Kokusho, the Evening Star
$25.93
$25.93Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
How it feels to play against
Mildly Annoying
Some frustrating moments but still fun.
Popularity
Meta Pick
Very popular, most players know the strategy.
Ranking
#1222
Current Rank
#1394
Last Week
#1288
Past 2 Years
Combos
Debut Set
Decks on Moxfield
Decks on Archidekt
Scryfall
CardmarketVideos
Commander gameplay videos featuring Kokusho, the Evening Star.
cEDH GAMEPLAY, KOKUSHO X TIVIT X THE GITROG MONSTER X DIHADA
Miirym vs Niv-Mizzet vs Kokusho vs Firkraag | Dragonshield EDH Gameplay | Smooth Brain EDH
Prosper vs Veyran vs Kokusho vs Liesa | ft @PieBreak & Queen of Cardboard | K&F 39 | MTG EDH
Whisper vs Meren vs Kokusho vs Yidris EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering
New Cards
Fresh cards from recent sets that players are experimenting with in Kokusho, the Evening Star decks.
Changing Loyalty+16% Synergy
$1.15
Moseo, Vein's New Dean+16% Synergy
$1.15
Defiling Daemogoth+6% Synergy
$1.07
Grave Researcher+6% Synergy
$3.08
Decorum Dissertation+5% Synergy
$7.92
High Synergy Cards
Cards that work exceptionally well with Kokusho, the Evening Star's abilities and overall game plan.
Saw in Half+66% Synergy
$4.97
Supernatural Stamina+65% Synergy
$0.25
Feign Death+63% Synergy
$1.13
Undying Evil+61% Synergy
$0.46
Undying Malice+60% Synergy
$0.31
Disciple of Bolas+59% Synergy
$0.35
Not Dead After All+58% Synergy
$2.01
Soldevi Adnate+55% Synergy
$1.69
Nasty End+55% Synergy
$0.12
Kaya's Ghostform+55% Synergy
$2.67
Top Cards
The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Kokusho, the Evening Star decks.
Fake Your Own Death+51% Synergy
$0.22
Animate Dead+49% Synergy
$5.00
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose+46% Synergy
$11.94
Reanimate+40% Synergy
$8.19
Village Rites+32% Synergy
$0.51
Crypt Ghast+21% Synergy
$18.22
Toxic Deluge+20% Synergy
$5.05
Gray Merchant of Asphodel+13% Synergy
$4.12
Jet Medallion+13% Synergy
$11.34
Dark Ritual+10% Synergy
$3.90
Game Changers
Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.
Necropotence+12% Synergy
$37.26
Bolas's Citadel+7% Synergy
$17.94
Ancient Tomb+7% Synergy
$129.20
Demonic Tutor+3% Synergy
$72.10
Ad Nauseam+3% Synergy
$15.04
Vampiric Tutor+2% Synergy
$60.87
Mana Vault+2% Synergy
$109.80
The One Ring+1% Synergy
$108.02
Imperial Seal0% Synergy
$164.05
Orcish Bowmasters-7% Synergy
$49.36
Creatures
Essential creatures that complement Kokusho, the Evening Star's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.
Apprentice Necromancer+50% Synergy
$1.31
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus+45% Synergy
$6.59
Viscera Seer+39% Synergy
$0.39
Enduring Tenacity+36% Synergy
$12.23
Illuminor Szeras+36% Synergy
$6.23
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar+33% Synergy
$0.98
Doomed Necromancer+32% Synergy
$0.43
Bloodletter of Aclazotz+31% Synergy
$35.79
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+27% Synergy
$0.68
Twilight Diviner+23% Synergy
$2.65
Chainer, Dementia Master+22% Synergy
$0.32
Solemn Simulacrum+20% Synergy
$0.31
Junji, the Midnight Sky+19% Synergy
$0.47
Activated Sleeper+18% Synergy
$1.15
Carrion Feeder+17% Synergy
$4.52
Ruthless Technomancer+17% Synergy
$3.96
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed+17% Synergy
$26.55
Dark Confidant+14% Synergy
$4.58
Warren Soultrader+11% Synergy
$13.25
Burnished Hart+11% Synergy
$0.33
Phyrexian Delver+10% Synergy
$1.00
Darkstar Augur+9% Synergy
$0.60
Plaguecrafter+9% Synergy
$0.43
Hell's Caretaker+9% Synergy
$2.20
Braids, Arisen Nightmare+8% Synergy
$2.89
Disciple of Griselbrand+8% Synergy
$0.27
Accursed Marauder+8% Synergy
$0.26
Roaming Throne+8% Synergy
$46.57
Sheoldred, Whispering One+7% Synergy
$23.37
Yahenni, Undying Partisan+7% Synergy
$0.27
Bloodthirsty Conqueror+6% Synergy
$38.00
Erebos, God of the Dead+5% Synergy
$14.62
Grim Haruspex+5% Synergy
$3.17
Umbral Collar Zealot+5% Synergy
$0.32
Magus of the Coffers+4% Synergy
$5.16
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician+4% Synergy
$36.57
Woe Strider+4% Synergy
$0.35
Sidisi, Undead Vizier+3% Synergy
$9.00
Midnight Reaper+2% Synergy
$0.20
Leaden Myr+2% Synergy
$2.82
Boggart Trawler+1% Synergy
$0.87
Ayara, First of Locthwain+1% Synergy
$10.39
Nirkana Revenant+1% Synergy
$6.78
Fleshbag Marauder+0% Synergy
$0.17
Dread Presence0% Synergy
$3.27
Morbid Opportunist-1% Synergy
$0.21
Massacre Wurm-6% Synergy
$1.17
Pitiless Plunderer-9% Synergy
$6.93
Zulaport Cutthroat-15% Synergy
$0.92
Blood Artist-19% Synergy
$1.60
Instants
Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Kokusho, the Evening Star safe.
Sacrifice+47% Synergy
$17.02
Malakir Rebirth+42% Synergy
$14.14
Demonic Gifts+37% Synergy
$0.29
Return to Action+36% Synergy
$0.25
Abnormal Endurance+29% Synergy
$0.10
Deadly Dispute+24% Synergy
$0.37
Corrupted Conviction+22% Synergy
$0.41
Presumed Dead+20% Synergy
$0.20
Culling the Weak+20% Synergy
$11.57
Reckoner's Bargain+18% Synergy
$1.43
Wake the Dead+18% Synergy
$0.67
Goryo's Vengeance+15% Synergy
$9.66
Grim Return+15% Synergy
$0.48
Flare of Malice+15% Synergy
$1.73
Stinging Study+9% Synergy
$18.49
Pain 101+7% Synergy
$0.15
Withering Torment+7% Synergy
$3.47
Rescue from the Underworld+5% Synergy
$0.32
Ashnod's Intervention+5% Synergy
$0.21
Altar's Reap+5% Synergy
$0.41
Costly Plunder+5% Synergy
$0.25
Eviscerator's Insight+5% Synergy
$0.24
Corpse Dance+5% Synergy
$28.78
Vincent's Limit Break+5% Synergy
$0.23
Hagra Mauling+1% Synergy
$1.09
Cabal Ritual+0% Synergy
$14.52
Bitter Triumph+0% Synergy
$0.58
Fell the Profane0% Synergy
$3.79
Snuff Out0% Synergy
$10.06
Dismember-1% Synergy
$5.27
Sudden Spoiling-1% Synergy
$8.36
Doom Blade-1% Synergy
$0.18
Entomb-2% Synergy
$17.25
Baleful Mastery-2% Synergy
$4.00
Imp's Mischief-2% Synergy
$7.33
Infernal Grasp-2% Synergy
$0.25
Soul Shatter-4% Synergy
$4.19
Darkness-4% Synergy
$23.86
Tragic Slip-5% Synergy
$0.22
Deadly Rollick-7% Synergy
$28.12
Go for the Throat-8% Synergy
$0.57
Defile-12% Synergy
$1.41
Sorceries
Important sorcery spells that advance Kokusho, the Evening Star's game plan and control the board.
Footsteps of the Goryo+41% Synergy
$1.57
Morbid Curiosity+31% Synergy
$0.21
Come Back Wrong+24% Synergy
$0.35
Victimize+19% Synergy
$1.70
Exhume+18% Synergy
$5.25
Dread Return+17% Synergy
$0.42
Diabolic Intent+17% Synergy
$16.86
Damnation+16% Synergy
$20.99
Bubbling Muck+13% Synergy
$3.98
Blood for Bones+13% Synergy
$0.47
Mutilate+10% Synergy
$1.95
Zombify+8% Synergy
$0.27
Stitch Together+8% Synergy
$1.99
Blasphemous Edict+6% Synergy
$5.16
Necromantic Selection+6% Synergy
$0.34
Zero Point Ballad+6% Synergy
$0.31
Night's Whisper+5% Synergy
$0.34
Sign in Blood+4% Synergy
$3.67
Crux of Fate+4% Synergy
$2.77
Feed the Swarm+4% Synergy
$0.21
Deadly Tempest+4% Synergy
$0.70
Eaten Alive+3% Synergy
$0.09
Withering Curse+2% Synergy
$1.39
Beacon of Unrest+2% Synergy
$0.41
Bone Shards+2% Synergy
$0.23
Read the Bones+2% Synergy
$0.29
Agadeem's Awakening+1% Synergy
$29.38
Decree of Pain+1% Synergy
$0.38
Living Death+1% Synergy
$2.17
Pox Plague+0% Synergy
$0.33
Innocent Blood0% Synergy
$0.49
Insatiable Avarice0% Synergy
$5.26
Grim Tutor0% Synergy
$26.04
Buried Alive-1% Synergy
$0.88
Torment of Hailfire-2% Synergy
$41.92
Exsanguinate-3% Synergy
$0.45
Diabolic Tutor-5% Synergy
$2.11
Utility Artifacts
Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.
Blade of Selves+49% Synergy
$2.69
Ashnod's Altar+36% Synergy
$15.74
Strionic Resonator+26% Synergy
$9.08
Nim Deathmantle+23% Synergy
$4.89
Phyrexian Altar+18% Synergy
$54.81
Cauldron of Souls+10% Synergy
$8.85
Helm of the Host+10% Synergy
$11.25
Expedition Map+9% Synergy
$0.75
Netherborn Altar+8% Synergy
$0.64
Wayfarer's Bauble+8% Synergy
$0.30
Aetherflux Reservoir+7% Synergy
$24.31
Altar of Dementia+5% Synergy
$17.16
Resurrection Orb+4% Synergy
$14.82
Sensei's Divining Top0% Synergy
$47.41
The Masamune-2% Synergy
$0.96
Skullclamp-3% Synergy
$6.25
The Darkness Crystal-4% Synergy
$5.24
Bontu's Monument-13% Synergy
$5.27
Enchantments
Powerful enchantments that support Kokusho, the Evening Star's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.
Sanguine Bond+37% Synergy
$6.08
Necromancy+28% Synergy
$19.84
Fungal Fortitude+21% Synergy
$0.28
Phyrexian Reclamation+21% Synergy
$2.53
Dance of the Dead+19% Synergy
$17.18
Black Market Connections+14% Synergy
$19.62
Wound Reflection+12% Synergy
$12.05
Strands of Night+11% Synergy
$0.32
Phyrexian Arena+11% Synergy
$4.22
Heartless Summoning+11% Synergy
$1.73
Exquisite Blood+10% Synergy
$39.45
Minion's Return+8% Synergy
$0.33
Vampiric Rites+7% Synergy
$0.15
Attrition+6% Synergy
$19.42
The Sibsig Ceremony+4% Synergy
$0.32
Greed+3% Synergy
$0.37
Dark Prophecy+3% Synergy
$7.53
No Mercy+1% Synergy
$26.10
Grave Pact-2% Synergy
$30.39
Dictate of Erebos-4% Synergy
$18.86
The Meathook Massacre-4% Synergy
$25.11
Black Market-5% Synergy
$5.91
Bitterblossom-7% Synergy
$34.36
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that work alongside Kokusho, the Evening Star to provide ongoing value and board presence.
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools+9% Synergy
$8.01
Liliana of the Dark Realms-2% Synergy
$9.72
Liliana, Dreadhorde General-7% Synergy
$7.24
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.
High Market+37% Synergy
$0.39
Phyrexian Tower+32% Synergy
$26.74
Susur Secundi, Void Altar+18% Synergy
$4.50
Command Beacon+16% Synergy
$7.26
Cabal Coffers+15% Synergy
$33.04
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+8% Synergy
$63.55
Cabal Stronghold+8% Synergy
$13.07
Volrath's Stronghold+7% Synergy
$113.53
Miren, the Moaning Well+6% Synergy
$20.44
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+6% Synergy
$10.74
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+5% Synergy
$51.37
Midgar, City of Mako+3% Synergy
$2.62
Bojuka Bog+3% Synergy
$0.70
Castle Locthwain+2% Synergy
$3.70
Lake of the Dead+1% Synergy
$120.88
War Room+1% Synergy
$2.52
Thespian's Stage+1% Synergy
$0.56
Temple of the False God+0% Synergy
$0.33
Urza's Saga-1% Synergy
$40.73
Barren Moor-2% Synergy
$0.32
Mortuary Mire-3% Synergy
$0.46
Shizo, Death's Storehouse-4% Synergy
$39.40
Reliquary Tower-5% Synergy
$2.94
Witch's Cottage-5% Synergy
$0.87
Mana Artifacts
Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.
Mind Stone+13% Synergy
$0.21
Fellwar Stone+11% Synergy
$2.20
Arcane Signet+11% Synergy
$1.10
Charcoal Diamond+9% Synergy
$0.36
Thought Vessel+9% Synergy
$2.51
Worn Powerstone+7% Synergy
$0.36
Extraplanar Lens+7% Synergy
$11.98
Thran Dynamo+7% Synergy
$4.53
The Soul Stone+7% Synergy
$86.21
Throne of Eldraine+6% Synergy
$35.66
Sol Ring+5% Synergy
$1.13
Sceptre of Eternal Glory+5% Synergy
$20.66
Everflowing Chalice+2% Synergy
$0.32
Gilded Lotus+1% Synergy
$1.08
Commander's Sphere0% Synergy
$0.33
Chrome Mox0% Synergy
$167.83
Caged Sun-2% Synergy
$3.59
Lands
The mana base foundation for Kokusho, the Evening Star decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.
Malakir Rebirth+42% Synergy
$14.14
Lazotep Quarry+8% Synergy
$8.39
Myriad Landscape+6% Synergy
$0.33
Snow-Covered Swamp+5% Synergy
$0.70
Urza's Cave+3% Synergy
$0.97
Hagra Mauling+1% Synergy
$1.09
Boggart Trawler+1% Synergy
$0.87
Agadeem's Awakening+1% Synergy
$29.38
Cavern of Souls+0% Synergy
$49.31
Fell the Profane0% Synergy
$3.79
Swamp-5% Synergy
$2.00
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Sarevok, Deathbringer // Cultist of the Absolute
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Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Sengir, the Dark Baron
God-Eternal Bontu
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Criminal Past
Sengir, the Dark Baron // Tana, the Bloodsower
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Sengir, the Dark Baron
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Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant // Agent of the Iron Throne
Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker // Criminal Past