25
Demon of Catastrophes Demon of Catastrophes
+15% Synergy $0.16
Zodiark, Umbral God Zodiark, Umbral God
+14% Synergy $0.47
Mire Triton Mire Triton
+14% Synergy $0.10
Corpse Connoisseur Corpse Connoisseur
+14% Synergy $0.28
Phyrexian Rager Phyrexian Rager
+14% Synergy $0.12
Grim Haruspex Grim Haruspex
+13% Synergy $3.19
Harvester of Souls Harvester of Souls
+13% Synergy $2.59
Millikin Millikin
+13% Synergy $0.12
Gorging Vulture Gorging Vulture
+13% Synergy $0.06
Ayara, First of Locthwain Ayara, First of Locthwain
+12% Synergy $6.27
Solemn Simulacrum Solemn Simulacrum
+12% Synergy $0.23
Nirkana Revenant Nirkana Revenant
+12% Synergy $6.28
Noxious Gearhulk Noxious Gearhulk
+12% Synergy $0.34
Gonti, Lord of Luxury Gonti, Lord of Luxury
+11% Synergy $0.24
Undead Butler Undead Butler
+11% Synergy $0.36
Arbiter of Woe Arbiter of Woe
+11% Synergy $0.08
Oriq Loremage Oriq Loremage
+11% Synergy $0.52
Morbid Opportunist Morbid Opportunist
+10% Synergy $0.17
Sheoldred, Whispering One Sheoldred, Whispering One
+10% Synergy $18.14
Abhorrent Overlord Abhorrent Overlord
+10% Synergy $0.34
Bone Shredder Bone Shredder
+10% Synergy $0.10
Gravedigger Gravedigger
+10% Synergy $0.06
Dauntless Scrapbot Dauntless Scrapbot
+10% Synergy $0.15
Viscera Seer Viscera Seer
+9% Synergy $0.36
Dusk Legion Zealot Dusk Legion Zealot
+9% Synergy $0.10
Overlord of the Balemurk Overlord of the Balemurk
+9% Synergy $26.78
Crow of Dark Tidings Crow of Dark Tidings
+9% Synergy $0.10
Leaden Myr Leaden Myr
+8% Synergy $0.90
Carrion Feeder Carrion Feeder
+7% Synergy $1.65
Elegy Acolyte Elegy Acolyte
+7% Synergy $0.58
Merciless Executioner Merciless Executioner
+6% Synergy $1.03
Boggart Trawler Boggart Bog Boggart Trawler
+5% Synergy $1.19
Butcher of Malakir Butcher of Malakir
+5% Synergy $0.28
Midnight Reaper Midnight Reaper
+2% Synergy $0.18
Blood Artist Blood Artist
+1% Synergy $1.61
Reassembling Skeleton Reassembling Skeleton
0% Synergy $0.11
Dread Presence Dread Presence
0% Synergy $3.07
Braids, Arisen Nightmare Braids, Arisen Nightmare
-1% Synergy $1.94
Dauthi Voidwalker Dauthi Voidwalker
-4% Synergy $4.52
Zulaport Cutthroat Zulaport Cutthroat
-5% Synergy $2.04

Instants

Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Isareth the Awakener safe.

Entomb Entomb
+18% Synergy $13.85
Corrupted Conviction Corrupted Conviction
+14% Synergy $0.29
Village Rites Village Rites
+11% Synergy $0.25
Murder Murder
+9% Synergy $0.05
Wake the Dead Wake the Dead
+8% Synergy $0.41
Mausoleum Secrets Mausoleum Secrets
+7% Synergy $0.59
Black Sun's Twilight Black Sun's Twilight
+6% Synergy $0.32
Ashnod's Intervention Ashnod's Intervention
+6% Synergy $0.08
Dark Bargain Dark Bargain
+5% Synergy $0.04
Fight On! Fight On!
+4% Synergy $0.09
Corpse Churn Corpse Churn
+4% Synergy $0.18
Overwhelming Remorse Overwhelming Remorse
+4% Synergy $0.11
Deadly Dispute Deadly Dispute
+3% Synergy $0.29
Fell the Profane Fell Mire Fell the Profane
+3% Synergy $3.81
Fatal Push Fatal Push
+3% Synergy $1.21
Hero's Downfall Hero's Downfall
+2% Synergy $0.09
Hagra Mauling Hagra Broodpit Hagra Mauling
+2% Synergy $0.89
Baleful Mastery Baleful Mastery
+1% Synergy $4.93
Plumb the Forbidden Plumb the Forbidden
+1% Synergy $0.54
Doom Blade Doom Blade
0% Synergy $0.21
Overkill Overkill
-1% Synergy $0.22
Fake Your Own Death Fake Your Own Death
-1% Synergy $0.08
Malakir Rebirth Malakir Mire Malakir Rebirth
-2% Synergy $8.50
Tragic Slip Tragic Slip
-3% Synergy $0.15
Cabal Ritual Cabal Ritual
-3% Synergy $10.31
Dismember Dismember
-3% Synergy $5.16
Sudden Spoiling Sudden Spoiling
-4% Synergy $5.30
Bitter Triumph Bitter Triumph
-5% Synergy $0.76
Deadly Rollick Deadly Rollick
-7% Synergy $21.94
Soul Shatter Soul Shatter
-7% Synergy $3.60
Withering Torment Withering Torment
-8% Synergy $3.91
Go for the Throat Go for the Throat
-8% Synergy $0.53
Infernal Grasp Infernal Grasp
-9% Synergy $0.15
Defile Defile
-11% Synergy $1.04
Imp's Mischief Imp's Mischief
-16% Synergy $4.35

Sorceries

Important sorcery spells that advance Isareth the Awakener's game plan and control the board.

Dread Return Dread Return
+21% Synergy $0.41
Ruinous Waterbending Ruinous Waterbending
+18% Synergy $0.09
Foggy Swamp Visions Foggy Swamp Visions
+14% Synergy $0.31
Diresight Diresight
+13% Synergy $0.14
Lively Dirge Lively Dirge
+12% Synergy $0.60
Night's Whisper Night's Whisper
+11% Synergy $0.24
Unearth Unearth
+11% Synergy $0.50
Breach the Multiverse Breach the Multiverse
+10% Synergy $5.83
Will of the Abzan Will of the Abzan
+7% Synergy $2.05
Funeral Rites Funeral Rites
+7% Synergy $0.06
Rise of the Dark Realms Rise of the Dark Realms
+6% Synergy $3.62
Command the Dreadhorde Command the Dreadhorde
+6% Synergy $0.36
Afterlife from the Loam Afterlife from the Loam
+6% Synergy $0.56
Bone Splinters Bone Splinters
+5% Synergy $0.07
Necromantic Selection Necromantic Selection
+5% Synergy $0.17
Drown in Sorrow Drown in Sorrow
+5% Synergy $0.13
Revoke Demise Revoke Demise
+5% Synergy $0.08
Persist Persist
+4% Synergy $0.41
Stitch Together Stitch Together
+4% Synergy $2.43
Duress Duress
+3% Synergy $0.12
Mutilate Mutilate
+2% Synergy $1.80
Beacon of Unrest Beacon of Unrest
+2% Synergy $0.26
Final Parting Final Parting
+2% Synergy $0.47
Bone Shards Bone Shards
+2% Synergy $0.18
Eaten Alive Eaten Alive
+2% Synergy $0.06
Read the Bones Read the Bones
+1% Synergy $0.23
Living Death Living Death
+1% Synergy $1.96
Army of the Damned Army of the Damned
+1% Synergy $0.68
Agadeem's Awakening Agadeem, the Undercrypt Agadeem's Awakening
-1% Synergy $19.74
Beseech the Queen Beseech the Queen
-1% Synergy $3.38
Sign in Blood Sign in Blood
-6% Synergy $2.42
Blasphemous Edict Blasphemous Edict
-6% Synergy $5.60
Diabolic Intent Diabolic Intent
-6% Synergy $11.12
Toxic Deluge Toxic Deluge
-7% Synergy $6.86
Bubbling Muck Bubbling Muck
-7% Synergy $5.03
Diabolic Tutor Diabolic Tutor
-8% Synergy $1.86
Exsanguinate Exsanguinate
-10% Synergy $0.32
Damnation Damnation
-10% Synergy $18.65

Utility Artifacts

Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.

