Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep by GrahamBubblefish

Format: Commander

Commander: Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan Enchantress and Saga engine commanded by Narci, Fable Singer. The strategy revolves around deploying high-impact Sagas, accelerating their lore counters through proliferate mechanics and Read Ahead abilities, and draining the entire table whenever their final chapter abilities resolve. Dense enchantress effects such as Sythis, Harvest's Hand, Eidolon of Blossoms, and Setessan Champion convert every enchantment cast into substantial card advantage, while Narci replenishes resources whenever Sagas or utility Auras are sacrificed. As lore counters advance, the deck generates severe board advantage with token generators like Historian's Boon and reanimation engines like Anikthea, Hand of Erebos and Yuna, Hope of Spira. Mass recursion spells such as Open the Vaults and Resurgent Belief allow the deck to rebuild instantly after board wipes. The game closes through a combination of Narci's direct life drain and wide aerial attacks from 4/4 Angel and 3/3 Zombie tokens.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aethersquall Ancient
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benthic Anomaly
  • 1 Beyeen Veil // Beyeen Coast
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crush of Tentacles
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Siege
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guadosalam, Farplane Gateway
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inkwell Leviathan
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Joint Exploration
  • 1 Kederekt Leviathan
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Kenessos, Priest of Thassa
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kozilek's Unsealing
  • 1 Kraken of the Straits
  • 1 Lorthos, the Tidemaker
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nissa, Steward of Elements
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plasm Capture
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rush of Knowledge
  • 1 Saw It Coming
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Serpent of Yawning Depths
  • 1 Shipbreaker Kraken
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Simic Sky Swallower
  • 1 Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Majesty
  • 1 Starwinder
  • 1 Stormsurge Kraken
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Sword Coast Serpent // Capsizing Wave
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Trench Behemoth
  • 1 Trench Gorger
  • 1 Tromokratis
  • 1 Whelming Wave
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood