Kykar by basbas

Format: Commander

Commander: Kykar, Wind's Fury

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck executes a focused Jeskai Polymorph strategy with Kykar, Wind's Fury as the token engine and mana converter. By running only eight high-impact creatures in the 99, every Polymorph effect guarantees a game-warping threat: Jin-Gitaxias, Elesh Norn, Serra's Emissary, Avacyn, Ulamog, Sphinx of the Second Sun, Velomachus Lorehold, or Fireflux Squad. The supporting shell consists of low-cost mana rocks, efficient cantrips to dig for combo pieces and produce Spirit fodder, and a dense suite of free and 1-mana counterspells and protection spells. Once a Praetor or Eldrazi lands on Turn 4 or 5, the deck protects its board state, controls opposing development with asymmetric disruption, and closes the game through evasive combat damage from its large threats and flying Spirit swarms.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anticipate
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Mutation
  • 1 Chaotic Transformation
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dive Down
  • 1 Divergent Transformations
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fireflux Squad
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Impulse
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mass Polymorph
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mizzium Skin
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polymorph
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Reality Scramble
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reweave
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Transmogrify
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Velomachus Lorehold
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Whir of Invention