Card Stealing Twink by FatGuysDice

Format: Commander

Commander: Kotis, the Fangkeeper

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is led by Kotis, the Fangkeeper, a resilient, indestructible commander that converts combat damage into free spells stolen directly from opponents' libraries. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Kotis on Turn 3 or 4, granting it unblockability through cards like Aether Tunnel or Sword Coast Sailor, and amplifying its power or triggers with pieces like Felix Five-Boots, Fireshrieker, and Dragonfire Blade. Once Kotis connects for 4 or more damage, the resulting cascade of free spells generates overwhelming board presence and card advantage. Built-in indestructibility and auxiliary protection equipment ensure Kotis survives most common board wipes and targeted removal. The deck closes games across Turns 6 and 7 by chaining commander damage, wide board pump spells such as Preposterous Proportions and Unnatural Growth, and massive stolen opposing threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Tunnel
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Biomass Mutation
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cosmic Crucible
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Double Major
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felix Five-Boots
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Illegitimate Business
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 6 Island
  • 1 K-9, Mark I
  • 1 Key to the Side-Door
  • 1 Kotis, the Fangkeeper
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind into Matter
  • 1 Mind's Dilation
  • 1 Mutant Town
  • 1 Nyxborn Hydra
  • 1 Paradox Gardens
  • 1 Peerless Recycling
  • 1 Peter Parker's Camera
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Preposterous Proportions
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Pym Particles
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Starwinder
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword Coast Sailor
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Tempted by the Oriq
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Surgical Bay
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Tricks of the Trade
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Wear Down
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zombify