Kenrith, The Tapped King by PasteKBrain

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color casual control and politics list led by Kenrith, the Returned King. It pairs a comprehensive Guildgate land base with forced-combat tools and high-impact 5-color payoffs. In the early turns, the deck searches for Gates and mana fixing using land tutors like Open the Gates and Gatecreeper Vine while deploying defensive Auras such as Shiny Impetus and Vow of Wildness to deflect opposing aggression. Once 6 to 7 mana is assembled, the deck pivots into its win conditions: either chaining powerful sorceries like Emergent Ultimatum and Genesis Ultimatum, assembling an alternate win with Maze's End, or crushing opponents with massive Gate-scaling creatures like Gatebreaker Ram and Gate Colossus powered by Basilisk Gate and Kenrith's haste and trample ability.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azorius Guildgate
• 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
• 1 Bant Sureblade
• 1 Basilisk Gate
• 1 Black Dragon Gate
• 1 Blackblade Reforged
• 1 Boros Guildgate
• 1 Bringer of the Black Dawn
• 1 Cartographer's Survey
• 1 Chamber Sentry
• 1 Citadel Gate
• 1 Cliffgate
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commune with Spirits
• 1 Crawlspace
• 1 Cruel Ultimatum
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Curse of Opulence
• 1 Dimir Guildgate
• 1 Disrupt Decorum
• 1 District Guide
• 1 Dragonsoul Knight
• 1 Elvish Rejuvenator
• 1 Emergent Ultimatum
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Explore the Underdark
• 1 Floriferous Vinewall
• 1 Fusion Elemental
• 1 Gate Colossus
• 1 Gatebreaker Ram
• 1 Gatecreeper Vine
• 1 Gates Ablaze
• 1 Gateway Plaza
• 1 Genesis Ultimatum
• 1 Glaive of the Guildpact
• 1 Glamorous Outlaw
• 1 Golgari Guildgate
• 1 Gond Gate
• 1 Grixis Grimblade
• 1 Gruul Guildgate
• 1 Heartstone
• 1 Inspired Ultimatum
• 1 Izzet Guildgate
• 1 Jund Hackblade
• 1 Jungle Shrine
• 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1 Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
• 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
• 1 Legacy Weapon
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lust for War
• 1 Maelstrom Archangel
• 1 Maelstrom Nexus
• 1 Manor Gate
• 1 Masked Bandits
• 1 Maze's End
• 1 Naya Hushblade
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Opal Palace
• 1 Open the Gates
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Orzhov Guildgate
• 1 Parasitic Impetus
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Plaza of Harmony
• 1 Predatory Impetus
• 1 Psychic Impetus
• 1 Quandrix Campus
• 1 Racers' Ring
• 1 Rakdos Guildgate
• 1 Rakish Revelers
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Sangrite Backlash
• 1 Savage Lands
• 1 Sea Gate
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Selesnya Guildgate
• 1 Shattered Seraph
• 1 Shiny Impetus
• 1 Silverquill Campus
• 1 Simic Guildgate
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spara's Adjudicators
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Sylvan Scrying
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Temple of Malady
• 1 Trace of Abundance
• 1 Tramway Station
• 1 Urza's Cave
• 1 Vow of Duty
• 1 Vow of Flight
• 1 Vow of Lightning
• 1 Vow of Malice
• 1 Vow of Torment
• 1 Vow of Wildness
• 1 Waterfront District
• 1 Wilderness Reclamation