Kinnan, Bonders Prodigy by gruulnews

Format: Commander

Commander: Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 68

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Simic Big Mana and creature-cheat strategy commanded by Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy. The game plan uses dense 0-2 CMC mana rocks and mana dorks to accelerate Kinnan onto the battlefield on Turn 2, then leverages Kinnan's passive mana-doubling to reach 7+ mana on Turn 3. From there, the deck uses Kinnan's activated ability or hardcasts massive non-Human payoffs, including Eldrazi titans, Praetors, and Blightsteel Colossus. These threats establish severe locks via Void Winnower and Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant on Turn 4 while threatening lethal combat damage. The deck closes games around Turn 6 through overwhelming attacks backed by Craterhoof Behemoth or Finale of Devastation. A suite of free counterspells, split-second removal, and permanent protection ensures the engine deploys cleanly and resists opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drowner of Truth // Drowned Jungle
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flayer of Loyalties
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 9 Island
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Poison Dart Frog
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Vinestalk
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Irencrag
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tidespout Tyrant
  • 1 Trickbind
  • 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Virtue of Strength // Garenbrig Growth
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Voidslime