Kenrith, V2 by Gus47

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Kenrith, the Returned King anchors a five-color value reanimator build. The primary plan is to ramp into Kenrith, use his {3}{U} draw ability to overdraw, discard large threats such as Archon of Cruelty or Elesh Norn, then reanimate them with {4}{B} and swing with {R}-granted haste. Zirda and Training Grounds are key support pieces that reduce several activations to one mana. Secondary paths include hardcasting midrange legends and using classic reanimation spells (Animate Dead, Necromancy, Reanimate) to cheat threats early. Board control comes from targeted removal and wraths. The deck has no infinite combo; it wins incrementally through recursion, attacks, and Archon/Sheoldred triggers. No card acts as a hidden commander; Zirda is the nearest thing to one, serving as an engine enabler.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Angel of Serenity
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Heaven-Sent Marvel
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Orzhov Advokist
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Primeval Herald
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restless Reef
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Somberwald Sage
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Timeless Witness
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Yavimaya Elder
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker