No bad cards, just bad pilots. (duplicated from axismtg) by user7122545

Format: Commander

Commander: Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

This Simic combo-control deck, helmed by Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy, is a high-power engine that exploits its commander's mana-doubling ability to generate explosive mana early. The primary game plan is to deploy fast mana dorks and rocks, cast Kinnan on turn two, then assemble an infinite mana loop using Basalt Monolith and Kinnan's trigger. With infinite mana, the deck wins through Finale of Devastation (giving all creatures +X/+X and haste for a lethal attack) or by using Kinnan's activated ability to repeatedly tutor non-Human creatures onto the battlefield. A dense suite of free counterspells and instant-speed interaction protects the combo turn, while premium draw engines like Rhystic Study and Consecrated Sphinx ensure consistent card flow. The deck is a streamlined, tutor-heavy machine that aims to close games by turn three or four.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Balin's Tomb
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Copy Artifact
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Disrupting Shoal
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Glittering Caves of Aglarond
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hidden Strings
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Subtlety
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 The Ball
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • 1 Transmute Artifact
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast