Kinnan: The Gang Leader by user5040515

Format: Commander

Commander: Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Simic ramp and creature-cheat deck commanded by Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy. Kinnan accelerates mana production by adding an extra mana whenever any nonland permanent is tapped for mana. Backed by a dense package of one-mana dorks and two-mana rocks, the deck routinely generates seven or more mana by Turn 3. This mana fuels Kinnan's activated ability, which digs five cards deep to place massive game-ending creatures directly onto the battlefield without casting them. Game-winning payoffs include Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur to strip opposing hands, Tidespout Tyrant to bounce the table's permanents, and Craterhoof Behemoth to deliver lethal combat damage across all three opponents. Additionally, Kinnan forms an infinite colorless mana loop with Basalt Monolith, enabling repeated activations or a lethal Finale of Devastation. While the deck features overwhelming velocity and devastating threats, it relies heavily on maintaining board presence and commander uptime.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggressive Mammoth
  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Giant Ankheg
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Koma, World-Eater
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Maraleaf Pixie
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starwinder
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thorn Mammoth
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tidespout Tyrant
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast