Kenrith, the Returned King by user5576554

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Treasure Midrange strategy commanded by Kenrith, the Returned King. It builds a resilient resource engine by stacking Treasure generators and token multipliers like Xorn, Academy Manufactor, and Grim Hireling. Rather than relying on fragile creature combat alone, the deck converts accumulated artifact tokens into game-ending value. It achieves victory primarily through alternate win conditions that check artifact counts on upkeep, including Revel in Riches, Mechanized Production, and Hellkite Tyrant. Alternatively, the massive mana pool generated by Bootleggers' Stash and Brass's Bounty fuels lethal X-cost burn spells like Crackle with Power. Kenrith sits in the command zone as a versatile mana sink, providing instant-speed card draw, haste, and creature reanimation. While the deck possesses strong card velocity and recovery, its reliance on artifact stockpiles leaves it vulnerable to mass artifact sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Bruce Banner // The Incredible Hulk
  • 1 Burning Anger
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cranial Ram
  • 1 Cursed Recording
  • 1 Cut Propulsion
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fireball
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gathering Place
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Gold Rush
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Ground Assault
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Knuckles the Echidna
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Loki, God of Mischief
  • 1 Long-Lost Lances
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luke Cage, Hero for Hire
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Molten Note
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Narset's Rebuke
  • 1 New Generation's Technique
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prying Blade
  • 1 Pyretic Rebirth
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 Thor, God of Thunder
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Weight of Spires
  • 1 Wisecrack
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Xorn