ADC by sujin_3

Format: Commander

Commander: Kelsien, the Plague

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Mardu deathtouch pinger deck helmed by Kelsien, the Plague. The core loop is to give Kelsien deathtouch, tap him to kill any creature for a single damage, and accumulate experience counters that make him permanently larger. With vigilance and haste, he can both attack and tap in the same turn. The deck supports this plan with a dense suite of deathtouch enablers (11 cards), treasure generation for ramp, and a handful of untap/extra-combat effects to multiply Kelsien's activations and attacks. The primary win condition is commander damage from a steadily growing Kelsien, with Vorpal Sword and Quietus Spike as alternate finishers. The deck is grindy and attrition-based, aiming to control the board through repeatable creature removal while building toward an unstoppable commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armor of Shadows
  • 1 Aspect of Gorgon
  • 1 Bandit's Haul
  • 1 Beamtown Beatstick
  • 1 Blood Cultist
  • 1 Call of the Death-Dweller
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Chainsaw
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultist of the Absolute
  • 1 Cunning Sparkmage
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor
  • 1 Eternal Thirst
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Gorgon Flail
  • 1 Gorgon's Head
  • 1 Guild Artisan
  • 1 Hidden Blade
  • 1 Hoarding Ogre
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Hunter's Blowgun
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kelsien, the Plague
  • 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Mathas, Fiend Seeker
  • 1 Minthara, Merciless Soul
  • 1 Mirrodin Avenged
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals
  • 1 Rattleback Apothecary
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rip Apart
  • 1 Robaran Mercenaries
  • 1 Rune of Mortality
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Shay Cormac
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Slaughter Specialist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swift Demise
  • 1 Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 Tor Wauki the Younger
  • 1 Undercity Scrounger
  • 1 Void Beckoner
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Vulshok Sorcerer
  • 1 Without Weakness
  • 1 You Are Already Dead