Ketramose by talimus
Format: Commander
Commander: Ketramose, the New Dawn
Bracket: 4
Deck overview
Ketramose, the New Dawn pilots an Orzhov exile-matters control-combo deck that weaponizes the command zone as a repeatable draw engine. The core loop is elegant: every time the deck exiles cards from graveyards or the battlefield on its own turn - via Bojuka Bog, Relic of Progenitus, Ghost Vacuum, Dauthi Voidwalker, Planar Void, or its blink spells - Ketramose converts that exile into a card drawn. The primary finish is combo: the Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward / Felidar Guardian-style blink loops and the Leonin Relic-Warder + Animate Dead / Necromancy reanimation loops generate arbitrarily large boards and, with Ketramose online, draw through the library. A dense Orzhov interaction shell - Path to Exile, Swords to Plowshares, Anguished Unmaking, Silence, Opposition Agent - keeps the table honest while tutors like Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor find the kill pieces.
Decklist (100 cards)
- 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
- 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
- 1 Ancient Tomb
- 1 Angel's Grace
- 1 Anguished Unmaking
- 1 Animate Dead
- 1 Arcane Signet
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Blind Obedience
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
- 1 Caves of Koilos
- 1 Charming Prince
- 1 Chrome Mox
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cloudshift
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Damn
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Deadly Rollick
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Despark
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Exorcise
- 1 Farewell
- 1 Felidar Guardian
- 1 Fellwar Stone
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Grand Abolisher
- 1 Imperial Seal
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
- 1 Ketramose, the New Dawn
- 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
- 1 Lion Sash
- 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
- 1 Lotus Petal
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mox Amber
- 1 Mox Diamond
- 1 Necromancy
- 1 Necropotence
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Orzhov Signet
- 1 Path to Exile
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 5 Plains
- 1 Planar Void
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
- 1 Reanimate
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
- 1 Reliquary Tower
- 1 Restoration Angel
- 1 Scrabbling Claws
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Silence
- 1 Silent Clearing
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Smothering Tithe
- 1 Sol Ring
- 1 Solitude
- 4 Swamp
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
- 1 Teferi's Protection
- 1 Teleportation Circle
- 1 The One Ring
- 1 Thought Vessel
- 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
- 1 Vanishing Verse
- 1 Vault of Champions
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Winds of Abandon
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow