Kotis, the Klepto by Frogfinger

Format: Commander

Commander: Kotis, the Fangkeeper

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Sultai Voltron strategy centered on Kotis, the Fangkeeper. It leverages dense low-cost acceleration to deploy Kotis on Turn 3 with built-in indestructible. By Turn 4, the deck attaches efficient evasion and power-scaling modifiers such as Aqueous Form, Blackblade Reforged, or Power Fist. When Kotis deals combat damage, its trigger exiles that many cards from the defending opponent's library and casts all revealed nonland spells with equal or lower mana value without paying their mana costs. This mechanism creates an explosive card and mana advantage engine, allowing the pilot to cast 2 to 5 free spells per swing while scaling commander damage. A comprehensive protection suite containing Fierce Guardianship, Heroic Intervention, and Slip Out the Back shields Kotis against non-destroy removal. The deck finishes games by eliminating opponents one by one through unblockable commander damage and stolen resources.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Tunnel
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancestral Mask
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Audacity
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Berserk
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brainstealer Dragon
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Canopy Cover
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Favor of the Overbeing
  • 1 Felix Five-Boots
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Indomitable Might
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Invigorate
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kotis, the Fangkeeper
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Power Fist
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strong Back
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Thirteenth Doctor
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth