pennywise's mean twin by user5600537

Format: Commander

Commander: Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 90

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized competitive Commander (cEDH) Grixis turbo list designed to win quickly on Turn 2 or Turn 3. It utilizes dense fast mana, premier low-cost tutors, and compact win packages. The primary line pairs Thassa's Oracle with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact to exile the library and trigger a game-winning resolution with zero opponent response cycles. As alternate paths, the deck leverages Underworld Breach with Lion's Eye Diamond and Brain Freeze to storm out the table, or a Basalt Monolith and Power Artifact infinite mana loop. While the commander, Kefka, Court Mage, provides mid-game card advantage and discard, the deck functions entirely independently of the command zone. A comprehensive suite of zero-mana counterspells, including Force of Will, Pact of Negation, Fierce Guardianship, and Deflecting Swat, along with proactive protection like Defense Grid, ensures decisive execution through opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Goblin Welder
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Power Artifact
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman