King by Johndoemer

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 67

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Aristocrats combo build led by Kenrith, the Returned King. Its primary strategy focuses on assembling a three-card infinite loop using a persist creature (such as Murderous Redcap or Putrid Goblin), a counter-negating permanent (such as Melira, Sylvok Outcast, Vizier of Remedies, or Solemnity), and a free sacrifice outlet (such as Goblin Bombardment, Altar of Dementia, or Phyrexian Altar). When sacrificed, the persist creature returns to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter, enabling infinite sacrifices and enters-the-battlefield triggers. The deck achieves high consistency through dense functional redundancy across all combo roles rather than reliance on black tutor packages. An optimized mana base of original dual lands and green mana dorks accelerates deployment, while silence effects like Grand Abolisher and free interaction like Deflecting Swat protect the execution window. The commander functions as an accessible reanimation engine and an infinite mana outlet to draw out opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasting Station
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Good-Fortune Unicorn
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grazing Kelpie
  • 1 Grumgully, the Generous
  • 1 Heartmender
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk
  • 1 Juniper Order Ranger
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kitchen Finks
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Obstinate Gargoyle
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Renata, Called to the Hunt
  • 1 Rendclaw Trow
  • 1 Restless Apparition
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Safehold Elite
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vizier of Remedies
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat