While other three-color combinations are known to grind opponents down through resilience and inevitability, the best Sultai Commanders do it just as well... while they drown the table in overwhelming value.

Black, Blue, and Green make up the wedge of self-mill, enormous graveyards, stolen wealth, and explosive ramp. Arguably, Sultai brings together the three strongest colors in the Commander format.

These decks just want to have it all. And this form of greed differs greatly depending on the Commander at the helm. Today, we'll be looking at who that should be.

Top Sultai Commanders to Run

Greed, avarice, and lust for power are the things that come to mind whenever Sultai is mentioned. These Commanders exemplify that cutthroat nature perfectly.

1. Yarok, the Desecrated
2. Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
3. Maralen, Fae Ascendant
4. Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
5. Glarb, Calamity's Augur
6. Muldrotha, the Gravetide
7. The Wise Mothman
8. Teval, the Balanced Scale

If you're looking for the most powerful Sultai Commanders for your next deck, these eight legends that embody the wedge's endless hunger for value.

8. Yarok, the Desecrated

There are value Commanders who give you incremental advantage turn by turn; then there is Yarok, the Desecrated.

Doubling enters triggers gets out of hand rapidly in Commander, especially in Sultai where the colors already excel at ramping, recurring permanents, and drawing cards. Yarok exponentially increases the value because he doubles those triggers infinitely, with no limit on the effect.

Sure, Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines exists... but she's a mono-White Commander, and way more limited.

With Yarok, you can play a Mulldrifter and draw four. Play a Solemn Simulacrum and you'll get two Lands.

And my favorite: If you resolve a Gray Merchant of Asphodel, you end the game.

Yarok wants players to stuff their decks with Creatures and permanents that generate immediate value because once the engine gets going, every single card becomes twice as threatening.

Some standout cards for Yarok include:

• Panharmonicon - doubles your triggers again
• Avenger of Zendikar - creates an absurd amount of Plant tokens in a hurry
• Birthing Pod - helps you pull key pieces straight from your deck
• Duplicant - Creature removal that builds a big threat

Yarok may not be the newest Sultai Commander anymore, but this Elemental Horror always has a trick or two under his... maw?

7. Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain is an amalgamation of different strategies like counters, sacrifice strategies, populate, and proliferate. This card seems like designers wanted to create a combo machine, threw mechanics into a mushroom-infested sea, and then came out with this Sultai pirate.

Of course, they realized their mistake and tacked on the Sorcery-speed limit to the ability to keep things fair.

Xavier turns counters into token copies while rewarding sacrifice-heavy builds with proliferation. That combination creates a weird engine where your board can suddenly explode if opponents fail to answer it quickly.

This guy can go wide with tokens and populate them, play with several kinds of counters, and proliferate aggressively to build overwhelming board states. It also leans into strong token synergies while grinding out long-term value through sacrifice loops.

Some of the best cards to pair with Xavier include:

• Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler - enables Xavier Sal and other Creatures to activate their abilities soon as they enter the battlefield
• Nesting Grounds - moves counters around to fuel Xavier's abilities
• Evolution Sage - landfall plus proliferate is exactly the sort of greed Sultai loves
• Intruder Alarm - an Enchantment that breaks Xavier Sal's ability wide open

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain is one of the more challenging Commanders to build and pilot on this list, but players who enjoy complicated board states will get a lot out of this one.

6. Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Maralen, Fae Ascendant is a delightful new Sultai favorite from Lorwyn Eclipsed. Faerie and Elf lovers have a no-brainer in Maralen for sure. At first glance, the card looks like an innocent typal Commander for Elves and Faeries.

Then you realize it lets you cast spells exiled from your opponents' libraries for free once a turn from all the cards you've exiled since this Elf Faerie Noble came into play.

Players who love casting mana dorks or evasive Faeries will trigger multiple exiles from Maralen which gives them a boatload of options. Over time, those stolen cards become fuel for explosive turns where your opponents start watching their own win conditions get used against them.

Some excellent support cards include:

• Bitterbloom Bearer - a Bitterblossom on a body that also triggers Maralen
• Kindred Discovery - turns every attacking Elf or Faerie into card draw
• Obyra, Dreaming Duelist - pings the entire table for each little Faerie you create
• High Perfect Morcant - this Elf Noble gives Maralen an extra ounce of Creature control

One thing that Sultai loves is stealing cards from others. Honestly, there is something so satisfying about beating opponents with cards they brought to the table themselves.

And Maralen fully embraces that Sultai greed.

5. Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Some Sultai Commanders generate value from their own deck. Like Maralen, Gonti, Canny Acquisitor prefers using everybody else's.

This greedy Aetherborn Rogue rewards you for doing what Blue and Black already love: sneaking through combat damage and weaponizing your opponents' resources against them.

Whenever one or more of your Creatures connect, Gonti starts exiling cards from opposing libraries and lets you cast them later. Better yet, those stolen spells cost one fewer to cast, turning every successful attack into a growing pile of stolen value.

Sultai has access to evasive Creatures, token production, and excellent ramp, and so Gonti can snowball frighteningly fast if left unchecked.

Some of the best cards to pair with him include:

• Villainous Wealth - the big X-cost Sorcery that is the epitome of Sultai greed
• Fallen Shinobi - one of the nastiest combat damage payoffs ever printed
• Impostor Syndrome - pushes the game into crazy territory
• Ohran Frostfang - rewards your Creatures for connecting while keeping your hand full

Gonti is especially fun because every game plays differently because your threats often come from whatever your opponents decide to sleeve up.

4. Glarb, Calamity's Augur

Imagine a smug little Frog Wizard that lets you cast Lands and giant (four mana or greater) spells from the top of your library. Now, imagine that Frog letting you look at your top deck at any time... now add surveil into the mix and you get Glarb, Calamity's Augur.

This Frog pilots strange hybrids of top-deck manipulation, self-mill, and big mana.

This Bloomburrow Commander wants players building around expensive spells while using surveil to smooth draws and set up future turns.

You can hop into strategies like giant Creatures, splashy Sorceries, self-mill and graveyard recursion, and even top-deck control approaches like miracle-style play. And because Sultai ramps extremely well, reaching those higher mana values is not particularly difficult.

Some standout cards for Glarb include:

• Azusa, Lost but Seeking - potentially lets you play three Lands from the top of your deck ramping you even further
• Gwenom Remorseless - a fair take on Bolas's Citadel but as explosive nonetheless
• Seedborn Muse - gives you repeated access to Glarb's surveil ability
• Temporal Mastery - a miracle spell that feels sooo good to see on the top of your deck

The fact that this Commander is a tiny Frog somehow in charge of such big value, midrange-y Sultai decks makes running him as a Commander even more enjoyable.

3. Muldrotha, the Gravetide

Through all Sultai history, Commanders that generate overwhelming long-term value like Muldrotha, the Gravetide are tough to come by.

This moldy Elemental Avatar turns your graveyard into an extension of your hand. Lands, Enchantments, Creatures, Artifacts, Planeswalkers... Muldrotha just keeps replaying every permanent for as much mana as you can muster.

Muldrotha is so established in the global Commander scene that the engine is set up, everyone knows that removing your permanents will not stop the oncoming flood.

That is what makes Muldrotha so terrifying in longer games. Every fetch Land, sac outlet, self-mill effect, and utility permanent is reusable value.

Key cards to toss into a Muldrotha deck include:

• Pernicious Deed - wipe the board, replay it later, and threaten everyone all over again
• Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius - discount your graveyard pieces
• Spore Frog - control combat like no other
• Seal of Primordium - remove Artifacts and Enchantments repeatedly

Muldrotha is still one of the strongest graveyard Commanders ever printed and is the icon of Sultai graveyard shenanigans.

2. The Wise Mothman

Fallout's The Wise Mothman is one of the most explosive mill Commanders released in years.

Every attack spreads counters across the table, and once players start milling nonland cards, Mothman rapidly grows your board via spreading around +1/+1 counters.

This Insect Mutant runs an aggressive deck that mixes chaos and politics because you can choose to give other opponents' Creatures +1/+1 counters as well.

One player getting milled may accidentally help another graveyard deck. Meanwhile, your Creatures keep growing larger while rad counters slowly pressure the entire table.

Like another Sultai Commander, a The Wise Mothman deck naturally supports proliferate, self-mill, and counter synergies, the board can spiral completely out of control after only a few turns.

A few standout cards for The Wise Mothman include:

• Mesmeric Orb - more mill, more memorable moments
• The Water Crystal - the final incredible mill piece you can throw in
• Branching Evolution - doubles your counters and turns your board into a nightmare
• Nuclear Fallout - a flavorful yet strong boardwipe

The Wise Mothman is an incredibly strong Sultai Commander that is a popular choice among the power-hungry Commander playerbase.

1. Teval, the Balanced Scale

Flying straight out of Tarkir: Dragonstorm is the Sultai Brood's very own dragon: Teval, the Balanced Scale. It has barely been a year since Teval came out and yet this Spirit Dragon stands out as the most popular Sultai Commander. Like the Mothman and Muldrotha, Teval pushes Sultai graveyard decks into terrifying territory.

This Commander does almost everything Sultai players want. Teval lets you mill cards, recur lands, and even rewards you with Zombie tokens when cards leave the graveyard. She really snowballs value every single combat step.

And because she turns Lands entering and leaving the graveyard into actual board presence, the deck can overwhelm opponents at the drop of a hat.

Once Teval, the Balanced Scale survives a turn cycle, it is easy to see how unbalanced its engine can be.

The best cards to pair with Teval include:

• Life from the Loam - one of the strongest graveyard cards ever printed for Lands strategies
• Colossal Grave-Reaver - a greedy dragon that can cheat a Creature into play
• Teval's Judgment - amazing value but only three times a turn
• Hedron Crab - turns every Land entering the battlefield into more graveyard fuel

Teval combines everything Sultai wants into an absurdly efficient package, which is why it earns the top spot on this list.

Conclusion

Sultai remains one of Commander's greediest and most explosive color combinations. It mixes Green's unparalleled ramp, Blue's mill, and Black's avarice to stand as one of the most potent wedges in the format.

If you want to build your own villainous wealth, sleeve up one of these Commanders and start dominating games.