The Lord of Pain
$8.68
$8.68Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
New Cards
Recent-set cards that The Lord of Pain players are trying out in Group Hug decks.
Fateful Tempest+9% Synergy
$0.57
Coercive Impetus+4% Synergy
$0.32
Decorum Dissertation+1% Synergy
$6.52
Flashback-1% Synergy
$3.70
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for The Lord of Pain's Group Hug builds — cards that lean hardest into the Group Hug theme.
Helm of Awakening+75% Synergy
$3.84
Guff Rewrites History+70% Synergy
$3.45
Mana Flare+68% Synergy
$1.18
Howling Mine+65% Synergy
$5.43
Stormfist Crusader+64% Synergy
$0.84
Transforming Flourish+63% Synergy
$0.28
Seizan, Perverter of Truth+57% Synergy
$2.03
Spiteful Visions+57% Synergy
$0.83
Descent into Avernus+56% Synergy
$13.61
Barbflare Gremlin+54% Synergy
$0.30
Top Cards
The staple cards most The Lord of Pain Group Hug decks run as their core.
Pain Distributor+52% Synergy
$4.84
Scrawling Crawler+51% Synergy
$6.53
Creative Technique+51% Synergy
$0.30
Ghirapur Orrery+51% Synergy
$0.39
Kaervek the Merciless+49% Synergy
$0.30
Basilisk Collar+46% Synergy
$4.77
Vial Smasher the Fierce+43% Synergy
$2.25
Rakdos Charm+16% Synergy
$0.37
Blasphemous Act+15% Synergy
$3.83
Chaos Warp+1% Synergy
$0.37
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a The Lord of Pain Group Hug game on their own.
Orcish Bowmasters+1% Synergy
$44.92
Ancient Tomb-3% Synergy
$131.68
Jeska's Will-7% Synergy
$41.29
Demonic Tutor-9% Synergy
$76.77
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Group Hug plan in The Lord of Pain decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Humble Defector+45% Synergy
$0.31
Zenith Chronicler+40% Synergy
$0.53
Generous Plunderer+39% Synergy
$11.15
Marching Duodrone+38% Synergy
$0.20
Lavaleaper+32% Synergy
$0.33
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent+30% Synergy
$1.42
Razorkin Needlehead+28% Synergy
$4.97
Brash Taunter+27% Synergy
$2.89
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus+26% Synergy
$28.62
Keen Duelist+26% Synergy
$0.29
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls+25% Synergy
$19.10
Shadow of Mortality+22% Synergy
$0.67
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor+21% Synergy
$0.47
Oft-Nabbed Goat+20% Synergy
$0.28
Kardur, Doomscourge+19% Synergy
$1.73
Kederekt Parasite+19% Synergy
$7.77
Kain, Traitorous Dragoon+17% Synergy
$0.32
Chandra's Incinerator+16% Synergy
$2.43
Master of the Feast+15% Synergy
$7.10
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant+14% Synergy
$14.62
Khârn the Betrayer+14% Synergy
$6.58
Fiendish Duo+14% Synergy
$3.10
Bloodthirsty Conqueror+13% Synergy
$34.64
Sower of Discord+13% Synergy
$5.54
Howling Golem+12% Synergy
$0.25
Twinflame Tyrant+11% Synergy
$25.18
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos+11% Synergy
$0.48
Deadpool, Trading Card+11% Synergy
$18.84
Scytheclaw Raptor+11% Synergy
$0.36
Obosh, the Preypiercer+11% Synergy
$0.28
Vislor Turlough+11% Synergy
$0.35
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse+10% Synergy
$95.66
Gonti, Night Minister+10% Synergy
$1.05
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider+10% Synergy
$1.97
Kefka, Dancing Mad+9% Synergy
$0.35
Fate Unraveler+8% Synergy
$3.23
Rug of Smothering+8% Synergy
$0.55
Combustible Gearhulk+6% Synergy
$0.33
Heartless Hidetsugu+6% Synergy
$3.04
Harsh Mentor+5% Synergy
$0.31
Boggart Trawler+5% Synergy
$0.89
Pinnacle Monk+5% Synergy
$1.24
Gleeful Arsonist+4% Synergy
$5.40
Massacre Wurm+4% Synergy
$1.26
Rakdos, Lord of Riots+4% Synergy
$1.00
Hexing Squelcher+3% Synergy
$19.49
Mogis, God of Slaughter+3% Synergy
$5.81
Blood Seeker+2% Synergy
$0.35
Solemn Simulacrum0% Synergy
$0.34
Gray Merchant of Asphodel-2% Synergy
$4.86
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep The Lord of Pain's Group Hug deck ahead.
Zoyowa's Justice+37% Synergy
$0.32
Tibalt's Trickery+35% Synergy
$9.96
Tempt with Mayhem+35% Synergy
$1.44
Audacious Swap+34% Synergy
$0.24
Blood for the Blood God!+25% Synergy
$9.88
Bolt Bend+20% Synergy
$4.47
Backlash+18% Synergy
$1.19
Baleful Mastery+16% Synergy
$3.61
Delirium+16% Synergy
$1.48
Wild Ricochet+14% Synergy
$0.33
Untimely Malfunction+13% Synergy
$7.61
Fell the Profane+12% Synergy
$2.42
Blood Pact+11% Synergy
$0.35
Malakir Rebirth+10% Synergy
$13.15
Return the Favor+10% Synergy
$0.45
Hellish Rebuke+10% Synergy
$4.08
Curtains' Call+10% Synergy
$0.58
Unexpected Fangs+8% Synergy
$0.30
Valakut Awakening+7% Synergy
$17.51
Reverberate+7% Synergy
$3.01
Deadly Rollick+6% Synergy
$27.53
Deflecting Swat+3% Synergy
$65.21
Hagra Mauling+3% Synergy
$0.99
Suspended Sentence+2% Synergy
$0.85
Withering Torment+1% Synergy
$4.15
Not Dead After All+1% Synergy
$1.76
Snuff Out+1% Synergy
$10.36
Imp's Mischief-2% Synergy
$6.96
Go for the Throat-2% Synergy
$0.57
Bedevil-3% Synergy
$0.29
Redirect Lightning-3% Synergy
$8.56
Infernal Grasp-4% Synergy
$0.56
Unexpected Windfall-5% Synergy
$3.40
Saw in Half-6% Synergy
$4.89
Big Score-7% Synergy
$0.33
Dark Ritual-8% Synergy
$11.92
Terminate-11% Synergy
$0.29
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Group Hug game plan forward for The Lord of Pain.
Allure of the Unknown+41% Synergy
$0.23
Sadistic Shell Game+37% Synergy
$0.35
Prisoner's Dilemma+31% Synergy
$6.04
Scheming Symmetry+28% Synergy
$8.19
Bloodsoaked Insight+25% Synergy
$0.33
Wheel of Misfortune+16% Synergy
$8.06
Ensnared by the Mara+14% Synergy
$6.77
Explosion of Riches+14% Synergy
$0.14
Disrupt Decorum+12% Synergy
$4.39
Deadly Tempest+11% Synergy
$0.78
Seize the Spotlight+9% Synergy
$14.16
Insurrection+8% Synergy
$10.22
Cruel Entertainment+8% Synergy
$8.31
Pain's Reward+8% Synergy
$10.78
Goblin Game+8% Synergy
$1.71
Exsanguinate+6% Synergy
$0.37
Browbeat+6% Synergy
$0.35
Killing Wave+6% Synergy
$0.39
Mob Verdict+6% Synergy
$0.39
Volcanic Salvo+6% Synergy
$0.23
Khorvath's Fury+5% Synergy
$2.45
Peer into the Abyss+4% Synergy
$2.73
Dark Deal+4% Synergy
$1.81
Sign in Blood+3% Synergy
$4.10
Decree of Pain+3% Synergy
$0.29
Mutinous Massacre+3% Synergy
$0.34
Shatterskull Smashing+3% Synergy
$9.35
Sundering Eruption+2% Synergy
$0.85
Blasphemous Edict+1% Synergy
$4.47
Damnation0% Synergy
$20.72
Wheel of Fortune0% Synergy
$2107.72
Toxic Deluge-1% Synergy
$3.31
Grab the Prize-1% Synergy
$0.40
Light Up the Stage-4% Synergy
$0.27
Read the Bones-6% Synergy
$0.29
Mana Geyser-7% Synergy
$1.01
Vandalblast-14% Synergy
$1.07
Night's Whisper-14% Synergy
$0.26
Reanimate-17% Synergy
$8.61
Feed the Swarm-24% Synergy
$0.20
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to The Lord of Pain Group Hug decks.
Hithlain Rope+45% Synergy
$0.37
Tempting Contract+43% Synergy
$9.91
Temple Bell+40% Synergy
$6.01
Font of Mythos+33% Synergy
$15.60
Bucknard's Everfull Purse+30% Synergy
$3.92
Pendant of Prosperity+23% Synergy
$1.23
Wishclaw Talisman+20% Synergy
$1.84
Horn of Greed+18% Synergy
$19.31
Mask of Griselbrand+17% Synergy
$0.62
Shadowspear+14% Synergy
$30.68
Resurrection Orb+14% Synergy
$15.02
Lightning Greaves+13% Synergy
$3.66
Whip of Erebos+13% Synergy
$8.47
Ruby Medallion+12% Synergy
$11.83
Jet Medallion+11% Synergy
$10.25
Crawlspace+11% Synergy
$9.21
Urza's Filter+10% Synergy
$4.77
Anvil of Bogardan+9% Synergy
$50.63
Omen Machine+8% Synergy
$2.66
Mithril Coat+7% Synergy
$30.07
Teferi's Puzzle Box+7% Synergy
$16.58
Otherworld Atlas+7% Synergy
$1.36
Poet's Quill+6% Synergy
$0.28
Bloodthirsty Blade+5% Synergy
$0.36
Palantír of Orthanc+4% Synergy
$22.64
Swiftfoot Boots+3% Synergy
$2.46
Wayfarer's Bauble+2% Synergy
$0.33
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Group Hug strategy in The Lord of Pain decks.
Share the Spoils+38% Synergy
$3.82
Wound Reflection+35% Synergy
$13.38
Curse of Opulence+32% Synergy
$3.00
Mana Cache+28% Synergy
$0.76
Wild Evocation+28% Synergy
$1.25
Protection Racket+22% Synergy
$3.40
Fiery Emancipation+20% Synergy
$15.84
Parker Luck+19% Synergy
$0.22
Dictate of the Twin Gods+17% Synergy
$2.77
Havoc Festival+17% Synergy
$0.35
Exquisite Blood+14% Synergy
$37.29
No Mercy+13% Synergy
$26.56
Painful Quandary+11% Synergy
$1.54
Captive Audience+11% Synergy
$4.99
Vampiric Link+11% Synergy
$4.52
Impatience+11% Synergy
$0.31
Powerbalance+10% Synergy
$0.32
Furnace of Rath+10% Synergy
$6.81
City on Fire+9% Synergy
$11.99
Underworld Dreams+8% Synergy
$1.92
Price of Knowledge+8% Synergy
$2.10
Kaya's Ghostform+7% Synergy
$2.51
Polluted Bonds+6% Synergy
$9.24
Possibility Storm+6% Synergy
$2.60
The Rollercrusher Ride+5% Synergy
$0.67
Citadel of Pain+5% Synergy
$4.59
Ghoulish Impetus+5% Synergy
$0.53
The Toymaker's Trap+5% Synergy
$0.27
Maximum Carnage+4% Synergy
$0.71
Spellshock+3% Synergy
$3.64
Theater of Horrors+2% Synergy
$0.36
Sulfuric Vortex+2% Synergy
$1.21
Shiny Impetus+1% Synergy
$0.31
Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit0% Synergy
$5.64
Revel in Riches-1% Synergy
$15.22
Roiling Vortex-2% Synergy
$1.59
Black Market Connections-4% Synergy
$13.42
Phyrexian Arena-16% Synergy
$4.33
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up The Lord of Pain's Group Hug game plan.
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted+8% Synergy
$0.76
Chandra, Awakened Inferno+1% Synergy
$9.91
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in The Lord of Pain Group Hug decks.
Witch's Clinic+39% Synergy
$14.11
Spinerock Knoll+23% Synergy
$1.45
Reliquary Tower+17% Synergy
$3.36
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea+16% Synergy
$5.92
Geier Reach Sanitarium+12% Synergy
$1.64
Field of Ruin+11% Synergy
$0.35
Maze of Ith+9% Synergy
$10.62
Bojuka Bog+7% Synergy
$0.95
Temple of the False God+7% Synergy
$0.29
Shivan Gorge+5% Synergy
$0.79
Leechridden Swamp+5% Synergy
$0.62
Terrain Generator+5% Synergy
$2.17
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth0% Synergy
$63.85
Command Beacon0% Synergy
$7.41
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire-1% Synergy
$11.29
Cabal Coffers-3% Synergy
$34.50
Rogue's Passage-7% Synergy
$0.40
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out The Lord of Pain's Group Hug strategy.
Victory Chimes+45% Synergy
$5.95
Coveted Jewel+27% Synergy
$0.28
Spectral Searchlight+17% Synergy
$0.16
Bounty Board+10% Synergy
$2.02
Thought Vessel+9% Synergy
$1.92
Blinkmoth Urn+6% Synergy
$1.46
Decanter of Endless Water+5% Synergy
$4.13
Talisman of Indulgence+4% Synergy
$0.61
Fellwar Stone+4% Synergy
$0.70
Rakdos Signet+1% Synergy
$2.81
Sol Ring0% Synergy
$1.84
Arcane Signet0% Synergy
$0.69
Mind Stone-2% Synergy
$0.31
Cursed Mirror-2% Synergy
$0.44
Commander's Sphere-11% Synergy
$0.26
Lands
The mana base behind The Lord of Pain's Group Hug decks.
Graven Cairns+31% Synergy
$4.85
Tainted Peak+25% Synergy
$1.18
Bloodsoaked Insight+25% Synergy
$0.33
Sulfurous Springs+20% Synergy
$1.12
Haunted Ridge+18% Synergy
$8.32
Shadowblood Ridge+17% Synergy
$0.32
Blazemire Verge+16% Synergy
$8.54
Dragonskull Summit+15% Synergy
$0.39
Blackcleave Cliffs+14% Synergy
$2.04
Luxury Suite+12% Synergy
$11.27
Fell the Profane+12% Synergy
$2.42
Malakir Rebirth+10% Synergy
$13.15
Bloodstained Mire+9% Synergy
$17.35
Blightstep Pathway+7% Synergy
$5.89
Valakut Awakening+7% Synergy
$17.51
Raucous Theater+6% Synergy
$10.05
Forbidden Orchard+6% Synergy
$9.24
Exotic Orchard+5% Synergy
$0.24
Canyon Slough+5% Synergy
$0.37
Boggart Trawler+5% Synergy
$0.89
Pinnacle Monk+5% Synergy
$1.24
Demolition Field+5% Synergy
$0.27
Razortrap Gorge+5% Synergy
$0.25
Rainbow Vale+5% Synergy
$9.06
Command Tower+4% Synergy
$0.34
Smoldering Marsh+4% Synergy
$0.57
Blood Crypt+4% Synergy
$8.83
Ash Barrens+4% Synergy
$0.35
Mountain+3% Synergy
$0.16
Shatterskull Smashing+3% Synergy
$9.35
Hagra Mauling+3% Synergy
$0.99
Swamp+2% Synergy
$0.14
Myriad Landscape+2% Synergy
$0.31
Sundering Eruption+2% Synergy
$0.85
Geothermal Bog+1% Synergy
$0.31
Prismatic Vista+1% Synergy
$34.97
Foreboding Ruins0% Synergy
$0.40
Fabled Passage0% Synergy
$1.05
Jagged Barrens0% Synergy
$0.41
Temple of Malice-1% Synergy
$0.24
Badlands-1% Synergy
Rakdos Carnarium-2% Synergy
$0.35
Mount Doom-2% Synergy
$8.41
Bloodfell Caves-4% Synergy
$0.19
Path of Ancestry-7% Synergy
$0.31
Terramorphic Expanse-7% Synergy
$0.29
Evolving Wilds-8% Synergy
$0.33
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like The Lord of Pain: Group Hug.
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Mogis, God of Slaughter
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash
Heartless Hidetsugu
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
Kaervek the Merciless
Zo-Zu the Punisher
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Scion of Halaster
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
Obosh, the Preypiercer
Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood
Sengir, the Dark Baron // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
Norin the Wary
Ashling the Pilgrim
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Purphoros, God of the Forge
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
Far Fortune, End Boss
Jeska, Thrice Reborn // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Viconia, Drow Apostate // Guild Artisan
Avalanche of Sector 7
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Krark, the Thumbless // Miara, Thorn of the Glade
Krark, the Thumbless // Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
Krark, the Thumbless // Nocturno of Myra's Marvels
Krark, the Thumbless // Sengir, the Dark Baron
Krark, the Thumbless // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Krark, the Thumbless // Tormod, the Desecrator
Krark, the Thumbless // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Syrix, Carrier of the Flame
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid
Prosper, Tome-Bound
Tokka & Rahzar, Terrible Twos
Black Waltz No. 3
Tor Wauki
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus