Kotis current build (copy) by notokato

Format: Commander

Commander: Kotis, the Fangkeeper

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a hybrid Voltron and Zombie tribal strategy piloted by Kotis, the Fangkeeper. The primary game plan centers on utilizing Kotis's built-in indestructible body alongside high-impact equipment such as Blackblade Reforged, Colossus Hammer, and Shadowspear. When Kotis connects for combat damage, its trigger exiles cards from the defending player's library and casts all revealed nonland spells with mana value up to the damage dealt for free. This converts raw commander combat pressure into massive tempo and card advantage. If Kotis is answered, the deck smoothly pivots into a wide Zombie aristocrat strategy featuring The Scarab God, Grave Titan, Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver, and Grave Pact. While the list boasts resilient threat generation, its reactive interaction is light and relies heavily on permanent-based protection over instant-speed counterspells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Brainstealer Dragon
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspiracy
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cruel Revival
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Draugr Necromancer
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Elder Brain
  • 1 Empty the Laboratory
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kotis, the Fangkeeper
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Nim Deathmantle
  • 1 Open the Graves
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Outrageous Robbery
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Umbris, Fear Manifest
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Wand of Orcus
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zombie Master