Clown Time by user4636707

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 86

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Grixis competitive combo deck engineered to assemble game-winning interactions as early as Turn 2 to Turn 3. Centered around compact win conditions—primarily Thassa's Oracle paired with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, as well as Underworld Breach freeze lines and Dualcaster Mage copy chains—the list bypasses traditional combat math to secure instantaneous table-wide victories. An explosive acceleration suite featuring Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, and Dark Ritual propels the deck ahead of standard curve timing. Meanwhile, a dense network of low-cost universal tutors ensures rapid access to required pieces. The deck maintains defensive resilience through an elite suite of free and one-mana counterspells such as Force of Will, Pact of Negation, Fierce Guardianship, and Deflecting Swat. Even if an initial attempt is disrupted, recursion via Underworld Breach and Yawgmoth's Will facilitates immediate recovery without losing momentum.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 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 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steal Enchantment
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will