Counter Intelligence by asteroid

Format: Commander

Commander: Kilo, Apogee Mind

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

Kilo, Apogee Mind commands a Jeskai artifact midrange engine that converts proliferate triggers into rapid mana acceleration, card advantage, and lethal combat finishes. The primary plan leverages Kilo's native haste and tap trigger to repeatedly multiply charge counters on artifacts such as Everflowing Chalice, Pentad Prism, and Insight Engine. By Turn 4, the deck assembles an active proliferate engine, expanding mana and board presence. On Turn 6, the deck converts accumulated artifacts into decisive lethal pressure using game-ending payoffs like Cyberdrive Awakener, Depthshaker Titan, or Lux Artillery, eliminating the table across two response cycles by Turn 8. While the deck boasts high internal synergy, broad targeted removal, and explosive wide-board finishes, its reliance on natural draws and vulnerability to artifact sweepers form its primary strategic boundaries.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adventurer's Airship
  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Host Seedshark
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coretapper
  • 1 Crystalline Crawler
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Reactor
  • 1 Deepglow Skate
  • 1 Depthshaker Titan
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Edgar, Master Machinist
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Fleetwheel Cruiser
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Golem Foundry
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Heart of Kiran
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kilo, Apogee Mind
  • 1 Long-Range Sensor
  • 1 Lux Artillery
  • 1 Lux Cannon
  • 1 Machinist's Arsenal
  • 1 Mirrex
  • 1 Mm'menon, the Right Hand
  • 1 Mobile Garrison
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Moxite Refinery
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rook Turret
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Array
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Steelswarm Operator
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surge Conductor
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Voltaic Servant
  • 1 Wake the Past
  • 1 Warmaker Gunship