kenrithikido by listradoc.killer

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

Led by Kenrith, the Returned King, this deck is a dedicated 5-color Aikido and pillowfort control deck designed to weaponize opponents' resources and aggressive combat steps against them. Rather than racing to deploy proactive threats or assembling infinite combos, the strategy establishes defensive layers using attack taxes like Propaganda, Collective Restraint, and Crawlspace to deter incoming damage while goading opposing armies with Fumiko the Lowblood and Public Enemy. Once opponents commit substantial power or lethal swings to the board, instant-speed redirection and trap cards such as Inkshield, Deflecting Palm, Comeuppance, and Reins of Power punish them by turning their damage into table-lethal blowouts. Kenrith serves as an open-ended utility engine from the command zone, providing card draw, life buffer, and the critical {R} haste and trample activation to convert generated Inkling armies into rapid game finishes. While resilient against creature-heavy boards, the deck relies heavily on opponent combat actions and remains vulnerable to noncombat combo wins.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Snap
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Aura Thief
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Boros Fury-Shield
  • 1 Boros Reckoner
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Bountiful Landscape
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Collective Restraint
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Equal Treatment
  • 1 Essence Backlash
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Gather Specimens
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Heartstone
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Honorable Passage
  • 1 Illusionist's Gambit
  • 1 Illusory Ambusher
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Make an Example
  • 1 Mandate of Peace
  • 1 Master Warcraft
  • 1 Meishin, the Mind Cage
  • 1 Mirror Strike
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nephalia Academy
  • 1 New Way Forward
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Oft-Nabbed Goat
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Parallectric Feedback
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Redemption Arc
  • 1 Reins of Power
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Reverse Damage
  • 1 Rod of Absorption
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence
  • 1 Scholar of the Ages
  • 1 Screaming Nemesis
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Take the Bait
  • 1 The Wanderer
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thought Sponge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tranquil Landscape
  • 1 Wand of Wonder
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent