Kokusho, the Evening Star
$24.11
$24.11Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Kokusho, the Evening Star players are trying out in Lifedrain decks.
Grave Researcher+26% Synergy
$1.93
Defiling Daemogoth+20% Synergy
$0.59
Decorum Dissertation+19% Synergy
$5.43
Pox Plague+7% Synergy
$0.25
Scheming Silvertongue+6% Synergy
$1.71
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Kokusho, the Evening Star's Lifedrain builds — cards that lean hardest into the Lifedrain theme.
Supernatural Stamina+72% Synergy
$0.21
Not Dead After All+71% Synergy
$1.65
Undying Malice+62% Synergy
$0.38
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose+62% Synergy
$10.36
Feign Death+61% Synergy
$0.78
Return to Action+56% Synergy
$0.25
Kaya's Ghostform+55% Synergy
$1.71
Undying Evil+55% Synergy
$0.41
Saw in Half+54% Synergy
$5.73
Demonic Gifts+50% Synergy
$0.23
Top Cards
The staple cards most Kokusho, the Evening Star Lifedrain decks run as their core.
Fake Your Own Death+48% Synergy
$0.24
Sanguine Bond+47% Synergy
$7.95
Enduring Tenacity+47% Synergy
$14.54
Ashnod's Altar+35% Synergy
$16.64
Black Market Connections+31% Synergy
$10.53
Reanimate+28% Synergy
$10.10
Crypt Ghast+21% Synergy
$17.44
Gray Merchant of Asphodel+18% Synergy
$4.20
Dark Ritual+13% Synergy
$7.28
Jet Medallion0% Synergy
$14.67
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Kokusho, the Evening Star Lifedrain game on their own.
Necropotence+20% Synergy
$38.23
Bolas's Citadel+13% Synergy
$15.83
The One Ring+11% Synergy
$115.41
Glacial Chasm+6% Synergy
$16.84
Demonic Tutor+4% Synergy
$69.17
Vampiric Tutor+3% Synergy
$54.03
Ancient Tomb+2% Synergy
$119.25
Imperial Seal0% Synergy
$166.33
Mana Vault0% Synergy
$115.65
Orcish Bowmasters-3% Synergy
$43.37
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Lifedrain plan in Kokusho, the Evening Star decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Apprentice Necromancer+50% Synergy
$1.26
Soldevi Adnate+48% Synergy
$2.09
Disciple of Bolas+43% Synergy
$0.37
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus+41% Synergy
$6.40
Bloodletter of Aclazotz+34% Synergy
$36.69
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+32% Synergy
$1.05
Junji, the Midnight Sky+26% Synergy
$0.94
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed+23% Synergy
$21.95
Illuminor Szeras+20% Synergy
$6.32
Chainer, Dementia Master+19% Synergy
$0.29
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar+18% Synergy
$1.39
Viscera Seer+17% Synergy
$0.49
Twilight Diviner+17% Synergy
$2.40
Grim Haruspex+15% Synergy
$2.83
Darkstar Augur+15% Synergy
$0.95
Doomed Necromancer+15% Synergy
$0.39
Dark Confidant+13% Synergy
$3.59
Hoarding Broodlord+13% Synergy
$5.30
Morbid Opportunist+11% Synergy
$0.38
Warren Soultrader+11% Synergy
$20.43
Brainstealer Dragon+11% Synergy
$11.34
Hell's Caretaker+10% Synergy
$1.67
Scourge of Nel Toth+10% Synergy
$2.20
Boneyard Scourge+10% Synergy
$8.47
Solemn Simulacrum+9% Synergy
$0.31
Accursed Marauder+9% Synergy
$0.31
Carrion Feeder+9% Synergy
$4.75
Ebondeath, Dracolich+9% Synergy
$4.18
Ruthless Technomancer+9% Synergy
$2.64
Ancient Brass Dragon+9% Synergy
$39.76
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon+9% Synergy
$12.91
Boggart Trawler+8% Synergy
$2.10
Stensian Sanguinist+8% Synergy
$5.40
Plaguecrafter+7% Synergy
$0.39
Sheoldred, Whispering One+6% Synergy
$20.76
Braids, Arisen Nightmare+5% Synergy
$4.23
Emeritus of Woe+5% Synergy
$12.25
Bitterbloom Bearer+5% Synergy
$14.06
Archon of Cruelty+5% Synergy
$1.69
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician+4% Synergy
$28.31
Magus of the Coffers+4% Synergy
$4.93
Burnished Hart+3% Synergy
$0.30
Bloodthirsty Conqueror+2% Synergy
$36.82
Pitiless Plunderer-2% Synergy
$4.98
Fleshbag Marauder-3% Synergy
$0.28
Ophiomancer-7% Synergy
$1.18
Massacre Wurm-7% Synergy
$2.44
Zulaport Cutthroat-13% Synergy
$1.35
Ayara, First of Locthwain-15% Synergy
$8.44
Blood Artist-22% Synergy
$3.83
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Kokusho, the Evening Star's Lifedrain deck ahead.
Malakir Rebirth+46% Synergy
$13.30
Nasty End+42% Synergy
$0.22
Sacrifice+40% Synergy
$16.08
Abnormal Endurance+37% Synergy
$0.12
Presumed Dead+34% Synergy
$0.29
Corrupted Conviction+28% Synergy
$0.33
Culling the Weak+28% Synergy
$8.03
Deadly Dispute+26% Synergy
$0.27
Village Rites+23% Synergy
$0.93
Flare of Malice+18% Synergy
$3.10
Wake the Dead+16% Synergy
$1.27
Stinging Study+15% Synergy
$10.67
Reckoner's Bargain+14% Synergy
$1.13
Fell the Profane+12% Synergy
$5.74
Ashnod's Intervention+12% Synergy
$0.28
Altar's Reap+11% Synergy
$0.39
Vincent's Limit Break+10% Synergy
$0.16
Entomb+9% Synergy
$18.32
Grim Return+9% Synergy
$0.51
Withering Torment+8% Synergy
$1.60
Costly Plunder+8% Synergy
$0.27
Darkness+7% Synergy
$23.83
Goryo's Vengeance+6% Synergy
$13.11
Soul Shatter+5% Synergy
$3.62
Fanatical Offering+5% Synergy
$1.49
Eviscerator's Insight+5% Synergy
$0.27
Ad Nauseam+4% Synergy
$9.71
Black Sun's Twilight+4% Synergy
$0.41
Force of Despair+3% Synergy
$7.17
Sudden Spoiling+2% Synergy
$6.95
Dismember0% Synergy
$4.78
Doom Blade0% Synergy
$0.23
Baleful Mastery-1% Synergy
$2.53
Imp's Mischief-4% Synergy
$9.18
Cabal Ritual-4% Synergy
$14.55
Go for the Throat-12% Synergy
$0.62
Tragic Slip-13% Synergy
$0.26
Deadly Rollick-14% Synergy
$28.68
Infernal Grasp-15% Synergy
$0.32
Defile-26% Synergy
$1.43
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Lifedrain game plan forward for Kokusho, the Evening Star.
Come Back Wrong+42% Synergy
$0.39
Dread Return+23% Synergy
$0.45
Morbid Curiosity+23% Synergy
$0.24
Bubbling Muck+22% Synergy
$4.87
Exhume+22% Synergy
$6.90
Diabolic Intent+20% Synergy
$17.44
Blasphemous Edict+16% Synergy
$4.24
Toxic Deluge+15% Synergy
$5.02
Footsteps of the Goryo+13% Synergy
$1.44
Coiling Rebirth+12% Synergy
$0.24
Crux of Fate+12% Synergy
$2.99
Essence Pulse+10% Synergy
$0.32
Zombify+9% Synergy
$0.25
Killing Wave+8% Synergy
$0.40
Living Death+7% Synergy
$6.29
Danse Macabre+7% Synergy
$2.10
Fearsome Awakening+7% Synergy
$0.23
Exsanguinate+6% Synergy
$0.41
Insatiable Avarice+6% Synergy
$6.03
Profane Tutor+6% Synergy
$4.02
Final Parting+6% Synergy
$0.66
Shredder's Technique+6% Synergy
$0.33
Splinter's Technique+6% Synergy
$1.64
Incarnation Technique+6% Synergy
$9.35
Restart Sequence+6% Synergy
$0.26
Cruel Tutor+6% Synergy
$43.20
Temporal Extortion+5% Synergy
$27.65
Necromantic Selection+5% Synergy
$0.29
Deadly Tempest+5% Synergy
$1.04
Victimize+4% Synergy
$1.25
Mutilate+4% Synergy
$2.19
Stitch Together+4% Synergy
$1.44
Unmarked Grave+3% Synergy
$3.76
Damnable Pact+3% Synergy
$0.96
Persist+3% Synergy
$0.71
Dark Petition+3% Synergy
$3.27
Beacon of Unrest+3% Synergy
$0.30
Buried Alive+2% Synergy
$3.55
Grim Tutor+2% Synergy
$23.87
Decree of Pain+2% Synergy
$0.37
Read the Bones+1% Synergy
$0.30
Innocent Blood+1% Synergy
$0.52
Damnation0% Synergy
$21.01
Beseech the Mirror0% Synergy
$21.21
Night's Whisper-1% Synergy
$6.25
Feed the Swarm-2% Synergy
$0.24
Syphon Mind-2% Synergy
$0.31
Torment of Hailfire-5% Synergy
$36.04
Diabolic Tutor-7% Synergy
$2.21
Sign in Blood-11% Synergy
$3.14
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Kokusho, the Evening Star Lifedrain decks.
Blade of Selves+44% Synergy
$3.50
Strionic Resonator+23% Synergy
$7.28
Cauldron of Souls+19% Synergy
$8.87
Helm of the Host+16% Synergy
$5.21
Nim Deathmantle+14% Synergy
$4.69
Mirrormind Crown+14% Synergy
$0.66
Aetherflux Reservoir+11% Synergy
$21.72
Resurrection Orb+11% Synergy
$16.21
Expedition Map+9% Synergy
$1.43
Endless Atlas+8% Synergy
$2.56
Phyrexian Altar+7% Synergy
$53.98
Isochron Scepter+7% Synergy
$12.32
Wayfarer's Bauble+6% Synergy
$5.61
Nevinyrral's Disk+6% Synergy
$1.45
The Golden Throne+6% Synergy
$10.48
Urza's Incubator+5% Synergy
$19.77
Altar of Dementia+1% Synergy
$17.15
Wishclaw Talisman0% Synergy
$2.47
Skullclamp-8% Synergy
$5.18
The Darkness Crystal-8% Synergy
$4.28
Bontu's Monument-22% Synergy
$4.60
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Lifedrain strategy in Kokusho, the Evening Star decks.
Animate Dead+31% Synergy
$7.45
Fungal Fortitude+19% Synergy
$0.26
Necromancy+15% Synergy
$19.41
Phyrexian Reclamation+11% Synergy
$2.84
Wound Reflection+10% Synergy
$14.39
Changing Loyalty+10% Synergy
$1.44
Strands of Night+10% Synergy
$0.38
Minion's Return+10% Synergy
$0.36
Necrogen Communion+9% Synergy
$0.32
Vampiric Rites+8% Synergy
$0.17
Corroding Dragonstorm+8% Synergy
$0.18
Exquisite Blood+7% Synergy
$40.36
Dance of the Dead+7% Synergy
$15.27
Dark Prophecy+6% Synergy
$5.79
Tainted Aether+6% Synergy
$8.38
Gate to Phyrexia+6% Synergy
$58.34
Phyrexian Arena+5% Synergy
$4.16
Virtue of Persistence+5% Synergy
$7.00
Oubliette+4% Synergy
$2.87
Obsessive Pursuit+4% Synergy
$0.89
Greed0% Synergy
$0.33
No Mercy0% Synergy
$24.64
Grave Pact-2% Synergy
$30.52
The Meathook Massacre-7% Synergy
$24.81
Black Market-11% Synergy
$6.30
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Kokusho, the Evening Star's Lifedrain game plan.
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools+11% Synergy
$6.43
Liliana of the Dark Realms-7% Synergy
$9.67
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Kokusho, the Evening Star Lifedrain decks.
High Market+41% Synergy
$0.53
Susur Secundi, Void Altar+28% Synergy
$5.46
Phyrexian Tower+26% Synergy
$30.16
Cabal Coffers+21% Synergy
$28.81
Midgar, City of Mako+15% Synergy
$1.77
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+14% Synergy
$55.48
Cabal Stronghold+10% Synergy
$12.37
Deserted Temple+10% Synergy
$0.83
Vesuva+8% Synergy
$3.83
Maze of Ith+7% Synergy
$9.44
Command Beacon+6% Synergy
$9.86
Boseiju, Who Shelters All+6% Synergy
$17.47
Guildless Commons+6% Synergy
$2.48
Bojuka Bog+5% Synergy
$1.40
War Room+5% Synergy
$5.22
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+5% Synergy
$10.64
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea+4% Synergy
$4.48
Volrath's Stronghold+3% Synergy
$136.49
Thespian's Stage+2% Synergy
$0.45
Three Tree City+2% Synergy
$29.95
Shizo, Death's Storehouse0% Synergy
$34.19
Reliquary Tower-3% Synergy
$4.23
Witch's Cottage-4% Synergy
$0.82
Rogue's Passage-5% Synergy
$0.77
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx-6% Synergy
$45.74
Castle Locthwain-10% Synergy
$4.31
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Kokusho, the Evening Star's Lifedrain strategy.
Extraplanar Lens+12% Synergy
$13.30
Throne of Eldraine+11% Synergy
$29.40
Dragon's Hoard+10% Synergy
$0.58
Thran Dynamo+8% Synergy
$4.36
Mox Jasper+8% Synergy
$12.46
Phial of Galadriel+7% Synergy
$0.64
Sceptre of Eternal Glory+6% Synergy
$20.16
Charcoal Diamond+5% Synergy
$0.35
Staff of Compleation+5% Synergy
$4.00
Pristine Talisman+5% Synergy
$0.40
Prismatic Lens+5% Synergy
$0.41
Sol Ring+4% Synergy
$1.34
Bender's Waterskin+4% Synergy
$0.93
Caged Sun+3% Synergy
$3.87
Gilded Lotus+2% Synergy
$0.59
Arcane Signet0% Synergy
$0.49
Fellwar Stone0% Synergy
$1.04
Thought Vessel-5% Synergy
$2.35
The Soul Stone-5% Synergy
$60.43
Mind Stone-11% Synergy
$0.34
Lands
The mana base behind Kokusho, the Evening Star's Lifedrain decks.
Malakir Rebirth+46% Synergy
$13.30
Fell the Profane+12% Synergy
$5.74
Urza's Cave+12% Synergy
$2.58
Myriad Landscape+9% Synergy
$0.34
Boggart Trawler+8% Synergy
$2.10
Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon+8% Synergy
$2.93
Cavern of Souls+7% Synergy
$51.06
Polluted Delta+7% Synergy
$19.87
Bloodstained Mire+7% Synergy
$18.38
Big Apple, 3 a.m.+7% Synergy
$0.34
Haven of the Spirit Dragon+7% Synergy
$0.63
Lazotep Quarry+6% Synergy
$3.07
Demolition Field+5% Synergy
$0.31
Verdant Catacombs+4% Synergy
$29.04
Gemstone Caverns+3% Synergy
$63.27
Marsh Flats+3% Synergy
$32.33
Swamp+1% Synergy
$0.10
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Kokusho, the Evening Star: Lifedrain.
Junji, the Midnight Sky
Isareth the Awakener
Moira, Urborg Haunt
The Meep
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Drana, the Last Bloodchief
Chainer, Dementia Master
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
Witch-king of Angmar
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
Slimefoot and Squee
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
Gríma Wormtongue
Orcus, Prince of Undeath
Ebondeath, Dracolich
Jecht, Reluctant Guardian
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Grist, Voracious Larva
Karlach, Fury of Avernus // Scion of Halaster
Geth, Thane of Contracts
Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker // Scion of Halaster
Viconia, Drow Apostate // Scion of Halaster
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
Massacre Girl
Sheoldred
Kinzu of the Bleak Coven
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Sengir, the Dark Baron
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Haunted One
Liliana, Heretical Healer
Sauron, the Necromancer
Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
Tetzimoc, Primal Death
Teval, the Balanced Scale
Carnage, Crimson Chaos
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
Fang, Fearless l'Cie
Volrath the Fallen
Viconia, Drow Apostate // Cultist of the Absolute
Ardyn, the Usurper