Kenrith Hydras by mordonextra

Format: Commander

Creator: mordonextra

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-Color midrange powerhouse centered on +1/+1 counter synergies and oversized Hydra beaters, piloted by Kenrith, the Returned King. Early turns focus on mana development through creatures like Birds of Paradise and Kami of Whispered Hopes to deploy Kenrith by Turn 5. Kenrith acts as an adaptable utility engine, lowering activation friction with Biomancer's Familiar and Zirda, the Dawnwaker, refilling your hand, and reanimating key threats. Critical onset arrives on Turn 6 by deploying massive threats like Kalonian Hydra or Hydra Omnivore and giving them immediate haste and trample using Kenrith's red ability. The deck protects its substantial board presence with targeted countermagic, hexproof granting spells, and Boros Charm, closing the game across Turns 7 and 8 through overwhelming trample damage or a game-ending Torment of Hailfire.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Benevolent Hydra
  • 1 Biomancer's Familiar
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 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
  • 1 Feral Hydra
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Guiding Hydra
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroes' Bane
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Hydra Omnivore
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Katara, Bending Prodigy
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lifeblood Hydra
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Predator Ooze
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Progenitus
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Savageborn Hydra
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Goose Mother
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Voracious Hydra
  • 1 Warden of the Grove
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker