Sitting in the throne 🚽 by FalseNeon

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 20

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color flavor exhibition build constructed around the visual theme of people sitting in thrones and chairs. Led by Kenrith, the Returned King, it combines legendary nobility, monarch enchantments, and artifact thrones into a casual midrange strategy. The deck seeks to establish early monarch status through cards like Court of Grace and Queen Marchesa to maintain steady card advantage. It then deploys impactful legendary creatures such as Asmodeus the Archfiend and Caesar, Legion's Emperor, utilizing Kenrith's activated abilities to grant haste, trample, and stat buffs. While lacking fast mana, dedicated tutors, and stack interaction due to thematic restrictions, the deck generates solid late-game value through combat pressure, life drain from Throne of the God-Pharaoh, and Kenrith's recursion capabilities.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arni Brokenbrow
  • 1 Asmodeus the Archfiend
  • 1 Azula, Cunning Usurper
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Tithe
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Court of Bounty
  • 1 Court of Cunning
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Court of Ire
  • 1 Cruel Edict
  • 1 Curse of Vengeance
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Damia, Sage of Stone
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Denethor, Ruling Steward
  • 1 Dragon Throne of Tarkir
  • 1 Egon, God of Death // Throne of Death
  • 1 Feast of Succession
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Find // Finality
  • 1 Florian, Voldaren Scion
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Game of Chaos
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
  • 1 Hell's Caretaker
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
  • 1 Kamber, the Plunderer
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
  • 1 Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marchesa's Decree
  • 1 Me, the Immortal
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
  • 1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pitiless Pontiff
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Rulik Mons, Warren Chief
  • 1 Sands of Delirium
  • 1 Self-Reflection
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorceress's Schemes
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 The Akroan War
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 The Golden Throne
  • 1 Throne of Makindi
  • 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Throne of the High City
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Vampire Warlord
  • 1 Vengeful Pharaoh
  • 1 Void
  • 1 Vraska, Golgari Queen
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful