Kykar blink by user5230764

Format: Commander

Commander: Kykar, Zephyr Awakener

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius blink and tempo-control strategy led by Kykar, Zephyr Awakener. The primary plan accelerates mana on early turns, establishes Kykar, and chains cheap noncreature cantrips and blink spells to generate an evasive flying Spirit army while repeatedly triggering enter-the-battlefield abilities. Value creatures such as Cloudblazer, Aether Channeler, and Spirited Companion provide continuous card draw and board interaction. Meanwhile, asymmetric tax and tempo pieces like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Blind Obedience, and Lavinia of the Tenth restrict opposing development. As the board develops, engines such as Panharmonicon, Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines, and Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward amplify token creation and board presence. The deck closes games through wide combat damage with flying tokens and unblockable attackers via Venser, the Sojourner, backed by Approach of the Second Sun as an alternative victory condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Agent of Treachery
  • 1 Another Round
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blade Splicer
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Cloudblazer
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Fortune Teller's Talent
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hanged Executioner
  • 1 Inspiring Overseer
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Journey to Nowhere
  • 1 Justiciar's Portal
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Lavinia of the Tenth
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mass Manipulation
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Momentary Blink
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Oblivion Ring
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reflector Mage
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Shield Broker
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Terminus
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 This Town Ain't Big Enough
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Venser, the Sojourner
  • 1 Void Snare
  • 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad