Kynaios and Tiro by ImStein

Format: Commander

Commander: Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis deck is a classic multiplayer Group Hug control list. It aims to accelerate the entire table by distributing extra card draws and land drops while insulating itself behind defensive pillowfort enchantments like Ghostly Prison and Sphere of Safety. By flooding the table with resources, it encourages opponents to fight one another while quietly digging deep into its own library. The deck converts its massive card flow into victory through alternate win conditions such as Approach of the Second Sun, Triskaidekaphile, and Laboratory Maniac, or through draw-scaling token and burn engines like The Locust God, Xyris, the Writhing Storm, and Psychosis Crawler. While vulnerable to fast combos fueled by its own gifts, it uses efficient interaction and life-total protection to reach the late game safely.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Braids, Conjurer Adept
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Collective Voyage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Círdan the Shipwright
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Fevered Visions
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fractured Identity
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heartwood Storyteller
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Horizon Chimera
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Improbable Alliance
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Minds Aglow
  • 1 Morska, Undersea Sleuth
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Octomancer
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otherworld Atlas
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tidal Barracuda
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Upwelling
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Xyris, the Writhing Storm
  • 1 Zenith Chronicler