Kokusho, the Evening Star
$24.42
$24.42Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Kokusho, the Evening Star players are trying out in Lifedrain decks.
Grave Researcher+26% Synergy
$2.25
Defiling Daemogoth+20% Synergy
$0.88
Decorum Dissertation+19% Synergy
$6.52
Pox Plague+7% Synergy
$0.29
Scheming Silvertongue+6% Synergy
$1.28
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
$1.76
Undying Malice+62% Synergy
$0.32
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose+62% Synergy
$11.01
Feign Death+61% Synergy
$0.94
Return to Action+56% Synergy
$0.24
Kaya's Ghostform+55% Synergy
$2.51
Undying Evil+55% Synergy
$0.47
Saw in Half+54% Synergy
$4.89
Demonic Gifts+50% Synergy
$0.21
Top Cards
The staple cards most Kokusho, the Evening Star Lifedrain decks run as their core.
Fake Your Own Death+48% Synergy
$0.19
Sanguine Bond+47% Synergy
$6.44
Enduring Tenacity+47% Synergy
$13.28
Ashnod's Altar+35% Synergy
$14.95
Black Market Connections+31% Synergy
$13.42
Reanimate+28% Synergy
$8.61
Crypt Ghast+21% Synergy
$19.82
Gray Merchant of Asphodel+18% Synergy
$4.86
Dark Ritual+13% Synergy
$11.92
Jet Medallion0% Synergy
$10.25
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Kokusho, the Evening Star Lifedrain game on their own.
Necropotence+20% Synergy
$37.69
Bolas's Citadel+13% Synergy
$17.54
The One Ring+11% Synergy
$104.30
Glacial Chasm+6% Synergy
$23.88
Demonic Tutor+4% Synergy
$76.77
Vampiric Tutor+3% Synergy
$60.01
Ancient Tomb+2% Synergy
$131.68
Imperial Seal0% Synergy
$163.77
Mana Vault0% Synergy
$112.13
Orcish Bowmasters-3% Synergy
$44.92
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Lifedrain plan in Kokusho, the Evening Star decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Apprentice Necromancer+50% Synergy
$1.16
Soldevi Adnate+48% Synergy
$1.77
Disciple of Bolas+43% Synergy
$0.33
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus+41% Synergy
$6.88
Bloodletter of Aclazotz+34% Synergy
$35.49
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+32% Synergy
$0.72
Junji, the Midnight Sky+26% Synergy
$0.47
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed+23% Synergy
$26.19
Illuminor Szeras+20% Synergy
$7.18
Chainer, Dementia Master+19% Synergy
$0.28
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar+18% Synergy
$0.81
Viscera Seer+17% Synergy
$0.41
Twilight Diviner+17% Synergy
$2.20
Grim Haruspex+15% Synergy
$3.42
Darkstar Augur+15% Synergy
$0.77
Doomed Necromancer+15% Synergy
$0.38
Dark Confidant+13% Synergy
$4.09
Hoarding Broodlord+13% Synergy
$5.10
Morbid Opportunist+11% Synergy
$0.29
Warren Soultrader+11% Synergy
$14.63
Brainstealer Dragon+11% Synergy
$10.32
Hell's Caretaker+10% Synergy
$1.88
Scourge of Nel Toth+10% Synergy
$0.52
Boneyard Scourge+10% Synergy
$7.53
Solemn Simulacrum+9% Synergy
$0.34
Accursed Marauder+9% Synergy
$0.32
Carrion Feeder+9% Synergy
$4.37
Ebondeath, Dracolich+9% Synergy
$3.94
Ruthless Technomancer+9% Synergy
$3.87
Ancient Brass Dragon+9% Synergy
$43.75
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon+9% Synergy
$11.29
Boggart Trawler+8% Synergy
$0.89
Stensian Sanguinist+8% Synergy
$4.99
Plaguecrafter+7% Synergy
$0.40
Sheoldred, Whispering One+6% Synergy
$22.59
Braids, Arisen Nightmare+5% Synergy
$3.37
Emeritus of Woe+5% Synergy
$13.12
Bitterbloom Bearer+5% Synergy
$16.77
Archon of Cruelty+5% Synergy
$9.87
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician+4% Synergy
$32.14
Magus of the Coffers+4% Synergy
$5.02
Burnished Hart+3% Synergy
$0.27
Bloodthirsty Conqueror+2% Synergy
$34.64
Pitiless Plunderer-2% Synergy
$4.23
Fleshbag Marauder-3% Synergy
$0.18
Ophiomancer-7% Synergy
$0.82
Massacre Wurm-7% Synergy
$1.26
Zulaport Cutthroat-13% Synergy
$1.00
Ayara, First of Locthwain-15% Synergy
$8.41
Blood Artist-22% Synergy
$2.55
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Kokusho, the Evening Star's Lifedrain deck ahead.
Malakir Rebirth+46% Synergy
$13.15
Nasty End+42% Synergy
$0.23
Sacrifice+40% Synergy
$16.46
Abnormal Endurance+37% Synergy
$0.08
Presumed Dead+34% Synergy
$0.23
Corrupted Conviction+28% Synergy
$0.25
Culling the Weak+28% Synergy
$7.76
Deadly Dispute+26% Synergy
$0.32
Village Rites+23% Synergy
$0.69
Flare of Malice+18% Synergy
$1.48
Wake the Dead+16% Synergy
$0.71
Stinging Study+15% Synergy
$16.70
Reckoner's Bargain+14% Synergy
$1.17
Fell the Profane+12% Synergy
$2.42
Ashnod's Intervention+12% Synergy
$0.24
Altar's Reap+11% Synergy
$0.40
Vincent's Limit Break+10% Synergy
$0.18
Entomb+9% Synergy
$18.02
Grim Return+9% Synergy
$0.52
Withering Torment+8% Synergy
$4.15
Costly Plunder+8% Synergy
$0.28
Darkness+7% Synergy
$23.94
Goryo's Vengeance+6% Synergy
$11.10
Soul Shatter+5% Synergy
$4.22
Fanatical Offering+5% Synergy
$1.31
Eviscerator's Insight+5% Synergy
$0.30
Ad Nauseam+4% Synergy
$13.22
Black Sun's Twilight+4% Synergy
$0.35
Force of Despair+3% Synergy
$7.31
Sudden Spoiling+2% Synergy
$8.52
Dismember0% Synergy
$5.18
Doom Blade0% Synergy
$0.62
Baleful Mastery-1% Synergy
$3.61
Imp's Mischief-4% Synergy
$6.96
Cabal Ritual-4% Synergy
$13.61
Go for the Throat-12% Synergy
$0.57
Tragic Slip-13% Synergy
$0.26
Deadly Rollick-14% Synergy
$27.53
Infernal Grasp-15% Synergy
$0.56
Defile-26% Synergy
$1.34
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Lifedrain game plan forward for Kokusho, the Evening Star.
Come Back Wrong+42% Synergy
$0.38
Dread Return+23% Synergy
$0.42
Morbid Curiosity+23% Synergy
$0.24
Bubbling Muck+22% Synergy
$3.57
Exhume+22% Synergy
$5.76
Diabolic Intent+20% Synergy
$17.57
Blasphemous Edict+16% Synergy
$4.47
Toxic Deluge+15% Synergy
$3.31
Footsteps of the Goryo+13% Synergy
$1.66
Coiling Rebirth+12% Synergy
$0.31
Crux of Fate+12% Synergy
$3.77
Essence Pulse+10% Synergy
$0.35
Zombify+9% Synergy
$0.24
Killing Wave+8% Synergy
$0.39
Living Death+7% Synergy
$2.21
Danse Macabre+7% Synergy
$2.72
Fearsome Awakening+7% Synergy
$0.23
Exsanguinate+6% Synergy
$0.37
Insatiable Avarice+6% Synergy
$4.48
Profane Tutor+6% Synergy
$4.05
Final Parting+6% Synergy
$0.39
Shredder's Technique+6% Synergy
$0.26
Splinter's Technique+6% Synergy
$2.08
Incarnation Technique+6% Synergy
$9.82
Restart Sequence+6% Synergy
$0.32
Cruel Tutor+6% Synergy
$43.77
Temporal Extortion+5% Synergy
$29.39
Necromantic Selection+5% Synergy
$0.35
Deadly Tempest+5% Synergy
$0.78
Victimize+4% Synergy
$2.27
Mutilate+4% Synergy
$1.95
Stitch Together+4% Synergy
$1.86
Unmarked Grave+3% Synergy
$2.77
Damnable Pact+3% Synergy
$1.72
Persist+3% Synergy
$1.27
Dark Petition+3% Synergy
$2.64
Beacon of Unrest+3% Synergy
$0.43
Buried Alive+2% Synergy
$0.73
Grim Tutor+2% Synergy
$24.65
Decree of Pain+2% Synergy
$0.29
Read the Bones+1% Synergy
$0.29
Innocent Blood+1% Synergy
$0.43
Damnation0% Synergy
$20.72
Beseech the Mirror0% Synergy
$17.52
Night's Whisper-1% Synergy
$0.26
Feed the Swarm-2% Synergy
$0.20
Syphon Mind-2% Synergy
$0.40
Torment of Hailfire-5% Synergy
$41.44
Diabolic Tutor-7% Synergy
$2.09
Sign in Blood-11% Synergy
$4.10
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Kokusho, the Evening Star Lifedrain decks.
Blade of Selves+44% Synergy
$2.79
Strionic Resonator+23% Synergy
$9.18
Cauldron of Souls+19% Synergy
$9.44
Helm of the Host+16% Synergy
$5.72
Nim Deathmantle+14% Synergy
$5.25
Mirrormind Crown+14% Synergy
$0.74
Aetherflux Reservoir+11% Synergy
$19.53
Resurrection Orb+11% Synergy
$15.02
Expedition Map+9% Synergy
$0.83
Endless Atlas+8% Synergy
$2.64
Phyrexian Altar+7% Synergy
$55.96
Isochron Scepter+7% Synergy
$14.18
Wayfarer's Bauble+6% Synergy
$0.33
Nevinyrral's Disk+6% Synergy
$1.06
The Golden Throne+6% Synergy
$10.64
Urza's Incubator+5% Synergy
$16.54
Altar of Dementia+1% Synergy
$16.89
Wishclaw Talisman0% Synergy
$1.84
Skullclamp-8% Synergy
$4.93
The Darkness Crystal-8% Synergy
$4.36
Bontu's Monument-22% Synergy
$6.96
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Lifedrain strategy in Kokusho, the Evening Star decks.
Animate Dead+31% Synergy
$5.15
Fungal Fortitude+19% Synergy
$0.23
Necromancy+15% Synergy
$21.49
Phyrexian Reclamation+11% Synergy
$2.64
Wound Reflection+10% Synergy
$13.38
Changing Loyalty+10% Synergy
$1.37
Strands of Night+10% Synergy
$0.32
Minion's Return+10% Synergy
$0.27
Necrogen Communion+9% Synergy
$0.30
Vampiric Rites+8% Synergy
$0.18
Corroding Dragonstorm+8% Synergy
$0.23
Exquisite Blood+7% Synergy
$37.29
Dance of the Dead+7% Synergy
$16.68
Dark Prophecy+6% Synergy
$7.02
Tainted Aether+6% Synergy
$8.13
Gate to Phyrexia+6% Synergy
$53.33
Phyrexian Arena+5% Synergy
$4.33
Virtue of Persistence+5% Synergy
$7.45
Oubliette+4% Synergy
$2.73
Obsessive Pursuit+4% Synergy
$0.31
Greed0% Synergy
$0.26
No Mercy0% Synergy
$26.56
Grave Pact-2% Synergy
$31.23
The Meathook Massacre-7% Synergy
$28.37
Black Market-11% Synergy
$5.59
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Kokusho, the Evening Star's Lifedrain game plan.
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools+11% Synergy
$6.85
Liliana of the Dark Realms-7% Synergy
$9.15
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Kokusho, the Evening Star Lifedrain decks.
High Market+41% Synergy
$0.78
Susur Secundi, Void Altar+28% Synergy
$3.35
Phyrexian Tower+26% Synergy
$25.29
Cabal Coffers+21% Synergy
$34.50
Midgar, City of Mako+15% Synergy
$1.54
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+14% Synergy
$63.85
Cabal Stronghold+10% Synergy
$10.98
Deserted Temple+10% Synergy
$0.46
Vesuva+8% Synergy
$3.05
Maze of Ith+7% Synergy
$10.62
Command Beacon+6% Synergy
$7.41
Boseiju, Who Shelters All+6% Synergy
$18.34
Guildless Commons+6% Synergy
$3.38
Bojuka Bog+5% Synergy
$0.95
War Room+5% Synergy
$2.87
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+5% Synergy
$11.29
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea+4% Synergy
$5.92
Volrath's Stronghold+3% Synergy
$113.83
Thespian's Stage+2% Synergy
$0.48
Three Tree City+2% Synergy
$27.19
Shizo, Death's Storehouse0% Synergy
$35.73
Reliquary Tower-3% Synergy
$3.36
Witch's Cottage-4% Synergy
$0.86
Rogue's Passage-5% Synergy
$0.40
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx-6% Synergy
$54.27
Castle Locthwain-10% Synergy
$3.77
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Kokusho, the Evening Star's Lifedrain strategy.
Extraplanar Lens+12% Synergy
$12.42
Throne of Eldraine+11% Synergy
$30.81
Dragon's Hoard+10% Synergy
$0.39
Thran Dynamo+8% Synergy
$4.35
Mox Jasper+8% Synergy
$12.92
Phial of Galadriel+7% Synergy
$0.71
Sceptre of Eternal Glory+6% Synergy
$19.75
Charcoal Diamond+5% Synergy
$0.32
Staff of Compleation+5% Synergy
$3.44
Pristine Talisman+5% Synergy
$0.39
Prismatic Lens+5% Synergy
$0.38
Sol Ring+4% Synergy
$1.84
Bender's Waterskin+4% Synergy
$1.04
Caged Sun+3% Synergy
$3.57
Gilded Lotus+2% Synergy
$0.53
Arcane Signet0% Synergy
$0.69
Fellwar Stone0% Synergy
$0.70
Thought Vessel-5% Synergy
$1.92
The Soul Stone-5% Synergy
$109.41
Mind Stone-11% Synergy
$0.31
Lands
The mana base behind Kokusho, the Evening Star's Lifedrain decks.
Malakir Rebirth+46% Synergy
$13.15
Fell the Profane+12% Synergy
$2.42
Urza's Cave+12% Synergy
$0.89
Myriad Landscape+9% Synergy
$0.31
Boggart Trawler+8% Synergy
$0.89
Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon+8% Synergy
$1.85
Cavern of Souls+7% Synergy
$51.61
Polluted Delta+7% Synergy
$19.37
Bloodstained Mire+7% Synergy
$17.35
Big Apple, 3 a.m.+7% Synergy
$0.42
Haven of the Spirit Dragon+7% Synergy
$0.41
Lazotep Quarry+6% Synergy
$8.55
Demolition Field+5% Synergy
$0.27
Verdant Catacombs+4% Synergy
$28.51
Gemstone Caverns+3% Synergy
$53.37
Marsh Flats+3% Synergy
$31.12
Swamp+1% Synergy
$0.14
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Kokusho, the Evening Star: Lifedrain.
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
Junji, the Midnight Sky
Massacre Girl
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
Moira, Urborg Haunt
The Meep
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant
Sengir, the Dark Baron // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Ayara, First of Locthwain
Gollum, Patient Plotter
Kinzu of the Bleak Coven
Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar // Cultist of the Absolute
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
Geth, Thane of Contracts
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Cultist of the Absolute
Fumulus, the Infestation
Kuon, Ogre Ascendant
Teysa Karlov
Jerren, Corrupted Bishop
Vraan, Executioner Thane
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
God-Eternal Bontu
Gríma Wormtongue
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Sengir, the Dark Baron
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
Ozox, the Clattering King
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Criminal Past
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Sengir, the Dark Baron
Sengir, the Dark Baron // Tana, the Bloodsower
Viconia, Drow Apostate // Cultist of the Absolute
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Sengir, the Dark Baron
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Agent of the Iron Throne
Isareth the Awakener
Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant // Agent of the Iron Throne