Kenrith Lifegain Card Draw by mordonextra

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-Color Midrange Reanimator strategy piloted by Kenrith, the Returned King. It accelerates into cost-reduction permanents like Training Grounds, Biomancer's Familiar, and Zirda, the Dawnwaker to slash the activation costs of Kenrith's versatile abilities. With costs reduced, Kenrith becomes a self-contained value engine that draws cards at instant speed, buffs attackers, and repeatedly reanimates devastating threats from the graveyard. High-impact creatures like Archon of Cruelty and Atraxa, Grand Unifier provide immediate card advantage and board control when cheated into play. Meanwhile, lifegain payoffs such as Archangel of Thune and Nykthos Paragon rapidly grow your creature army into an overwhelming lethal force. Strong protection pieces like Sylvan Safekeeper and Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar defend your key turns, allowing the deck to close games swiftly through trampling combat damage or a large Torment of Hailfire.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Armored Scrapgorger
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Biomancer's Familiar
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Kwia Vigorbloom
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Nykthos Paragon
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker