kykar by user9712400

Format: Commander

Commander: Kykar, Wind's Fury

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This Jeskai spellslinger deck is helmed by Kykar, Wind's Fury, converting noncreature spells into flying Spirit tokens that can be sacrificed for red mana. The deck accelerates in the early turns using low-cost rocks and cantrips before deploying Kykar on Turn 3 or 4. Once Kykar is paired with a steady draw engine like Whirlwind of Thought, Archmage Emeritus, or Skullclamp, every cantrip replaces itself and pays for its own mana cost. On Turn 5, the deck pivots into an explosive storm turn, generating immense spell counts that translate directly into lethal table-wide burn via Purphoros, God of the Forge, Fiery Inscription, Guttersnipe, Aetherflux Reservoir, or Grapeshot. A dense suite of efficient countermagic, spot removal, and protection spells safeguards the combo execution, making it a fast and resilient noncombat threat.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elsha of the Infinite
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lorehold Apprentice
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polymorph
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Transmogrify
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Young Pyromancer