Kefka, card draw/discard by Cr1t07

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Grixis deck operates as a discard-heavy control build centered on Kefka, Court Mage and finishes through the classic Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Curiosity infinite damage combo. During early turns, the deck deploys an extensive suite of 2-CMC mana rocks and rituals to cast Kefka on Turn 4. Kefka immediately generates card advantage while stripping cards from each opponent on entry and every attack. Synergies such as Waste Not, Bandit's Talent, and Geth's Grimoire convert opposing discards into mana, creature tokens, and massive card flow. Opponents are kept under constant pressure via draw-denial pieces like Narset, Parter of Veils and Notion Thief alongside punishing enchantments like Painful Quandary. Backed by over 20 low-cost interactive spells, countermagic, and sweepers like Toxic Deluge, the deck stabilizes the board and digs rapidly into Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Curiosity to end the game on Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bandit's Talent
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Cinderclasm
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Ire
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cut Down
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Get Out
  • 1 Geth's Grimoire
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Infernal Plunge
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Liliana of the Veil
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reckless Charge
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Sudden Edict
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Windfall