Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
$2.18
$2.18
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Xanathar, Guild Kingpin players are trying out in Control decks.
Leitmotif Composer+8% Synergy
$0.21
Wisdom of Ages+7% Synergy
$0.27
The Dawning Archaic+7% Synergy
$0.86
Decorum Dissertation+6% Synergy
$5.43
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Xanathar, Guild Kingpin's Control builds — cards that lean hardest into the Control theme.
Lantern of Insight+61% Synergy
$3.06
Bribery+56% Synergy
$5.64
Codex Shredder+56% Synergy
$0.35
Memory Lapse+56% Synergy
$0.59
Thief of Sanity+55% Synergy
$0.80
Ghoulcaller's Bell+55% Synergy
$0.30
Paradox Haze+51% Synergy
$4.56
Siphon Insight+51% Synergy
$0.38
Tasha, the Witch Queen+49% Synergy
$6.89
Gonti, Lord of Luxury+43% Synergy
$0.37
Top Cards
The staple cards most Xanathar, Guild Kingpin Control decks run as their core.
Hostage Taker+41% Synergy
$0.33
Brainstealer Dragon+39% Synergy
$11.34
Drown in the Loch+38% Synergy
$1.67
Thieving Skydiver+36% Synergy
$0.38
Propaganda+28% Synergy
$2.17
Toxic Deluge+19% Synergy
$5.02
Baleful Strix+17% Synergy
$6.67
Swiftfoot Boots+16% Synergy
$1.98
Counterspell+15% Synergy
$4.28
Dark Ritual+4% Synergy
$7.28
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Xanathar, Guild Kingpin Control game on their own.
Notion Thief+44% Synergy
$1.51
Opposition Agent+26% Synergy
$20.71
Narset, Parter of Veils+11% Synergy
$1.28
Rhystic Study+10% Synergy
$69.59
Cyclonic Rift+10% Synergy
$39.16
Demonic Tutor+8% Synergy
$69.17
Mana Vault+6% Synergy
$115.65
Mystical Tutor+3% Synergy
$18.67
Vampiric Tutor+1% Synergy
$54.03
Force of Will-1% Synergy
$59.96
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in Xanathar, Guild Kingpin decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Gríma, Saruman's Footman+35% Synergy
$2.17
Nightveil Specter+33% Synergy
$0.54
Agent of Treachery+32% Synergy
$7.01
Scrib Nibblers+31% Synergy
$0.38
Elder Brain+30% Synergy
$0.89
Intellect Devourer+27% Synergy
$0.37
Trinket Mage+27% Synergy
$0.52
Wizened Snitches+26% Synergy
$0.30
Sphinx of the Second Sun+23% Synergy
$5.33
Cathartic Adept+23% Synergy
$0.25
Gonti, Night Minister+22% Synergy
$0.91
Thieving Varmint+21% Synergy
$3.84
Mind Flayer+20% Synergy
$0.41
Dauthi Voidwalker+18% Synergy
$5.72
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind+17% Synergy
$0.66
Evil Twin+16% Synergy
$0.47
Vantress Gargoyle+15% Synergy
$0.36
Arvinox, the Mind Flail+14% Synergy
$0.37
Tinybones, the Pickpocket+11% Synergy
$9.33
Crabomination+11% Synergy
$0.32
Sage of the Beyond+11% Synergy
$2.25
Spark Double+10% Synergy
$10.96
Krydle of Baldur's Gate+9% Synergy
$0.26
Tribute Mage+9% Synergy
$0.86
Wandering Archaic+9% Synergy
$8.05
Circu, Dimir Lobotomist+9% Synergy
$0.62
Solemn Simulacrum+8% Synergy
$0.31
Fallen Shinobi+8% Synergy
$7.36
Dragonlord Silumgar+8% Synergy
$4.68
Sepulchral Primordial+7% Synergy
$0.40
Glasspool Mimic+6% Synergy
$6.46
Burnished Hart+6% Synergy
$0.30
Palladium Myr+6% Synergy
$1.19
Thieving Amalgam+6% Synergy
$0.80
Clever Impersonator+5% Synergy
$3.93
Ertai Resurrected+5% Synergy
$1.04
Talion, the Kindly Lord+4% Synergy
$8.96
High Fae Trickster+4% Synergy
$4.02
Archaeomancer+4% Synergy
$0.33
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant+4% Synergy
$10.19
Mockingbird+3% Synergy
$3.45
Phantasmal Image+3% Synergy
$5.06
Ornithopter of Paradise+2% Synergy
$2.23
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces+2% Synergy
$32.52
Phyrexian Metamorph0% Synergy
$2.21
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion0% Synergy
$3.57
Orcish Bowmasters0% Synergy
$43.37
Consuming Aberration-4% Synergy
$0.35
Syr Konrad, the Grim-6% Synergy
$1.67
Hullbreaker Horror-8% Synergy
$5.98
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Xanathar, Guild Kingpin's Control deck ahead.
Delay+34% Synergy
$3.41
Stifle+33% Synergy
$15.72
Outrageous Robbery+19% Synergy
$0.38
Hinder+16% Synergy
$0.25
Expel from Orazca+15% Synergy
$0.29
Memory Plunder+14% Synergy
$1.40
Dramatic Reversal+14% Synergy
$0.38
Predict+14% Synergy
$1.39
Reality Shift+10% Synergy
$0.35
Thought Scour+10% Synergy
$0.57
Defile+9% Synergy
$1.43
Snuff Out+7% Synergy
$12.98
Desertion+7% Synergy
$0.98
Turn Aside+6% Synergy
$0.21
Swan Song+5% Synergy
$10.69
Waterlogged Teachings+5% Synergy
$0.45
Muddle the Mixture+5% Synergy
$2.75
Submerge+5% Synergy
$7.73
Whir of Invention+5% Synergy
$5.44
Archmage's Charm+5% Synergy
$2.16
Mana Drain+4% Synergy
$56.44
Malakir Rebirth+4% Synergy
$13.30
Lim-Dûl's Vault+4% Synergy
$5.19
Baleful Mastery+4% Synergy
$2.53
Pact of Negation+4% Synergy
$16.27
Rewind+4% Synergy
$0.46
Dimir Charm+4% Synergy
$0.45
Rapid Hybridization+3% Synergy
$0.79
Mindbreak Trap+3% Synergy
$15.29
Sink into Stupor+2% Synergy
$9.48
Countersquall+2% Synergy
$0.90
An Offer You Can't Refuse+1% Synergy
$3.07
Aetherize+1% Synergy
$0.44
Flusterstorm+1% Synergy
$8.05
Spell Pierce+1% Synergy
$0.31
Mental Misstep+1% Synergy
$7.52
Tainted Pact+1% Synergy
$41.77
Fact or Fiction0% Synergy
$0.30
Dig Through Time0% Synergy
$0.30
Force of Negation-1% Synergy
$49.60
Withering Torment-2% Synergy
$1.60
Pongify-3% Synergy
$3.05
Fell the Profane-6% Synergy
$5.74
Infernal Grasp-6% Synergy
$0.32
Negate-8% Synergy
$0.24
Arcane Denial-9% Synergy
$1.72
Fierce Guardianship-9% Synergy
$63.43
Go for the Throat-9% Synergy
$0.62
Deadly Rollick-14% Synergy
$28.68
Brainstorm-18% Synergy
$0.56
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for Xanathar, Guild Kingpin.
Blood Money+32% Synergy
$2.69
Scheming Symmetry+23% Synergy
$8.75
Inevitable Betrayal+23% Synergy
$1.23
Portent+18% Synergy
$0.37
Blue Sun's Twilight+16% Synergy
$0.52
Heartless Conscription+16% Synergy
$2.35
Cruelclaw's Heist+12% Synergy
$0.33
Mnemonic Betrayal+11% Synergy
$7.86
Extract Brain+11% Synergy
$0.36
Damnation+10% Synergy
$21.01
Praetor's Grasp+10% Synergy
$10.39
Expropriate+10% Synergy
$15.92
Dream Harvest+9% Synergy
$0.33
Blatant Thievery+7% Synergy
$5.41
Stolen Goods+7% Synergy
$0.37
Pilfered Plans+6% Synergy
$0.23
Duress+6% Synergy
$0.07
Acquire+6% Synergy
$3.08
Extract from Darkness+5% Synergy
$0.32
Grim Tutor+5% Synergy
$23.87
Time Stretch+5% Synergy
$5.41
Beacon of Unrest+5% Synergy
$0.30
Reanimate+4% Synergy
$10.10
Breach the Multiverse+4% Synergy
$10.03
Night's Whisper+4% Synergy
$6.25
Fabricate+4% Synergy
$10.36
Insatiable Avarice+4% Synergy
$6.03
Irenicus's Vile Duplication+2% Synergy
$9.57
Read the Bones+2% Synergy
$0.30
Rise of the Dark Realms0% Synergy
$6.73
Treasure Cruise0% Synergy
$0.35
Diabolic Tutor0% Synergy
$2.21
Imperial Seal0% Synergy
$166.33
Singularity Rupture-1% Synergy
$1.79
Sea Gate Restoration-1% Synergy
$35.15
Feed the Swarm-2% Synergy
$0.24
Windfall-2% Synergy
$6.10
Preordain-2% Synergy
$0.86
Ponder-3% Synergy
$3.54
Maddening Cacophony-5% Synergy
$6.63
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Xanathar, Guild Kingpin Control decks.
Strionic Resonator+21% Synergy
$7.28
Isochron Scepter+17% Synergy
$12.32
Lithoform Engine+17% Synergy
$7.21
Pyxis of Pandemonium+16% Synergy
$0.29
Staff of Eden, Vault's Key+16% Synergy
$2.83
Lightning Greaves+10% Synergy
$4.10
Helm of the Host+8% Synergy
$5.21
Grindclock+8% Synergy
$0.36
Wayfarer's Bauble+7% Synergy
$5.61
Neurok Stealthsuit+6% Synergy
$1.75
Sapphire Medallion+5% Synergy
$8.14
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree+5% Synergy
$0.87
Chaos Wand+5% Synergy
$0.40
The Water Crystal+4% Synergy
$4.67
Wishclaw Talisman+4% Synergy
$2.47
Sensei's Divining Top+3% Synergy
$40.31
Bolas's Citadel+3% Synergy
$15.83
Altar of the Brood+1% Synergy
$9.71
The Darkness Crystal+1% Synergy
$4.28
The One Ring0% Synergy
$115.41
Jet Medallion-3% Synergy
$14.67
Mindcrank-5% Synergy
$13.37
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in Xanathar, Guild Kingpin decks.
Telepathy+27% Synergy
$0.84
Mind's Dilation+23% Synergy
$5.01
Cunning Rhetoric+20% Synergy
$3.60
Psychic Surgery+19% Synergy
$0.50
Oubliette+18% Synergy
$2.87
Rogue Class+15% Synergy
$1.18
Mystic Remora+11% Synergy
$13.77
Court of Locthwain+11% Synergy
$6.23
As Foretold+8% Synergy
$1.33
Shadow of the Second Sun+8% Synergy
$1.07
Control Magic+8% Synergy
$0.79
Imprisoned in the Moon+7% Synergy
$0.31
Fortune Teller's Talent+7% Synergy
$0.60
Field of Dreams+6% Synergy
$141.36
Leyline of Anticipation+4% Synergy
$5.40
Sphinx's Tutelage+4% Synergy
$1.76
Necropotence+3% Synergy
$38.23
Animate Dead+1% Synergy
$7.45
Black Market Connections+1% Synergy
$10.53
Bloodchief Ascension+1% Synergy
$21.34
Phyrexian Arena0% Synergy
$4.16
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Xanathar, Guild Kingpin's Control game plan.
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse+9% Synergy
$3.45
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver+7% Synergy
$1.97
Ashiok, Dream Render+6% Synergy
$1.36
Jace, the Mind Sculptor+6% Synergy
$18.72
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Xanathar, Guild Kingpin Control decks.
Duskmantle, House of Shadow+32% Synergy
$0.20
Nephalia Drownyard+25% Synergy
$0.32
Hive of the Eye Tyrant+15% Synergy
$0.48
Hall of Storm Giants+13% Synergy
$0.44
Temple of the False God+10% Synergy
$0.32
Inventors' Fair+9% Synergy
$14.54
Moonring Island+9% Synergy
$0.45
Urza's Saga+7% Synergy
$38.48
Field of Ruin+7% Synergy
$0.37
Geier Reach Sanitarium+6% Synergy
$2.39
Detection Tower+6% Synergy
$3.19
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea+6% Synergy
$4.48
Creeping Tar Pit+4% Synergy
$0.34
Academy Ruins+4% Synergy
$9.06
Buried Ruin+4% Synergy
$0.37
Mistrise Village+4% Synergy
$7.72
Otawara, Soaring City+3% Synergy
$26.55
Mystic Sanctuary+3% Synergy
$1.34
Restless Reef+3% Synergy
$1.78
Command Beacon+3% Synergy
$9.86
Reliquary Tower+2% Synergy
$4.23
Castle Vantress+2% Synergy
$0.31
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth-1% Synergy
$55.48
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire-1% Synergy
$10.64
Cabal Coffers-1% Synergy
$28.81
Ancient Tomb-1% Synergy
$119.25
Bojuka Bog-2% Synergy
$1.40
Rogue's Passage-4% Synergy
$0.77
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Xanathar, Guild Kingpin's Control strategy.
Thran Dynamo+34% Synergy
$4.36
Gilded Lotus+20% Synergy
$0.59
Midnight Clock+17% Synergy
$0.57
Worn Powerstone+17% Synergy
$0.37
Everflowing Chalice+16% Synergy
$0.30
Thought Vessel+15% Synergy
$2.35
Dimir Signet+14% Synergy
$0.29
Hedron Archive+12% Synergy
$0.25
Mind Stone+11% Synergy
$0.34
Chromatic Lantern+11% Synergy
$0.73
Fellwar Stone+10% Synergy
$1.04
Talisman of Dominance+9% Synergy
$0.45
Charcoal Diamond+9% Synergy
$0.35
Sky Diamond+7% Synergy
$0.25
Arcane Signet+6% Synergy
$0.49
Sisay's Ring+6% Synergy
$0.33
Basalt Monolith+5% Synergy
$4.87
Sol Ring+3% Synergy
$1.34
Bender's Waterskin+3% Synergy
$0.93
Decanter of Endless Water+3% Synergy
$5.10
Mox Opal+3% Synergy
$229.58
Misleading Signpost+2% Synergy
$14.05
Mox Diamond+2% Synergy
$1108.66
Commander's Sphere+1% Synergy
$0.31
Chrome Mox+1% Synergy
$167.03
Lotus Petal0% Synergy
$37.42
Lands
The mana base behind Xanathar, Guild Kingpin's Control decks.
Exotic Orchard+14% Synergy
$0.30
Fetid Pools+11% Synergy
$0.29
Evolving Wilds+11% Synergy
$0.29
Sunken Ruins+11% Synergy
$0.49
Drowned Catacomb+10% Synergy
$0.45
Shipwreck Marsh+10% Synergy
$1.25
Underground River+10% Synergy
$0.59
Clearwater Pathway+10% Synergy
$4.98
Myriad Landscape+10% Synergy
$0.34
Morphic Pool+9% Synergy
$28.05
Darkwater Catacombs+7% Synergy
$0.34
City of Brass+7% Synergy
$11.44
Temple of Deceit+6% Synergy
$0.19
Terramorphic Expanse+6% Synergy
$0.26
Glasspool Mimic+6% Synergy
$6.46
Sunken Hollow+5% Synergy
$0.37
Waterlogged Teachings+5% Synergy
$0.45
Fabled Passage+5% Synergy
$0.64
Watery Grave+4% Synergy
$10.08
Polluted Delta+4% Synergy
$19.87
Darkslick Shores+4% Synergy
$2.48
Malakir Rebirth+4% Synergy
$13.30
Bloodstained Mire+4% Synergy
$18.38
Mana Confluence+4% Synergy
$35.43
Verdant Catacombs+3% Synergy
$29.04
Waterfront District+3% Synergy
$0.29
Dismal Backwater+2% Synergy
$0.17
Sink into Stupor+2% Synergy
$9.48
Misty Rainforest+2% Synergy
$35.75
Flooded Strand+2% Synergy
$15.74
Marsh Flats+2% Synergy
$32.33
Dimir Aqueduct+1% Synergy
$0.37
Scalding Tarn+1% Synergy
$37.51
Ice Tunnel+1% Synergy
$0.43
Ash Barrens+1% Synergy
$0.31
Gemstone Caverns+1% Synergy
$63.27
Underground Sea0% Synergy
Snow-Covered Island0% Synergy
$1.18
Port of Karfell0% Synergy
$0.22
Swamp-1% Synergy
$0.10
Tainted Isle-1% Synergy
$2.08
Sea Gate Restoration-1% Synergy
$35.15
Dimir Guildgate-1% Synergy
$0.14
Command Tower-2% Synergy
$0.25
Island-3% Synergy
$0.07
Undercity Sewers-3% Synergy
$14.33
Choked Estuary-6% Synergy
$0.37
Fell the Profane-6% Synergy
$5.74
Gloomlake Verge-9% Synergy
$10.72
Path of Ancestry-20% Synergy
$0.27
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Xanathar, Guild Kingpin: Control.
Nihiloor
Dragonlord Silumgar
Empress Galina
Merieke Ri Berit
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
Gonti, Night Minister
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Memnarch
Arvinox, the Mind Flail
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Rev, Tithe Extractor
Talion, the Kindly Lord
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
Don Andres, the Renegade
Eriette, the Beguiler
Reno and Rude
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
Admiral Beckett Brass
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
Nezahal, Primal Tide
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
Keiga, the Tide Star
Satoru Umezawa
Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor
Ramses, Assassin Lord
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
The Beast, Deathless Prince
Dromar, the Banisher
Evelyn, the Covetous
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept // The Prismatic Piper
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept // Tormod, the Desecrator
Horobi, Death's Wail
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