The King's Command by The_Only_Sean

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is an Esper control/value deck using Kenrith as a five-color mana sink rather than a combo piece. The primary plan is to tax opponents with Rhystic Study, Esper Sentinel, and Smothering Tithe, then out-grind them with Kenrith's draw and reanimation modes. Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools acts as a hidden commander: sacrificing Kenrith to Tevesh draws three cards, then Kenrith reanimates himself. Secondary paths are the transform sagas Elesh Norn and Sheoldred for one-sided wipes and mass reanimation, plus Saruman/Rogue Class mill-and-copy value. The deck wins through incremental combat, often with Kenrith pumps and The Wind Crystal, not through a compact combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Banishing Slash
  • 1 Birth of the Imperium
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Clear the Mind
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Extinction Event
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fateful Absence
  • 1 Fierce Retribution
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Frogify
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hindering Light
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Languish
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 No More Lies
  • 1 Obscura Charm
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue Class
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shatter the Sky
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teachings of the Archaics
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Fall of Lord Konda // Fragment of Konda
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed