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Format: Commander

Commander: Kilo, Apogee Mind

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Jeskai deck is led by Kilo, Apogee Mind, an artifact creature with haste that proliferates all counters whenever it becomes tapped. The strategy leverages Kilo's repeatable proliferation to rapidly tick up a dense suite of 20 planeswalkers, scale charge counters on mana rocks like Pentad Prism and Everflowing Chalice, and advance poison clocks. Supported by counter multipliers such as Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus and Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion, the deck reaches planeswalker ultimate thresholds as early as Turn 5. Game-winning lines include locking opponents out of noncreature spells with Narset Transcendent, overrunning the table with Tezzeret the Seeker's 5/5 animated artifacts, or proliferating Prologue to Phyresis poison counters to lethal thresholds. While the deck contains a high-synergy infinite proliferation combo using Kilo with Relic of Legends and Freed from the Real, its primary path to victory is compounding planeswalker value and asymmetric board denial.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Ajani Steadfast
  • 1 Ajani Unrelenting
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Flux Channeler
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Gideon's Memorial
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Ichormoon Gauntlet
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jace Beleren
  • 1 Jace, Architect of Thought
  • 1 Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
  • 1 Jace, Mirror Mage
  • 1 Jace, Reality Sculptor
  • 1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
  • 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kavaron, Memorial World
  • 1 Kilo, Apogee Mind
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Loyal Tutor
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Mila, Crafty Companion // Lukka, Wayward Bonder
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Narset Transcendent
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Norn's Decree
  • 1 Paradise Mantle
  • 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
  • 1 Pemmin's Aura
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Prologue to Phyresis
  • 1 Ral Zarek
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Saheeli, Filigree Master
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
  • 1 Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Voltaic Key