The Fox & the King [Gameplay Vid] (bracket 3; no infinites) by cleft

Format: Commander

Creator: cleft

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color toolbox and big-mana strategy led by Kenrith, the Returned King. It leverages high-density ramp and cost reducers like Biomancer's Familiar, Agatha of the Vile Cauldron, and Zirda, the Dawnwaker to discount Kenrith's versatile activated abilities down to single mana pips. Once assembled, the deck draws multiple cards per rotation and accrues overwhelming board presence through reanimation and +1/+1 counters. A versatile creature-tutor suite lets the pilot fetch reactive answers, protection pieces, or mana engines on demand. When ready to close the game, the deck leverages its deep mana reserves to cast a game-ending Finale of Devastation for X >= 10, granting immense power, trample, and haste to trample over all three opponents in a single swing.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accomplished Alchemist
  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Biomancer's Familiar
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dino DNA
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Gretchen Titchwillow
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mimic Vat
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Permission Denied
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spore Frog
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Trailtracker Scout
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wand of Wonder
  • 1 Wargate
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zagoth Triome