Kennrith Deck Commander by user5038486

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Aristocrats Lifegain Combo list led by Kenrith, the Returned King. The primary strategy leverages dense ramp to deploy Kenrith and assemble an infinite life-drain combo centered on Exquisite Blood paired with any of seven interchangeable drain permanents, including Sanguine Bond, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, and Dina, Soul Steeper. When the combo pieces are in play, gaining life through Kenrith's {2}{W} ability or combat triggers a continuous chain of life loss and life gain that eliminates all opponents in a single turn. As a backup route, the deck generates wide token boards using Rabble Rousing, Horn of Gondor, and Felidar Retreat, converting token generation and death triggers into mass life drain via Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Zulaport Cutthroat. Heavy creature removal and recursive engines provide long-term resilience, though the list remains light on instant-speed protection and countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Anointer Priest
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Defiant Bloodlord
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 Greenhouse // Rickety Gazebo
  • 1 Griffin Aerie
  • 1 Gríma Wormtongue
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Joraga Treespeaker
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Karolina Dean, Runaway
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kjeldoran Outpost
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Meathook Massacre II
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Murmuring Volume
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Plunge into Darkness
  • 1 Rabble Rousing
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scion of Halaster
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider-Woman, Secret Agent
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat