K.I.D by imperium5

Format: Commander

Commander: Killian, Ink Duelist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov midrange strategy built around Killian, Ink Duelist, utilizing his {2} cost reduction to turn single-target Auras and removal into highly efficient plays. Early turns focus on mana acceleration, setting up asymmetric disruption like Drannith Magistrate and Dauthi Voidwalker, and establishing turn-protection pieces such as Grand Abolisher and Voice of Victory. While Killian can pressure life totals and generate massive lifelink swings through cards like Angelic Destiny, Demonic Embrace, and Shielded by Faith, the deck's primary route to victory is the two-card combo of Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista. Tutors such as Demonic Tutor and Ranger-Captain of Eos find the missing combo halves, allowing the deck to close the game on Turn 5 by dealing infinite damage at instant speed. Robust protection spells ensure the combo resolves cleanly through opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Angelic Destiny
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Colleen Wing, Street Samurai
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Embrace
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Empyrial Armor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Face of Divinity
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inkling Mascot
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kill Shot
  • 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
  • 1 Lecturing Scornmage
  • 1 Magnificent End
  • 1 Mammoth Umbra
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Necrogen Communion
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Phyrexian Unlife
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Ravening Warg
  • 1 Razor Rings
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rufus Shinra
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Sephiroth's Intervention
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shay Cormac
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Shielded by Faith
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thorin's Last Stand
  • 1 Tomik, Wielder of Law
  • 1 Too Evil to Stay Dead
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow