Kykar, Wind's Fury by Haninha

Format: Commander

Commander: Kykar, Wind's Fury

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This Jeskai spellslinger deck utilizes Kykar, Wind's Fury to convert cheap noncreature spells into a soaring army of 1/1 Spirit tokens and red mana. The deck accelerates in the early turns using mana rocks and efficient cantrips, deploying Kykar on Turn 3 or 4. Once assembled, the deck chains low-cost instants and sorceries alongside Magecraft and card-draw engines like Archmage Emeritus, Jeskai Ascendancy, and Skullclamp. This velocity generates explosive amounts of mana through Spirit sacrifices and rituals such as Battle Hymn, quickly leading to a decisive single-turn kill on Turn 5 via Crackle with Power or Sorcerer Class burn. The deck backs up its proactive game plan with a robust suite of cheap counterspells and protective spells like Clever Concealment and Dawn's Truce, while redundant token producers ensure smooth recovery if Kykar is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Magmatic Insight
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Meeting of Minds
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Occult Epiphany
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Young Pyromancer