KEFKA GOIN CLOWN MODE by user6030681

Format: Commander

Commander: Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

Kefka, Court Mage is a Grixis combo-control deck that treats Kefka's front face as a four-mana discard/draw engine, while the Ruler face is a late-game payoff when you can spend {8}; the front face is the primary build. The primary plan is a fast Thassa's Oracle finish with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, backed by Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond/Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze as a second channel. Vivi Ornitier acts as a hidden commander and backup engine, generating mana and pinging with cheap spells/Storm-Kiln Artist. The deck uses rituals, zero-mana artifacts, and 7+ tutors to win before opponents stabilize, and supports the kill with free counterspells and Defense Grid.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will