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Gwenom, Remorseless

Legendary Creature — Symbiote Spider Hero · from $4.19

Deathtouch, lifelink Whenever Gwenom attacks, until end of turn, you may look at the top card of your library any time and you may play cards from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

53 of 100 at $5 or less · 34 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
13	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
14	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
15	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
16	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
17	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
18	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
19	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
20	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
21	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
22	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
23	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
24	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
25	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
26	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
27	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
28	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
29	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
30	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
31	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
32	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
33	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
34	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
35	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
36	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
37	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
38	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
39	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
40	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
41	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
42	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
43	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
44	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
45	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
46	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
47	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
48	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
49	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
50	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
51	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
52	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
53	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
54	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
55	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
56	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
57	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
58	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
59	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
60	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
61	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
62	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
63	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
64	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
65	Night's Whisper	Sorcery	2	$0.23
66	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
67	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
68	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
69	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
70	Phyrexian Tower	Land	0	$29.06
71	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
72	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire	Instant	4	$5.80
73	Cabal Coffers	Land	0	$20.77
74	Patchwork Banner	Artifact	3	$1.52
75	Village Rites	Instant	1	$0.30
76	Mox Amber	Artifact	0	$86.45
77	Karn's Bastion	Land	0	$2.51
78	Ash Barrens	Land	0	$0.15
79	Secluded Courtyard	Land	0	$0.31
80	Ornithopter of Paradise	Creature	2	$0.35
81	Animate Dead	Enchantment	2	$7.34
82	Pitiless Plunderer	Creature	4	$3.03
83	Sensei's Divining Top	Artifact	1	$36.48
84	Mirkwood Bats	Creature	4	$1.08
85	Sign in Blood	Sorcery	2	$0.25
86	Sword of the Animist	Artifact	2	$2.79
87	Zulaport Cutthroat	Creature	2	$1.27
88	Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire	Instant	1	$13.49
89	Mithril Coat	Artifact	3	$27.09
90	Mox Opal	Artifact	0	$229.58
91	Gray Merchant of Asphodel	Creature	5	$0.61
92	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire	Land	0	$10.47
93	Unclaimed Territory	Land	0	$0.30
94	Morbid Opportunist	Creature	3	$0.22
95	Mox Diamond	Artifact	0	$1108.66
96	Foundry Inspector	Creature	3	$0.28
97	Everflowing Chalice	Artifact	0	$0.28
98	Basilisk Collar	Artifact	1	$2.73
99	Viscera Seer	Creature	1	$0.47
100	Orcish Bowmasters	Creature	2	$43.42

Curve of these staples

Most played with Gwenom, Remorseless

The 25 most-played cards in 82 settled top-16 lists running Gwenom, Remorseless (any pairing) at 16+ player events since Mar 7, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Swamp	100% · 82 of 82	19
2	Aetherflux Reservoir	99% · 81 of 82	19
3	Dark Ritual	99% · 81 of 82	19
4	Sensei's Divining Top	99% · 81 of 82	19
5	Sol Ring	99% · 81 of 82	19
6	Culling the Weak	98% · 80 of 82	19
7	Lightning Greaves	98% · 80 of 82	19
8	Lotus Petal	98% · 80 of 82	19
9	Mana Vault	96% · 79 of 82	19
10	Ancient Tomb	95% · 78 of 82	19
11	Cabal Ritual	95% · 78 of 82	19
12	Gray Merchant of Asphodel	95% · 78 of 82	19
13	Demonic Tutor	94% · 77 of 82	19
14	Gemstone Caverns	94% · 77 of 82	19
15	Lavaspur Boots	94% · 77 of 82	19
16	Vampiric Tutor	94% · 77 of 82	19
17	Arcane Signet	93% · 76 of 82	18
18	Hall of the Bandit Lord	93% · 76 of 82	18
19	Mox Opal	93% · 76 of 82	19
20	Blood Pet	91% · 75 of 82	19
21	Necropotence	91% · 75 of 82	18
22	Scheming Symmetry	91% · 75 of 82	19
23	Chrome Mox	90% · 74 of 82	19
24	Mox Diamond	90% · 74 of 82	18
25	Wishclaw Talisman	90% · 74 of 82	17

Combos with Gwenom, Remorseless

The 10 most popular of 211 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Aetherflux Reservoir + Gwenom, Remorseless + Sensei's Divining Top
Near-infinite damage · Infinite card draw · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Gwenom, Remorseless + Sensei's Divining Top + Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Death Cultist + Gwenom, Remorseless + Mortuary
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Gwenom, Remorseless + Mortuary + Viscera Seer
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifeloss
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Aetherflux Reservoir + Gwenom, Remorseless + Mortuary + Viscera Seer
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite storm count · Infinite damage
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Gwenom, Remorseless + Mortuary + Umbral Collar Zealot
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite surveil
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Aetherflux Reservoir + Gwenom, Remorseless + Mortuary + Umbral Collar Zealot
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite storm count · Infinite surveil · Infinite damage
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Blood Artist + Gwenom, Remorseless + Mortuary + Viscera Seer
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite lifeloss
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Gwenom, Remorseless + Mortuary + Ornithopter + Viscera Seer
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Gwenom, Remorseless + Mortuary + Ornithopter + Umbral Collar Zealot
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite surveil
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 87 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

14th of 60 — BellsCon CEDH Tournament on Topdeck.ggOct 4, 2026 · 2–4–0 · by 🎀Melissa|Sparky’sGaming ⚡️
1st of 22 — TITANS OF THE UNDERGROUND FNM LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER on Topdeck.ggOct 2, 2026 · 3–2–0 · by 🎀Melissa|Sparky’sGaming ⚡️
8th of 123 — Ohio cEDH: Highlander 3 on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 2–3–0 · by 🎀Melissa|Sparky’sGaming ⚡️
13th of 58 — AoE Games 1K on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 1–2–2 · by Tyler Cooley
10th of 16 — Commander Invitational Qualifier - The Side Deck on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 0–2–2 · by Donna Pulley
8th of 16 — Take Initiative - CEDH Tournament on Topdeck.ggSep 13, 2026 · 1–3–1 · by Nicoló Dalferro
8th of 16 — Game Corner Weekly #1 on Topdeck.ggSep 13, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Fred B
2nd of 25 — MCL Shuffle n Cut 48-Open - CEDH Melbourne Sep 2026 on Topdeck.ggSep 12, 2026 · 2–1–2 · by Nick Rowe

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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