Kenrith by royalshadowloki

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 22

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-Color Midrange build led by Kenrith, the Returned King. The primary strategy focuses on developing a broad mana base, deploying supportive +1/+1 counter and lifegain permanents like Terrasymbiosis, Heroic Feast, and Dina, Soul Steeper, and utilizing Kenrith as an engine to draw cards, distribute counters, and grant trample and haste. Because the mana base relies heavily on tapped dual lands and 3-CMC mana rocks, the deck prioritizes hitting land drops steadily rather than racing. Once Kenrith and complementary beaters like Super-Skrull and Gladiolus Amicitia are established, the deck applies pressure through repeated buffed combat steps and Kenrith's reanimation ability. The deck plays a fair, interactive game with targeted removal and countermagic to navigate mid-to-late game board states.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorbing Man
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Ahriman
  • 1 Ajani's Response
  • 1 All-Fates Scroll
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
  • 1 Angelic Intervention
  • 1 Arbaaz Mir
  • 1 Baxter Building
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Borrowed Knowledge
  • 1 Brazen Upstart
  • 1 Charred Foyer // Warped Space
  • 1 Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead
  • 1 Clive's Hideaway
  • 1 Cosmic Rebirth
  • 1 Cosmium Confluence
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Deadly Derision
  • 1 Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab
  • 1 Dependable Quinjet
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Divert Disaster
  • 1 Dromar's Cavern
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Emergent Ultimatum
  • 1 Ennis, Debate Moderator
  • 1 Feast of the Victorious Dead
  • 1 Field Research
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Gathering Place
  • 1 Gladiolus Amicitia
  • 1 Great Arashin City
  • 1 Greenhouse // Rickety Gazebo
  • 1 Guadosalam, Farplane Gateway
  • 1 Haunted Screen
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Heroic Feast
  • 1 Hidden Cataract
  • 1 Hidden Necropolis
  • 1 Hidden Volcano
  • 1 Hylda's Crown of Winter
  • 1 Jeskai Revelation
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Ka-Zar of the Savage Land
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kin-Tree Severance
  • 1 Leyline of Mutation
  • 1 Los Diablos Missile Base
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Mind Roots
  • 1 Misthios's Fury
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Mutant Town
  • 1 Paradox Gardens
  • 1 Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
  • 1 Quintorius Kand
  • 1 Rabanastre, Royal City
  • 1 Rainveil Rejuvenator
  • 1 Relm's Sketching
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Restless Vents
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Scrollshift
  • 1 Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
  • 1 Spectral Snatcher
  • 1 Spinning Wheel
  • 1 Squirming Emergence
  • 1 Stone Quarry
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sunken Citadel
  • 1 Sunset Strikemaster
  • 1 Super-Skrull
  • 1 Svella, Ice Shaper
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Tranquilize
  • 1 Traumatic Revelation
  • 1 Treno, Dark City
  • 1 Ultima Weapon
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Vector, Imperial Capital
  • 1 Wander Off
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 World Map
  • 1 Zimone's Experiment