royal knights by masterniks

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Knight typal and +1/+1 counters midrange deck commanded by Kenrith, the Returned King. It curves out with efficient Knight creatures, leverages tribal cost reducers like Herald's Horn and Urza's Incubator, and scales threat density through counter engines such as Virtue of Loyalty, Caradora, Heart of Alacria, and Terrasymbiosis. Card advantage flows naturally from combat connections via Bred for the Hunt, Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge, and Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through overwhelming combat steps empowered by unblockability from Herald of Hoofbeats, devastating double strike from Akroma's Will, or infect from Triumph of the Hordes. While it possesses robust protection against destroy-based sweepers and rapid reanimation recovery through Kenrith, it remains susceptible to mass exile effects and dedicated fast combo decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adun Oakenshield
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Bane's Contingency
  • 1 Basri's Lieutenant
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Captain Sisay
  • 1 Caradora, Heart of Alacria
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Expand the Sphere
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haytham Kenway
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knight-Errant of Eos
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mosswood Dreadknight // Dread Whispers
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Progenitor's Icon
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Riders of the Mark
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scale the Heights
  • 1 Scholar of New Horizons
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
  • 1 Shay Cormac
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Sky Hussar
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Steward of Valeron
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Thalia's Lancers
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tournament Grounds
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Unnatural Restoration
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Veteran Beastrider
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Éomer, Marshal of Rohan
  • 1 Éowyn, Fearless Knight
  • 1 Éowyn, Shieldmaiden