Kellan by user6738983

Format: Commander

Commander: Kellan, the Kid

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Bant deck is helmed by Kellan, the Kid and leverages mechanics that cast spells from non-hand zones, including Plot, Foretell, Adventure, Warp, Paradigm, and Cascade. By plotting and foretelling spells in early turns, the deck sets up explosive sequences starting on Turn 4, triggering Kellan to cheat permanent cards directly onto the battlefield without paying their mana costs or accelerate extra land drops. Card advantage engines such as Vega, the Watcher and Outcaster Trailblazer keep hand resources full, while Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius drastically discounts exile-casting costs. The deck transitions into the late game by deploying overwhelming stompy threats like Railway Brawler, Sisterhood of Karn, and Apex Devastator, before closing out the table through decisive combat steps backed by Akroma's Will. A comprehensive interaction and protection suite ensures resilience against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Aloe Alchemist
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
  • 1 Beastbond Outcaster
  • 1 Behold the Multiverse
  • 1 Beorn, Reluctant Host // Till and Tend
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Cosmos Charger
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
  • 1 Doomskar
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fblthp, Lost on the Range
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Fortune Teller's Talent
  • 1 Gathering Place
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Green Slime
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Kellan Joins Up
  • 1 Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
  • 1 Kellan, the Kid
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loan Shark
  • 1 Make Your Own Luck
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plan the Heist
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Quandrix, the Proof
  • 1 Quantum Riddler
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Ranar the Ever-Watchful
  • 1 Ravenform
  • 1 Repel Calamity
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Sarulf's Packmate
  • 1 Saw It Coming
  • 1 See the Truth
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Shepherd of the Cosmos
  • 1 Sisterhood of Karn
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Step Between Worlds
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Surge of Brilliance
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Tumbleweed Rising
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Visage Bandit