Kediss Malcolm by basbas

Format: Commander

Commander: Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Izzet combo-tempo strategy led by partner commanders Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar. The game plan leverages Malcolm's Treasure-generating ability alongside cheap Pirates and Kediss's combat damage distribution to create rapid mana acceleration and card flow. The primary objective is to assemble and execute the two-card infinite combo between Malcolm and Glint-Horn Buccaneer, which generates lethal damage to all opponents in a single combat step on Turn 4. Supporting the primary combo is a robust backup package featuring Niv-Mizzet, Parun with Curiosity effects, alongside an efficient counterspell and removal suite designed to protect the combo turn and disrupt faster opposing strategies. With high functional redundancy, deep card selection, and low-cost protection, the deck reliably pivots between aggressive combo execution and resilient tempo play.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alchemist's Gambit
  • 1 Alchemist's Retrieval
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Cerebral Download
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Commander's Insight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Dwarven Ruins
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Earthquake
  • 1 Fanatical Firebrand
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Glamer Gifter
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Goldhound
  • 1 HYDRA Assault Robot
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kitesail Larcenist
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lofty Denial
  • 1 Lookout's Dispersal
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Memory Deluge
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Pyrokinesis
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Riptide Shapeshifter
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rushing River
  • 1 Sandstone Needle
  • 1 Saprazzan Skerry
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Spyglass Siren
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunshot Militia
  • 1 Svyelunite Temple
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Trickery Charm
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Winged Words
  • 1 Yusri, Fortune's Flame