Captain Kidd by Pablo_Salvadore

Format: Commander

Commander: Kellan, the Kid

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant value midrange strategy built around Kellan, the Kid. It converts cards cast from zones other than the hand into free mana and permanent deployment. The deck relies on mechanics like foretell, plot, suspend, adventure, flashback, and top-of-library casting to trigger Kellan reliably. Acceleration from Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius, Sol Ring, and suspend artifacts ensures fast deployment, while engines like Vega, the Watcher, The Reality Chip, and Rhystic Study maintain steady card advantage. Once established around Turn 4, the deck cheats high-impact permanents like One with the Multiverse, Virtue of Loyalty, and Deep-Sea Kraken into play. It closes out the game around Turn 8 through wide, evasive combat attacks augmented by +1/+1 counters and anthem effects. A robust interaction suite featuring Cyclonic Rift, Swords to Plowshares, and Ultimate Magic: Holy protects the board while disrupting opposing strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Alaundo the Seer
• 1 Alchemist's Refuge
• 1 Alrund's Epiphany
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Behold the Multiverse
• 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
• 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
• 1 Collector's Cage
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cosmic Intervention
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
• 1 Doomskar
• 1 Ethereal Valkyrie
• 1 Faithful Mending
• 1 Fblthp, Lost on the Range
• 1 Final Showdown
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 3 Forest
• 1 Fortune Teller's Talent
• 1 Future Sight
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Green Slime
• 1 Growth Spiral
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hidden Cataract
• 1 Hidden Courtyard
• 1 Hidden Nursery
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Hushwood Verge
• 1 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave
• 4 Island
• 1 Kellan Joins Up
• 1 Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
• 1 Kellan, the Kid
• 1 Lotus Bloom
• 1 Make Your Own Luck
• 1 Mirari's Wake
• 1 Monk Class
• 1 Mosswort Bridge
• 1 Mox Tantalite
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Natural Reclamation
• 1 One with the Multiverse
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 4 Plains
• 1 Ranar the Ever-Watchful
• 1 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1 Ravenform
• 1 Release to the Wind
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Sage of the Beyond
• 1 Savvy Trader
• 1 Saw It Coming
• 1 Search for Tomorrow
• 1 Seaside Citadel
• 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Shardless Agent
• 1 Simic Growth Chamber
• 1 Six
• 1 Slickshot Lockpicker
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sol Talisman
• 1 Spara's Headquarters
• 1 Stormkeld Vanguard // Bear Down
• 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1 The Key to the Vault
• 1 The Reality Chip
• 1 The Thirteenth Doctor
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Tlincalli Hunter // Retrieve Prey
• 1 Tranquil Landscape
• 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
• 1 Urban Retreat
• 1 Urianger Augurelt
• 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1 Vega, the Watcher
• 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
• 1 Visage Bandit
• 1 Windbrisk Heights
• 1 Yavimaya Coast