Kefka by user2377880

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 79

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Grixis combo-control list built around fast two-card combinations and asymmetric discard attrition. Commanded by Kefka, Court Mage, the deck uses its commander as a mid-game card draw engine and disruption outlet while racing toward instant win conditions. The primary game plan executes a compact Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation win as early as Turn 3, supported by fast rituals and efficient tutors. When games go longer, the deck suppresses opposing hands using Bottomless Pit, Liliana of the Veil, and Tergrid, God of Fright, turning discarded cards into massive board and mana advantages through Waste Not. Backup win conditions like Dualcaster Mage paired with Twinflame, or Underworld Breach storm lines with Brain Freeze, give the deck high resilience against single-target disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bottomless Pit
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gogo, Mysterious Mime
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Liliana of the Veil
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wizard's Staff