Kenrith Current Build (copy) by mordonextra

Format: Commander

Creator: mordonextra

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized five-color reanimator combo engine piloted by Kenrith, the Returned King. It accelerates through low-cost mana dorks and cost-reducers to set up decisive graveyard interactions. Its primary win condition unites Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Triskelion, easily tutored with Buried Alive and reanimated using Victimize, Reanimate, or Kenrith's reanimation ability. Support cards such as Training Grounds, Biomancer's Familiar, and Zirda, the Dawnwaker heavily discount Kenrith's abilities, fueling rapid card draw and continuous recursion. When direct combo lines are challenged, the deck pivots into oppressive Praetors like Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur and Sheoldred, Whispering One, or delivers a lethal combat swing with Craterhoof Behemoth. Robust protection from Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar and Sylvan Safekeeper insulates the combo during the winning turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Biomancer's Familiar
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Katara, Bending Prodigy
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lesser Masticore
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker