The Ninth Turn by user3637458

Format: Commander

Commander: Kess, Dissident Mage

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 90

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Grixis combo shell optimized for speed, consistency, and resilience. Commanded by Kess, Dissident Mage, the primary game plan races toward an early Thassa's Oracle finish alongside Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, typically presenting a protected win attempt between Turns 2 and 3. Dense fast artifact mana and rituals fuel explosive early turns, while top-tier tutors quickly find missing combo pieces. When not immediately executing a turbo win, the deck leverages engines such as Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, Rhystic Study, and Mystic Remora to build an overwhelming resource advantage. A deep suite of free and efficient counterspells protects winning lines and disrupts fast opposing strategies. If an initial attempt is countered, Kess and Underworld Breach provide instant recursion from the graveyard, ensuring relentless inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Capture of Jingzhou
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Increasing Vengeance
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Time Spiral
  • 1 Time Stretch
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wooded Foothills