Kenrith Downgrade by mordonextra

Format: Commander

Creator: mordonextra

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color midrange strategy led by Kenrith, the Returned King, combining +1/+1 counter engines with activated ability cost reducers and aggressive creature payoffs. The early turns focus on establishing mana fixing and deploying scaling threats like Kami of Whispered Hopes and Arwen, Weaver of Hope. In the mid-game, cost reducers such as Training Grounds and Biomancer's Familiar turn Kenrith into a hyper-efficient mana sink for drawing cards, pumping creatures, and granting haste and trample. The deck pressures the table through scaling combat damage augmented by Tyvar, the Pummeler, Raphael, the Muscle, and Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute. A strong suite of protection spells shields the board from damage-based and destroy sweepers, while recursion spells enable clean recovery. While the deck lacks fast combo lines and stack interaction, its high stat output and commander versatility create an overwhelming late-game engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
  • 1 Bebop, Skull & Crossbones
  • 1 Biomancer's Familiar
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Game Over
  • 1 Generous Pup
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hapatra, the Desert Frost
  • 1 Here Comes a New Hero!
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Leatherhead, Iron Gator
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Over the Top
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Raphael, the Muscle
  • 1 Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Roadkill Rodney
  • 1 Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker