The Emperor of Mankind’s New Groove by MetalPanda7

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck merges the thematic token armies and artifact vehicles of the Warhammer 40,000 Commander releases under the leadership of Kenrith, the Returned King. Its game plan focuses on establishing early mana development, fielding token generators such as Defenders of Humanity and Company Commander, and deploying formidable artifact threats like Reaver Titan and Shard of the Void Dragon. Kenrith acts as a versatile command-zone utility hub, granting haste and trample to aggressive swings, providing repeatable card draw, and reanimating key creatures. While the deck possesses strong board resilience and steady incremental life drain via Commissar Severina Raine, its mana base is heavily skewed toward basic Swamps, creating color-fixing bottlenecks for Kenrith's non-black activations. It aims to overpower opponents around Turn 7 to 9 through sustained wide and tall combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birth of the Imperium
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collective Effort
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Convergence of Dominion
  • 1 Cybernetica Datasmith
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Defenders of Humanity
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Deny the Witch
  • 1 Desert of the Glorified
  • 1 Entrapment Maneuver
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exterminatus
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 For the Emperor!
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Ghost Ark
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Grey Knight Paragon
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Inquisitor Greyfax
  • 1 Inquisitorial Rosette
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Knight Paladin
  • 1 Launch the Fleet
  • 1 Lokhust Heavy Destroyer
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Necron Deathmark
  • 1 Necron Monolith
  • 1 Neyam Shai Murad
  • 1 Night Scythe
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Primaris Eliminator
  • 1 Psychomancer
  • 1 Reaver Titan
  • 1 Redemptor Dreadnought
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanguinary Priest
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Shard of the Nightbringer
  • 1 Shard of the Void Dragon
  • 1 Sister Repentia
  • 1 Sister of Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space Marine Devastator
  • 1 Space Marine Scout
  • 18 Swamp
  • 1 Szarekh, the Silent King
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Their Name Is Death
  • 1 Their Number Is Legion
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderwolf Cavalry
  • 1 Tomb Blade
  • 1 Tomb Fortress
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Triarch Praetorian
  • 1 Triumph of Saint Katherine
  • 1 Unstable Obelisk
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vexilus Praetor
  • 1 Zephyrim