Combo GC Malcolm Kediss

Format: Commander

Commander: Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar and Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet tempo and combo strategy led by the partner pairing of Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar. The primary engine leverages Kediss's ability to copy Malcolm's combat damage to every opponent. Because Malcolm is a Pirate, dealing damage to three players simultaneously produces three Treasure tokens on every connection. This massive mana acceleration powers out efficient card draw and fuels explosive combo finishes. The deck's primary win condition is an infinite damage loop with Glint-Horn Buccaneer, which generates infinite Treasures and burns the entire table upon attacking. Alternatively, turning artifact pingers like Reckless Fireweaver into Pirates with cards such as Artificial Evolution creates an immediate game-ending chain reaction. Backed by a suite of free and low-cost counterspells, the deck protects its compact win lines while maintaining heavy tempo pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Gambit
  • 1 Amoeboid Changeling
  • 1 Artificial Evolution
  • 1 Blades of Velis Vel
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Desculpting Blast
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 HYDRA Assault Robot
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imagecrafter
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Invert Polarity
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kitesail Larcenist
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lofty Denial
  • 1 Lookout's Dispersal
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Penregon Strongbull
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Runed Stalactite
  • 1 Shao Jun
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunshot Militia
  • 1 Suspend
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Trickery Charm
  • 1 Unnatural Selection
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Whirlwind Denial
  • 1 Winged Words
  • 1 Wings of Velis Vel