Desecrated Tomb Desecrated Tomb
+25% Synergy $1.28
Conjurer's Closet Conjurer's Closet
+18% Synergy $4.83
Thieves' Tools Thieves' Tools
+9% Synergy $0.08
Key to the City Key to the City
+9% Synergy $0.55
Power Conduit Power Conduit
+9% Synergy $7.85
Panharmonicon Panharmonicon
+6% Synergy $6.13
Synod Sanctum Synod Sanctum
+6% Synergy $0.29
Whispersilk Cloak Whispersilk Cloak
+5% Synergy $2.35
Perpetual Timepiece Perpetual Timepiece
+5% Synergy $0.63
Palantír of Orthanc Palantír of Orthanc
+5% Synergy $17.69
Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar
+2% Synergy $12.30
Skullclamp Skullclamp
-2% Synergy $4.36
Wayfarer's Bauble Wayfarer's Bauble
-2% Synergy $0.23
Expedition Map Expedition Map
-2% Synergy $0.73
Whip of Erebos Whip of Erebos
-2% Synergy $5.14
Swiftfoot Boots Swiftfoot Boots
-5% Synergy $1.58
Bontu's Monument Bontu's Monument
-5% Synergy $8.77
Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar
-7% Synergy $50.76
The Darkness Crystal The Darkness Crystal
-8% Synergy $3.49
Lightning Greaves Lightning Greaves
-19% Synergy $4.38
Jet Medallion Jet Medallion
-31% Synergy $9.63

Enchantments

Powerful enchantments that support Isareth the Awakener's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.

Scion of Halaster Scion of Halaster
+18% Synergy $0.05
Open the Graves Open the Graves
+17% Synergy $0.77
Cemetery Tampering Cemetery Tampering
+14% Synergy $0.17
Ripples of Undeath Ripples of Undeath
+10% Synergy $6.26
Animate Dead Animate Dead
+8% Synergy $7.94
Thran Vigil Thran Vigil
+8% Synergy $0.14
Vampiric Rites Vampiric Rites
+6% Synergy $0.11
Chorale of the Void Chorale of the Void
+6% Synergy $0.18
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab
+6% Synergy $0.14
Kaya's Ghostform Kaya's Ghostform
+5% Synergy $1.17
Out of the Tombs Out of the Tombs
+5% Synergy $11.62
Agent of the Iron Throne Agent of the Iron Throne
+4% Synergy $0.36
Underworld Connections Underworld Connections
+3% Synergy $0.52
Bastion of Remembrance Bastion of Remembrance
+2% Synergy $0.23
Oversold Cemetery Oversold Cemetery
0% Synergy $1.23
Phyrexian Reclamation Phyrexian Reclamation
-1% Synergy $1.25
Grave Pact Grave Pact
-9% Synergy $26.35
Black Market Black Market
-10% Synergy $4.37
Phyrexian Arena Phyrexian Arena
-22% Synergy $3.28

Planeswalkers

Planeswalkers that work alongside Isareth the Awakener to provide ongoing value and board presence.

Liliana of the Dark Realms Liliana of the Dark Realms
0% Synergy $7.85
Liliana, Dreadhorde General Liliana, Dreadhorde General
-7% Synergy $8.37

Utility Lands

Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.

Rogue's Passage Rogue's Passage
+15% Synergy $0.27
Crypt of Agadeem Crypt of Agadeem
+15% Synergy $1.05
Access Tunnel Access Tunnel
+9% Synergy $0.30
Endless Sands Endless Sands
+9% Synergy $0.26
High Market High Market
+8% Synergy $1.12
Dakmor Salvage Dakmor Salvage
+8% Synergy $0.12
Witch's Cottage Witch's Cottage
+7% Synergy $0.64
Mortuary Mire Mortuary Mire
+7% Synergy $0.36
Spymaster's Vault Spymaster's Vault
+7% Synergy $1.36
Memorial to Folly Memorial to Folly
+6% Synergy $0.14
Avishkar Raceway Avishkar Raceway
+6% Synergy $0.06
Barren Moor Barren Moor
+4% Synergy $0.09
Ghost Quarter Ghost Quarter
+4% Synergy $0.82
Everglades Everglades
+4% Synergy $0.98
War Room War Room
+3% Synergy $5.27
Desert of the Glorified Desert of the Glorified
+3% Synergy $0.09
Field of Ruin Field of Ruin
+3% Synergy $0.22
Geier Reach Sanitarium Geier Reach Sanitarium
+2% Synergy $0.64
Tomb Fortress Tomb Fortress
+1% Synergy $3.91
Westvale Abbey Ormendahl, Profane Prince Westvale Abbey
0% Synergy $3.52
Buried Ruin Buried Ruin
0% Synergy $0.28
Bojuka Bog Bojuka Bog
-1% Synergy $0.85
Cabal Stronghold Cabal Stronghold
-1% Synergy $12.12
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
-1% Synergy $45.08
Temple of the False God Temple of the False God
-1% Synergy $0.11
Shizo, Death's Storehouse Shizo, Death's Storehouse
-3% Synergy $34.22
Phyrexian Tower Phyrexian Tower
-6% Synergy $22.18
Castle Locthwain Castle Locthwain
-6% Synergy $3.16
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
-7% Synergy $8.55
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
-10% Synergy $53.21
Cabal Coffers Cabal Coffers
-13% Synergy $27.86
Reliquary Tower Reliquary Tower
-13% Synergy $3.28

Mana Artifacts

Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.

Charcoal Diamond Charcoal Diamond
+14% Synergy $0.28
Commander's Sphere Commander's Sphere
+12% Synergy $0.17
Mind Stone Mind Stone
+2% Synergy $0.23
Everflowing Chalice Everflowing Chalice
+2% Synergy $0.23
Gilded Lotus Gilded Lotus
+1% Synergy $0.88
Worn Powerstone Worn Powerstone
+1% Synergy $0.29
Thran Dynamo Thran Dynamo
0% Synergy $3.55
Crowded Crypt Crowded Crypt
0% Synergy $1.21
Nyx Lotus Nyx Lotus
-1% Synergy $4.70
The Soul Stone The Soul Stone
-2% Synergy $55.31
Fellwar Stone Fellwar Stone
-5% Synergy $0.72
Throne of Eldraine Throne of Eldraine
-5% Synergy $31.84
Thought Vessel Thought Vessel
-8% Synergy $1.71
Arcane Signet Arcane Signet
-9% Synergy $0.32
Sol Ring Sol Ring
-15% Synergy $1.04

Lands

The mana base foundation for Isareth the Awakener decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.

Hidden Grotto Hidden Grotto
+8% Synergy $0.10
Evolving Wilds Evolving Wilds
+6% Synergy $0.17
Boggart Trawler Boggart Bog Boggart Trawler
+5% Synergy $1.19
Ash Barrens Ash Barrens
+4% Synergy $0.09
Fell the Profane Fell Mire Fell the Profane
+3% Synergy $3.81
Snow-Covered Swamp Snow-Covered Swamp
+3% Synergy $0.47
Polluted Delta Polluted Delta
+3% Synergy $16.58
Hagra Mauling Hagra Broodpit Hagra Mauling
+2% Synergy $0.89
Verdant Catacombs Verdant Catacombs
+2% Synergy $23.25
Bloodstained Mire Bloodstained Mire
+2% Synergy $15.26
Urza's Cave Urza's Cave
+1% Synergy $1.49
Demolition Field Demolition Field
+1% Synergy $0.27
Command Tower Command Tower
+1% Synergy $0.23
Myriad Landscape Myriad Landscape
-1% Synergy $0.21
Agadeem's Awakening Agadeem, the Undercrypt Agadeem's Awakening
-1% Synergy $19.74
Malakir Rebirth Malakir Mire Malakir Rebirth
-2% Synergy $8.50
Swamp Swamp
-3% Synergy $0.14

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