New Untitled Deck

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color control and engine strategy built around Kenrith, the Returned King and an extensive Gates mana base. In the early turns, it ramps land counts and fixes colors using dedicated Gate searchers like Circuitous Route and Explore the Underdark, while mitigating tap-land tempo loss through Gond Gate and Spelunking. The mid game revolves around pairing Kenrith with cost reducers such as Training Grounds and Biomancer's Familiar, allowing you to draw cards for {1}{U}, distribute +1/+1 counters for {G}, and reanimate creatures for {2}{B}. The deck wins through multiple independent angles: an explosive combat push powered by Kenrith's haste and trample, table-wide life drain using Vizkopa Guildmage, an alternate win condition via Maze's End or Approach of the Second Sun, or creature theft with Willbreaker. Rich interaction and Kenrith's built-in recursion provide resilience against opposing removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
  • 1 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Biomancer's Familiar
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chulane, Teller of Tales
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Citadel Gate
  • 1 Cliffgate
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Bounty
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Act
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Giant Killer // Chop Down
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Gretchen Titchwillow
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Happily Ever After
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Invert Polarity
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kogla and Yidaro
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Omo, Queen of Vesuva
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Planar Nexus
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 The Royal Scions
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Willbreaker
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker