King Kudo by user3702723

Format: Commander

Commander: Kudo, King Among Bears

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Selesnya aggro and creature-control strategy led by Kudo, King Among Bears. Kudo sets the base power and toughness of all other creatures to 2/2, turning opposing giants and commanders into modest Bear tokens while enabling your own low-cost creatures to fight on equal footing. By layering anthem effects like Anthem of Champions, +1/+1 counters from Hardened Scales, and potent finishers like Beastmaster Ascension, your board easily outscales the table. Cheap fight spells such as Savage Swipe and Bushwhack efficiently remove key opposing threats since your pumped creatures will reliably win trades against 2/2s. The game plan focuses on establishing early creature presence, casting Kudo, breaking stat parity with global pump enchantments, and executing a coordinated combat finish across turns six through eight.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Vial
  • 1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Anthem of Champions
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Ayula's Influence
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Beorn's Hospitality
  • 1 Beorn, Reluctant Host // Till and Tend
  • 1 Birnin Zana Plaza
  • 1 Blanchwood Armor
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptic Spires
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Death-Hood Cobra
  • 1 Doomed Traveler
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Environmental Scientist
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exorcise
  • 1 Experiment One
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Felling Blow
  • 1 Flare of Cultivation
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Strength
  • 1 Genesis
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Horrid Vigor
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Joined Researchers // Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kudo, King Among Bears
  • 1 Legion's Judgment
  • 1 Life Goes On
  • 1 Little Bear
  • 1 Magnificent End
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Monk Idealist
  • 1 Mother Bear
  • 1 Nature's Chant
  • 1 Noxious Newt
  • 1 Ordinary Bear
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Prey Upon
  • 1 Quarrel
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Ranger's Guile
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Run Afoul
  • 1 Savage Swipe
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Shattered Acolyte
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stirring Wildwood
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Sundering Growth
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 1 Swift Response
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thorin's Last Stand
  • 1 Titanic Growth
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life