Kotis by basbas

Format: Commander

Commander: Kotis, the Fangkeeper

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is an aggressive Voltron and Saboteur strategy built around Kotis, the Fangkeeper. It leverages dense 1-mana and 2-mana ramp to deploy Kotis on Turn 3. On Turn 4, the deck uses low-cost pump spells and Auras like Might of the Nephilim, Scale Up, and Cultist of the Absolute to push Kotis's power to 6-10+. When Kotis connects, its combat damage trigger exiles that many cards from the defending player's library and casts all eligible nonland spells for free. This converts raw combat aggression into massive card and tempo advantage. Built-in indestructible on Kotis protects against traditional board wipes, while a deep suite of 1-mana hexproof and countermagic spells defends against targeted exile and bounce. The deck systematically eliminates opponents via commander damage across Turns 5 through 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animal Attendant
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Audacity
  • 1 Berserk
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Canopy Cover
  • 1 Civic Saber
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystalline Armor
  • 1 Cultist of the Absolute
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Embrace
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Embiggen
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Favor of the Overbeing
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gemrazer
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Groundswell
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Invigorate
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kotis, the Fangkeeper
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Might of Old Krosa
  • 1 Might of the Nephilim
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 One With the Wind
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Royal Treatment
  • 1 Sawtusk Demolisher
  • 1 Scale Up
  • 1 Seal of Strength
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Flight
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unspeakable Symbol
  • 1 Unstable Mutation
  • 1 Vines of Vastwood
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Vow of Wildness
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth