Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei
$60.99
$60.99Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
How it feels to play against
Mildly Annoying
Some frustrating moments but still fun.
Popularity
Niche Pick
Less common, brings surprise factor.
Ranking
#4154
Current Rank
#4323
Last Month
Mono-Black Combos
Debut Set
Decks on Moxfield
Decks on Archidekt
Scryfall
CardmarketHigh Synergy Cards
Cards that work exceptionally well with Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei's abilities and overall game plan.
Megrim+88% Synergy
$1.07
Liliana's Caress+87% Synergy
$6.04
The Raven Man+87% Synergy
$0.44
Cao Cao, Lord of Wei+78% Synergy
$40.15
Scythe Specter+78% Synergy
$0.52
Mind Twist+77% Synergy
$1.22
Hypnotic Specter+76% Synergy
$1.35
Raiders' Wake+75% Synergy
$0.62
Waste Not+75% Synergy
$7.36
Virus Beetle+72% Synergy
$0.05
Top Cards
The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei decks.
Geth's Grimoire+71% Synergy
$10.19
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar+71% Synergy
$1.16
Banshee of the Dread Choir+71% Synergy
$1.50
Painful Quandary+68% Synergy
$1.19
Tourach, Dread Cantor+67% Synergy
$1.07
Fell Specter+67% Synergy
$0.56
Sangromancer+60% Synergy
$0.99
Syphon Mind+59% Synergy
$0.38
Feed the Swarm+20% Synergy
$0.20
Dark Ritual+5% Synergy
$4.24
Game Changers
Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.
Tergrid, God of Fright+63% Synergy
$16.06
Vampiric Tutor+36% Synergy
$61.04
Demonic Tutor+1% Synergy
$57.52
Ancient Tomb-5% Synergy
$98.84
Orcish Bowmasters-6% Synergy
$37.86
Creatures
Essential creatures that complement Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.
Necrogoyf+59% Synergy
$0.16
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal+57% Synergy
$6.54
Cunning Lethemancer+54% Synergy
$6.94
Rotting Rats+54% Synergy
$1.33
Bloodgift Demon+54% Synergy
$0.98
Burglar Rat+53% Synergy
$0.10
Elderfang Disciple+50% Synergy
$0.14
Nezumi Informant+50% Synergy
$0.22
Dreamstealer+50% Synergy
$0.22
Bone Miser+48% Synergy
$21.22
Plaguecrafter+44% Synergy
$0.34
Asylum Visitor+33% Synergy
$0.14
Tinybones, Trinket Thief+32% Synergy
$20.77
Hostile Investigator+32% Synergy
$0.53
Creeping Bloodsucker+24% Synergy
$4.27
Eater of the Dead+21% Synergy
$0.80
Wall of Shadows+21% Synergy
$0.16
Zhang He, Wei General+21% Synergy
$74.31
Crypt Ghast+16% Synergy
$13.42
Rottenmouth Viper+14% Synergy
$10.92
Uncle Istvan+14% Synergy
$0.46
Guul Draz Specter+14% Synergy
$0.23
Drift of the Dead+14% Synergy
$0.22
Khabál Ghoul+14% Synergy
$104.29
Flow of Maggots+14% Synergy
$0.63
Walking Dead+14% Synergy
$0.96
Purraj of Urborg+14% Synergy
$0.93
Lim-Dûl's High Guard+14% Synergy
$0.13
Headless Horseman+14% Synergy
$1.35
Wei Night Raiders+14% Synergy
$27.14
The Haunt of Hightower+12% Synergy
$2.42
Refurbished Familiar+7% Synergy
$0.24
Sly Requisitioner+7% Synergy
$0.13
Mardu Skullhunter+7% Synergy
$0.05
Acererak the Archlich+7% Synergy
$1.70
Arcbound Ravager+7% Synergy
$13.47
Augur of Skulls+7% Synergy
$0.17
Nettling Imp+7% Synergy
$69.55
Wall of Putrid Flesh+7% Synergy
$3.54
Dauthi Voidwalker+6% Synergy
$4.52
Demon of Loathing+6% Synergy
$0.46
Blightsteel Colossus+6% Synergy
$34.63
Gray Merchant of Asphodel+5% Synergy
$2.34
Unstoppable Slasher+4% Synergy
$4.45
Nirkana Revenant+3% Synergy
$6.28
Sheoldred, Whispering One+2% Synergy
$18.14
Syr Konrad, the Grim+1% Synergy
$0.53
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse-1% Synergy
$87.13
Accursed Marauder-4% Synergy
$0.26
Rankle, Master of Pranks-6% Synergy
$2.40
Instants
Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei safe.
Cabal Ritual+32% Synergy
$10.31
Go for the Throat+27% Synergy
$0.53
Village Rites+25% Synergy
$0.25
Infernal Grasp+25% Synergy
$0.15
Doom Blade+14% Synergy
$0.21
Demonic Consultation+14% Synergy
$6.72
Word of Command+14% Synergy
Sewers of Estark+7% Synergy
$1.48
Gravebind+7% Synergy
$0.79
Tainted Pact+6% Synergy
$32.99
Cast Down+6% Synergy
$0.40
Fatal Push+4% Synergy
$1.21
Stinging Study+4% Synergy
$5.91
Withering Torment-2% Synergy
$3.91
Dismember-4% Synergy
$5.16
Culling the Weak-8% Synergy
$11.72
Fell the Profane-10% Synergy
$3.81
Tragic Slip-13% Synergy
$0.15
Deadly Rollick-17% Synergy
$21.94
Sorceries
Important sorcery spells that advance Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei's game plan and control the board.
Hymn to Tourach+62% Synergy
$0.54
Death Cloud+55% Synergy
$2.38
Torment of Hailfire+48% Synergy
$24.60
Awaken the Erstwhile+48% Synergy
$0.38
Dark Deal+46% Synergy
$3.59
Smallpox+45% Synergy
$0.32
Vicious Rumors+44% Synergy
$0.22
Decree of Pain+44% Synergy
$0.24
Damnation+28% Synergy
$18.65
Delirium Skeins+25% Synergy
$0.18
Bad Deal+20% Synergy
$0.15
Jovial Evil+14% Synergy
$24.32
Return to Battle+14% Synergy
$4.12
Pelakka Predation+13% Synergy
$0.15
Stitch Together+11% Synergy
$2.43
Thoughtseize+9% Synergy
$5.49
Blasphemous Edict+8% Synergy
$5.60
Stench of Evil+7% Synergy
$0.19
Demon's Grasp+7% Synergy
$0.07
Deception+7% Synergy
$1.30
Overwhelming Forces+7% Synergy
$0.56
All Hallow's Eve+7% Synergy
$490.00
Cloudkill+7% Synergy
$0.08
Skull Raid+7% Synergy
$0.02
Aid the Fallen+7% Synergy
$0.08
Toxic Deluge+6% Synergy
$6.86
Emergency Weld+6% Synergy
$0.08
Tasigur's Cruelty+6% Synergy
$0.09
Unnerve+6% Synergy
$0.33
Disentomb+6% Synergy
$0.51
Heartless Pillage+6% Synergy
$0.03
Zof Consumption+6% Synergy
$0.18
Fell+5% Synergy
$0.51
Pilfer+5% Synergy
$0.04
Fraying Omnipotence+5% Synergy
$0.70
Arterial Flow+4% Synergy
$0.40
Rankle's Prank+3% Synergy
$0.34
Praetor's Grasp+3% Synergy
$11.51
Grim Tutor+2% Synergy
$25.19
Breach the Multiverse+1% Synergy
$5.83
Duress0% Synergy
$0.12
Agadeem's Awakening0% Synergy
$19.74
Peer into the Abyss-4% Synergy
$2.29
Mutilate-11% Synergy
$1.80
Victimize-19% Synergy
$0.48
Reanimate-32% Synergy
$6.67
Utility Artifacts
Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.
Bag of Holding+35% Synergy
$0.11
Brotherhood Regalia+25% Synergy
$9.99
Demon's Horn+17% Synergy
$0.82
Jalum Tome+14% Synergy
$0.05
Sword of Light and Shadow+14% Synergy
$13.27
The Rack+14% Synergy
$3.13
Collector's Vault+13% Synergy
$1.06
Mask of Memory+12% Synergy
$0.39
Thornbite Staff+12% Synergy
$16.64
Sword of Feast and Famine+12% Synergy
$37.16
Lightning Greaves+9% Synergy
$4.38
Whispersilk Cloak+8% Synergy
$2.35
Sorcerer's Wand+7% Synergy
$0.12
Umbral Mantle+7% Synergy
$7.24
Heavy Arbalest+7% Synergy
$0.08
Livewire Lash+7% Synergy
$0.13
Hot Soup+7% Synergy
$0.39
Skullcage+7% Synergy
$0.31
Thought Prison+7% Synergy
$0.20
Salvaging Station+7% Synergy
$1.46
Paupers' Cage+7% Synergy
$0.96
Misers' Cage+7% Synergy
$1.77
Viridian Longbow+7% Synergy
$0.88
Black Vise+7% Synergy
$4.41
Pearl Medallion+7% Synergy
$3.84
Mind's Eye+7% Synergy
$5.07
Currency Converter+7% Synergy
$11.91
Reckoner Bankbuster+7% Synergy
$0.44
Thaumatic Compass+7% Synergy
$2.20
Krark-Clan Ironworks+6% Synergy
$21.62
Quietus Spike+6% Synergy
$4.23
Sting, the Glinting Dagger+6% Synergy
$4.19
Staff of Domination+6% Synergy
$6.69
Icon of Ancestry+6% Synergy
$0.36
Blade of Selves+6% Synergy
$2.31
Manifold Key+5% Synergy
$1.24
Trailblazer's Boots+5% Synergy
$2.37
Endless Atlas+4% Synergy
$2.18
Basilisk Collar+4% Synergy
$3.04
Wishclaw Talisman0% Synergy
$2.60
Swiftfoot Boots-3% Synergy
$1.58
Phyrexian Altar-6% Synergy
$50.76
Skullclamp-7% Synergy
$4.36
Bontu's Monument-14% Synergy
$8.77
Jet Medallion-18% Synergy
$9.63
Enchantments
Powerful enchantments that support Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.
Quest for the Nihil Stone+55% Synergy
$1.46
Bottomless Pit+45% Synergy
$5.07
Braids's Frightful Return+42% Synergy
$0.10
Bandit's Talent+40% Synergy
$0.44
Black Market Connections+34% Synergy
$13.23
Tinybones Joins Up+28% Synergy
$0.40
Demonic Vigor+21% Synergy
$0.07
Spirit Shackle+14% Synergy
$0.48
Mind Whip+14% Synergy
$0.43
Artifact Possession+14% Synergy
$0.59
Koskun Falls+14% Synergy
$12.67
Feast of Sanity+14% Synergy
$0.18
Feast on the Fallen+14% Synergy
$0.19
Haunting Wind+14% Synergy
$15.88
The Long Reach of Night+13% Synergy
$0.07
Warlock Class+13% Synergy
$0.18
Leyline of the Void+12% Synergy
$0.45
Wound Reflection+11% Synergy
$9.20
Oversold Cemetery+9% Synergy
$1.23
Underworld Dreams+8% Synergy
$2.21
Vampiric Rites+8% Synergy
$0.11
Demonic Torment+7% Synergy
$4.71
Season of the Witch+7% Synergy
$20.01
Lim-Dûl's Hex+7% Synergy
$0.46
Quagmire+7% Synergy
$1.51
Seizures+7% Synergy
$0.12
The Abyss+7% Synergy
$653.52
Larceny+7% Synergy
$0.31
Phyrexian Boon+7% Synergy
$0.10
Curse Artifact+7% Synergy
$0.87
Leshrac's Sigil+6% Synergy
$0.37
Gate to Phyrexia+6% Synergy
$51.62
Chthonian Nightmare+5% Synergy
$0.57
The Cruelty of Gix+5% Synergy
$1.02
Dance of the Dead+4% Synergy
$14.97
The Eldest Reborn+3% Synergy
$0.22
Court of Ambition+3% Synergy
$4.05
Hopeless Nightmare+3% Synergy
$0.39
Virtue of Persistence+2% Synergy
$7.12
Necromancy+1% Synergy
$10.99
Greed0% Synergy
$0.36
Animate Dead-3% Synergy
$7.94
The Meathook Massacre-3% Synergy
$22.51
Phyrexian Reclamation-3% Synergy
$1.25
Bitterblossom-6% Synergy
$25.37
Black Market-14% Synergy
$4.37
Phyrexian Arena-19% Synergy
$3.28
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that work alongside Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei to provide ongoing value and board presence.
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage+56% Synergy
$0.33
Liliana of the Veil+14% Synergy
$4.27
Liliana, Waker of the Dead+10% Synergy
$2.10
Liliana, Death's Majesty+3% Synergy
$0.48
Liliana of the Dark Realms-7% Synergy
$7.85
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.
Geier Reach Sanitarium+67% Synergy
$0.64
Avishkar Raceway+59% Synergy
$0.06
War Room+48% Synergy
$5.27
Bojuka Bog+39% Synergy
$0.85
Cabal Coffers+38% Synergy
$27.86
Castle Locthwain+33% Synergy
$3.16
Cabal Stronghold+22% Synergy
$12.12
Rogue's Passage+17% Synergy
$0.27
Island of Wak-Wak+14% Synergy
$174.72
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+13% Synergy
$45.08
Tyrite Sanctum+13% Synergy
$3.25
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+12% Synergy
$53.21
Access Tunnel+11% Synergy
$0.30
Blasted Landscape+7% Synergy
$1.57
Ifnir Deadlands+6% Synergy
$0.14
Homeward Path+5% Synergy
$15.64
Hidden Necropolis+5% Synergy
$0.08
Desert of the Glorified+4% Synergy
$0.09
Ghost Quarter+4% Synergy
$0.82
Polluted Mire+3% Synergy
$0.09
Buried Ruin+2% Synergy
$0.28
Westvale Abbey+1% Synergy
$3.52
Spymaster's Vault-1% Synergy
$1.36
Temple of the False God-1% Synergy
$0.11
Barren Moor-3% Synergy
$0.09
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire-9% Synergy
$8.55
Reliquary Tower-10% Synergy
$3.28
Phyrexian Tower-10% Synergy
$22.18
Witch's Cottage-17% Synergy
$0.64
Mana Artifacts
Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.
Caged Sun+59% Synergy
$3.30
Nyx Lotus+50% Synergy
$4.70
Mind Stone+41% Synergy
$0.23
Commander's Sphere+41% Synergy
$0.17
Gauntlet of Power+32% Synergy
$3.53
Charcoal Diamond+20% Synergy
$0.28
Sol Ring+14% Synergy
$1.04
Extraplanar Lens+9% Synergy
$8.99
Hedron Archive+3% Synergy
$0.20
Heraldic Banner+2% Synergy
$0.29
Throne of Eldraine-3% Synergy
$31.84
Arcane Signet-5% Synergy
$0.32
Thought Vessel-5% Synergy
$1.71
Fellwar Stone-8% Synergy
$0.72
Lands
The mana base foundation for Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.
Vibrant Cityscape+99% Synergy
$0.25
Snow-Covered Swamp+15% Synergy
$0.47
Pelakka Predation+13% Synergy
$0.15
Obscura Storefront+7% Synergy
$0.21
Rocky Tar Pit+7% Synergy
$0.15
Riveteers Overlook+7% Synergy
$0.15
Maestros Theater+7% Synergy
$0.22
Escape Tunnel+6% Synergy
$0.22
Zof Consumption+6% Synergy
$0.18
Fabled Passage+5% Synergy
$4.93
Prismatic Vista+5% Synergy
$30.30
Terramorphic Expanse+5% Synergy
$0.09
Verdant Catacombs+4% Synergy
$23.25
Marsh Flats+4% Synergy
$23.91
Polluted Delta+4% Synergy
$16.58
Evolving Wilds+4% Synergy
$0.17
Bloodstained Mire+4% Synergy
$15.26
Agadeem's Awakening0% Synergy
$19.74
Fell the Profane-10% Synergy
$3.81
Myriad Landscape-12% Synergy
$0.21
Swamp-16% Synergy
$0.14
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The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei.
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro // Miara, Thorn of the Glade
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Cao Cao, Lord of Wei
Myojin of Night's Reach
Akroma, Vision of Ixidor // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Tourach, Dread Cantor
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro // Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Viconia, Drow Apostate // Tavern Brawler
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
The Raven Man
Malfegor
Greel, Mind Raker
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
Gwendlyn Di Corci
Urgoros, the Empty One
The Haunt of Hightower
Crosis, the Purger
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro // Tana, the Bloodsower
Viconia, Drow Apostate // Candlekeep Sage
Rankle, Master of Pranks
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Criminal Past
Infernal Kirin
Green Goblin, Nemesis
Nicol Bolas
Rielle, the Everwise
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
Anara, Wolvid Familiar // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
He Who Hungers
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro // Ravos, Soultender
Neheb, the Worthy