B2+ Kelsien - No Creatures For You by DoomedQuaker

Format: Commander

Commander: Kelsien, the Plague

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck executes a Mardu control and Voltron strategy centered on Kelsien, the Plague. The primary plan pairs Kelsien with cheap deathtouch equipment like Basilisk Collar and Gorgon's Head, converting his tap ability into repeatable, instant-speed creature removal. Each kill awards an experience counter that permanently buffs Kelsien and secondary threats like Otharri, Suns' Glory and Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas. Untap engines such as Drumbellower, Sting, the Glinting Dagger, and Thornbite Staff allow Kelsien to eliminate multiple threats across each table rotation, severely suppressing opposing creature development. Once Kelsien grows into a massive threat, the deck finishes opponents through unblockable commander damage, Vorpal Sword activations, or a wide board wipe with Chandra's Ignition. Resilient defensive tools like Clever Concealment and Robe of Stars shield your invested board state, while versatile modal removal answers noncreature permanents.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Agility Bobblehead
• 1 Akroan Horse
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brilliant Restoration
• 1 Brotherhood Regalia
• 1 Chandra's Ignition
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Clever Concealment
• 1 Command Beacon
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Desolate Mire
• 1 Despark
• 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
• 1 Drumbellower
• 1 Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Eye of Nidhogg
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Fated Clash
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Forbidden Orchard
• 1 Fracture
• 1 Gift of Doom
• 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
• 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1 Gorgon Flail
• 1 Gorgon's Head
• 1 Gratuitous Violence
• 1 Grave Betrayal
• 1 Humble Defector
• 1 Illusionist's Bracers
• 1 Infiltration Lens
• 1 Insult // Injury
• 1 Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas
• 1 Kelsien, the Plague
• 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Magus of the Wheel
• 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
• 1 Mantle of the Ancients
• 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
• 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Mythos of Snapdax
• 1 Otharri, Suns' Glory
• 1 Patriar's Seal
• 2 Plains
• 1 Puresteel Paladin
• 1 Radiant Performer
• 1 Reconnaissance
• 1 Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1 Robe of Stars
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Rune of Mortality
• 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
• 1 Sejiri Steppe
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sonic Screwdriver
• 1 Soul's Fire
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Spiteful Banditry
• 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
• 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1 Szat's Will
• 1 Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
• 1 Thornbite Staff
• 1 Tome of Legends
• 1 Trouble in Pairs
• 1 Turbulent Moor
• 1 Turbulent Steppe
• 1 Unexplained Absence
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Void Beckoner
• 1 Vorpal Sword
• 1 White Plume Adventurer
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Witch's Clinic
• 1 Wojek Embermage