Kykar, winds fury by goldenburm1972

Format: Commander

Commander: Kykar, Wind's Fury

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 19

Deck overview

This deck is a classic spellslinger build piloted by Kykar, Wind's Fury. The strategy revolves around casting cheap instant and sorcery spells to trigger Kykar, creating an army of flying 1/1 Spirit tokens that can either be sacrificed for red mana or leveraged into a lethal aerial assault. Secondary payoffs like Guttersnipe provide direct burn, while Balmor, Battlemage Captain turns low-cost cantrips into explosive combat overruns. The deck utilizes an extensive suite of counterspells such as Flusterstorm, Negate, and Spell Pierce to protect key pieces and interrupt critical opposing plays. Because the mana base features numerous taplands and modest artifact ramp, the deck operates at a deliberate pace, typically establishing its commander around Turn 5 and closing games via combat damage around Turn 9.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Blue Elemental Blast
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Chandra's Emberling
  • 1 Coastal Discovery
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Countermand
  • 1 Devious Cover-Up
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Elemental Masterpiece
  • 1 Elemental Summoning
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Gandalf, Wandering Wizard
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Geyser Drake
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inspired Idea
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Chemister
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Izzet Staticaster
  • 1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
  • 1 Jaya, Venerated Firemage
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Loyal Tutor
  • 1 Mana Geode
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Manalith
  • 1 Meandering River
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Najal, the Storm Runner
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nimble Thopterist
  • 1 Opt
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Prismari Apprentice
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Pledgemage
  • 1 Prophetic Prism
  • 1 Ral, Caller of Storms
  • 1 Ral, Izzet Viceroy
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rite of the Raging Storm
  • 1 Shivan Fire
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Spell Blast
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spell Satchel
  • 1 Spellbook Seeker // Careful Study
  • 1 Spellgorger Weird
  • 1 Spellheart Chimera
  • 1 Spellkeeper Weird
  • 1 Spellweaver Eternal
  • 1 Stormchaser Drake
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Talrand's Invocation
  • 1 Teach by Example
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 Thirst for Discovery
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Transguild Promenade
  • 1 Treasure Hunt
  • 1 Viashino Pyromancer
  • 1 Windstorm Drake