Kefka by user9732887

Format: Commander

Commander: Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Spellslinger and Wizard-tribal burn strategy commanded by Kefka, Court Mage. The game plan revolves around generating incremental card advantage through Kefka's symmetrical discard ability while developing a critical mass of Wizard pingers and tokens. Cards such as Kuja, Genome Sorcerer, Black Waltz No. 3, Circle of Power, and Mage Siege create 0/1 Wizard tokens that deal damage to each opponent whenever a noncreature spell is cast. Once Trance Kuja, Fate Defied doubles this damage output, low-cost instants, sorceries, and burn spells rapidly chip away at opposing life totals. The deck supports this core with flexible Grixis interaction, reanimation tools like Evil Reawakened, and top-end threats such as Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian and Ultimecia, Time Sorceress. While the deck possesses explosive draw velocity and steady multi-target burn, its reliance on fragile creature boards across multiple turns makes it vulnerable to board wipes and fast combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acolyte Hybrid
  • 1 Akoum Refuge
  • 1 Astrologian's Planisphere
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Baron, Airship Kingdom
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Blazing Bomb
  • 1 Blue Mage's Cane
  • 1 Call the Mountain Chocobo
  • 1 Choco-Comet
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Convolute
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
  • 1 Eject
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Ether
  • 1 Evil Reawakened
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Fire Magic
  • 1 Fireball
  • 1 Gaius van Baelsar
  • 1 Garland, Knight of Cornelia // Chaos, the Endless
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
  • 1 Golbez, Crystal Collector
  • 1 Grixis Panorama
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Cluestone
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jecht, Reluctant Guardian // Braska's Final Aeon
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Malboro
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mysidian Elder
  • 1 Obelisk of Grixis
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Queen Brahne
  • 1 Quistis Trepe
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resentful Revelation
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Sephiroth's Intervention
  • 1 Shambling Cie'th
  • 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
  • 1 Sidequest: Hunt the Mark // Yiazmat, Ultimate Mark
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sorceress's Schemes
  • 1 Summon: Anima
  • 1 Summon: Esper Ramuh
  • 1 Summon: G.F. Cerberus
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Suplex
  • 1 Swallowed by Leviathan
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Thunder Magic
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Traumatic Visions
  • 1 Treno, Dark City
  • 1 Ultimecia, Time Sorceress // Ultimecia, Omnipotent
  • 1 Vector, Imperial Capital
  • 1 Veinfire Borderpost
  • 1 Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
  • 1 Vincent's Limit Break
  • 1 World Map