Kotis Budget Week 7 by TheRedMoonInn

Format: Commander

Commander: Kotis, the Fangkeeper

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Voltron and combat theft strategy centered on Kotis, the Fangkeeper. Kotis is inherently indestructible and turns combat damage into free spells cast directly from opponents' libraries. The deck establishes early mana acceleration with 1-2 CMC ramp, drops Kotis on Turn 3 or 4, and suits him up with unblockable auras, double strike equipment, and stat multipliers like Ancestral Mask and Strong Back. When Kotis connects for 5 to 10+ damage, he exiles that many cards from the defending player and casts every hit of equal or lower mana value for free. This creates an exponential card and board advantage while threatening lethal commander damage. A heavy package of 1-mana hexproof and phasing spells protects Kotis against exile and bounce removal, allowing the deck to eliminate opponents sequentially across consecutive combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Tunnel
  • 1 Ancestral Mask
  • 1 Animal Attendant
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Flight
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Audacity
  • 1 Auramancer's Guise
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Cartouche of Knowledge
  • 1 Cloak of Mists
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Demonic Embrace
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Double Major
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Eternal Thirst
  • 1 Eutropia the Twice-Favored
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Favor of the Overbeing
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Indomitable Might
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Invigorate
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kotis, the Fangkeeper
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lion Umbra
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Predatory Hunger
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ranger's Guile
  • 1 Reality Ripple
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Season of Growth
  • 1 Security Bypass
  • 1 Shielding Plax
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strong Back
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Thirteenth Doctor
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Wingspan Stride
  • 1 Zephyr Boots