New Untitled Deck by Clasick

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck operates as a Grixis attrition and spellslinger control strategy centered on Kefka, Court Mage. In the early turns, it develops mana through signets and talismans to cast Kefka on Turn 4 or 5. Kefka enforces symmetrical hand discard while drawing cards for distinct card types discarded, pulling ahead on resource advantage. In the mid game, the deck uses interaction, board wipes like Slagstorm, and value engines like The Scarab God to control opposing threats while chipping life totals. Once eight mana is available on Turn 7, Kefka transforms into Kefka, Ruler of Ruin, turning any opponent life loss during your turn into card draw. This fuels burn spells and noncreature triggers from Black Waltz No. 3 and Storm-Kiln Artist, culminating in a massive Rise of the Dark Realms or overwhelming combat finish on Turn 9.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arena of Glory
• 1 Bedevil
• 1 Black Waltz No. 3
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Borne Upon a Wind
• 1 Capsize
• 1 Cephalid Coliseum
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Cinder Seer
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Combustible Gearhulk
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Copy Enchantment
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deadly Complication
• 1 Diabolic Tutor
• 1 Disintegrate
• 1 Displacer Kitten
• 1 Espers to Magicite
• 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Firebender Ascension
• 1 Firebending Student
• 1 Flash Photography
• 1 Flashback
• 1 Freed from the Real
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Gifts Ungiven
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 High Tide
• 1 Incinerate
• 1 Increasing Vengeance
• 1 Ingris Stingerquill
• 6 Island
• 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
• 1 Kelpie Guide
• 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
• 1 Leyline of Anticipation
• 1 Light Up the Stage
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Mind's Desire
• 1 Mistrise Village
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mockingbird
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Negate
• 1 Nibelheim Aflame
• 1 Psychic Frog
• 1 Pyretic Rebirth
• 1 Redirect
• 1 Rejoin the Fight
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1 Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Shrieking Drake
• 1 Slagstorm
• 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
• 1 Snort
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spire of Industry
• 1 Starting Town
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stingcaster Mage
• 1 Stone Rain
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Supper for Spiders
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
• 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1 The Master of Lake-town
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands